By Trish Lowe MACN – ACN Nurse Educator National Law (2009) and mandatory registration standards In 2005, the Council of Australian Governments [COAG] published the findings of a report by the Productivity Commission which detailed the challenges faced by Australia’s health system (Katsikitis et al. 2013). It highlighted the pressures arising from Australia’s ageing population,…
Recently, the Australian College of Nursing (ACN)’s 307 Immunisation for Health Practitioners course became the first in Australia to be accredited by Health Education Services Australia (HESA). This is a significant achievement as ACN has always advocated for the vital contribution nurses make to delivering immunisation programs as an important preventative health measure for the…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is delighted to announce the following exceptional early-career nurses who have been selected to participate in the prestigious Emerging Nurse Leader Program in 2021. The renowned program is divided into five stages reflecting the challenges and opportunities nurses face as they progress through their leadership journeys. Over a period of nine…
Toowoomba nurse Nancy Shah MACN is driven to ensuring her passion and skills for leadership contribute to creating a better future for the nurses of tomorrow. “Since childhood, I wanted to work in the health field, but my father’s sudden death drove my desire to fruition for a career in the health sector,” she says…
By Lucy Osborn MACN (ENL) This column, The Scrubs that Fit, is all about the highs and lows of being an early-career nurse, from the perspective of an ACN Emerging Nurse Leader. The aim of these blog posts is to help ease the transition from university to grad years and beyond. Find Lucy on ACN’s neo and…
View Fullscreen More resources Submission Inquiry into human rights framework 6 July 2023 Position Statement The role of nurses in supporting older people to access quality, safe aged care 4 February 2021 Position Statement Optimising person and family-centred end-of-life care during a pandemic 8 October 2020 Submission Universal access to reproductive healthcare 1 December 2022…
View Fullscreen More resources Position Statement Nurses, immunisation and health 21 April 2020 Policy Paper Nursing leadership in emissions reduction guiding principles 7 February 2022 Submission Review of primary care after hours program and policy 29 April 2024 Position Statement Nurses and violence 3 March 2023 Policy Paper Men in nursing guiding principles 16 February…
By Liam Jackson MACN, Stage Five ACN Emerging Nurse Leader I obtained my Bachelor of Nursing from Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane in November 2016. I was the first person in my family to go to university and always desired to become a children’s nurse. However, whilst my fellow classmates were starting their new graduate…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is delighted to announce the launch of a brand-new nursing audio series. The Nursing Conversations: Working with Young People audio series is produced by the passionate members of our Adolescent and Young People Community of Interest (COI) and profiles esteemed clinical and academic experts working in the field of…