By Trish Lowe MACN – ACN Nurse Educator Nursing speciality organisations, practice standards and benchmarking. The emergence of nursing specialty organisations began at a State level in Australia in the 1950’s, before expanding to either national governing bodies or affiliate organisations in the 1970s and 80s (Pratt, 1994). Nursing specialty organisations had evolved in response…
Shannon Wallis MACN ¬– MeCare Nurse Unit Manager at West Moreton Hospital and Health Service – is reshaping the delivery of care to improve the health outcomes for patients in Regional Queensland. Shannon’s leadership of the MeCare program, which uses innovative technology to allow patients to be virtually monitored in their homes without the need…
By Kate Saw MACN(Student) Stage One ACN Emerging Nurse Leader Not every graduate gets offered a new graduate (new grad) transition program. While the support and guidance inherent in these is designed to help new nurses ease into the profession, it is by no means the only way to get your career off to a…
Members of the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) Men in Nursing Working Party at the 2019 National Nursing Forum. During our Men in Nursing Campaign, men from all across the country have shared their passion for nursing and being a nurse in our eBook and video series. However, men are not alone in their push…
By Diane Heart MACN(Student) The beginning of this article starts with what appears to be an introduction to a travel blog, however, it is merely an introduction to the significance travelling has had on my choice to study and become a registered nurse. The following article will look at the importance of travelling and how…
By Lieutenant Commander Anthony Russell FACN Deputy Chair of The ACN Military Nursing Community of Interest During this year, the year of the Nurse and the Midwife and on this day, Remembrance Day, it is important to reflect on the role nurses have had during conflict and war. Remembrance Day provides us with an opportunity…
In recognition of the International Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, pre-eminent nurse Distinguished Professor Patsy Yates FACN was invited to deliver the 21st Annual Lyceum Lecture. The event was held at The Tattersall’s Club Brisbane on Tuesday, 20 October 2020. The Lyceum Club Brisbane provides women from all professional backgrounds, opportunities to develop…
In association with the Australian College of Nursing (ACN), Arjo invites all nurse leaders to participate in their upcoming webinar Staging pressure injury in darkly pigmented skin. A pressure injury, also known as a pressure ulcer, pressure sore or bed sore, is caused by unrelieved pressure and/or shear forces on any part of the body.…
An abstract is a short summary of a longer work and provides an overview of the topic and shouldn’t have anything in it that’s not in the paper itself. Although brief, (typically 150-300 words), an abstract should be written in a way that piques the reader’s interest in your paper. Whereas the purpose of an…