Historic Quadrant Building at University of Sydney

Nurse education in Australia: Part 8

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The historic Quadrant Building at the University of Sydney By Trish Lowe MACN – ACN Nurse Educator Move towards tertiary education for Australian nurses- mid 1980s As previously discussed in this series, Australian nurses were originally trained in public hospitals, under an apprenticeship system. During the early 1900’s, The Australasian Trained Nurses’ Association (ATNA) established the minimum standards of clinical and theoretical knowledge required to be delivered…

Lisa donned in full PPE while testing at the towers

‘I would do it again in a heartbeat’: COVID-19 testing in Melbourne’s Public Housing Towers

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Lisa in full PPE during her time COVID-19 testing in the Tower’s On 4 July, around 3,000 residents inside nine Melbourne Public Housing Towers were placed into lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19. In difficult circumstances, a dedicated group of health professionals and emergency services personnel entered the towers to provide essential health services…

Nurse education in Australia: Part 7

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By Trish Lowe MACN – ACN Nurse Educator The first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses This article contains stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People who have passed away. The author has taken great care to ensure the information provided is as correct and accurate as possible. The colonisation and settlement of Australia led…

Aged care crisis extends beyond COVID-19

Media Release

Employing additional Registered Nurses in aged care, and training and accrediting all unregulated health care workers (also known as personal care workers) has been demonstrated to provide better quality care for older Australians and could have potentially reduced the spread of COVID-19 in residential aged care facilities. “The Australian College of Nursing extends its condolences…

Jessica donning PPE during the COVID-19 lockdown in Melbourne

Life in lockdown: ’It’s like a battle’

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Jessica donned in PPE during the COVID-19 lockdown in Melbourne (Image:Supplied) Welcome to the Australian College of Nursing’s (ACN) Life in lockdown NurseClick series where we share the personal stories of the nurses protecting Australians during the second wave of COVID-19 in Victoria. We caught up with Jessica Balson MACN, an ACN Emerging Nurse Leader,…

Marilyn with her dog during lockdown

Life in lockdown: Nursing in home care

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Welcome to the Australian College of Nursing’s (ACN) Life in lockdown NurseClick series where we share the stories from the nurses protecting Australians during the second wave of COVID-19 in Victoria. Today, we speak Marilyn Harper MACN — a Registered Nurse and Regional Development Manager at BallyCara — to discuss how she is utilizing her…

Policy Paper

Blood donation in Australia — Joint issues brief with the Australian College of Nursing and CRANAplus

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View Fullscreen More resources Position Statement Working with children above a healthy weight: Nurse-led interventions 3 September 2024 Joint Position StatementPosition Statement Cultural safety 23 March 2018 Position Statement Nurse-led innovations in response to COVID-19 for adults living with chronic disease and multimorbidity 3 March 2023 Position Statement Bullying in the workplace 11 May 2021…