Refugee Health Nurses are a diverse group of professionals who use their nursing expertise to care and advocate for those of refugee background or seeking asylum. To mark Refugee Week 2021 — which focuses on uniting communities — we spoke to three nurses from across Australia to gain an insight into differing roles refugee health nurses play…
Refugee Health Nurses are a diverse group of professionals who use their nursing expertise to care and advocate for those of refugee background or seeking asylum. To mark Refugee Week 2021 — which focuses on uniting communities — we spoke to three nurses from across Australia to gain an insight into differing roles refugee health…
Refugee Health Nurses are a diverse group of professionals who use their nursing expertise to care and advocate for those of refugee background or seeking asylum. To mark Refugee Week 2021 — which focuses on uniting communities — we spoke to three nurses from across Australia to gain an insight into differing roles refugee health…
Nurses are highly skilled and expert professionals who make a difference each and every day within their communities. The Australian College of Nursing’s (ACN) Men in Nursing Impact Series focuses specifically on the efforts of men in nursing in an attempt to increase the numbers of men entering and remaining in the profession. The series…
View Fullscreen More resources Joint Position StatementPosition Statement Sustainable access to prescription opioids for use in palliative care 1 May 2019 Position Statement Surge workforces 10 September 2021 Position Statement The role of nurses in promoting healthy ageing 25 November 2019 Policy Paper Improving health outcomes in rural and remote Australia: Optimising the contribution of…
The majority of Australians now have the choice of an electronic prescription instead of a paper prescription. Over 8 million electronic prescriptions and repeat prescriptions have already been generated by prescribers and dispensers across Australia. How it works There are currently two ways by which patients can receive and manage their electronic prescriptions: Tokens Patients…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) welcomes the recognition of the nursing profession’s contribution to the community in the 2021’s Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Welcome to the musings of a new nurse. 2020 was my graduate year of nursing and the year of more formal support to transition from student to nurse. I was lucky to have such a year, even if the COVID-19 pandemic meant it did not go as I had pictured it. I enjoy medical and…
View Fullscreen More resources Position Statement Second responder for callouts in rural, remote and isolated workplace settings 6 March 2023 Position Statement ACN emissions reduction charter 17 June 2021 Policy Paper Improving health outcomes in rural and remote Australia: Optimising the contribution of nurses 1 December 2018 White Paper A new horizon for health service:…
An International Nurses Day Lunch was held at the CWA Bowral Branch rooms on the 12 May 2021. Attendees included current and retired nurses from Sydney, Canberra and the Southern Highlands Region. The twofold purpose of the function was to honour and celebrate the profession; and secondly, to support the Australian College of Nursing (ACN)…