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Surge workforces

View Fullscreen More resources Position Statement Scope of practice – Registered Nurses in the community setting 2 June 2024 Position Statement Minimum educational qualifications for nursing staff in residential aged care settings 9 November 2021 Submission Engaging your Member of Parliament 9 September 2022 White Paper Nurses are essential in health and aged care reform…

Congratulations to the 2021 Emerging Nurse Leader Program Cohort 

The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) congratulates the 41 nurses and nursing students who have completed our 2021 Emerging Nurse Leader (ENL) Program. The prestigious leadership program supports the recognition and development of leadership skills in early career nurses across five stages, empowering individuals with the opportunity to be the very best they can be and lead others with the same…

Aletha Ward MACN

Nurses lead the way in emissions reduction

The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) supports all nurses to advocate for and promote sustainable practices within their workplaces and communities. As part of this, we are proud to have an Emissions Reduction Policy Chapter which draws from the expertise of our membership and focuses on how the carbon footprint can be reduced through nursing…

Five Australians inducted into International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame

A quintet of Australia’s leading nurse researchers have been formally inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame at the 32nd International Nursing Research Congress. Australia was strongly represented with five of the 20 inductees hailing from our shores whilst Canada, Taiwan, the United Kingdom,…