By Jade Chen MACN Nursing placements may be rescheduled or postponed for a variety of reasons. The prolonged waiting time to complete the placements can stress students, especially during the already stressful COVID-19 pandemic. For example, I was supposed to have a four-week placement in February 2022. However, due to the Omicron outbreak in early…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) welcomes Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese’s pledge in his Budget Reply Speech tonight to put nurses into residential aged care facilities on a 24-hour basis. Currently there is no mandatory or legislated requirement for a registered nurse on duty in Australian residential aged care facilities. “I welcome Mr Albanese’s Budget…
The role of the nursing profession in leading the repair of Australia’s broken health and aged care systems was the focus of the fifth annual Australian College of Nursing (ACN) Policy Summit. Held in Canberra last month, The Summit brought together nursing leaders, Federal Politicians and health policy experts from across Australia to discuss how…