Approximately 700 nurses from across Australia will come together in the Northern Territory (NT) next week for the profession’s signature leadership and education event at the Darwin Convention Centre from August 17-19. The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) National Nursing Forum (NNF) provides an invaluable opportunity for nurses and nursing students to connect with and…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is proud to announce three nurses have been selected by an expert panel as Finalists in the 2022 Health Minister’s Award for Nursing Trailblazers. The Award, now in its fourth year, recognises nurses nationally whose leadership has led to innovative solutions addressing key challenges facing our health and aged…
In October 2021, at the Australian College of Nursing’s (ACN) first-ever virtually held signature event, the National Nursing Forum (NNF), the Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care announced Sonia Martin MACN as the winner of the 2021 Health Minister’s Award for Nursing Trailblazers (Trailblazer Award). Sonia was named the winner for providing equitable health…
To kick off the 2021 Health Minister’s Award for Nursing Trailblazers, we will be featuring each of our Finalists in the lead up to the virtual National Nursing Forum taking place from 26-28 October 2021, where the Winner will be announced. This week, we are featuring Carey Blaik MACN, who has been named one of…
To kick off the 2021 Health Minister’s Award for Nursing Trailblazers, we will be featuring each of our Finalists in the lead up to the virtual National Nursing Forum taking place from 26-28 October 2021, where the Winner will be announced. This week, we are featuring Lisa Hellwege MACN, who has been named one of…
To kick off the 2021 Health Minister’s Award for Nursing Trailblazers, we will be featuring each of our Finalists in the lead up to the virtual National Nursing Forum taking place from 26-28 October 2021, where the Winner will be announced. This week, we are featuring Sonia Martin MACN, who has been named one of…
To kick off the 2021 Health Minister’s Award for Nursing Trailblazers, we will be featuring each of our Finalists in the lead up to the virtual National Nursing Forum taking place from 26-28 October 2021, where the Winner will be announced. This week, we are featuring Julie Westaway MACN, a Urogynaecology Nurse Practitioner at Darling…
The Health Minister’s Award for Nursing Trailblazers acknowledges nurse-led innovations and models of care which significantly improve health outcomes for the Australian community through evidence-based processes. To mark the opening of nominations for the 2021 award, we spoke to two of our previous finalists to discover how they came to be nominated for the award. Shannon Wallis MACN ¬– MeCare Nurse Unit Manager at…
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…
2019 was a year of many major initiatives – one of which was the Health Minister’s Award for Nursing Trailblazers. The first of its kind in Australia, it acknowledged the vital role nurses play in transforming our country’s health and aged care system. As we approach the second year of this prestigious award, the Australian…