Featured Image: Andrey_Popov on Shutterstock As a nurse, you know that providing the best care starts with creating a safe environment and modelling your practice to be patient-centred. According to the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, patient-centred care in safe environments is more cost-effective and leads to improvements to safety and…
On Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV), The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is celebrating the achievements, presence and community of transgender (trans) and gender-diverse people and highlighting the immediate need to address the health gaps they experience. “Today, I would like to acknowledge the persistent contribution trans and gender-diverse people make to our society and…
Shauna Wilson MACN is an Enrolled Nurse currently practicing in Queensland, is the Chair of the ACN Enrolled Nursing faculty and co-Chair of the ACN Diversity and Inclusion Working Party. She has been an active voice in advocating for the inclusion of access for transgender and gender-diverse people in the nursing profession and has written…