Whether you are an undergraduate student or an experienced nursing superstar, ACN is here to support you and help you stay informed, connected and inspired. Become a part of our tribe to connect with like-minded nurses, access a huge number of benefits, build your profile and be the best nurse you can be!
ACN offers flexible online education designed for nurses by nurses with a strong clinical focus and evidence based practice. Whether you’re an RN or an EN, looking to take your career in a new direction and specialise, or just tick off some CPD hours, we’ve got your learning needs covered!
Our mission is to enhance health care by advancing nurse leadership. We believe all nurses are inherently leaders.
Regardless of your job title or the number of years you have been nursing YOU are a leader! ACN can help you enhance your leadership skills and confidence through specialised leadership webinars and face-to-face training.
We are powerful individually – together we’re unstoppable! ACN brings together thousands of extraordinary nurses from across the country to build a strong, collective voice for nursing. ACN commands the respect and recognition our profession deserves, ensuring the expertise and experiences of nurses are represented in policy development throughout the Australian health system.
ACN is the pre-eminent professional nursing membership organisation in Australia, open to nurses in all settings and at every stage of their career. In addition to being the Australian member for the International Council of Nurses, ACN is also an authorised higher education provider and registered training organisation and specialises in online postgraduate, professional development and training courses for registered and enrolled nurses.
We can assist you to showcase your organisation, products and services to nurses; demonstrate your leadership in corporate social responsibility; increase brand equity and credibility; build brand and business loyalty; increase sales and market share; and generate positive media and PR coverage, with positive brand positioning to key audiences.
Align your organisation with the leading voice of the Australian nursing profession.
Australia’s health system is becoming increasingly reliant on unregistered carers with limited training and this is negatively impacting on levels of care in all settings and patient outcomes. “Following tragic stories of neglect and mistreatment, a Royal Commission was established to investigate the current state of Australia’s aged care sector,”…
Recommendations made by the External Review Committee into workplace culture of ACT Health are welcomed by the Australian College of Nursing (ACN). The Final Report from the Independent Review into the Workplace Culture within ACT Public Health Services was released today, detailing recommendations which aim to improve and address any…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) welcomes today’s launch of a clinical framework outlining best practice in providing cultural responsiveness for patients from migrant and refugee backgrounds. The ‘Culturally responsive clinical practice: Working with people from migrant and refugee backgrounds’ Competency Standards Framework for Clinicians (the Framework) was developed by…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) today told the Senate Community Affairs References Committee that the pursuit of profit must not be allowed to put our vulnerable elderly at increased risk. Providing evidence to the Committee’s inquiry on ‘Effectiveness of the aged care quality assessment and accreditation framework for protecting…
On behalf of the Australian College of Nursing (ACN), Ageing Policy Chapter Chair Professor Deborah Parker MACN, presented evidence to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety in Adelaide yesterday. The primary recommendations from ACN’s submission to the Royal Commission include calling for: Unlicensed health care workers (however…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) welcomes the Victorian Government’s decision to prohibit the practice of conversion therapy and calls on the remaining states and territories to enact similar bans. “It astounds me that in a country as progressive as Australia, such harmful methods that claim to change a person’s…
