Enabling nurses to utilise their training and expertise to provide care directly to the community in order to help reduce the spread of infection, support Australians to manage chronic health conditions and keep people out of hospital is vital if the nation is to successfully respond to and overcome the…
In the immediate wake of the first unified World Obesity Day, which took place on 4 March 2020, the Australian College of Nursing has developed a toolkit to equip nurses to be the primary health care lead in caring for children and young people who are overweight or obese. “Overweight…
Older Australians deserve high quality care, and this requires more registered nurses working within aged care, the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) said today as it welcomed the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety Counsel Assisting’s Submission on Workforce. “Over the past two decades, while…
Nurses are on the frontline of every lifesaving battle against the array of diseases that sadly inflict our community. Nurses will utilise this expertise to protect Australians as we face the coronavirus threat. “While this coronavirus is new, nurses are trained to deal with infectious diseases and are ready to…
Climate change has the potential to undermine public health gains made over the past 50 years and Australian governments, industry and the community must unite to tackle this emergency, the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) said today. ACN and its colleagues across the health sector have joined forces to call…
The Australian College of Nursing has today called for major changes in health care funding and delivery models to improve outcomes for poorly serviced populations, including the aged, people with multiple, chronic diseases and those who are marginalised and disadvantaged by geography, culture or poverty. Releasing ACN’s A New Horizon…
