The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) sends its condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Victorian surgeon Dr Patrick Pritzwald-Stegmann, who died today following an alleged one-punch attack at work. “It is with great sadness that today we learned of the passing of a fine doctor, husband and father,” ACN Chief Executive Officer, Adjunct…
Nurses celebrate and acknowledge NAIDOC Week Going home with the feeling that she’d made a difference in someone’s life that day is what Sharon Bilney says is the best part of being a nurse. “When I was working at the hospital, it was just so nice to feel as though I’d made a difference, whether…
Nurse Leader Raises $2300 For Canberra’s Homeless Overnight temperatures may have plummeted to -3 degrees, but it wasn’t enough to deter Australian College of Nursing (ACN) boss Kylie Ward from raising funds and awareness for the homeless. ACN Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN, joined 96 other CEOs and business leaders from…
The Australian College of Nursing welcomes all the nursing students who are beginning their tertiary studies around the country and calls for more initiatives to facilitate quality clinical placements for nursing students. “Nursing is the largest single health profession in Australia and nurses are integral to all patient care – from dental and cosmetic, to…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) has applauded a $1.1 billion health package aimed at modernising suburban hospitals announced in the South Australian budget. In handing down last night’s budget, Treasurer Tom Koutsantonis promised $528 million would be spent on a new Adelaide Women’s Hospital within the new Royal Adelaide Hospital, which is due to…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) has joined more than 30 leading health and medical organisations in supporting the release today of a national strategy to combat health impacts that can be attributable to our environment. The Framework for a National Strategy on Climate, Health and Well-being for Australia was launched at Parliament House this…
The devastating stories nurse Sandy Eagar and her team have heard over the years working with refugees is enough to bring most people to tears. But one story that particularly touched her heart was of a little girl with Spina bifida, who had just landed in Australia after fleeing war-torn Syria. “We had a family…
A promise of almost 5000 new frontline health staff including an extra 2250 nurses and midwives in yesterday’s NSW Budget has been applauded by the Australian College of Nursing (ACN). Health services right across the state were the big winners, with a record $23 billion to be spent on health over the next four years…
Refugee Week is taking place from 18 -24 June to raise awareness about the issues affecting refugees and celebrate the positive contributions they make to Australian society. Coinciding with World Refugee Day (20 June), this year’s theme will once again be “With courage let us all combine” which celebrates the courage of refugees and of…
ACN has applauded a recommendation by the Australian Law Reform Commission to develop a national plan to combat abuse to elderly Australians. The recommendation was handed down as part of the Commission’s report, Elder Abuse – A National Legal Response, released on Wednesday. The report includes 43 recommendations for law reform to safeguard older people…