Nurses around Australia are taking the initiative to improve health care in this country and the innovative work of four nurses has seen them selected as Finalists in the inaugural Health Minister’s Award for Nursing Trailblazers. “We were overwhelmed, inspired and impressed by the nominations we received,” Australian College of Nursing CEO, Adjunct Professor Kylie…
In collaboration with the Australian Digital Health Agency (ADHA) Most of your patients will now have a My Health Record. Between 16 July 2018 and 31 January 2019, Australians had the opportunity to make a choice to have a My Health Record, or to opt-out by 31 January 2019 if they did not want a…
By Lynne Minion When one of the largest local health districts in NSW embarked on a transformation project designed to make it the safest in the state, it had to bring a lot of people along for the ride. With over 15,000 staff serving a population of about one million residents, South Western Sydney Local…
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,” Australian College of Nursing (ACN)…
Transitioning to Digital: Change Management Top Tips from Peter MacCallum’s Chief Nursing Officer Ahead of Australian Healthcare Week 2019 Jac Mathieson, Chief Nursing Officer at the Peter McCallum Cancer Centre (Peter McC) shares insights into Peter MacC’s digitisation journey, which includes the implementation of EMR, and delves into lessons learned and top tips to guarantee…
The Policy Summit is a forum for ACNs Policy Chapters to come together, discuss and identify major policy opportunities and build a strategy to address these.
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 issues of poor workplace culture.…
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 Migrant and Refugee Women’s…