South Australian Health Practitioners Tribunal fact sheet
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2019 ACN Policy Summit: Ageing Policy Chapter
At the 2019 Policy Summit in March, we caught up with each of the Policy Chapter Chairs to get a brief overview of the work conducted in 2018 as well as the upcoming priorities for 2019. Professor Deborah Parker MACN is the Chair of the Ageing (formerly Health Ageing) Policy Chapter and the Deputy Chair…
Nursing matters: The power of recognition
By Elizabeth Matters MACN This year, my city’s national league soccer team played in the grand finals and won. It was a big match and a big win and they, and most of the local inhabitants, were ecstatic. As they flew back into town, clutching the enormous gold trophy, they were picked up from the…
My experience caring for someone with motor neurone disease
In the Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Nursing and Midwifery program at Monash University, one of the final year units looks at chronic illness management within the primary care setting. The unit covers the management of clients with a wide range of chronic illnesses, care of the ageing person and palliative care. In our workshops for…
Why Australia needs a Climate and Health Community of Interest
By Dr Liz Hanna FACN Chair Climate and Health COI ACN embraced Communities of Interest (COIs) as a mechanism to facilitate mutual collegial support to optimise our nursing expertise and professional efficacy, and to advance the voice of nurses on key health issues facing the nation. The Climate and Health COI differs to the other…
Promoting men in nursing: Embrace diversity to reduce projected workforce shortages
By Luke Yokota MACN (ENL) The Australia’s Future Health Workforce – Nurses Report published by the Department of Health (2014) forecasted a nursing shortage in Australia of 85,000 nurses by 2025, growing to 123,000 nurses by 2030. Even with expert opinions predicting these numbers, they may be inflated when taking into account successful strategies to improve…
Vaccinations keep our most vulnerable safe
With increased cases of vaccine-preventable diseases being reported across the country and internationally, the nursing profession is reminding Australians to get immunised and protected for World Immunisation Week (24-30 April). “The World Health Organisation named vaccine hesitancy as one of the top ten global threats to health for 2019,” Australian College of Nursing CEO, Adjunct…
2019 ACN Policy Summit: Workforce Sustainability Policy Chapter
At the 2019 Policy Summit in March, we caught up with each of the Policy Chapter Chairs to get a brief overview of the work conducted in 2018 as well as the upcoming priorities for 2019. Professor Leanne Boyd MACN is the Chair of the Workforce Sustainability Policy Chapter and the Deputy Chair is Adjunct…
Protect health and save lives: Open letter calls on every federal parliamentary candidate to address climate health emergency
“Climate change poses an unprecedented threat to the health of people in Australia and across the world.” An open letter from an unprecedented coalition of health, welfare, and environment groups published today calls for all candidates in the upcoming federal election to recognise climate change as a core public health threat and commit to supporting…
Joint media statement: Nurses and midwives central to provide better health care
Nurses and midwives are calling on all governments to work with our professions to support the health and wellbeing of our community. There are currently 374,216 nurses and midwives registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. Nurses and midwives, are the largest health professions and the most geographically dispersed workforce in Australia. They…
