The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) supports the introduction of the Reproductive Health Care Reform Bill 2019 which seeks to decriminalise abortion in New South Wales. “New South Wales is the last remaining state in the country where women can be criminalised for their reproductive rights,” said Australian College of Nursing CEO Adjunct Professor Kylie…
University of Wollongong (UOW) academic Professor Elizabeth (Liz) Halcomb FACN has become the first nurse to be awarded the prestigious Bridges-Webb Medal. The annual award recognises members of the Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care who have made internationally significant teaching and/or research contributions to academic primary care. Of the eleven previous medal winners, ten…
By Elizabeth Matters FACN As long as I have been a nurse, concerns about the challenges of nursing an ‘ageing population’ into the future have been a recurring theme. How will we meet the health needs as the Baby Boomers grow older? How will the costs of healthcare be contained as more of the population…
With so much negative attention on aged care within Australia, it is incredibly easy to focus only on the damaging aspects. Fortunately, there is some good happening throughout the aged care sector and this needs to be shared. I was lucky enough to meet two amazing women who are doing just that, highlighting women in…
By Professor Deborah Parker MACN As we grow older, the more our health care needs get increasingly complex. In order to adequately meet these needs, we require a sustainable health system which will ensure that those who are most vulnerable in our communities are not slipping through the cracks. The Royal Commission into Aged Care…
In this NurseClick article Christopher Veal MACN reflects on his experience working as a Community Mental Health Nurse in a remote Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory. My role as a Community Mental Health Nurse often takes me into the remotest areas of Australia,this week I was to visit an Aboriginal community in East Arnhem…
Delegates attending the 2018 National Nursing Forum The National Nursing Forum (NNF) is the Australian College of Nursing’s (ACN) signature annual leadership and educational event which brings together nurses, students and other health professionals from around the country and the globe. The 2019 event, which takes place from 21 – 23 August in Hobart, is…
By Lucy Osborn MACN (ENL) This column, The Scrubs that Fit, is all about the highs and lows of being a junior nurse, from the perspective of an ACN Emerging Nurse Leader. The aim of these blog posts is to help ease the transition from university to grad years and beyond. Find Lucy on ACN’s neo and on…
Kazuma Honda MACN (Kaz) is an Australian College of Nursing (ACN) Emerging Nurse Leader (ENL) Program participant currently completing Stage 5 Empowered to Lead. Since commencing in the ENL program in 2018, Kaz has always expressed his desire to create a bridge between Japanese and Australian nurses. His desire is so strong that in May…