Policy Summit
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.
ACN welcomes proposed improvements to ACT Health workplace culture
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.…
Nurses endorse migrant and refugee competency standards framework
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…
Advanced Concepts in Cosmetic Nursing
This unit of study analyses the advanced role of the cosmetic nurse. Psychological and social factors relating to cosmetic procedures are examined throughout the consultative process.
Foundational Concepts in Cosmetic Nursing
This unit of study introduces students to the specialty of cosmetic nursing. Foundational nursing assessment strategies are applied to the use of commonly used cosmetic injectable treatments and other treatments and procedures, including laser.
The Scrubs that Fit: My journey with nursing and ACN
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…
Safety first in aged care, not profit
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) today told the Senate Community Affairs References Committee that the pursuit of profit must not be allowed to put our vulnerable elderly at increased risk. Providing evidence to the Committee’s inquiry on ‘Effectiveness of the aged care quality assessment and accreditation framework for protecting residents from abuse and poor…
Royal Commission into Aged Care – nurses are valuable to aged care workforce
On behalf of the Australian College of Nursing (ACN), Ageing Policy Chapter Chair Professor Deborah Parker MACN, presented evidence to the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety in Adelaide yesterday. The primary recommendations from ACN’s submission to the Royal Commission include calling for: Unlicensed health care workers (however titled) to be regulated A…
Graduate Certificate in Dermatology Nursing
This postgraduate course is unique to ACN and has been developed in collaboration with the Australian Dermatology Nurses Association (ADNA).
Honouring those who have come before us: Nurse Alma May Beard
On February 11, 2019, ACN attended the Last Post Ceremony at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra to commemorate Sister Alma May Beard, 2/13th Australian General Hospital, Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS). From the limited information that is available on the Second World War Army nurse, we learned from the War Memorial’s records that: “She…