Where my cancer journey started My name is Merryn Barclay and I am currently ¾ of the way through my Graduate Certificate in Cancer Nursing at The Australian College of Nursing (ACN). I have always had an interest in cancer nursing which developed from my experience as a graduate nurse and has only continued to…
Engaging with your local MP (Member of Parliament) is a powerful way to ensure the knowledge, experience and expertise of nurses shapes the direction of health care in Australia. You can help politicians recognise the vital role nurses play in the health system, harnessing their collective voice to influence Australia’s health policies for generations to…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) Mid-Career Nurse Leadership Program provides nurses who are passionate about advancing their careers with the skills to lead change in the nursing profession. Participants are supported through personal development, career coaching and learning sets. The program’s inaugural participants undertook a five-day intensive course in Canberra in June 2019 and…
Are you passionate about digital health and its use in nursing? Do you want to play a key role in encouraging and promoting the adoption and use of My Health Record? Then look no further! The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is proud to again partner with the Australian Digital Health Agency (the agency) for…
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…
Photo credit: Marilyn Gendek FACN The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is delighted to announce we have partnered with Jon Baines Tours to create a new and exciting nursing study tour to South Africa in June 2020. The tour explores the best of both worlds by combining the incredible, untapped natural beauty of South Africa…
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…