Understanding Data in Health Care
This unit introduces students to the paradigm of data in a digital age and the journey towards wisdom and understanding.
Nurse education in Australia: Part 2
By Trish Lowe MACN – ACN Nurse Educator Lucy Osburn brings the Nightingale model to Australia Florence Nightingale (1820- 1910) was born in Florence to wealthy British parents. Nightingale excelled in the classics, speaking German, French and Italian, and was particularly proficient in mathematics. At seventeen, Nightingale made the decision to dedicate her life to…
Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain
This course will prepare and empower students with the knowledge and essential attributes to be an advocate for all woman experiencing chronic pelvic pain and endometriosis.
The Scrubs that Fit: How I cope with the bad days
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…
Top five reasons to choose a rural placement
Savannah taking in the outback scenery during a week of community nursing. I must admit that when I was given the opportunity to complete a rural placement, I didn’t know what to expect. What would this new experience entail? What were the nursing quarters like? How would I fare alone, six hours drive away from…
Australian nurses challenge gendered stereotypes
On Wednesday night, five Members of the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) featured in a segment on ABC’s 7.30 program examining men in the nursing profession. Daryn Mitford MACN, Lee Poole MACN, Alanna Geary FACN, Nick Hayward MACN and Kazuma Honda MACN powerfully shared their personal stories and views on why it is essential for…
Looking back: Nursing Trailblazer Sandy Middleton FACN
2019 was a year of many major achievements for the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) – one of which was the Health Minister’s Award for Nursing Trailblazers. The first of its kind in Australia, the award acknowledges the vital role nurses play in transforming our country’s health and aged care system. As we approach the…
A trip down memory lane: Hospital-based nurse training and the need for reforms
By Diane J Phillips Florence Nightingale’s model of “on the job” hospital-based nurse education was successful and quickly adopted by many countries. In Australia, it was implemented during the latter part of the nineteenth century and when women only were accepted as “trainees.” As low paid employees they were a subservient and subordinate workforce within a…
Novel coronavirus: A message to Australian nurses
Across the world, nurses are playing a pivotal role in detecting, managing and preventing the spread of Novel coronavirus. Last week, the International Council of Nurses praised nurses working in Novel coronavirus impacted areas and stated nurses “must be provided with the personal protective equipment to safely care for those with the virus and ensure…
Unregulated health care workers
View Fullscreen More resources Position Statement Planetary health in nursing 3 September 2025 Submission National nursing workforce 19 December 2023 Position Statement Standardised nursing terminology: Enabling comprehensive nursing data and analysis 24 July 2024 Position Statement Surge workforces 10 September 2021 Position Statement The sexual harassment and/or sexual assault of nurses by patients 5 March…