I was meant to be a nurse

Janette Webster MACN, After Hours Hospital Manager and Nurse Bank and Pool Coordinator at GV Health in Victoria, talks to the Australian College of Nursing about how she was “always meant to be a nurse”. “I never wanted to be anything else,” Janette says simply. “My mum was a state enrolled nurse and so I…

Nurse education in Australia: Part 4

By Trish Lowe MACN – ACN Nurse Educator The introduction of statutory acts formalising nurse registration and training Throughout the 20th century’s first decades, various states and countries within the British Commonwealth presented Bills seeking nurse registration to Parliament. In some cases (e.g. New Zealand and Queensland (QLD)) this happened quickly and easily. In other…

#COVID-19: From research to a clinical role

Samantha Prime is a final year PhD candidate of Queensland University of Technology (QUT), her field of research is paediatric respiratory illnesses. She talks to the Australian College of Nursing about suspending her thesis and commencing work at a COVID19 clinic. Elaborating on her current role, Samantha says, “For the last seven years I have…

Policy Paper

Nurses, immunisation and health

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Position Statement

Nurses, immunisation and health

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