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…
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…
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…
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The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has praised nurses for their role in treating and controlling the spread of the Coronavirus. ICN President Annette Kennedy wrote to the Chinese Nursing Association to convey her “admiration and solidarity to all the nurses in the region who are continuing to work in such difficult circumstances.” “Providing nursing…
By Trish Lowe MACN – ACN Nurse Educator To do what nobody else will do, a way that nobody else can do, in spite of all we go through; that is to be a nurse.” – Rawsi Williams As part of the celebrations surrounding the International year of the Nurse & Midwife, Project 2020 and…
By Lucy Osborn MACN 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 Instagram @aussie_nurses.…
Sonia Marshall MACN takes to Twitter to share why she is proud to be a nurse As nurses, we belong to a group of expert professionals passionate about improving the lives of others. During December, we challenged you to reflect on what makes you proud to be a nurse and to share it on Twitter…
Nurses stand to gain a lot from health digitisation, if trained the right way By Jen Bichel-Findlay FACN After having worked in the health care sector for nearly 45 years, I can honestly say that the best time for nurses is now – as health finally becomes digitised. Digital initiatives in health have the potential…
AI has the potential to substantially improve quality of life for the elderly, but not without nurses’ intervention By Dana Dermody MACN The use of technology in aged care is increasing for many reasons. The most significant factor relates to giving older adults a choice on where and how they want to age, but also…