You can read Part one of Nursing in the 1918 pandemic on our NurseClick blog. By Ruth Rae, FACN, PhD. In early 1916 Australian soldiers were divided into two divisions, one remained in Egypt and the other went to Europe.[1] Nellie Miles-Walker was transferred to England with nurses from 1 and 2 Australian General Hospital…
Nursing care is pivotal to improving the quality of life for older Australians. Their expertise, critical thinking and empathy are essential to ensuring their complex needs are professionally treated and managed. Today, as part of our Nurses Where You Need Them NurseClick Series, we speak to registered nurse Michelle Touma MACN, People and Culture Manager…
By Erin Mercieca MACN, Graduate Registered Nurse and Australian College of Nursing Stage 2 Emerging Nurse Leader. With special thanks to Sue Hughes FACN. Transitioning to practice can be complex for the new nurse (Missen et al., 2016). It can take graduate nurses time to become acclimatised to their new clinical role. It has been…
“General practice nurses (GPNs) have in-depth knowledge and specialised skills to assist people and empower them on their health care journeys,” says Robyn Vance MACN, a registered nurse who currently works at Flinders Peak Medical Centre in Ipswich, Queensland. All across Australia, nurses like Robyn working in general practice settings are pivotal to reducing the…
By Ruth Rae, FACN, PhD. Today Australian nurses are facing the challenge of saving lives amid an influenza pandemic on home soil. Any suggestion they have let their profession down when they contract the virus defies all logic. They are the frontline defence and they put themselves at risk for the benefit of their patients…
Nurses are the backbone of local communities. In times of peace and crisis, their expertise and skills are essential to protecting and improving the health of individuals, particularly those in vulnerable groups who most need assistance. When nine Public Housing Towers went into lockdown in Melbourne in July to help prevent the spread of COVID-19,…
By Guillaume Leroux MACN Hi, I’ve been asked to tell my story as a nurse climate activist. Yes, a nurse climate activist; because that inevitable transformation we call the climate crisis is still very much of current actuality. SARS-CoV-2 is certainly putting us to a change challenge and we could argue this is good for…
The historic Quadrant Building at the University of Sydney By Trish Lowe MACN – ACN Nurse Educator Move towards tertiary education for Australian nurses- mid 1980s As previously discussed in this series, Australian nurses were originally trained in public hospitals, under an apprenticeship system. During the early 1900’s, The Australasian Trained Nurses’ Association (ATNA) established the minimum standards of clinical and theoretical knowledge required to be delivered…
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…
Each day, nurses in the community provide expert and professional care to patients at every stage of their life, from life to death. In recognition of this, The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is holding Nursing in the Community Week from 14-20 September 2020. Nurses in the community, those who work in a wide range…