Julie Tucker MACN, Nurse Midwife at the Lyell McEwin Hospital talks to the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) in the lead up to International Nurses Day on 12 May. ACN Member Julie Tucker MACN works at a large metropolitan hospital in a large tertiary setting. She works in women and children’s area and her specialty…
Arun Thomas MACN, a Stage Five ACN Emerging Nurse Leader, is an inspiring and emerging leader in the healthcare sector who has a strong focus and passion for leadership, governance, advocacy and aged care. A Registered Nurse, he became one of the youngest public hospital directors in Victoria when he was appointed by Minister of…
In the lead up to International Nurses Day, the Australian College of Nursing talks to Jaya Thomas MACN, about how 2020 has indeed been Year of the Nurse & Midwife. “It’s bizarre when you think about it – the Year of the Nurse & Midwife was an opportunity for us to put our profession in…
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…
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…
For International Nurses Day observed worldwide on 12 May in 2020 Year of the Nurse & Midwife, Jacob Roberts MACN wants to acknowledge that nurses have the power to lead and bring about change even in the face of adversity as severe as COVID-19. Jacob, whose area of expertise is Emergency Nursing, works as a…
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…
This unit of study aims to build on the student’s knowledge in drug and alcohol nursing.
This unit of study is designed to provide students with an understanding of the foundational concepts of drug and alcohol nursing.
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…