At the end of 2020, The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) launched a series of online CPD modules aimed at advancing clinical nurse leadership in the aged care sector. The modules — which can be completed at any time online — individually address the Australian Government’s Aged Care Quality Standards to ensure enrolled and registered nursing staff working in…
By Emma Wright MACN, Stage Two Emerging Nurse Leader I started my grad year in August 2020, right in the midst of a global pandemic. In Melbourne, this was the time when we were just about to hit the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. We all know the transition from student to nurse is…
Photo credit: Northern Sydney Local Health District As Australia prepared to shut down for the Christmas holidays, nurses and health professionals in the Northern Beaches region of Sydney raced to fight a rapidly spreading outbreak of COVID-19. To acknowledge their incredible efforts and sacrifice, we share the experiences of three Northern Beaches nurses from Northern…
By Christopher Veal MACN As nurses, we often have experiences which, despite the demanding nature of our work, that reaffirm our faith in our capabilities and our profession, reminding us why we chose this line of work. As a Registered Nurse newly staffed at the Royal Hobart Hospital in Tasmania, I was expected to work wherever I was placed, typically…
View fullscreenSkip to PDF content More resources Submission Migration pathway to nation building 1 March 2023 Submission Special commission of inquiry into healthcare funding 1 October 2023 Policy Paper Improving health outcomes in rural and remote Australia: Optimising the contribution of nurses 1 December 2018 Budget Submission ACN’s 2024-2025 Pre-Budget Submission 10 March 2024 Position…
By Lucy Osborn MACN (ENL) This column, The Scrubs that Fit, is all about the highs and lows of being an early-career 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…
By Diane Heart MACN ENL A good leader is inspirational and transformative. They have good communication and problem-solving skills, paired with the ability to navigate a person or organisation to better ground. The essential skills of a good leader are often associated with a person that identifies as extroverted. Extroverted people are confident in vocational…