Deciding to join the nursing profession is a highly rewarding career choice. You will become part of a collective of like-minded health professionals who use their expertise and passion for making a difference to improve the lives of their local communities. The Australian College of Nursing’s (ACN) Men in Nursing Working Party is dedicated to…
A quintet of Australia’s leading nurse researchers have been formally inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame at the 32nd International Nursing Research Congress. Australia was strongly represented with five of the 20 inductees hailing from our shores whilst Canada, Taiwan, the United Kingdom,…
As I studied to become a Registered Nurse, I was at a University well known for medicine and I often wondered why we never took the same basic anatomy or health leadership classes. Fast forward five years, I have relocated to another state, and only a few months into my new work was paired with…
Louise Lommerse MACN is a Stage Four Australian College of Nursing (ACN) Emerging Nurse Leader. As a nurse with a chronic autoimmune condition, I have a different insight into the concerns that some patients have when they come to hospital. After working as a paramedic and a nurse I thought I had a fairly good…
I completed my Bachelor of Nursing in December last year and, if your undergrad degree is anything like the program I did, you have heard A LOT about SMART goals. But how do you actually use SMART goals, especially when creating learning objectives for your student placements? Well, that is what this article is for…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) would like to congratulate Elizabeth Tollenaere (nee Matters) FACN on her election to the Board of the German Nursing Association (DBfK). The DBFK is the professional organisation for nurses in Germany that has a long history dating back to its founding in 1903. Like ACN, it is a proud…
In the ‘Grad Firsts’ NurseClick Column, Stage Two Emerging Nurse Leader Emma Wright MACN provides personal and honest reflections on her recent experiences as a graduate nurse. The articles, which can be viewed in full here, are a great resource for those at the early stages of their journey through the nursing profession. As I…
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When it comes to grad year interviews, the perceived pressure of your whole bachelor’s degree can be overwhelming.* They aren’t easy and, for some, never will be. Graduate application tips for nurses was the topic of one of the first articles I wrote for the Scrubs that Fit column in 2018. The five tips I outline…