Image: Provided. The Australian College of Nursing’s Nursing in the Community Week aims to raise awareness of how nurses can support our community to stay safe at home, wherever that is. This year, the activities will support nurses in having “A Voice to Lead”, in discussion of topical areas affecting nurses working in our communities.…
Image: Provided The Australian College of Nursing’s Nursing in the Community Week aims to raise awareness of how nurses can support our community to stay safe at home, wherever that is. This year, the activities will support nurses in having “A Voice to Lead”, in discussion of topical areas affecting nurses working in our communities.…
View Fullscreen More resources Position Statement Restrictive practices 7 February 2022 Budget Submission ACN’s 2023-2024 Pre-Budget Submission 25 January 2023 Position Statement Working with children above a healthy weight in primary health care: ACN Toolkit for nurses 27 April 2021 White Paper Value-based health care through nursing leadership (Abridged) 31 May 2022 Position Statement Surge…
Each nurse has a special story to tell about how they enter and continue on a path through our profession. Nurses come from all different backgrounds and life phases but are united under a common goal of caring for others. The final article of our Men in Nursing Impact Series shares the stories behind what…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) supports all nurses to advocate for and promote sustainable practices within their workplaces and communities. As part of this, we are proud to have an Emissions Reduction Policy Chapter which draws from the expertise of our membership and focuses on how the carbon footprint can be reduced through nursing…
When I started my training to become a registered nurse (RN), I had no idea I was going to end up working in aged care. I trained through the hospital system, and once qualified as an RN, I continued to work in hospitals in Perth. Following several years off to be a full-time mum, I…
View Fullscreen More resources Position Statement Restrictive practices 7 February 2022 Budget Submission ACN’s 2023-2024 Pre-Budget Submission 25 January 2023 Position Statement Working with children above a healthy weight in primary health care: ACN Toolkit for nurses 27 April 2021 White Paper Value-based health care through nursing leadership (Abridged) 31 May 2022 Position Statement Surge…
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…