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 Budget Submission ACN’s 2023-2024 Pre-Budget Submission 25 January 2023 Position Statement Impact of COVID-19 on the nursing profession: managing repercussions, enabling opportunities 6 March 2023 Submission Commonwealth Government COVID-19 response inquiry 1 December 2023 Policy Paper Nursing leadership in diversity and inclusion guiding principles 2 February 2021 Position Statement Unregulated health…
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…
Nurse Executive Leadership Program and Mid-Career Nurse Leadership Program participants during the June 2021 masterclasses Participants of the Australian College of Nursing’s (ACN) Nurse Executive Leadership Program commencing in October 2021 will have the opportunity to learn from some of the brightest executive minds in the Australian health care system. The program is the only…
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…