The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) today pays their respects to the nurses who lost their lives during the sinking of the Vyner Brooke on 14 February 1942 and Bangka Island Massacre on 16 February 1942. 65 Australian Army Nursing Service nurses were evacuated from Singapore on the SS Vyner Brooke due to the pending…
On Wednesday 16 February 2022 at 4:20 pm, the Australian War Memorial will hold a Last Post Ceremony to commemorate the life of Australian Army Nurse Sister Ellen Louisa ‘Nell’ Keats. Nell died on 16 February 1942 during the Bangka Island Massacre alongside 20 of her Australian Army Service Nursing colleagues and one civilian. Australian…
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The country’s peak nursing organisations today stand together to condemn the Morrison Government for its failure to protect Australia’s nursing home residents, and the nurses and care workers doing their utmost in a sector that has been overwhelmed by COVID. And, at a time when the latest COVID outbreaks continue to claim lives in Australia’s…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) welcomes the Federal Government’s announcement to provide aged care workers with a one-off financial bonus but says they must be-tax free and accompanied by greater investment in education and training for aged care nurses. “I welcome the Prime Minister’s recognition of the contribution aged care workers make to protecting…