On Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV), The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is celebrating the achievements, presence and community of transgender (trans) and gender-diverse people and highlighting the immediate need to address the health gaps they experience. “Today, I would like to acknowledge the persistent contribution trans and gender-diverse people make to our society and…
Shauna Wilson MACN is an Enrolled Nurse currently practicing in Queensland, is the Chair of the ACN Enrolled Nursing faculty and co-Chair of the ACN Diversity and Inclusion Working Party. She has been an active voice in advocating for the inclusion of access for transgender and gender-diverse people in the nursing profession and has written…
Australian College of Nursing (ACN) President Emeritus Professor Christine Duffield FACN has been announced as one of 32 new inductees into the Sigma International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame. The honour is reserved for nurses who have ‘significant and sustained national or international recognition and whose research has improved the profession of nursing and the…
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This unit exposes students to what quality in healthcare comprises and how quality and clinical governance are applied to digitisation.
This unit provides students with opportunities to consolidate and expand their clinical knowledge, skills, and attitudes within the specialty of interventional radiology nursing.
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This unit exposes students to the fit between individuals, tasks and technology, commencing with the healthcare digitisation landscape and concluding with approaches to implementation.
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Rebuilding Australia’s health system after the COVID-19 pandemic is the focus of Friday’s National Policy Summit, hosted by the Australian College of Nursing (ACN). “Nurses are Australia’s largest health profession and the key to leading Australia out of the COVID-19 pandemic,” ACN CEO Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN said today. “For the past two years,…