Featured Image: Orawan Pattarawimonchai on Shutterstock The choice to start my postgraduate studies with the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) was an easy one. ACN is renowned for its Graduate Certificate in Breast Cancer Nursing, which is delivered online in a fresh and interactive learning platform. The course encouraged collaboration and soon started to provide…
Photo: Supplied by Brownwyn Hausler MACN During the February 2022 floods in southeast Queensland and northern NSW, I volunteered as a student Registered Nurse (RN) to assist the evacuees based at a Southern Cross University campus in Lismore. The facility was transformed almost overnight from a place of learning to a place of shelter for…
October Federal Budget 2022-23 The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) has welcomed initiatives in last night’s Budget to address health inequalities in our community, but more needs to be done to provide safe and appropriate health care now and in the future. ACN CEO Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN said as nurses, we worry about the impact of the rising cost of living on consumers, so it was…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) welcomes the announcement by the NSW State Government that people who assault nurses or other health professionals will be given tougher penalties. The law, which came into effect on Wednesday, 19 October 2022, carries new offences ranging from 12 months to 14 years in prison for assaulting frontline health…
ACN has been proud to administer the Puggy Hunter Scholarship for the last 20 years. Since its inception, the scholarship has seen more than 7500 applications and awarded more than 2200 scholarships. Established in 2002 in recognition of the late Dr Arnold ‘Puggy’ Hunter’s outstanding contribution to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, the PHMSS encourages…
Consumers come to Nurse Immunisers for a variety of immunisations from birth until late adulthood. Whether it be the childhood vaccinations set out by the National Immunisation Program Schedule (NIPs), our recommended vaccinations to support our health during winter, or to protect ourselves and our loved ones as they age, immunisations are a regular part…
Interested? Register your interest Date & time TBC Venue Virtual online Discover how to upgrade your nursing career Ready to take your nursing career to new heights? Join us online at Virtual Open Day to discover where a course with the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) can take you. Whether you’re eager to upskill with…
Transition is the experience of moving from a familiar environment or role to another. New Graduate Registered Nurses (GRNs) can experience a phenomenon known as transition shock as they enter practice for the first time (Graf et al., 2020). The cause of transition shock is related to a clash of values and expectations between the…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is calling for greater investments in nurse leadership and professional development in response to new data outlining the extent of Australia’s workforce shortages. Quarterly data from the National Skills Priority List released today, highlighted 9,266 advertised vacancies for registered nurses, making it the highest in-demand profession in Australia. Australian…