Featured Image: Gustavo Frazao on Shutterstock Boys don’t cry. Stop acting like a little girl. Be a man. You’re a big sook. Suck it up. Do these phrases seem familiar? They are all examples of the harmful constructions of masculinity that contribute to why men are more likely to die earlier than women. This isn’t…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) has welcomed the announcement of the Queen’s Birthday Honours List today and congratulated all the nurses who received awards. Acting ACN CEO Yvonne Mckinlay FACN outlined the awards were an important recognition of the unwavering commitment nurses have displayed in leading their communities through the prolonged challenges of the…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) welcomes the New South Wales (NSW) Government’s bonus to public sector health care professionals but says it should be tax-free and adopted by every jurisdiction in the country. “I am pleased to see NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet announce frontline health workers will receive a $3,000 bonus to recognise the…
Featured Image: Arthimedes on Shutterstock As the rain continued to fall and the news was overrun with stories of the South Queensland and Northern New South Wales (NSW) floods, I found it natural to write about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) following a natural disaster. From experience, we as health clinicians will with certainty see increases…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is joining its colleagues at the International Council of Nurses (ICN) and Ethiopian Nurses Association (ENA) in calling for urgent measures to address the collapse of the health care system in Tigray, Ethiopia after 18 months of war in the region. ICN is a federation of more than 130…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) today welcomed the appointment of the Hon Mark Butler MP as the new Minister for Health and Aged Care and the Hon Ged Kearney MP as the new Assistant Minister. “I am very pleased to congratulate Mark Butler, and likewise Ged Kearney – who as a former nurse and…
Pictured: The ACN Sydney Region IND event with Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN as they tour the Nurses Walk in Sydney. Supplied On May 12 as part of International Nurses Day (IND), the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) community came together to celebrate the nursing profession and call for greater support in the post-COVID recovery of…
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The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) welcomes the strong results for the Australian Greens and independent candidates during the weekend’s Federal Election. “I congratulate the Australian Greens and independents on substantially increasing their representation in Parliament. ACN is a non-partisan membership-based peak body and we stand willing to work with politicians from across the political…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) welcomes the Australian Labor Party’s (ALP) victory in Saturday’s Federal Election and is calling for addressing the crisis facing the nursing workforce to be at the top of their post-election priority list. “I congratulate the ALP on their election victory and look forward to working with new Prime Minister…