Image source: The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) Nurse Immunisation Team. Supplied Image. As the 2022 winter season approaches, people across Australia are being reminded to check that they are up to date with their flu vaccinations. With health restrictions easing across the country, people are more likely to interact with and pass on illnesses…
Australia’s nurses will have the opportunity to acknowledge their colleagues in the Defence Forces and those who have served before them during Canberra’s Anzac Day Commemorations. Australian College of Nursing (ACN) Fellows, Members and Staff will gather at the Australian Nurses Memorial on Anzac Parade to acknowledge the profession’s fallen before participating in the annual…
As Australia’s largest provider of Graduate Certificates for Nurses, the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is thrilled to announce that we will be offering two new Graduate Certificate programs for nurses to enhance their knowledge and opportunities to shape our health systems. The Graduate Certificate in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Nursing and the Graduate Certificate…
In wake of today’s announcement of Saturday 21 May 2022 as the date of the Federal Election, the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is urging politicians to prioritise the issues impacting the nursing profession throughout the campaign, in the interests of the health of all Australians. “For the last two years, nurses have led Australians…
To mark World Health Day (WHD), the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is highlighting the leading role the nursing profession plays in mitigating the climate crisis and reducing emissions in the health care sector. The 2022 WHD theme, ‘our planet, our health’, shines a spotlight on the devastating impacts of climate change on the health…
By Jade Chen MACN Nursing placements may be rescheduled or postponed for a variety of reasons. The prolonged waiting time to complete the placements can stress students, especially during the already stressful COVID-19 pandemic. For example, I was supposed to have a four-week placement in February 2022. However, due to the Omicron outbreak in early…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) welcomes Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese’s pledge in his Budget Reply Speech tonight to put nurses into residential aged care facilities on a 24-hour basis. Currently there is no mandatory or legislated requirement for a registered nurse on duty in Australian residential aged care facilities. “I welcome Mr Albanese’s Budget…
The role of the nursing profession in leading the repair of Australia’s broken health and aged care systems was the focus of the fifth annual Australian College of Nursing (ACN) Policy Summit. Held in Canberra last month, The Summit brought together nursing leaders, Federal Politicians and health policy experts from across Australia to discuss how…
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…