What is a mental health nurse? The role of a mental health nurse is quite complex and changes from organisation to organisation. Generally speaking, a mental health nurse works with and supports consumers to manage their mental health, and any associated symptoms of mental illness. Mental health nurses provide care for consumers of all ages,…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) would like to congratulate the Albanese Government on handing down a Budget that addresses social determinants of health and equality for all Australians. Prefacing his Budget speech with the statement “the next two years are expected to be the weakest for global growth in over two decades”, Treasurer Jim…
On Sunday, 14 May 2023, nurses and military personnel across Australia will come together to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the sinking of the Australian Hospital Ship (AHS) Centaur in World War II. The hospital ship, carrying 332 civilians, injured personnel and hospital staff, was travelling off the coast of Brisbane, Queensland, when it was…
Featured image: Nurses in Victoria sharing a National Nurses Breakfast for International Nurses Day 2022. Source: Sharmalie Wijesinghe MACN Every year on 12 May, the world comes together to celebrate the nursing profession on International Nurses Day. The nursing profession has had a long and tumultuous past few years and International Nurses Day is a…
Featured Image: Taras Vyshnya on Shutterstock To the new remote nurse, Congratulations on your new job. I know your lecturers scared you into thinking you were never going to get one, that you would get stuck doing something you did not enjoy if you did not write a award-winning selection criteria or if your last…