Australian College of Nursing (ACN) CEO, Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN, said the decision by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) to allow appropriately qualified and trained Nurse Practitioners to prescribe MS-2 Step for medical terminations will make access to this treatment and comprehensive quality health care more equitable for all Australian women. Adjunct Professor Ward…
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Featured image: Diva Madan (Nurse Educator – Higher Education), Australian College of Nursing Across every generation, our Elders play a critical role to our communities and families. The 2023 theme for NAIDOC Week is ‘For Our Elders’ and emphasises this important role for passing on culture, knowledge and wisdom between generations. However, as First Nations…
Featured image: From left to right, ACN President Emeritus Professor Christine Duffield FACN, Emily Hunter, Matilda Pascoe and ACN CEO Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN at the 2022 National Nursing Forum in Darwin. About the scholarship The Puggy Hunter Memorial Scholarship Scheme (PHMSS) is celebrating its 20-year anniversary this year! Established in 2002 in recognition…
This unit of study explores the impetus for change in conventional health service delivery and the issues related to providing health services for people with chronic disease.
Featured Image: speedshutter Photography on Shutterstock The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) Disaster Health Faculty supports the development of resources to prepare nurses to respond to disaster conditions. A nurse faces disaster conditions when the normal functioning of the organisation has been suddenly disrupted by a wide-scale emergency. Emergencies can be isolated to the organisation…
I had a less-than common career path lead me to becoming an infection prevention and control nurse. After a difficult graduate program during the COVID-19 pandemic, I learned that ward-based nursing was not for me, and I moved into diagnostic nursing. I started a position as an endoscopy nurse, with no previous gastroenterology experience. An…
Featured Image: SewCreamStudio on Shutterstock Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) is a condition that many nurses have heard of but little may have had direct experience in treating. RHD, like other chronic heart conditions, has a high long-term fatality rate. Nurses need to have a keen eye to notice symptoms, risk factors and implement preventative measures…
Image: Professor Deborah Hatcher MACN as she shares her wisdom to ACN Graduates at the Graduation Ceremony in Sydney. Last week, nurses from across Australia joined together in Sydney, NSW to attend their graduation from the Australian College of Nursing (ACN). Held in-person for the first time since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) welcomes the announcement of Blair Comley as the next Secretary of the Department of Health and Aged Care. Mr Comley, who is an experienced public service leader at both Federal and State levels, takes over from retiring Secretary, Professor Brendan Murphy, from 17 July 2023. ACN CEO, Adjunct Professor…