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The Australian College of Nursing is calling for swift regulatory and funding reform to enable more nurses and midwives to provide vaccination independently in more settings for more Australians to increase Australia’s immunisation rates. Acting ACN CEO, Dr Zach Byfield, said the latest National Immunisation Strategy has prioritised ‘the delivery of vaccines in innovative ways’.…
The peak global body for nursing organisations has renewed the definitions of ‘nurse’ and ‘nursing’, for the first time in 23 years, marking a shift away from a professional identity based on tasks to one conceived as a sophisticated profession requiring scientific knowledge, ethical standards, and therapeutic relationships. The new definitions were unanimously approved at…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is urging Diploma of Nursing students to take up the Commonwealth Prac Payment, which has just opened for applications. The new payment of $331.65 per week during clinical placements is a vital move in addressing the financial barriers that have prevented many students from completing their nursing qualifications and…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) says the latest report from the New South Wales Bureau of Health Information (BHI) confirms the urgent need for widespread health sector reform. The BHI’s January-March report clearly illustrates the pressures that nurses and their colleagues are under, with near-record demand for ED care and ballooning elective surgery lists.…