Clinical Educators Masterclass
Throughout this workshop, you will be able to practice peripheral venepuncture and cannulation under supervision in a simulated environment.
Nurses need structured career guidance to help them stay in the profession
ACN Special Report: Nursing Pathways: Making career paths clearer A new report from the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) reveals Australia’s nurses are calling out for structured nursing career support and guidance to keep them working as nurses and making nursing their lifelong career. The release of the report comes as Australia is predicted to…
Lead from where you are: Invest in your leadership journey
Australia’s new National Nursing Workforce Strategy recognises that leadership is not reserved for senior positions. Leadership capability should be developed from the beginning of a nurse’s career and strengthened throughout every stage of professional practice. The Strategy highlights leadership development, mentoring, career progression and lifelong learning as essential to building a sustainable nursing workforce for…
Australian College of Nursing calls for targeted investment in research delivery workforce
Clinical research nurses (CRNs) are calling for action to strengthen their workforce to help realise the ambitions of the national research strategy, warning Australia is increasingly out of step with other countries that are advancing their research capability through workforce investment. The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) welcomes the recognition of CRNs, midwives, and other…
The National Nursing Forum 2027
The National Nursing Forum (NNF) is the Australian College of Nursing’s signature annual leadership and educational event bringing together nurses, students and other health professionals from around the country and across the globe.
$60 million incentive for states and territories to introduce scope-of-practice reforms
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is calling for detail on how states and territories will reform their health systems to unlock their share of the Federal Government’s $60 million commitment to jurisdictions that enable health professionals to work to the top of their scope of practice. The Federal Government has pledged the payments from…
Health Minister announces 2026 Nursing Trailblazer
One of Australia’s leading experts in cardiovascular disease has been named the 2026 Nursing Trailblazer by the Federal Minister for Health and Ageing, Mark Butler MP, at the ACN National Nursing Forum gala dinner in Melbourne tonight. Deakin Distinguished Professor Andrea Driscoll MACN, the Chair in Nursing at Monash Health and Director of the Centre…
Health Minister unveils critical workforce strategy at ACN conference
The National Nursing Workforce Strategy, launched today by the Federal Health Minister Mark Butler at the Australian College of Nursing National Nursing Forum, must be properly implemented to rectify the ad hoc, fractured approach to nursing workforce planning, and to set Australia up to meet its growing and more complex healthcare needs and avoid a…
Health Minister to address more than 1,000 nurses at national forum
More than 1,000 nurses are gathering in Melbourne, including nursing leaders from across the country and the world, for Australia’s premier nursing conference, the Australian College of Nursing National Nursing Forum. With the healthcare sector under sustained pressure from the growing burden of chronic disease, the ageing population, and workforce challenges, the Forum presents an…
Early-career nurses leaving, as shortfall of 80,000 looms: ACN urges action
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) says every new graduate nurse must be guaranteed access to structured transition support, with up to 30 per cent of early career nurses abandoning practice within years of starting while Australia stares down a projected shortfall of almost 80,000 nurses by 2035. Well-designed nursing transition to practice programs build…