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…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) has named three finalists for the Health Minister’s Award for Nursing Trailblazers 2026, recognising nurse-led innovations that are delivering measurable improvements in health outcomes for communities across Australia. Nominations were assessed by an expert panel of nurse leaders against criteria including context and challenge, innovation and nurse-led approach, contribution…
New data showing the number of healthcare workers hospitalised after being assaulted at work has more than doubled in a decade confirms years of warnings about worsening safety of healthcare workers, say the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) and the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF). National figures released by the Australian Institute of Health…
Image: 1976, members at the launch of the Australian Resuscitation Council Nurses are often the first to recognise deterioration, the first to start resuscitation, and the last to leave the bedside — yet their influence on resuscitation policy is less visible. For more than five decades, nursing voices have contributed to governance through representation on…
New data underscores the need for significant primary health care reform, with the burden of chronic disease continuing to grow while Australians are delaying or skipping GP visits due to cost. “Nurses must be granted access to primary care funding they are currently locked out of,” said Australian College of Nursing Chief Executive Officer, Adjunct…
The Australian College of Nursing says the passage of landmark legislation giving patients access to the PBS for registered-nurse-prescribed medicines for the first time is a major milestone that will improve access to equitable, timely, and high-quality medication prescribing across Australia. The Senate has passed the Health Legislation Amendment (Prescribing of Pharmaceutical Benefits) Bill 2025,…