The Australian College of Nursing’s (ACN) 2022/23 Pre-Budget Submission highlights why growing the number of senior clinical registered nurses who meet advanced practice requirements is essential to improving the health of all Australians for generations to come. “There are over 400,000 nurses, making us the largest health workforce nationally and we deliver care across all…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) today pays their respects to the nurses who lost their lives during the sinking of the Vyner Brooke on 14 February 1942 and Bangka Island Massacre on 16 February 1942. 65 Australian Army Nursing Service nurses were evacuated from Singapore on the SS Vyner Brooke due to the pending…
The country’s peak nursing organisations today stand together to condemn the Morrison Government for its failure to protect Australia’s nursing home residents, and the nurses and care workers doing their utmost in a sector that has been overwhelmed by COVID. And, at a time when the latest COVID outbreaks continue to claim lives in Australia’s…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) welcomes the Federal Government’s announcement to provide aged care workers with a one-off financial bonus but says they must be-tax free and accompanied by greater investment in education and training for aged care nurses. “I welcome the Prime Minister’s recognition of the contribution aged care workers make to protecting…
In line with today’s call from the Perrottet Government requesting JobSaver-style support from the Commonwealth, the Australian College of Nursing wants some of this funding to go urgently to nurses in NSW. “Nurses are the largest registered health profession in the country, and there are over 73,000 nurses and midwives in NSW. As the national…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) welcomes the recognition of nurses’ professional and community contributions in the 2022 Australia Day Awards and Honours. More than a dozen nurses were acknowledged for their service, headlined by the Senior Australian of the Year, Canberra nurse and St John Ambulance Volunteer Val Dempsey. ACN CEO Adjunct Professor Kylie…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) has been overwhelmed with feedback from nurses nationally expressing their fears and sharing their levels of exhaustion and stress in response to current pandemic. “ACN is asking the Australian Government, State and Territory Governments, and all who employ nurses, our biggest healthcare workforce, to think about what they can…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) today extended its gratitude to The Hon. Greg Hunt MP for his 20 years of parliamentary service and the five years he spent as Minister for Health and Ageing. “ACN would particularly like to acknowledge the incredible support Minister Hunt has provided to the nursing community during a very…
Led by a national community of interest and developed over a 12-month period, the Australian College of Nursing today launched its national Nursing Leadership in Emissions Reduction Guiding Principles. Chief Executive Officer Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward said “Climate change is the biggest threat facing our patients’ health globally, and as the largest health profession in…
The Australian College of Nursing stands in solidarity with nurses and all those who have served in our military this Remembrance Day. Nurses continue to play an important role in our military campaigns and civic response to crises; this week we acknowledge and remember their sacrifice and dedication to serving our communities. We particularly remember…