Queen’s Birthday Honours

With 2020 declared the Year of the Nurse and Midwife, the Australian College of Nursing welcomes the recognition of the profession’s contribution to the community in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours. “Nurses are vital to the delivery of universal health care,” Australian College of Nursing (ACN) CEO, Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN said. “While nurses…

Australian leaders show world the way

On International Nurses Day in the Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Minister for Health, Greg Hunt have today made history and led the world by issuing public statements honouring the contribution made by Australia’s nurses. “While our elected representatives regularly show their support for our nurses in many…

PM honours nurses for their role in ‘tremendous fight’ against COVID-19 on International Nurses Day

Australian College of Nursing joins international colleagues to celebrate the diverse and important work of nurses The Hon. Scott Morrison MP, Prime Minister of Australia, has acknowledged Australian Nurses’ expertise, professionalism and contribution to combating COVID-19 and more, on International Nurses Day in the WHO declared Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, on Tuesday…

No excuse for abuse

The Australian College of Nursing is saddened that while nurses around Australia and the world are providing care at great personal sacrifice during the coronavirus pandemic it has become necessary for the International Council of Nurses (ICN) to call on governments to protect healthcare staff from abuse. “Any form of aggression towards nurses must not…

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Influenza immunisation worth the effort

Following the Commonwealth Government’s welcome announcement that Australia has secured the largest ever supply of influenza vaccines, the Australian College of Nursing is urging all Australians to look out for each other by getting immunised. “I am encouraged, as I am sure the broader community is, by the reassurances made by the Minister for Health,…

World health day: support nurses and midwives

The theme for this year’s World Health Day is ‘Support Nurses and Midwives’. The World Health Organization (WHO) has chosen this in order to remind world leaders of the critical role nurses and midwives play in keeping the world healthy. The Australian College of Nursing has called on the Commonwealth Government to take the theme…

ACN doubles scholarship program as ENs step up to help out

The Australian College of Nursing has doubled the number of scholarships available to enable Enrolled Nurses (EN) currently working in non-clinical practice to refresh their clinical skills after the original 250 places were filled within just 24 hours. “Within the first day, this program was completely oversubscribed,” Australian College of Nursing CEO, Adjunct Professor Kylie…