In wake of today’s announcement of Saturday 21 May 2022 as the date of the Federal Election, the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is urging politicians to prioritise the issues impacting the nursing profession throughout the campaign, in the interests of the health of all Australians. “For the last two years, nurses have led Australians…
To mark World Health Day (WHD), the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is highlighting the leading role the nursing profession plays in mitigating the climate crisis and reducing emissions in the health care sector. The 2022 WHD theme, ‘our planet, our health’, shines a spotlight on the devastating impacts of climate change on the health…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) welcomes Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese’s pledge in his Budget Reply Speech tonight to put nurses into residential aged care facilities on a 24-hour basis. Currently there is no mandatory or legislated requirement for a registered nurse on duty in Australian residential aged care facilities. “I welcome Mr Albanese’s Budget…
On Transgender Day of Visibility (TDoV), The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is celebrating the achievements, presence and community of transgender (trans) and gender-diverse people and highlighting the immediate need to address the health gaps they experience. “Today, I would like to acknowledge the persistent contribution trans and gender-diverse people make to our society and…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is pleased its calls for greater investment in developing and enhancing nurse leadership skills has been answered in last night’s Federal Budget. The Budget contained a $1 million matching co-contribution to ACN for the establishment of 21 scholarships focusing on supporting nurses seeking to further their professional development in…
Australian College of Nursing (ACN) President Emeritus Professor Christine Duffield FACN has been announced as one of 32 new inductees into the Sigma International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame. The honour is reserved for nurses who have ‘significant and sustained national or international recognition and whose research has improved the profession of nursing and the…
Rebuilding Australia’s health system after the COVID-19 pandemic is the focus of Friday’s National Policy Summit, hosted by the Australian College of Nursing (ACN). “Nurses are Australia’s largest health profession and the key to leading Australia out of the COVID-19 pandemic,” ACN CEO Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN said today. “For the past two years,…
Nurses are best equipped to lead strategies managing catastrophic events because of their real-time, hands-on experience of dealing with the challenging unfolding situations present. A new report from Health Professionals Bank and the Australian College of Nursing puts forward five clear recommendations to ensure this role can be greater acknowledged and optimised to improve health…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) has joined its colleagues across the globe in condemning the conflict in Ukraine and expressing solidarity with Ukrainian nurses and health care workers. The International Council of Nurses (ICN), a federation of more than 130 National Nurses Associations (NNAs), launched the #NursesForPeace campaign encouraging nurses world-wide to share their…
Ahead of International Women’s Day on 8 March, the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is urging policymakers to replace superficial platitudes with tangible action to ensure the nursing profession is central to solutions focused on ending violence against women. This must also go hand in hand with greater recognition of the leading role women have…