With the leadership team comprising senior nurse leaders who are experts in end-of-life care, the End-of-Life Care Faculty aims to foster awareness of the key components of high-quality palliative, end-of-life care and their importance in caring for older people. Facilitating a network of like-minded Fellows and Members who share an interest in these issues, this Faculty provides opportunities to collaborate and engage with members of ACN to promote the importance of high-quality palliative and end-of-life care in nursing. This enables members of the Faculty to enhance their knowledge and stay up to date with the latest news, research findings, and regulation.

• Achieving quality palliative care for all: The essential role of nurses
• Voluntary Assisted Dying
• Queensland Law Reform Commission – Legal Framework for Voluntary Assisted Dying
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare – consultation draft for the National Palliative Care and End-of-Life Care Information Priorities

Join the leadership team and impact the next exciting phase of the Faculty.

• Deputy Chair – End-of-Life Care Faculty
• Communications Coordinator – End-of-Life Care Faculty

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Studying a Graduate Certificate in Aged Care at ACN can help you create a fulfilling career in this specialty.

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