The Hive provides the unique opportunity for our members to share research outcomes, educational developments, innovative nursing techniques and their own unique stories. Members and Fellows can access all articles within current and past editions of The Hive by signing onto MyACN. We also have select articles available for FREE public access below.

WELCOME

President’s update
Professor Christine Duffield FACN

CEO welcome
Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN

ACN NEWS & VIEWS

Health Minister’s Award for Nursing Trailblazers

Graduate Certificate in Palliative care

Nursestrong calendar

ACN Snaps

Member benefits

COLUMNISTS

Aged care nurses — an undervalued resource

Performance complaints about RNs in aged care in NSW

COVER STORY

Calling for more nurses in aged care aged care (FREE)

AGED CARE

End of life care and its unique challenges

Christopher Cliffe FACN – interview with CRANAplus CEO

Healthy ageing in the nursing workforce (FREE)

Celebrating women in aged care (FREE)

You are never ‘just’ an aged care nurse

Are dementia and diabetes linked?

REGULAR FEATURES

Distinguished Life Fellow: Judith Meppem

Message from the Chief Nurses and Midwives

Policy Chapters: Inaugural outcomes

Region: NSW Central/Far West

Community of Interest: Next Gen

Representation: The National Aged Care Alliance

Nursing History: Florence Nightingale

Leadership: ACN’s perspective

Leadership: Member reflection

Leadership: 2019 ENL program

Opinion: Spirituality care

Continuing Professional Development: Wound care

Novel thoughts

In memory

The Hive provides the unique opportunity for our members to share research outcomes, educational developments, innovative nursing techniques and their own unique stories. Members and Fellows can access all articles within current and past editions of The Hive by signing onto MyACN. We also have select articles available for FREE public access below.

WELCOME

President’s update
Professor Christine Duffield FACN

CEO welcome
Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN

HIVE COLUMNISTS

Students today, colleagues tomorrow

What’s in store for our adaptive health workforce?

OUR FUTURE WORKFORCE

Primary health care future opportunities

Mature age graduates

Promoting men in nursing (FREE)

Why Australia needs a Climate and Health Community of Interest (FREE)

The frontline workforce

The rise of the ethical nurse

Paving a better future

The future nursing workforce will be tech savvy

A new frontier in health care

Living the future now

FEATURE

My experience caring for someone with motor neurone disease (FREE)

Shame and blame have no place in care

Road trip to independence

REGULAR FEATURES

Nursing matters

Novel thoughts

Top 10

Posted

EDUCATION

New LINMEN website to support nursing and midwifery education on cultural safety

MEMBERSHIP

The leaders behind our Community and Primary Health Care Community of Interest

Meet your Melbourne Region Leadership Group

The Hive provides the unique opportunity for our members to share research outcomes, educational developments, innovative nursing techniques and their own unique stories. Members and Fellows can access all articles within current and past editions of The Hive by signing onto MyACN. We also have select articles available for FREE public access below.

WELCOME

President’s update
Professor Christine Duffield FACN

CEO welcome
Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN

HIVE COLUMNISTS

Demonstrate inclusivity every day
James Bonnamy MACN

Embracing diversity in nursing
Tomica Gnjec MACN

Clinical diversity: variation in skills and experience
Laurie Bickhoff MACN

DIVERSITY

Acknowledging our privileges for a better world
Christopher Hinder MACN

Is it enough?: Why we need more than diversity in nursing (FREE)
Dr Ruth De Souza FACN

The cultural safety call
Dr Ruth De Souza FACN

What are the five barriers that men face in the nursing workforce? (FREE)
Jessica Pham (interviewer)
Haydon Cunninghame MACN (interviewee)

Preparing for a diverse future
Craig Hooper MACN

Nurses lead the way: diversity and difference
Editorial team

Everything old is new again
Adjunct Associate Professor Veronica Casey FACN

National Nursing Forum scholarship recipients

REGULAR FEATURES

Nursing matters – Welcoming diversity (FREE)
Elizabeth Matter FACN

Novel thoughts
Chrissie Bernasconi MACN and Editorial team

Top 10 – Lauren’s top 10 tips to staying fit while doing shift work
Lauren Hannaford

LEADERSHIP

Nurse finalist in Telstra Business Awards 2018
Shirley Straw MACN

SCHOLARSHIPS

Grants and awards – 2018 recipients

MEMBERSHIP

2018 ACN Fellowships

IN MEMORY

Joy Vickerstaff AM FACN

The Hive provides the unique opportunity for our members to share research outcomes, educational developments, innovative nursing techniques and their own unique stories. Members and Fellows can access all articles within current and past editions of The Hive by signing onto MyACN. We also have select articles available for FREE public access below.

WELCOME

President’s update
Professor Christine Duffield FACN

CEO welcome
Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN

HIVE COLUMNISTS

The practicality of self-care
Tomica Gnjec MACN

Self-care, just as important as patient care
Laurie Bickhoff MACN

Who takes responsibility for health?
Madonna Grehan MACN

Self-care as a minimum expectation of nursing conduct
Professor Mary Chiarella FACN

Empowering the nursing workforce
James Bonnamy MACN

SELF-CARE AND PERSONAL EMPOWERMENT

Cultivate compassion through self-care
Anne Hofmeyer MACN and Kate Kennedy

On that night, I was happy I was depressed
Catelyn Richards MACN

What does self-care mean?
Luke Yokota MACN

Are you assertive?
Erin Wakefield MACN

Self-care and resilience (FREE)
Dot Yam MACN (Associate) and Tiffany Baxter MACN (Associate)

A foundation for life that does make a difference (FREE)
Jennifer Smith MACN

My relationship with self and care (FREE)
Lee Poole MACN

Self-care and self-compassion
Jason Mills FACN

A journey to personal empowerment
Jane Born

REGULAR FEATURES

Nursing matters: The power of recognition (FREE)
Elizabeth Matters FACN

Novel thoughts

Top 10: Self-care and personal empowerment

LEADERSHIP

Nurses leading the way

Out and about with the CEO
Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN

A distinguished career
John Daly MACN

IN MEMORY

Margaret McKinnon FACN (Ret)

The Hive provides the unique opportunity for our members to share research outcomes, educational developments, innovative nursing techniques and their own unique stories. Members and Fellows can access all articles within current and past editions of The Hive by signing onto MyACN. We also have select articles available for FREE public access below.

WELCOME

President’s update
Professor Christine Duffield FACN

CEO welcome
Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN

HIVE COLUMNISTS

Embracing your nurse identity
James Bonnamy MACN

The nurse leader’s role in workplace culture
Adjunct Professor Cheyne Chalmers FACN

Changing a workplace’s unwritten rules
Madonna Grehan MACN

The effect of ‘caring leadership’ on culture
Tomica Gnjec MACN

Changing the culture, one shift at a time
Laurie Bickhoff MACN

WORKPLACE CULTURE

Employee engagement in nursing
Louise Guerin MACN

Dare to be kind
Mel Eslick MACN

Leading a culture of educational change through simulation
Erin Wakefield MACN

The junior nurse (FREE)
Jane Born

Why is a positive workplace culture important?
Associate Professor Anthony McGillion MACN

Perceptions of workplace culture
Sybele Christopher MACN

Safe workplace cultures
Associate Professor Bethne Hart MACN

Growing a positive culture
Louise E. Smith, Karen Kenmir, Bradley Warner, Professor Yenna Salamonson PhD, Associate Professor Bronwyn Everett PhD

Experiences of collaboration
Susan McInnes MACN

Who is to blame for the bullying epidemic? (FREE)
Jennifer Wressell MACN

REGULAR FEATURES

Nursing matters: Our professional identity (FREE)
Elizabeth Matters FACN

Nursing history: Hospital Saturday
Lesley Potter PhD MACN

Novel thoughts

Top 10: Ways to promote diversity in the workplace

EVENTS

ACN upcoming events

IN MEMORY

Alison Moss OAM FACN
Dr Margaret Irene Stewart FACN PhD RN RM MCH

The Hive provides the unique opportunity for our members to share research outcomes, educational developments, innovative nursing techniques and their own unique stories. Members and Fellows can access all articles within current and past editions of The Hive by signing onto MyACN. We also have select articles available for FREE public access below.

WELCOME

President’s update
Professor Christine Duffield FACN

CEO welcome
Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN

HIVE COLUMNISTS

Obesity and judgement-free care
Ms Laurie Bickhoff MACN

The role of the nurse leader in obesity and diabetes
Adjunct Professor Cheyne Chalmers FACN

DIABETES AND OBESITY

Are your neighbours making you unhealthy? (FREE)
Suzanne Carroll MACN

Interview with an expert
Elizabeth Denney-Wilson FACN

Diabesity
Paula Hessian MACN

The art of listening (FREE)
Leigh Spokes FACN

My role as a diabetes educator
Evelyn Boyce MACN

First Australians – Diabetes and cultural safety in nursing
Imogen Mosher MACN

Diabetes care and coordination
Patricia J Randall (Julie) MACN

Professor Trisha Dunning
Editorial team

The evolution of credentialed diabetes educators
Dr Joanne Ramadge FACN, Rachel Freeman and Marilyn Gendek FACN

REGULAR FEATURES

Novel thoughts
Marilyn Gendek FACN, Karen Dansey and editorial team

Nursing matters
Elizabeth Matters FACN

Top 10 – Ways nurses make Christmas merrier

Nursing history – 150^th anniversary of a milestone in Australian nursing
Marilyn Gendek FACN

LEADERSHIP

A lifetime of advocacy
Lee Thomas MACN

PROFESSIONAL ISSUES

Handing down traditions (FREE)
Lesley Potter PhD MACN

MEMBERSHIP

Our tribe – Career Coaching
Editorial team

The Hive provides the unique opportunity for our members to share research outcomes, educational developments, innovative nursing techniques and their own unique stories. Members and Fellows can access all articles within current and past editions of The Hive by signing onto MyACN. We also have select articles available for FREE public access below.

WELCOME

President’s update
Professor Christine Duffield FACN

CEO welcome
Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN

EVENTS

The National Nursing Forum
Editorial team

HIVE COLUMNISTS

Occupationally-derived lung disease
Dr Madonna Graham MACN

The influenza vaccine
James Bonnamy MACN

When you can’t breathe, nothing else matters
Tomica Gnjec MACN

The role of the nurse leader in respiratory disease
Adjunct Professor Cheyne Chalmers FACN

RESPIRATORY DISEASE

Tuberculosis
Jane Born (Psuedonym)

Neonatal respiratory outcomes (FREE)
Trish Lowe MACN

Antibiotic stewardship
Professor Colleen McGoldrick FACN

Caring for young adults with cystic fibrosis
Connie Kambanaros MACN

A new clinical role for nurses
Tara Hannon MACN

Cystic fibrosis
Felicity Finlayson MACN

The humble stethoscope
Marilyn Gendek MACN

Nursing reflections on a pilot project (FREE)
Alison Devitt MACN

Our Bronze Affiliate
Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand

REGULAR FEATURES

Novel thoughts
Editorial team

Nursing matters
Elizabeth Matters FACN

Top 10 – Places where you might find community and primary health care nurses (FREE)
Editorial team

SCHOLARSHIPS

ACN grants and awards
Editorial team

MEMBERSHIP

Our tribe
Editorial team

Congratulations to our new Fellows
Editorial team

The Hive provides the unique opportunity for our members to share research outcomes, educational developments, innovative nursing techniques and their own unique stories. Members and Fellows can access all articles within current and past editions of The Hive by signing onto MyACN. We also have select articles available for FREE public access below.

WELCOME

President’s update
Professor Christine Duffield FACN

CEO welcome
Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN

HIVE COLUMNISTS

Dementia – the silent thief
Mr James Bonnamy MACN

The Dementia journey
Ms Tomica Gnjec MACN

Geriatric nursing
Ms Laurie Bickhoff MACN

The role of the nurse leader/manager in Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease
Adjunct Professor Cheyne Chalmers FACN

DEMENTIA & ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE

Dementia care – a reflection on past practice

Alicia Hurst MACN

Alzheimer’s Disease – a personal journey
Karen Dansey

Music therapy – can music help people with Dementia?
Wendy Mclochlan MACN

I remember – memories of my mother
David Dwyer MACN

My undergraduate experience – working for people who are living with Dementia (FREE)
Samantha Spence MACN

Aged behaviour cognition nurses – a profile piece
Margaret How-Ely MACN

Dementia and PTSD – is there a link between Dementia and post-traumatic stress disorder?
Helen Frazer MACN

Hospital-acquired delirium – nurses positioned to lead prevention of hospital-acquired delirium in older adults (FREE)
Dr Laurie Grealish PhD FACN and Dr Jo-Anne Todd

Advance care planning – person centred care at its finest
Anne Knobel MACN

REGULAR FEATURES

Nursing history – commemorating the courage and work of nurses
Marilyn Gendek FACN

Novel thoughts
Lauren McCabe MACN and Editorial team

Nursing matters – the power of professional dialogue (FREE)
Elizabeth Matters FACN

Top 10 – simple ways of displaying leadership to enhance teamwork
Editorial team

LEADERSHIP

Ask our ENLs
Suzanne Lee Volejnikova-Wenger MACN, Melanie Eslick MACN and Andrew Dean MACN

Council of Deans
Professor Di Twigg FACN

Out and about with the CEO
Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN

EVENTS

Join us at our signature event!
Editorial team

IN MEMORY

Maureen McGrath FACN
Editorial team

Kirsty Boden
Editorial team

Anne Leach AM
Editorial team

ACN BOARD

Upcoming election of Directors to the Board
Editorial team

The Hive provides the unique opportunity for our members to share research outcomes, educational developments, innovative nursing techniques and their own unique stories. Members and Fellows can access all articles within current and past editions of The Hive by signing onto MyACN. We also have select articles available for FREE public access below.

WELCOME

President’s update
Professor Christine Duffield FACN

CEO welcome
Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN

REGULAR COLUMNISTS

Cardiovascular disease in women
James Bonnamy MACN

Cardiac disease – a historical approach
Madonna Grehan MACN

Cardiovascular health care
Tomica Gnjec MACN

Cardiology – where nurses make the difference
Laurie Bickhoff MACN

Chronic disease management
Adjunct Professor Cheyne Chalmers FACN

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

The ImPress intervention (FREE)
Professor Elizabeth Halcomb FACN, Catherine Stephen

Coronary artery stent evolution
Elizabeth Moran

Cardiothoracic PNSA’s
Toni Hains MACN

Ethical dilemmas
Mariana Paoli MACN

Congenital heart disease
Trish Lowe MACN

Lighthouse hospital project
Susan Killion MACN

Chuck out the obs
Debbie Massey MACN, Debora Osborne, Amy Johnston

Nursing history
Marilyn Gendek FACN

Clinical workplace education (FREE)
Elizabeth Matters FACN

My research internship (FREE)
Melanie Eslick

NOVEL THOUGHTS

Book and film reviews
Marilyn Gendek FACN

EVENTS

Nursing moments
Lisa Hawke, Mandy Cleaver MACN, Kaara Ray B. Calma MACN

NURSE LEADERSHIP

Council of Deans
Professor Wendy Cross FACN, Professor Penny Paliadelis MACN

PROFESSIONAL ISSUES

Notoriously poor cooks
Lesley Potter PHD MACN

IN MEMORY

Beverley Christine Armstrong
Ms Christine Smith RN MS FACN (DLF) FAAN, Sue Carroll RN, Sharon McNeil RN

Regis McKenzie AM FACN
Editorial team

Karen Anne Parish
Adjunct Associate Professor Lydia Dennett MACN