White Paper

The nursing response to the climate emergency

Overview The increasing intensity, frequency, and occurrence of disasters combined with climate-affected health problems places remarkable pressure on our health system. Paradoxically, the health sector contributes significantly to emissions while caring for the community climate change impacts most. The White Paper presents a four-step climate stewardship approach for nurses responding to climate emergencies: We must…

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Value-based health care through nursing leadership (Abridged)

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Value-based health care through nursing leadership (Full)

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A national minimum dataset for nursing workforce planning and decision making

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Establishing a nurse-led palliative care service in Australia: an implementation toolkit

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A new horizon for health service: Optimising advanced practice nursing

View Fullscreen More resources Position Statement Working with children above a healthy weight in primary health care: ACN Toolkit for nurses 27 April 2021 Policy Paper Men in nursing guiding principles 16 February 2021 Position Statement Ethical leadership in emissions reduction 8 November 2021 Position Statement Unregulated health care workers 3 February 2020 Submission Engaging…

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Regulation of the unregulated health care workforce across the health care system

View Fullscreen More resources Position Statement Scope of practice – Registered Nurses in the community setting 2 June 2024 Joint Position StatementPosition Statement Sustainable access to prescription opioids for use in palliative care 1 May 2019 Policy Paper Nursing leadership in emissions reduction guiding principles 7 February 2022 Submission Commonwealth Government COVID-19 response inquiry 1…

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Nurse leadership

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