cosmetic nursing Archives – Australian College of Nursing

Cosmetic nurse injectors in Queensland: Has state regulation rendered nurse entrepreneurship unviable?

NurseClickBy ACN Hostmaster 27 June 2025

Queensland Health recently released communications to clarify the state’s regulatory obligations for cosmetic nurse injectors in Queensland. These clarifications have thrown the industry into disarray, effectively rendering nurse-led cosmetic clinics financially unviable. So, has anything actually changed, and what do Queensland Health regulations require? Are there any changes? There are no changes to the Medicines…

ACN welcomes strict new standards for cosmetic procedures

Media ReleaseBy ACN Hostmaster 3 June 2025

The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) says new regulatory guidelines on non-surgical cosmetic procedures are a critical step in reinforcing public safety and provide long overdue clarity to nurses and other health practitioners working in this field. The standards must be enforced adequately to deliver a new era of professionalism in the cosmetics sector, to…

Safe and ethical practice: Administering cosmetic treatment and cosmetic procedures

NurseClickBy ACN Publications 16 May 2018

The public and health professionals have raised concerns about unsafe and unethical practices in clinics providing cosmetic procedures. In some cases, this has prompted the issue of public warnings. With nurses both working in clinics that provide cosmetic procedures as well as delivering cosmetic procedures, the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is supporting steps to…