The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) says every new graduate nurse must be guaranteed access to structured transition support, with up to 30 per cent of early career nurses abandoning practice within years of starting while Australia stares down a projected shortfall of almost 80,000 nurses by 2035. Well-designed nursing transition to practice programs build…
Some of our ENLs at the ACN Nursing and Health Expo 2018 Are you an early-career nurse keen to make a difference to our profession? The Australian College of Nursing’s (ACN) Emerging Nurse Leader (ENL) program aims to empower nurses by nurturing and developing their leadership skills. All early-career nurses— from undergraduate students to nursing…
By Lucy Osborn MACN (ENL) This column, The Scrubs that Fit, is all about the highs and lows of being a junior nurse, from the perspective of an ACN Emerging Nurse Leader. The aim of these blog posts is to help ease the transition from university to grad years and beyond. Find Lucy on ACN’s neo and or Instagram @aussie_nurses. The next…