Nursing Trailblazers share how they were nominated for prestigious award

The Health Minister’s Award for Nursing Trailblazers acknowledges nurse-led innovations and models of care which significantly improve health outcomes for the Australian community through evidence-based processes. To mark the opening of nominations for the 2021 award, we spoke to two of our previous finalists to discover how they came to be nominated for the award.   Shannon Wallis MACN ¬–  MeCare Nurse Unit Manager at…

Nurse and midwife receive historic Fellowship honour

Professor Sandy Middleton FACN and Professor Caroline Homer have been admitted as Fellows to the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (AAHMS). Professor Middleton is the third nurse and Professor Homer the first midwife to be bestowed the honour. AAHMS Fellowships recognise individuals for their “distinguished achievements and exceptional contributions to health and medical…

Video interview with Professor Sandy Middleton FACN

The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) was proud to collaborate with the Minister for Health, to present the inaugural Health Minister’s Award for Nursing Trailblazers in April 2019. The award celebrated and acknowledged the extraordinary contribution nurses make to the Australian health care system and gave much needed recognition to the leaders of our profession.…