By Lucy Osborn MACN (ENL) ACN Next Generation Community of Interest Chair and author of The Scrubs that Fit NurseClick column 5 predictions for the future Nurse education in Australia has changed completely over the years, as you have seen through this amazing collection of articles. However, I believe we are yet to plateau. Sure,…
By Trish Lowe MACN – ACN Nurse Educator Nursing speciality organisations, practice standards and benchmarking. The emergence of nursing specialty organisations began at a State level in Australia in the 1950’s, before expanding to either national governing bodies or affiliate organisations in the 1970s and 80s (Pratt, 1994). Nursing specialty organisations had evolved in response…
By Trish Lowe MACN – ACN Nurse Educator National Law (2009) and mandatory registration standards In 2005, the Council of Australian Governments [COAG] published the findings of a report by the Productivity Commission which detailed the challenges faced by Australia’s health system (Katsikitis et al. 2013). It highlighted the pressures arising from Australia’s ageing population,…
By Trish Lowe MACN – ACN Nurse Educator The introduction of post basic research degrees and the emergence of non-clinical roles Throughout this series, the contributions to healthcare reform, made by economic and social change, establishment of Nursing Colleges and transition to tertiary education for nurses and midwives, have been highlighted. Predictably, these moves promoted-…
You can read Part one of Nursing in the 1918 pandemic on our NurseClick blog. By Ruth Rae, FACN, PhD. In early 1916 Australian soldiers were divided into two divisions, one remained in Egypt and the other went to Europe.[1] Nellie Miles-Walker was transferred to England with nurses from 1 and 2 Australian General Hospital…
By Ruth Rae, FACN, PhD. Today Australian nurses are facing the challenge of saving lives amid an influenza pandemic on home soil. Any suggestion they have let their profession down when they contract the virus defies all logic. They are the frontline defence and they put themselves at risk for the benefit of their patients…
The historic Quadrant Building at the University of Sydney By Trish Lowe MACN – ACN Nurse Educator Move towards tertiary education for Australian nurses- mid 1980s As previously discussed in this series, Australian nurses were originally trained in public hospitals, under an apprenticeship system. During the early 1900’s, The Australasian Trained Nurses’ Association (ATNA) established the minimum standards of clinical and theoretical knowledge required to be delivered…
By Trish Lowe MACN – ACN Nurse Educator The first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses This article contains stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People who have passed away. The author has taken great care to ensure the information provided is as correct and accurate as possible. The colonisation and settlement of Australia led…
First office of the NSW College of Nursing at Macquarie Street Sydney. Credit: ACN Archives By Trish Lowe MACN – ACN Nurse Educator Specialty post-graduate education and the establishment of nursing Colleges. Discussions regarding the need for nursing to emulate health professionals- such as dentists and pharmacists- by now transitioning their education to the…
In 1960, soon to be sixteen-year-old Janet Forsyth MACN began her nursing career at Goulburn Base Hospital. On Sunday, Janet will say goodbye to the profession to which she has dedicated 60 years of her life. Her nursing journey is remarkable— from small-town beginnings to becoming one of New South Wales’ most senior stomal therapy nurses, all whilst overcoming challenges and adversities along the way. Janet spent her first 12 months as a nurse in the pan room in the Children’s Ward at Goulburn Base Hospital on cleaning…
