The government celebrated a $7.1 billion surplus in its pre-election budget but nurses were less than cheery. While the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) said promises to work on a national youth mental health strategy and assurances for aged care ...
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It’s time for a minimum qualification for unregulated healthcare workers: ACN
Unlicensed healthcare workers need regulation, not only for the wellbeing of those under their care but to ensure they’re not putting their own careers in jeopardy. That’s one of the key messages the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is sending ...
More »Put care above the pursuit of profit: ACN
Profit must not come first in aged care. That’s what the Australian College of Nursing’s (ACN) message to the Senate Community Affairs References Committee boiled down to. Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward provided evidence to the committee’s inquiry on ‘Effectiveness of ...
More »ACN calls for decriminalisation of abortion in QLD and NSW
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is calling on QLD and NSW to fall in line with legislation of other states and territories to decriminalise abortion. ACN chief executive Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward told Nursing Review it was important that in ...
More »Give nurse practitioners what they deserve: ACN to MBS taskforce
Shed old fashioned views that nurses can only provide care under supervision and ensure nurse practitioners are compensated through the Medicare Benefits Schedule. These are the calls the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) made at a recent presentation to the ...
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