The Australian College of Nursing has received a funding boost to help train and upskill more nurses to work in the aged care sector. Under new rules implemented at the start of July, aged-care facilities must roster at least one ...
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Looking to the year 2030: Australian Healthcare Week 2019
Embrace the change. Embrace technology. Be a leader. These are the messages from ACN chief executive Kylie Ward. Ward gave the opening address to the packed out Nursing Expo at Australian Healthcare Week. Entitled 'The Future and Nursing', she asked the ...
More »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 »Look into my crystal ball: what the peaks see for 2019
Long hours, short staffing, workplace safety, higher salaries, bullying in the workplace. These are a few of the issues that are constants for the nurses of Australia. In a federal election year, coupled with a Royal Commission into Aged Care, ...
More »The bolshie bunch: the history of nursing in Australia
There are nearly 400,000 nurses registered here in Australia and all of them can trace their nursing lineage back to Florence Nightingale. That is one of the fascinating tales from the new book Nurses of Australia: The Illustrated Story by ...
More »A brave new world
Nurses will be integral to the smooth rollout of e-health from this month, but the profession’s leaders still see potential stumbling blocks, reports Flynn Murphy. Australia’s health sector has begun a monumental shift towards a networked, national electronic health system ...
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