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New scholarships to boost aged care nurses
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) has opened scholarships to help boost the aged care nursing workforce. Last week, scholarship…
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Specialty Focus
ACN honours nurse veterans through new scholarships and statue
To honour the memory and sacrifice of Vivian Bullwinkel and the massacred Bangka Island nurses, the Australian College of Nursing…
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Nurses are the solution to overwhelmed emergency departments
With the recent rise of media reports about overwhelmed emergency departments across Australia, calls to the Federal Government have been…
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Australian nurses advocate for right to prescribe abortion pill
Peak nursing and midwifery bodies have countered warnings around regulations restricting who can prescribe the abortion pill in Australia. Obstetricians…
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Professor Whitehead named WA nurse of the year
Professor Lisa Whitehead has been awarded the WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Award. The Edith Cowan University professor was handed…
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Podcasts
ACN happy with skills summit, but much more needs to be done: podcast
Nursing's national voice has welcomed the migration cap's expansion and support of work rights for international students from last week's…
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Podcasts
Celebrating International Nurses Day with Kylie Ward – podcast
Professor Kylie Ward loves her job and is proud to be a nurse. In light of today being International Nurses…
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Industry & Reform
We need to urgently address the nursing crisis in Australia: Kylie Ward
Nursing, already under pressure, is reaching breaking point due to the pressures of COVID-19 and a disjointed healthcare system, including…
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Inaugural ‘It’s Time For Nurses’ 24-hour Giving Day announced to give Aussie nurses access to scholarship funds
A new 24-hour donation drive has been announced by The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) so Australians can give back…
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Nurses back Victoria’s gay conversion therapy ban
“Bigoted quackery has no place in this state.” That’s what Victorian premier Daniel Andrews had to say about his decision…
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