The chief of a nursing peak body has been fired following an investigation finding alleged "financial irregularities" within the organisation. Last month, Kylie Ward and two other Australian College of Nursing (ACN) executives were suspended following an independent investigation by ...

The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) chief is one of the three executives who have been suspended pending an independent investigation of "potential financial irregularities" within the organisation. Complaints were brought to the ACN board's attention, subsequently leading to the ...

To honour the memory and sacrifice of Vivian Bullwinkel and the massacred Bangka Island nurses, the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) announced a new scholarship for nurses.  ACN announced 22 scholarships to commemorate the sacrifice of the 21 nurses who ...

With the recent rise of media reports about overwhelmed emergency departments across Australia, calls to the Federal Government have been made to utilise and increase nurses. Hospitals nationwide are struggling to cope with overcrowded emergency departments – resulting in prolonged ...

Peak nursing and midwifery bodies have countered warnings around regulations restricting who can prescribe the abortion pill in Australia. Obstetricians and Gynaecologists president Dr Gino Pecoraro recently told the media that allowing nurses to prescribe the abortion pill would see ...

Nursing's national voice has welcomed the migration cap's expansion and support of work rights for international students from last week's National Jobs Summit, but says the work is far from finished. ACN chief and adjunct professor Kylie Ward had hoped ...

Professor Kylie Ward loves her job and is proud to be a nurse. In light of today being International Nurses Day, Nursing Review asked ACN's chief executive what the 12th of May means to her. She says that 2022's theme: ...

This International Women's Day allows us to honour the achievements and contributions of women in health who have kept communities safe during the pandemic. And yet nursing, the most female dominated profession in the world, continues to grapple with record ...

Nursing, already under pressure, is reaching breaking point due to the pressures of COVID-19 and a disjointed healthcare system, including the acute, primary and aged care sectors. We must act now to protect our nurses and healthcare; the time has ...

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, ...