BIG NEWS: Australian Treasurers have backed scope of practice reforms. The Australian College of Nursing welcomes the announcement that Treasurers have agreed to support health practitioners working to the top of scope of practice. Read more: https://ow.ly/pTJf50XzfhI #NursesAreTheSolution

Nurses are transforming aged care in Wagga, in regional NSW, with a program ensuring older Australians don’t miss vital health checks and medication reviews. The Wagga Daily Advertiser has covered it here (paywalled): https://ow.ly/h2GS50XkJFo #NursesAreTheSolution

Great to see more focus on how nurses can intervene early and help prevent the development of chronic conditions in at-risk groups of people. Read more: https://ow.ly/9Ep350XiPp3 #NursesAreTheSolution

Menopause support isn’t just a health issue for nurses – it’s a workforce imperative. With thanks to Menopause Friendly Australia, we’re sharing a comprehensive guide to help organisations establish menopause support groups: menopausefriendly.au/home/support... #WorldMenopauseDay2025

Fantastic to see a powerful endorsement of nurse-led care from a regional GP in the ABC today. Read more here: abc.net.au/news/2025-10... #nursesarethesolution

It has been a terrible flu season: 658 deaths have been recorded in the first seven months of 2025 – the most since the same period in 2019. Making immunisation more accessible is critical to stemming the spread of this vaccine-preventable illness: www.acn.edu.au/media-releas...

The new standard enabling registered nurse prescribing takes effect today. This is not just a game-changing development for the profession: it is a significant step forward in access to high quality, safe prescribing in Australia. Read more: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Australian College of Nursing Chief Nursing Officer Frances Rice has been interviewed across the media this morning, explaining one of the biggest advances for Australian healthcare in decades: registered nurse prescribing. Read more from the ABC here: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

The National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance has identified funding for nurse-led immunisation clinics as key to reversing Australia's falling childhood vaccination rates. Read more: www.acn.edu.au/media-releas...

Paracetamol in pregnancy – click here to find out what nurses need to know: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Our latest media release examines the NSW Bureau of Health Information's Healthcare Quarterly April-June report, which reveals a record 515,245 hospital episodes in the quarter (up 3.8%), and the highest-ever same-day episodes at 242,284 (up 5.9%). Read more: ow.ly/IOlm50WV0Bw

ACN is marking Wound Awareness Week by calling on the Federal Government to consider how advancing nurse-led models of care could dramatically improve access to holistic wound care in Australia. Read more: acn.edu.au/media-releas... #NursesAreTheSolution

The Federal Government productivity roundtable must recognise that strategic healthcare workforce reforms can deliver measurable economic returns. Read more from ACN's Chief Nursing Officer, Frances Rice, in today's West Australian opinion pages: ow.ly/1w8I50WHQ52

Opening day two of ACN’s National Nursing Forum, the Minister for Health and Ageing, Mark Butler MP, recommitted the government to supporting Australia’s 450,000 nurses and midwives, signalling his appetite for health care reform remains strong. Read more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

The Minister for Health and Ageing, Mark Butler MP, has named Professor Michelle Barakat-Johnson the winner of the 2025 Health Minister's Award for Nursing Trailblazers at the Australian College of Nursing’s National Nursing Forum in Canberra. Read more: www.acn.edu.au/media-releas...

Addressing ACN’s National Nursing Forum in Canberra, the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Professor Alison McMillan PSM, has released the latest figures on the nursing and midwifery workforce. Read more: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

The Australian College of Nursing is delighted to announce that Group Captain Kath Stein GAICD, FACN has been appointed as ACN's new President, bringing over three decades of distinguished military nursing leadership to the role. Read more: www.acn.edu.au/media-releas...

Professor Jill White AM FACN writes in the Canberra Times today on the renewed global definition of nursing – moving beyond narrow hospital-focused roles to embrace nurses' broader impact on healthy communities and illness prevention. Read more: ow.ly/bGoT50WtJo7

ACN's National Nursing Forum has launched with strong backing for nurses working to their full scope of practice from ACT Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith. Read more: ow.ly/1PAt50WtJlp #NNF2025 #NursesAreTheSolution

ACN is thrilled to announce the three finalists in the Health Minister's Award for Nursing Trailblazers. Each demonstrates the power of nurses to innovate and lead for safer and higher quality health care. Read more: ow.ly/paeO50Wlqhr

ACN is preparing a submission to Ahpra’s Supervised Practice Framework review, and we want to hear from you. Email us at [email protected] (attention: Peta) by 3 July and we will organise a call. Your input will ensure nurses' voices and frontline realities are represented.

ACN welcomes Health Minister @markbutlermp.bsky.social’s comments that he'll be working closely with health professional groups to ensure scope of practice reforms are implemented in the best interest of patients. Listen from 5:39: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... #NursesAndMidwivesAreTheSolution

The countdown is on: one month until Australia’s leading nursing conference, the ACN National Nursing Forum. Register now – early-bird tickets are ending at the end of the month: aceo.eventsair.com/acn-national... #NNF2025

Australia's new National Immunisation Strategy has made "innovative vaccine delivery" a priority, and the Australian College of Nursing is calling for swift regulatory reform to unlock nursing's full potential in vaccination delivery. Read more: www.acn.edu.au/media-releas...

The Australian College of Nursing is urging Diploma of Nursing students to take up the Commonwealth Prac Payment, which has just opened for applications. Read: www.acn.edu.au/media-releas...

The latest Healthcare Quarterly figures on public hospital and ambulance services from the New South Wales Bureau of Health Information (BHI) confirm the urgent need for widespread health sector reform. Read: www.acn.edu.au/media-releas...

Congratulations to the nurses recognised in the King's Birthday 2025 Honours List, with special mention to Professor Kate Curtis, who has been made an Officer of the Order of Australia for distinguished service to critical care research and education.

💊 A "landmark moment for Australian nursing”: a new prescribing standard for nurses will come into effect in September, however nurses won’t be authorised to prescribe straight away. Find out more at the NMBA website: www.ahpra.gov.au/News/2025-05... #NursesAreTheSolution

ACN fellow, Melissa Freeman, is on point here, calling for more support for nurse-led care after being blocked from running a vaccine clinic. Credit: The Newcastle Herald newcastleherald.com.au/story/8973086/