Six C’s to effective nurse leadership

Nursing requires competent, confident leadership. No matter where you are in your career, you should be reflecting on your existing leadership skills and identifying areas where you can improve. Here are six C’s to help you with effective nurse leadership: communication; confidence; creating cohesion; courage; conflict resolution; and commitment to excellence. Communication Effective communication skills […]

Seizing opportunities of Nursing Now

Australia’s nursing organisations must work together if they are to capitalise on the opportunities afforded by the unfolding global Nursing Now campaign and fast-approaching 2020 Year of the Nurse and Midwife to raise the profile of the profession and improve healthcare, according to campaign board member Professor Jill White. Addressing delegates at the Australian College […]

The future of the primary healthcare nursing workforce

“We need to build a robust primary healthcare (PHC) workforce to provide care for those in the community, and to be able to deliver on our commitment to universal health coverage and health for all. This was a commitment made 40 years ago through the Declaration of Alma Ata, recognising that health is a fundamental […]

Inspirational nursing and midwifery leader bows out

Adjunct Professor Debra Thoms’ decorated 40-year career spanning nursing and midwifery, health management and nursing leadership has drawn to a close. Nursing and midwifery leader Debra Thoms recently called time on a remarkable and diverse 40-plus year career across the professions. “For me, nursing and midwifery provide us with an enormous opportunity and a great […]

Reducing low value and unnecessary care

A national scale-up of an initiative to reduce low value care and reduce unnecessary treatment was the focus of a nationwide meeting recently. The Choosing Wisely Australia national meeting was held in Melbourne in late May and showcased innovative projects both national and international. A nurse discontinuation protocol of telemetry implemented at Johns Hopkins Hospital, […]

Reducing low value and unnecessary care

A national scale-up of an initiative to reduce low value care and reduce unnecessary treatment was the focus of a nationwide meeting recently. The Choosing Wisely Australia national meeting was held in Melbourne in late May and showcased innovative projects both national and international. A nurse discontinuation protocol of telemetry implemented at Johns Hopkins Hospital, […]

The NET Nurse: A unique role

Problem solving, creativity, and being able to see outside the square are key attributes of the RN Kate Wakelin’s role providing support to people with neuroendocrine tumours (NETs). Ms Wakelin has been the NET Patient Support Nurse with the Unicorn Foundation since October 2015. The Unicorn Foundation, a not-for-profit medical charity, works with people affected […]

Nursing Now campaign launches in Australia

Australian nursing organisations, including the ANMF have welcomed the Australian launch of the global Nursing Now campaign. Nursing Now aims to improve health globally by raising the profile and status of nurses worldwide influencing policymakers and supporting nurses themselves to lead, learn and build a global movement. Nursing Now Co-Chair and UK All Party Parliamentary […]

Labor’s health injection welcomed

Labor’s pledge to restore $2.8 billion to the health system and inject $2.3 billion into Medicare will provide much needed relief for Australia’s public hospitals and increase access to the health system for many, says the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten committed to reinvest ‘every single dollar’ stripped from public hospitals, […]

Nurses urged to lead the way on planetary health

A leading primary healthcare academic has challenged nurses to think big and take the lead in making a difference to the health of the planet as the United Nations’ 2030 deadline for achieving its Sustainability Development Goals approaches. Speaking at the opening session of the 15th National Rural Health Conference in Hobart last Sunday, Professor […]