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In recent submissions to the Senate Inquiry into Nursing and the National Review of Nursing Education the ANF highlighted that the make up of the nursing labour force should reflect [...]

The ANF takes its role as part of the international nursing landscape seriously. The establishment and maintenance of networks with other international nursing unions and professional associations is a priority [...]

The Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses is always a great event. This year it was made all the more so by the launch of the book, In [...]

I would like to thank ANF members who took the time to complete the recent information technology survey. I am aware some members in NSW had limited time to complete [...]

A project to include enrolled nursing (RN Division 2 in Victoria) in the health training package, the national framework for education in the health industry, is in progress. A first [...]

ANF executive and members joined 2,000 midwives from around the world for the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM) Congress in Brisbane in July 2005. It was inspiring to hear how [...]

The National Nursing Organisations (NNOs) comprise more than 50 specialty nursing organisations and meet every two years. Nurse-specific funding High on the agenda at the last meeting were the finalisation [...]

The national executive of the ANF recently endorsed a position statement on licensing assistants in nursing and personal care assistants (however titled). The statement calls on governments in all the [...]

More than 1,000 nurses, doctors, allied health providers, managers, policy makers and community members from rural and remote areas converged on Alice Springs earlier this year to discuss the state [...]

National leadership is important to the nursing profession in Australia. While all states and territories have nurses in senior bureaucratic positions, the missing piece in the jigsaw is a chief [...]

During my time as ANF federal professional officer, competency standards have become increasingly interesting to me. My interest relates to how nurses can use competency standards, rather than how they [...]

Information technology is a big-ticket item in government health budgets at the moment. The electronic health record is on its way and this will affect the way nurses access and [...]

A number of important workforce projects are continuing in 2005, including the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council's (ANMC) project to develop national competency standards for midwives; the Australian Health Workforce [...]

Education for enrolled nurses (RN Div 2 in Victoria) is to comprise part of a national health industry training review. The Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council (CSHISC) is [...]

The National Review of Nursing Education was released just over two years ago to great fanfare, but what has happened since then? Have sufficient measures been put in place to [...]

We have recently heard a great deal about residential aged care with the release of the Hogan Report on pricing arrangements. We now have the Australian Government's strategy for community [...]

Through the ANF, nurses in Australia are involved in a consultative forum, known as the Australian Pharmaceutical Advisory Council (APAC), which advises the Australian Government on a wide range of [...]

The ANF has met with the Department of Health and Ageing to discuss the funding for nurses and other aged care workers announced in the May 2004 Federal Budget. An [...]

The Australian Health Workforce Advisory Committee (AHWAC) has commenced a number of workforce planning projects. The perioperative workforce planning group, chaired by Tasmanian principal nurse advisor Fiona Stoker, will consider [...]

I recently completed the nursing labour force survey attached to my renewal of registration form from the ACT Nurses Board. Some of the questions were straightforward but others were more [...]

Throughout the negotiating period for the recently concluded Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the USA and Australia, the ANF raised concerns about the possibility of the PBS being included in [...]

A team from the University of South Australia, in partnership with Royal College of Nursing Australia, has been awarded the ANF tender to develop competency standards for practice nurses. The [...]

It is important for nurses to keep abreast of international developments and global changes affecting nursing and health care as nurses have an influential role to play in the international [...]

The ANF Federal Office has secured federal government funding to undertake a major project to develop competency standards for nurses. The ANF will contract an organisation or consortia to undertake [...]

The Congress of Aboriginal and Tortes Strait Islander Nurses (CATSIN) held their 5th annual conference in Cairns during October. More than 100 nurses attended the conference and beard papers on [...]

Current reviews of community and residential aged care practice and funding raise issues of concern to nurses. The Commonwealth Government review of community care aims to develop a blueprint for [...]

I have recently returned from the International Council of Nurses (ICN) conference in Geneva. The conference was planned for Marrakech in Morocco but was moved after the tragic bombing that [...]

I recently represented the ANF when the Australian Pharmaceutical Advisory Council (APAC) held their meeting in Canberra. The Council brings together consumer groups, medical, nursing and pharmaceutical organisations to provide [...]

The ANF and the Australian and New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses (ANZCMHN) were represented at a national mental health summit held recently in Sydney. The summit discussed, among [...]

How do we encourage more school students to choose nursing as a career? This is the vexed question being considered by a project being organised by the Enterprise and Career [...]

Australia's National Nursing Organisations (NNOs) are a coalition of the national specialist professional nursing associations. The NNOs were formed in 1991 and have met twice yearly since then to provide [...]

In January, the ANF met the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission (NOHSC) in Canberra to seek information about the Commission's role in implementing recommendations from the Senate Inquiry into [...]

October was a big month for rural and remote area nurses. A workshop hosted by the National Rural Health Alliance's (NHRA's) nursing members - the ANF, the Council for Remote [...]

The ANF represents around 120,000 nurses across the country. In addition to being the national union for nurses, the ANF is the largest professional nursing organisation in Australia, with members [...]

The Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments, are funding a two-year project researching a model for a national health information network, HealthConnect will involve consumers consenting to some or all their [...]

The national rural and remote area nursing summit planned for July 2002 has been deferred until October. Read the draft papers, including an action plan, on the National Rural Health [...]

There are currently 1113 people under 50 years of age living in residential aged care facilities in Australia. They suffer from a range of illnesses and injuries including Parkinson's disease, [...]

The Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) recently commissioned a project called Open Disclosure. Open disclosure occurs when health care providers acknowledge and apologise or express [...]

The ANF has received considerable feedback from members on the development of a training package in the vocational education and training sector for anaesthetic technicians. As part of the same [...]

Nearly two-thirds of residents in high care aged care facilities are at least mildly depressed, a new report says. The report is the result of a Commonwealth Department of Health [...]

The Government has just released the discussion paper relating to the National Review of Nursing Education which contains a summary of findings and raises a series of questions and issues [...]

Community Services and Health Training Australia (CSHTA) has commenced a review of community services training packages, including aged care, disability services and drug and alcohol work. These training packages provide [...]

The ANF is a member of the National Rural Health Alliance (NRHA) which is organising a national rural and remote area nursing summit in Adelaide in July. The purpose of [...]

Provides information on the meeting of the Australian Pharmaceutical Advisory Council in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. Participants of the meeting; Recognition of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme as an element in national medicines policy; Topics discussed in the event.

Reports on the commencement of a review of community services training packages by the Community Services and Health Training Australia, as of February 2002. Benefits of the review for health care professionals in the public and private sector; Concern of the Australian Nursing Federation over the discussion of advanced clinical work as part of the training packages.

Reports that the Australian Nursing Federation (ANJ) and the National Disability Advisory Council (NDAC) have met to discuss issues regarding disabled persons' access to health care system. Priority of the NDAC; Status of health care services in Australia; Actions to be taken by the ANJ and NDAC.