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About RCNA
Royal College of Nursing, Australia (RCNA) is the peak professional body for nurses. As a member you can influence a range of local and national issues by getting involved in the activities of RCNA. Read more |
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Member Advantage!
A significant addition to the RCNA membership package: financial and lifestyle benefits and savings with the new RCNA Member Advantage Benefits Program. |
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The Coalition of National Nursing Organisations
It has been my pleasure over the past 18 months to be the RCNA representative on the Coalition of National Nursing Organisations (CoNNO), and also a Council (Board) member of that organisation. In order to ensure that there is continuity on the Council, we took a decision last year that some of us would only remain a member for 18 months and the rest would continue for 2.5 years. I volunteered to be one of the “early leavers” as part of a personal strategy to better manage my work life balance. I have nominated RCNA CEO Debra Cerasa to take on the Council role, and we are eagerly awaiting the result!
CoNNO is funded by a grant from the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing to contribute to information sharing across the myriad specialty nursing organisations in Australia. At last count there were some 54 member organisations. Many of these organisations are small and depend on the voluntary work of their office bearers and members. It is therefore very heartening to know that there is a forum where such organisations can share and learn from each other.
With so much happening in health at the moment, it is difficult for all of us to keep ourselves across the issues, even when we have a better resourced organisation like RCNA. I wish CoNNO well in its future activities, and, in particular, thank the Chair Kim Ryan, and my fellow CoNNO Council members, for their continuing contributions to the profession.
Dr Stephanie Fox-Young FRCNA
RCNA President |
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