Showcase of Contemporary Nursing
Date: Tuesday 30 June
Time: 8:00am – 12:00pm (speeches between 8:30 – 9:00am)
Location: Mural Hall, Parliament House, Canberra
Peak nursing and midwifery bodies and leading nursing providers will transform Mural Hall to showcase contemporary, solutions-focused models of care and demonstrate how nurses and midwives can address some of the country’s most pressing health challenges.
The Parliamentary Friends of Nursing event will feature live health demonstrations and direct engagement between parliamentarians and frontline nursing and midwifery leaders.
What media will see on the day:
- Clinical capability and innovation through hands-on demonstrations of advanced assessment, skills, and models of care, including ear and skin checks, emergency response, midwifery care, women’s health, urgent care, allergy management, street healthcare, snakebite and fishhook injury management, and smart glasses remote care technology.
- Aged care technology and regional and remote care models in action.
- Nursing and midwifery leaders speaking on culturally safe healthcare, workforce reform, innovation and the future of care.
- Cross-party parliamentarians engaging directly with contemporary health solutions.
Proudly supported by the Australian College of Nursing, the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses, the Australian College of Midwives, the Australian College of Nurse Practitioners, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association, the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives, the Council of Deans of Nursing and Midwifery, and CRANAplus.
With thanks to the Parliamentary Friends of Nursing convenors Trish Cook MP, Member for Bullwinkel; Dr Helen Haines MP, Member for Indi; and Dr Anne Webster MP, Shadow Minister for Regional Health, Member for Mallee.
Contact details:
0449 803 524 | [email protected]
