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HESTA Super Fund
HESTA is proud to be a major supporter of the Australian
Nursing Awards, presented by HealthStaff Recruitment in conjunction with
Victoria University. As the specialist in super for health and community
services, HESTA has a long history of supporting the work that nurses
do. We’re pleased to be a part of the Australian Nursing Awards which
recognise the dedication, commitment and hard work of our nurses and the
contribution they make to the community.
HESTA exists for members, not to make profits out of them. We’re
also the fund with over 16 years of positive annual returns on our balanced
investment option, Core Pool. And, with almost 500,000 members and $5.6
billion in assets, we can achieve economies of scale that allow us to
keep our administration fee to a low $1.00 per week while at the same
time offering a range of extra services.
Call 1800 813 327 for more information or a copy of HESTA’s Product
Disclosure Statement which should be considered when making a decision
about HESTA.
H.E.S.T. Australia Limited ACN 006 818 695. AFSL No. 235249
www.hesta.com.au
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sanofi - aventis
sanofi-aventis is the world's 3rd largest pharmaceutical company, ranking number 1 in Europe. Backed by a world-class R&D organisation, sanofi-aventis is developing leading positions in seven major therapeutic areas: cardiovascular disease, thrombosis, oncology, diabetes, central nervous system, internal medicine and vaccines.
Elsevier Australia
Elsevier Australia is the leading health sciences publisher in Australia
and New Zealand, with the core of our publishing programme focused on
providing the highest quality local texts for nursing students. Titles
we publish include Crisp & Taylor: Fundamentals of Nursing, a local
adaptation of the well-established text by Potter & Perry; Staunton
& Chiarella: Nursing & the Law; and McMurray: Community Health
and Wellness.
In 2004 Elsevier Australia will publish the first full colour medical-surgical
text for the Australian market with our forthcoming adaptation of Lewis’
Medical-Surgical Nursing. Elsevier’s commitment to continuing education
for practicing nurses is supported by a strong and extensive list of books
and journals for all nursing specialties at all levels.
Through mutual support between the nursing discipline and Elsevier Australia
our programme has become number one, and we see this relationship as dynamic
and evolving. Already, an important contributor to the education of Australian
nurses, Elsevier’s sponsorship of the Australian Nursing Awards is
another means of showing our support to nurses and nursing education in
Australia.
Elsevier Australia tel: +61 2 95178972, fax: +61 2 95172249
Laerdal
Established in 1940, Laerdal is dedicated to helping save
lives. Our quality training and therapy products, services, and system
solutions support the sequence of events known as the Chain of Survival.
The Chain of Survival is focused on saving lives after sudden cardiac
arrest. It has four links; early access to help, early CPR, early defibrillation
and early Advanced Life Support.
Nurses and nursing educators play a critical role in the Chain of Survival,
and Laerdal is very proud to sponsor the Australian Nursing Awards 2005.
Our company is committed to stimulating interest in nursing as a career,
enhancing the retention of nurses, and in particular, ensuring the highest
quality education and training of the nursing workforce.
Throughout the world, Laerdal’s range of training manikins, airway
management devices, spinal immobilisation products, defibrillators and
educational materials is utilised by health care professionals every day.
To date, Resusci Anne and her family of manikins have taught the lifesaving
skills of CPR to more than 200 million people worldwide. Laerdal has introduced
several other ground breaking products to the world. These include the
first portable suction unit, the first rigid extrication collar, the first
silicone resuscitator and the first CPR mask.
Laerdal has also introduced a range of products for patient care, particularly
relevant to both under and post graduate nursing training. We look forward
to the Australian Nursing Awards in May 2005, and celebrating the immense
contribution that nurses make to the health and wellbeing of all Australians.
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Are you interested in a nursing career in rural or remote
health? There is support available to help you realise your ambitions.
The Australian Government Rural and Remote Nurse Scholarship Program offers
incentives to nurses wishing to pursue or build on a career in rural or
remote area nursing. The program consists of four different scholarship
schemes:
- Re-entry and Upskilling Scheme: for registered and enrolled
nurses whose registration has lapsed and for currently registered and
enrolled nurses to undertake practical/clinical training and job skill
enhancement.
- Postgraduate Scheme: for registered and enrolled nurses
to undertake continuing professional development activities and attend
conferences.
- Undergraduate Scheme: for students currently undertaking
or intending to enrol in fulltime study in an undergraduate nursing
course at a rural campus of an Australian University.
- EN to RN Scheme: for enrolled nurses to undertake part time study in an undergraduate nursing course at a rural campus of an Australian university.
The Australian Government Aged Care Nursing Scholarship Scheme aims to
increase the skills of nurses working in regional and rural Australia
in the aged care sector. Undergraduate scholarships are available for
people from regional and rural areas to undertake an undergraduate nursing
course at a rural campus of an Australian university. The scheme also
provides scholarships to registered and enrolled nurses for continuing
professional development programs about nursing practice in aged care.
The scholarship schemes are administered on behalf of the Australian Government
by the Royal College of Nursing, Australia. For more information about
these schemes please see www.rcna.org.au
For information about other programs and health professional scholarships
offered by the Department of Health and Ageing, see www.health.gov.au
Australian Nursing Federation
The ANF is pleased to support the Australian Nursing Awards (ANA’s).
With 130,000 members Australia wide, the ANF understands the importance
of celebrating nursing and nurses. We know there are many unsung heroes
in the profession who are worthy of awards, nurses who work tirelessly
for their patients and their profession. The ANA’s acknowledge individual
nurses’ efforts in the pursuit of excellence. Through publicly highlighting
individual nurses’ achievements, the image of nurses and nursing
is enhanced.
Nurses do not generally ask for thanks but we all know the pleasure a
note of appreciation from patients brings us. The ANA’s
are a way for the industry and our own profession to say thank you and
to acknowledge what nurses deem important - excellence, commitment,
and skill. Recognition is an important part of satisfaction in a chosen
career. The need has never been more acute in nursing as it is today with
the numbers of practicing nurses dwindling across the country. The ANA’s
provide recognition from within nursing, from our peers.
Any honour that is bestowed on nurses and creates public awareness of
the dedication and achievement of the profession is worthy of support.
The ANF was part of the inaugural awards and is happy to continue our
association.
Royal College of Nursing (RCNA)
The RCNA, a national professional member organisation, was originally
established in Melbourne in March 1949 – to provide post-registration
nursing courses to prepare experienced general nurses for leadership positions
within the profession.
Back then, those who played a key role in the activities of the College
were devoted to enhancing the reputation and professional standing of
nursing. They did this through consistently pursuing a campaign which
sought to ensure that those who taught nursing were highly educated and
competent, and that the voice of nurses was heard at all levels of public-sector
and private-sector decision making in the provision of healthcare.
These days, the College (with its national office now located in Canberra),
maintains a membership base which comprises clinicians in every setting
in which nurses practice, as well as academics and educators in all spheres
of nursing education; researchers of all fields of nursing endeavour;
managers of the full range of health care facilities, lawyers, bureaucrats,
and politicians.
And while the College is still ‘devoted to enhancing the reputation
and professional standing of nursing’, our role has expanded to include
acting as a policy formation and advisory body to deal with issues of
relevance to nursing and to nurses generally; including the promotion
of ‘life long learning’ – through programs for both members
and non-members alike – plus various workshops, seminars, and our
highly successful Nursing Careers, Education and Employment Expos.
With a mission ‘to benefit the health of the community through promotion
and recognition of professional excellence in nursing’, the College’s
objectives are driven by the aim of cultivating and maintaining the highest
principles of nursing. And with this in mind, RCNA is both pleased and
honoured to be associated with the Australian Nursing Awards.
