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About the Australian College of

Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN)

The Australian College of Critical Care Nurses, with over committees. The panel has also developed position
2400 members, is the peak professional organisation statements on nurse staffing for intensive care and
representing critical care nurses in Australia. Member- high-dependency units in Australia, and annually
ship types include standard membership, international reviews the dataset design for national workforce data
members, life members, honorary members and corpo- collection in conjunction with ANZICS;
rate members. All individual members are eligible and Organ & Tissue Donation & Transplantation Advi-
are encouraged to participate in the activities of the sory Panel: advises the board and developed a posi-
College; to receive the College journal and Critical Times tion statement on organ donation and transplantation
publication, in addition to discounts for ACCCN confer- as it relates to intensive care. It disseminates related
ence registration and for ACCCN publications. Life and information to critical care nurses regarding the pro-
honorary memberships are awarded to individuals in motion and national reform objectives of organ and
recognition of their outstanding contribution to ACCCN tissue donation in Australia;
and/or to critical care nursing excellence in Australia. Quality Advisory Panel: provides expert knowledge,
advice and information to ACCCN on matters rele-
ACCCN is a company limited by guarantee and has
branches in each state of Australia, with two members vant to critical care nursing practice relating specifi-
from each state branch management committee forming cally to patient management;
the ACCCN National Board of Directors. Each committee Paediatric Advisory Panel: provides expert knowl-
facilitates the activities of the college at a local/state level edge, advice and information to ACCCN on matters
and provides local and at times national representation. relevant to paediatric critical care nursing in addition
The ACCCN Editorial Committee and Editorial Board, to recommending content and speakers for the annual
under the leadership of the editor of the Australian Critical ACCCN conferences;
Care (ACC) journal, are responsible for the College pub- The ICU Liaison Special Interest Group: is a collec-
lications including the journal Australian Critical Care and tive group of ACCCN members who have an interest
newspaper Critical Times. in ICU liaison/outreach and work together to discuss
matters relevant to this increasing area of critical care
There are a number of national advisory panels and nursing focus.
special interest groups dedicated to providing the organi- In addition to branch educational events and sympo-
sation with expert opinion on issues relating to critical siums, ACCCN conducts three national conferences each
care nursing. These include:
year: ACCCN Institute of Continuing Education (ICE);
Resuscitation Advisory Panel: consists of eight and, in conjunction with our medical colleagues from
members representing each branch of ACCCN, plus a The Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society
paediatric nurse representative. It has developed a (ANZICS), the ANZICS/ACCCN Annual Scientific Meeting
complete suite of contemporary advanced life support on Intensive Care and the Australian and New Zealand
and resuscitation educational material and offers its Paediatric & Neonatal Intensive Care Conference.
ACCCN National ALS Courses throughout Australia;
Research Advisory Panel: in addition to providing ACCCN has a representative on the Australian Resuscita-
expert advice to ACCCN, the panel is responsible for tion Council (ARC), and has representation at a federal
evaluating and making recommendations on research government advisory level through the Nursing and Mid-
strategy and grant submissions to ACCCN, and for wifery Stakeholder Reference Group (NMSRG) chaired by
evaluating abstracts submitted to the ANZICS/ACCCN the Chief Nurse of Australia, and is also a member of the
Annual Scientific Meeting on Intensive Care; Coalition of National Nursing Organisations (CoNNO).
Education Advisory Panel: advises ACCCN on all The founding Chairperson of the World Federation of
matters relating to education specific to critical care Critical Care Nurses (WFCCN) continues to represent
nursing. This panel has developed a position paper on ACCCN on the WFCCN Council, and the College also
critical care nursing education and written submis- has representatives on the World Federation of Paediatric
sions on behalf of ACCCN to national reviews of Intensive and Critical Care Societies, and is a member of
nursing education; the Intensive Care Foundation.
Workforce Advisory Panel: has represented ACCCN More information can be found on the ACCCN website:
on a number of national health workforce and nursing www.acccn.com.au
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