Driving change: The movement for more nurse autonomy

Driving change: The movement for more nurse autonomy

Image: Melissa Freeman FACN at work in the clinic. The movement for more autonomy for nurses had a win over summer, with NSW Health changing immunisation regulations in a key step for nurse immunisers in that state. Here’s the story of the nurse who drove that change. As a nurse working in ED, Melissa Freeman FACN was at the coalface of the mounting chronic disease burden in Australia. She and her colleagues were caring for more and more acutely…