Our Vision
The Council of Children’s Nurses Inc. will be an effective organisation advocating for nurses caring for children and the health of children. The Council believes that the care of children is a specialist branch of nursing and should reflect nursing and professional competence of the highest standard.
Objectives of the Council are
- To promote nursing practice in the care of children and their families.
- To participate in the development and revision of standards of practice in paediatric and child health nursing.
- To act in an advisory capacity on matters relating to nursing practice in relation to caring for children, education and the health of children.
To improve the standard of paediatric and child health care by promoting the exchange of ideas and continuing education of members.
Executive 2012:
President: Nikki Brown, Lecturer, University of Technology, Sydney
Vice President: Margaret Kelly, Coordinator, Greater Eastern and Southern Child Health Network, NSW
Secretary: Clare Davies, CNC Paediatrics, Northern Sydney Health
Assistant secretary: Heather Griggs, Paediatrics, Northern Sydney Health
Treasurer: Tracey Marshall, CNC Asthma, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead
Other representative: Karen Rankin, CNC Nutritional Support & IBD, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead
Representative from major paediatric teaching hospital/unit: Kylie Furness, Nurse Educator, ICU, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick
Rural representative: Vacant
Representative from the Hunter region: Jan Belcher, CNC Allergy/Immunology, John Hunter Children’s Hospital
Representative from a metropolitan hospital with a children’s ward: Joanne Newbury, Nurse Unit Manager, Children’s Ward, Sutherland Hospital
Representative from community paediatrics/child health: Gill Paterson, CNC Community, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead
