About the event
Join us for Evolution of a primary care nurse-led service over time – 110 years of advocacy to influence and improve client outcomes in the community, a webinar presented with the CEO of Brown Nurses, Dr Elisabeth Black FACN, exploring the enduring legacy and continued evolution of a unique nurse-led community health service.
Since 1913, Our Lady’s Nurses for the Poor and the Brown Nurses, have provided a not-for-profit, inner-city community nursing service dedicated to supporting vulnerable people at risk of homelessness. Working in partnership with clients, nurses deliver holistic, coordinated care focused on restoring dignity, self-worth, and improving access to essential health and social supports.
This presentation reflects on more than a century of nursing leadership, beginning with the visionary founders of the service and their deep understanding of the social determinants of health, advocacy, and the importance of an independent nursing voice. Their legacy has enabled the service to grow into a contemporary, professional organisation that continues to support nurses to work to their full scope of practice and deliver evidence-informed, high-quality care.
Today, the service is sustained by a strong culture of learning, collaboration, and advocacy. It empowers nurses to influence health systems, improve access to care, and respond to the complex and evolving needs of marginalised communities, continuing a legacy of nursing leadership that remains vital in the 21st century and beyond.
Key Learning Objectives
- To describe the importance of advocacy and an independent and strong nursing voice in caring for the marginalised in our community
- To understand the importance of visionary leadership to build sustainability into nurse-led services
- To describe the impact a high performing learning culture has on practice and client outcomes
About the speaker
Dr Elisabeth Black FACN - CEO, Brown Nurses & Director of Nursing Clinical Associate Professor, Australian Catholic University
Clinical Associate Professor, Dr Elisabeth Black is the Chief Executive Officer and Director of Nursing at the Brown Nurses, a nurse-led, not for profit community nursing service providing care for clients who are vulnerable, marginalised, isolated and at risk of homelessness in inner city Sydney. She has worked in a variety of clinical, managerial and leadership roles, and is committed to leading and influencing activities that will deliver an evidence-informed, best practice approach to person-centered client care. Elisabeth is a Clinical Associate Professor with the Australian Catholic University and a Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing