Victorian School Nurses Association

13/11/2025

Diabetes mellitus is more commonly known as diabetes. It’s a health condition where there is too much glucose (sugar) in your blood.

Your blood glucose levels are normally controlled by a hormone called insulin. Insulin controls the amount of glucose in your blood. It helps glucose move from your bloodstream into your cells, where it can be used for energy.

How do you manage students with diabetes in your school?

12/11/2025

World Kindness Day is a global day that promotes the importance of being kind to each other, to yourself, and to the world.

If every Australian performed an act of kindness on World Kindness Day, we would have 25 million acts of kindness in a single day.
The possibilities are endless – together let’s make Australia kinder.

11/11/2025

An informal portrait of Australian Army Nursing Staff (AANS) homeward bound on HMAT Shropshire after service in WW1. From left to right are Nurses Quinn, Warner, Homewood, Baron and R.A. Skyring.

Their faces are weathered by their WWI service, a tired, purposeful resilience, tempered by the peace of finally coming home. We can only imagine what they truly experienced.

Formed in 1902, the Australian Army Nursing Service consisted of civilian nurses, primarily women who were educated and unmarried, between the ages of 25 and 40. Nursing was one of the few avenues for women to work in these times; yet, even in the army, women were paid approximately half of what their male rank counterparts earned.

Across the conflict zones and battlefields of WWI, they worked to deliver life-saving care in some of the most challenging conditions and were essential in the complex triage to transport and treat sick and wounded soldiers.

With 2,861 women in the AANS during World War I, they served across Europe, Mesopotamia, Egypt, Burma and India.

On the 11th day
Of the 11th month
At the 11th hour

We shall remember them.

Photo: Australian War Memorial

10/11/2025

09/11/2025

VSNA are proud to announce we have been working closely with to bring you the inaugural School Nurses Paediatric Health Education Program.

💻Registrations are now open

02/11/2025

Movember marks Men's Health month.

How are you spreading the word?

28/10/2025

Can you spare 5-10 minutes to help shape new training to build confidence in providing neuroinclusive care?

Please complete a short survey on current practices, workforce needs, and barriers when supporting Autistic patients and families.

Survey closes on 8 November (see 🔗below). Feel free to share this with your colleagues!

27/10/2025

Join us tonight for our final members meeting of 2025.
Meeting opens at 16.30 for networking
Guest Speaker Lauren Brown will commence at 17.00
Members meeting at 18:00

Register via ZOOM via members page/ emails.

21/10/2025

Join us with our Guest speaker Lauren Brown, pharmacist from Glen Medicine discussing medication safety, appropriate use of medication improving patients' health outcomes.

18/10/2025

Congratulations Nessryn Tabiaat, fellow school nurses from Pascoe Vale Girls College on being named Westfield Local Hero! 🥳

14/10/2025

Global Handwashing Day highlights the importance of washing hands with soap and clean water as one of the simplest and most cost-effective ways to prevent infections like diarrhoea and pneumonia. Proper handwashing can significantly reduce illness, especially in children, by lowering rates of diarrhoea, respiratory infections, and missed school days. The day promotes global awareness and encourages people to wash their hands regularly—particularly after using the toilet, before eating, and during food preparation—to save lives and improve overall health.
https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-hand-hygiene-day/2025