Medical Anthropology Volunteering

TheANMACisresponsibleforprotectingandpromotingthesafetyoftheAustraliancommunitybypromotinghighstandardsofnursingandmidwiferyeducationthroughthedevelopmentofaccreditationstandards,accreditationofprograms,andassessmentofinternationallyqualifiednursesandmidwivesformigrationANMAC,2016. Inthelate1920s,twonurses,EvelynNowlandandaMissClancy,beganworkingseparatelyontheideaofaunionfornursesandwerebroughttogetherbyJessieStreet,whosawtheimprovementofnurseswagesandconditionsasafeministcause. WhatisnowtheNewSouthWalesNursesandMidwivesAssociationNSWNMAwasregisteredasatradeunionin1931NSWNMA,2014. Throughtheamalgamationofvariousorganizations,thereisnowonenationalorganizationtorepresentregisterednurses,enrollednurses,midwives,andassistantsdoingnursingworkineverystateandterritorythroughoutAustralia:theAustralianNursingandMidwiferyFederationANMF. Theorganizationwasestablishedin1924andservesasaunionfornurseswithanultimategoalofimprovingpatientcare. TheANMFisnowcomposedofeightbranches:theAustralianNursingandMidwiferyFederationSouthAustraliabranch,theNSWNMA,theAustralianNursingandMidwiferyFederationVictorianBranch,theQueenslandNursesUnion,theAustralianNursingandMidwiferyFederationTasmanianBranch,theAustralianNursingandMidwiferyFederationAustralianCapitalTerritory,theAustralianNursingandMidwiferyFederationNorthernTerritory,andtheAustralianNursingandMidwiferyFederationWesternAustraliaBranchANMF,2015.