Brown Nurses is a nurse-led, community nursing service funded independently to provide community-based care to vulnerable people in Sydney, Australia. Founded as Our Lady's Nurses of the Poor by Eileen O'Connor in 1913, the Brown Nurses is one of Australia's oldest continuously running not-for-profit, community nursing services. Brown Nurses has a long tradition of working with and supporting vulnerable populations. As a Catholic health care provider, they work to deliver and enliven their mission to ensure clients' dignity and self-worth, build trust and provide hope, compassion and equitable access to care.

Through their partnership with ACU, Brown Nurses hope to evaluate their nurse-led model of care and use project findings to optimise clients' experience of care, personal wellbeing, and engagement in and connection to community. This project aims to report on the Brown Nurses' person-centred services and intends to share this unique nursing care model with other health care services working with vulnerable populations.

Partner

Brown Nurses

Project team

• Clinical Associate Professor, Dr Elisabeth Black, CEO and Director of Nursing, Brown Nurses
• Ms Robyn Williams, Education and Workforce Nurse Manager, Brown Nurses
• Professor Jenny Sim, School of Nursing, Midwifery & Paramedicine, ACU
• Professor Kim Foster, School of Nursing, Midwifery & Paramedicine, ACU
• Dr Johanna Boardman, School of Nursing, Midwifery & Paramedicine, ACU
• Associate Professor Toby Raeburn, School of Nursing, Midwifery & Paramedicine, ACU
• Dr Kelly Lewer, School of Nursing, Midwifery & Paramedicine, ACU
• Ms Vivien Cinque, ACU Engagement
• Dr Jill Cox, ACU Engagement
• Ms Julie Peries, ACU Engagement