The Royal College of Nursing, Australia

The Royal College of Nursing, Australia was established in 1949 in Melbourne, Victoria. The College's mission statement was to:

• cultivate and maintain the highest principles of nursing practice and ethics;
• raise the status and standard of the nursing profession by making provision for trained teachers and administrators in the profession;
• make adequate provision for postgraduate training of nurses; and
• bring together members of the nursing profession both in and out of Australia for the purpose of scientific discussion, and practical demonstration of nursing subjects.

In 2012, the Royal College of Nursing, Australia merged with the College of Nursing (previously the New South Wales College of Nursing) to create a unified federal college: the Australian College of Nursing. 

(via ACN)