The Respiratory Nurses Interest Group of NSW endeavours to represents nurses whose primary focus / main area of interest is respiratory nursing. Members of RNIG work across a range of paediatric, adolescent and adult healthcare domains – respiratory and cardiothoracic units, ambulatory care and community services, transplant units, critical care and high dependency units, management, education and academic.

Our focus is on support and education, facilitating networking, develop and promote guidelines/protocols, encourage and support research of innovative evidenced based respiratory nursing practices, and to collaborate with our nursing, allied health and medical colleagues to further improve respiratory health in the community. We also want to provide a forum for respiratory nurses to expand their current knowledge and skills through the sharing of their experiences.

Our members have also been invited to facilitate, develop and present respiratory nursing education, contribute to Area Health, State and National nursing, medical and health committees, and co develop multidisciplinary education meetings. NSW RNIG has also developed a strong relationship with the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) at a State and National level, in an effort to advance the impact that nurses can have on clinical, professional and health policy development.