Nursing (General Practice)

Nursing

The Nursing program provides support and help to build the capacity of the nursing workforce within general practice. With an increase emphasis on the value of the role nursing plays in primary health care, including multidisciplinary, collaborative care and the optional use of the nursing workforce.

Resources

• Nursing and midwifery Board
• Practice Nurse Incentive Program effective 1 January, 2012.  Department of Health and Ageing
• What is the Practice Nurse Incentive Program?
• Is your Practice ready for the PNIP?
• Incentive Payment Ready Reckoner
• Practice Nurse Incentive Program Guidelines
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Creating Opportunties
• Creating Opportunity: Practice Nurses working with the Community & creating health
• Developing a Business Case for an Enhanced Primary Care Nurse Role under the PNIP
• A Guide for General Practices on Business Case Development
• "Charting New Roles for Australian General Practice Nurses:  A Multicentre Qualitive Study"
• Australian Practice Nurse Association
• Professional Portfolio Template for Practice Nurses
• Competency standards for nurses in general practice

For more information on these activities, please contact the Healthcare Integration Officer.