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PublicationYearStatusHealth topics
Evaluation of the mental health nurse incentive program

This report assesses the effectiveness and appropriateness of the program and its current operational parameters as well as modelling future demand and growth patterns. It addresses patient outcomes, program uptake, program demand, cost benefits, program structure and compliance.

2012Current
Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program: seven case studies

This document reports on services under the Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program in Longford, Clare, Bathurst, Geelong, Ipswich, Mackay and Ballarat.

2010Current
Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program: case studies project report

This case study project investigated seven different sites where the Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program (MHNIP) has been implemented, covering a variety of locations, service models and employment arrangements. The case studies were intended to highlight the development, implementation and some early outcomes of the MHNIP.

2010Current
Guidelines for the Divisions Network Nursing in General Practice Program

These guidelines explain the operation of the Divisions Network Nursing in General Practice Program.

2006Historical
Nursing in General Practice Training and Support Workshop 23 August 2005: Summary report

Report of the stakeholder workshop to discuss the priorities and opportunities for training and support for nursing in general practice, and to elicit information which may inform the development of the training and support component of the Additional Practice Nurses for Rural Australia and Other Areas of Need budget measure for the years 2005-06 to 2008-09.

2005Historical
Mentoring Fact Sheets for Nursing in General Practice

This document consists of a set of fact sheets about mentoring nurses in general practice.

2005Historical
Hanging from a String in the Wind: Development of a National Framework for Mentoring for Nurses in General Practice

A study of the key issues and a proposed framework for mentoring for nurses in general practice.

2005Historical
Evaluation of the 2001 Nursing in General Practice Initiative

An evaluation of the Additional Practice Nurses in Rural Australia and Other Areas of Need budget measure (known as the Nursing in General Practice initiative).

2005Historical
Aged Care Assessment Program: Operational Guidelines 2002

The Commonwealth Aged Care Assessment Program Operational Guidelines outline the Commonwealth's policy and operational requirements for the Aged Care Assessment Program into the future.

2004Current
Aged Care Core Component In Undergraduate Nursing Curricula - Principles Paper

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED. Prepared by School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology

2004Rescinded
Aged Care Enrolled Nurses Working Party - Final Report

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED. The Aged Care Enrolled Nurses Working Party was appointed to examine an enhanced scope of practice for enrolled nurses and the preparation of enrolled nurses for that practice especially for medication administration and the existing barriers to this preparation.

2003Rescinded
Report summary: Consumer Perceptions of Nursing and Nurses in General Practice

This document summarises the findings of the Consumer Perceptions of Nursing and Nurses in General Practice report which explored consumers' perceptions, expectations and misconceptions of nurses and nursing in general practice.

2002Historical
Consumer Perceptions of Nursing and Nurses in General Practice

This report explores consumers' perceptions, expectations and misconceptions of nurses and nursing in general practice.

2002Historical
National practice standards for the mental health workforce

This document contains the twelve practice standards for those who work in mental health services within the professions of psychiatry, nursing, social work, psychology and occupational therapy.

2002Current
gettin em n keepin em

This report by the Indigenous Nursing Education Working Group for the Commonwealth focusses on the inclusion of indigenous health in nursing curricula and recruitment and retention of indigenous nurses in the workforce.

2002Current
Quality of Working Life for Nurses

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED. Report into the quality of working life issues that result in job satisfaction or dissatisfaction for nurses in the aged care sector. The analysis of this report is drawn from a range of focus group sessions with aged care nurses in Victoria and New South Wales.

2002Rescinded
Recruitment and Retention of Nurses in Residential Aged Care: Final Report and Commonwealth Response

This report examines the retention and recruitment of nurses in the residential aged care sector; and the issues surrounding nurse re-entry training in the sector.

2002Historical
Quality of Working Life for Nurses

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN RESCINDED. Report into the quality of working life issues that result in job satisfaction or dissatisfaction for nurses in the aged care sector. The analysis of this report is drawn from a range of focus group sessions with aged care nurses in Victoria and New South Wales.

2002Rescinded
Recruitment and Retention of Nurses in Residential Aged Care: Final Report and Commonwealth Response

This report examines the retention and recruitment of nurses in the residential aged care sector; and the issues surrounding nurse re-entry training in the sector.

2002Historical
Summary of Outcomes of the National Workshop on practice nursing in Australian General Practice

The outcomes and decisions of the Future Directions in Practice Nursing Workshop held in July 2001 to discuss the ways forward for practice nursing.

2002Historical
A Review of the Current Role of Enrolled Nurses in the Aged Care Sector: Future Directions

This paper discusses the changing nature of the aged care environment, in relation to both providers and recipients. The nature of the nursing workforce has changed, and staffing in some areas is not meeting demand. It discusses the viability of an enhanced and more consistent scope of practice among Enrolled Nurses.

2001Historical
A Review of the Current Role of Enrolled Nurses in the Aged Care Sector: Future Directions

This paper discusses the changing nature of the aged care environment, in relation to both providers and recipients. The nature of the nursing workforce has changed, and staffing in some areas is not meeting demand. It discusses the viability of an enhanced and more consistent scope of practice among Enrolled Nurses.

2001Historical