Nursing in General Practice

A Practice Nurse is a Registered Nurse or Enrolled Nurse working in a General Practice setting. 
The Division provides ongoing support by providing the following services.

• Provide resources to encourage the effective utilisation of practice nurses 

• Australian Practice Nurses Association

• Maintain a register for Nurses seeking employment

• Nursing in General Practice,  a guide for the team from the Royal College of Nursing 

• AGPN Recruitment and Orientation Guide ^Updated

• Employing a Nurse Immuniser Guidelines  

• YouTube clip uploaded by APNA outling potential roles for the practice nurse under the new PNIP funding ^{Dec 2011}

• Professional development resources 

  • Professional Development Portfolio  (Print double sided and fold)

  • Drug Calculation sheet  

• Provide training, education and support

• Australian Practice Nurses Association 

• Asthma Education

• CPR

• Diabetes Education

• Nursing competencies and related resources

• Practice Nurse Network

• Triage (Dandenong Division)  Wall Chart  

• Provide on site support in effective utilisation of information management systems

• Assistance with implementing IM systems

• Electronic Templates

• Medical Director Training

• Patient information AGPAL  RACGP  APNA (login required)

Resources

• AGPN Practice Nurse Resources. Information and newsletters at the AGPN website

• Diabetes

  • Australian Diabetes Educators Association

  • Diabetes foot assessment  - from National Association of Diabetes Centres and the Australasian Podiatry Council.

  • Diabetes Management resource for practice nurses, developed by the RACGP ^{Dec 2011}

• Healthy Kids Check

  • Fact sheets and checklists  

  • Electronic Templates for recall letter  MD  BP and checklist  MD   BP  

  • A good collection of Healthy Kids Check resources from NSW, including how to assess a 4 year old's eyes, hearing and development 

  • Free Healthy Kids Check elearning course. Consists of 2 modules, is endorsed by APNA and is the equivalent of 2.5 CPD hours 

  • Poster 

  • Checklist for parents

  • Health Kids Check booklet "Get set 4 Life" - also available in other languages. 

  • Kids Good Health Recipes - click on "contact us" on the top right corner of the page to order these booklets for your practice.

  • Fact sheets and checklists   

  • Lift the Lip poster  

• Medicare

  • Medicare document  outlining changes to practice nurse funding 

  • MBS Item number for nurses working with patients who have a chronic disease  Q & As 

  • Medicare Benefits Schedule - Browsable Version 

• Cancer Council of Tasmania 

• Cervical Screening Essentials the revised NHMRC Screening to prevent cervical cancer guidelines for the management of asymptomatic women with screen detected abnormalities.

• Collection Guides  at  Hobart Pathology

• Immunisation, cold chain Strive for Five

• Infection Control

• Infant and child nutrition reference sheet for practice nurses based on frequently asked questions.

• Nursing Award (2010) at the APNA website ^New

• RCNA online course to support practice nurses using Medicare item number 10997

• 2012 UTAS Graduate Certificate in Nursing and Graduate Diploma in Nursing   

• Royal College of Nursing, Australia

• Tasmanian Wound Care Association

• Australian Wound Management Association - contains latest wound care news as well resources such as the Standards for Wound Management

Organisations

• Australian Nurses' Federation

• Australian Nursing & Midwifery Council

• Australian Practice Nurses Association 

• Australian Diabetes Educators Association

• Family Planning Tasmania

• Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia 

• Royal College of Nursing, Australia