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.

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

• 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 

• Employing a Nurse Immuniser Guidelines  

• Professional development resources 

  • Professional Development Portfolio ^{July 2010 Update} (Print double sided and fold)

  • Drug Calculation sheet  ^{July 2010}

• Provide training and education in clinical and non clinical areas 

• Asthma Education

• CPR

• Diabetes Education

• Diploma of Business for Practice Nurses - coordinated by the Australian General Practice Network and conducted by UNE Partnerships. This course will equip the nurse with the knowledge that will enable them to better understand and manage the business environment of general practice.

• Nursing competencies and related resources

• Grad Cert in Nursing, General Practice - coordinated by the Australian General Practice Network and conducted by by distant education by the University of the Sunshine Coast. (applications for 2009 have closed but contact details are current)

• Immunisation, cold chain Strive for Five

• Infection Control

• Practice Nurse Network

• Triage (Dandenong Division) (Hunter Division)

• Wound Management  and Wound Management Training (SBK Module)

• 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

• Australian Nurses' Federation

• Australian Nursing & Midwifery Council

• Australian Practice Nurses Association 

• Australian Diabetes Educators Association

• 4 Year old healthy Kids check Poster  Booklet   

• 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

• Family Planning Tasmania

• Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia  ^New

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

• Royal College of Nursing, Australia

• Tasmanian Wound Care Association