Nursing

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Updated September 2009

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Title:   Nursing and midwifery labour force 2007
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   In 2007, the total number of registered and enrolled nurses estimated by the Nursing and Midwifery Labour Force Survey was 305,834, an increase of 12% since 2003. The nursing workforce continued to age between 2003 and 2007; the proportion of nurses aged 50 years or over increased from 28% to 33%.
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Nursing in General Practice - education and training
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Nursing in General Practice (NiGP) program provides training and professional support for practice nurses. This page provides information on the education and training components of the program.
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Media release. Sea of pink as Hook-up Committee welcome McGrath breast care nurse
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Federal Member for Flynn Chris Trevor and Federal Minister for Ageing Justine Elliot hosted a seaside event to raise awareness for breast cancer and officially recognise Gladstone's first McGrath Breast Care Nurse Donna Nicholls.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Media release. Election of Rosemary Bryant to Presidency of the International Council of Nurses
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Australia's Chief Commonwealth Nurse, Rosemary Bryant, has been elected president of the International Council of Nurses.
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Media release. Historic step forward for midwives and nurse practitioners
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   New legislation has been introduced that will give nurses and midwives access to the Medical Benefits Schedule and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Media release. Taking pressure off Canberra Hospital's emergency department
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Australian Government is to provide $10 million to establish a 'Walk-in Centre' at the Canberra Hospital to help take pressure off its busy emergency department.
Date:   May 2009
Title:   Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program provides a non-MBS incentive payment to community based general practices, private psychiatrist services and other appropriate organisations (such as Divisions of General Practice) who engage mental health nurses to assist in the provision of coordinated clinical care for people with severe mental disorders.
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   General practice activity in Australia 2007-08
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This publication is the 22nd in the General practice series produced by the Australian General Practice Statistics and Classification Centre, a collaborating unit of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the University of Sydney. It reports the results of the tenth year of the BEACH program, April 2007 to March 2008.
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Counselling
Publisher:   InfraPsych
Description:   Describes what counseling is, who provides counseling, how counseling works, and who can benefit from counseling. Counseling may be offered by various allied health professionals such as psychologists, counselors, psychiatrists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, family counselors and pastoral counselors.
Date:   Jun 2008
Title:   Report on the Audit of Health Workforce in Rural and Regional Australia
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This report provides information gathered in the audit of the health workforce in rural and remote Australia. It investigates the number and distribution of the health workforce, specifically doctors, nurses and other health professionals, currently working in rural and regional Australia, describes the current workforce supply and identifies where health workforce shortages exist.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Nursing and midwifery labour force 2005
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report presents statistics on trends in the employment of nurses and midwives in Australia. It is based on the main findings of the 2005 national survey of nursing and midwifery.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Report on the evaluation of the nurse/midwife practitioner and clinical nurse/midwife consultant roles
Publisher:   NSW Department of Health
Description:   A report providing results and recommendations from the evaluation questionnaire at the end of 2005 investigating aspects of the roles of Nurses/Midwife Practitioners and Clinical Nurse/Midwife Consultants.
Date:   Nov 2007
Title:   Nursing and midwifery labour force 2004
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report presents statistics on trends in the employment of nurses and midwives in Australia. Information presented includes a national and state/territory overview of the number and characteristics of nurses and midwives, their geographical region and overall supply.
Date:   Aug 2007
Title:   Nurse prescribing: adding value to the consumer experience (Editorial)
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   In Australia there is a potential for nurses to provide a wider range of services to patients, including prescribing and management of medications. In particular, patients who are elderly, suffering chronic disease or social deprivation could benefit from increased nursing care.
Date:   Feb 2007
Title:   General practice activity in Australia 2005-06
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare,University of Sydney
Description:   This publication reports the results of the eighth year of the BEACH program, April 2005 to March 2006. Data reported by 1,017 general practitioners on 101,700 GP-patient encounters are used to describe aspects of general practice in Australia.
Date:   Jan 2007
Title:   Profile of the nursing workforce in NSW 2007
Publisher:   NSW Department of Health
Description:   The 2007 Profile of the Nursing Workforce in NSW is an overview of registered Nurses and Midwives, registered Nurses tables, enrolled nurses and enrolled nurses tables.
Date:   Jan 2007
Title:   Nursing and midwifery labour force, South Australia, 2004
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   Concerns about the current and future capacity of the nursing workforce have led to a number of national reviews, including the National Review of Nursing Education (DEST 2002) and the Senate Community Affairs Committee Inquiry into Nursing (SCAC 2002).
Date:   Mar 2006
Title:   Nursing and midwifery labour force 2003
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report presents statistics on trends in the employment of nurses and midwives in Australia. It is based on the main findings of the 2003 national survey of nursing and midwifery.
Date:   Jul 2005
Title:   Nursing labour force 2002
Publisher:   Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:   This report presents statistics on trends in the employment of nurses in Australia over the decade up to and including 2002.
Date:   Dec 2003
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