Nursing Education

Follow the links below to find information on the training and education of nurses.

Updated June 2007

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Title:   Spirometry training course
Publisher:   National Asthma Council Australia (NAC)
Description:   The National Asthma Council Australia (NAC) is offering Australia's first national spirometry training course for GPs and practice nurses.
Date:   May 2008
Title:   Media release. WA hospitals boosted by record number of new nurses and more to come
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   A record 586 new graduate nurses will start work across the Western Australian public health system in 2008. The Australian Goverment Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, and the WA Minister for Health, Jim McGinty, welcomed the first of the nurses on 21 January.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   National Review of Nursing Education
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This review focused on the types of skills and knowledge required to meet the changing needs of nurses, and mechanisms for attracting new recruits, as well as encouraging the commitment to lifelong learning of those already engaged in nursing.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Nurse Scholarship Program
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Nurse Scholarship Program offers incentives to individuals wishing to pursue or build on a career in rural or remote area nursing and to nurses wishing to re-enter the nursing workforce anywhere in Australia.
Date:   Dec 2007
Title:   Support for rural health professionals
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Information on a range of rural health workforce support initiatives.
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Working in aged care: reviews
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Reviews supporting individuals in the Aged Care Workforce
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Media release. More scholarships soon in mental health nursing scheme
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   A further 38 full-time-equivalent postgraduate mental health nursing scholarships will be awarded soon in the second round of an Australian Government scheme which is helping to build Australia's mental health workforce. Applications for the awards under the Mental Health Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme: Mental Health Nursing close on 12 October.
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   The Palliative Care Curriculum for Undergraduates (PCC4U) Project
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   The PCC4U project is an initiative of the Australian Department of Health and Ageing through the National Palliative Care Program that aims to promote inclusion of palliative care education as an integral part of all medical, nursing and allied health undergraduate training.
Date:   Sep 2007
Title:   Initiative 3 - La Trobe online clearinghouse of aged care teaching essentials (LOCATE) - progress report
Publisher:   La Trobe University. Australian Centre for Evidence-Based Aged Care
Description:   This project established an on-line clearing house of aged care education resources for Schools of Nursing to facilitate the learning and teaching of aged care content in undergraduate nursing curricula.
Title:   Competency for new prescribers (Editorial)
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   In 2006 it became legal under Britain's 'non-medical prescribing programme' for nurses 'to prescribe any licensed medicine for any medical condition within their competence, including some controlled drugs'.
Date:   Jun 2007
Title:   Aged Care Enrolled Nurse Medication Management Training Initiative - round 4
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Information about the Aged Care Enrolled Nurse Medication Management Training Initiative - Round 4.
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   Nurses in Rural and Remote Areas
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information about nursing in rural and remote areas.
Date:   Nov 2006
Title:   Initative 4 - Queensland University of Technology School of Nursing
Publisher:   Queensland University of Technology
Description:   The project funded the development of a range of learning and teaching resources to facilitate the implementation of aged care content in undergraduate nursing curricula in the Australian context.
Title:   Initiative 2 - Best practice principles for undergraduate nursing students in aged care clinical placements - final report
Publisher:   La Trobe University. Australian Centre for Evidence-Based Aged Care
Description:   This project identified key elements of best practice related to aged care clinical placements and best practice models of aged care clinical placements
Title:   Initiative 1 - A stock-take of existing aged care clinical placements for undergraduate nursing students in Australia
Publisher:   University of Southern Queensland. Centre for Rural and Remote Area Health
Description:   This project undertook a stock take of currently used aged care clinical placements for undergraduate nursing students in Australia to provide baseline information for future planning and research into aged care education
Title:   Nursing initiatives - the benefits
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The number of nurses in the workforce is being increased by Australian Government initiatives costing many millions of dollars. These initiatives are already improving the supply, distribution and quality of the nursing workforce.
Date:   Oct 2005
Title:   Recruitment and retention of nurses in residential aged care: final report and Commonwealth Response
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   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.
Date:   Nov 2002
Title:   gettin em n keepin em
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   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.
Date:   Sep 2002
Title:   Summary of outcomes of the National Workshop on practice nursing in Australian General Practice
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   This document outlines the outcomes and decisions of the workshop 'Future Directions in Practice Nursing Workshop', held in Melbourne on 28-29 July 2001. The workshop brought together 90 invited stakeholders from across practice nursing, general practice, the community and government to discuss the ways forward for practice nursing.
Date:   Jun 2002
Title:   Nursing as a career in Australia
Publisher:   Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:   Career information and work opportunities for women and men in nursing in Australia. Includes details of nursing qualifications required in NSW and of areas of specialisation.
Date:   Jan 2002
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