Nursing Education

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

Reviewed September 2009

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Title:   Media release. CATSIN conference gets underway 'We can do it - yes we can'
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Minister for Indigenous Health, Warren Snowdon, today congratulated the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses (CATSIN) on its 11th national conference in Melbourne.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Media release. More GP and midwife training support means more choice for Australian mothers
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   From 1 July, midwives and GPs, particularly those in rural and remote Australia, will get more support under an Australian Government initiative to provide safe, quality maternity care to Australian women.
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Media release. Aged care nurse scholarships - $1.6 million
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Minister for Ageing, Mrs Justine Elliot, announced more than $1.6 million in scholarships - as part of the Australian Government's plan to support and retain aged care nurses.
Date:   Mar 2009
Title:   Nurses in Rural and Remote Areas
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information about nursing in rural and remote areas.
Date:   Feb 2009
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:   Nov 2008
Title:   Media release. Nurse Practitioner Scholarship round open
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Applications for the 2009 Nurse Practitioner Scholarships are now open. The scholarships will provide up to $15,000 a year for two years to nurses to upgrade their skills to become nurse practitioners.
Date:   Nov 2008
Title:   Media release. Building Australia's health workforce - scholarships for nurse practitioners
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Australian Government is investing $2.1 million to help build the nation's nurse practitioner workforce.
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   PCC4U
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   The website for the Palliative Care Curriculum for Undergraduates (PCC4U) Project gives you up-to-date information on the PCC4U project including the aims, objectives and deliverables. If you are interested in Palliative Care, or the education of undergraduates in this area of practice, we hope that you will take the time to become familiar with the PCC4U Project.
Date:   Jul 2008
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:   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:   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:   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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