Fast Facts about the Nursing Profession by Deborah Dolan Hunt""Fast Facts about the Nursing Profession" is a brief, accessible, and very informative text in the Fast Facts series, which provides practitioners with vital information leading to success in clinical practice.Clearly and intelligently written, Fast Facts is replete with well-known information and more esoteric facts about the subject under consideration.
Nurses of Australia by Deborah BurrowsFrom the First Nation caregivers who healed, birthed and nursed for millennia to the untrained and ill-equipped convict men and women who cared for the sick in the fledgling colony of New South Wales, nursing has been practised in Australia since the beginning.
It would take the arrival of a group of dedicated Irish nuns, followed by Florence Nightingale-trained nurses-and decades of constant and continuing campaigning-to transform nursing into what it is today: the most trusted profession in Australia.
Understanding the Australian Health Care System by Eileen Willis (Editor); Louise Reynolds (Editor); Trudy Judge (Editor)Understanding the Australian Health Care System 4e is the essential guide to the complexities of health care in Australia. Key theoretical concepts and current issues along with the structures and policies influencing health care professionals are explored by leading experts led by authors, Eileen Willis, Louise Reynolds and Trudy Rudge. The text is divided into two sections. The first is about the multiple systems, services and schemes that make up health care in Australia.
Australia's Health Data (AIHW)Good health is very important—it influences not just how we feel, but how we go about our everyday lives. The AIHW has compiled Australia’s health—a biennial national report card on the health of Australians and their health system—since 1988.
Health Care Quality & Performance Data (AIHW)Monitoring the performance of our health system helps to ensure that services delivered in Australia are effective, efficient, appropriate and are achieving good outcomes for patients and the wider community. Reporting of safety and quality aspects also ensure that health care is being delivered in line with current professional knowledge and standards. Together, this kind of information can help policy makers and consumers make informed choices about available services.
Australian Clinical Practice Guidelines (NHMRC)The Guidelines Portal provides a single entry point for access to clinical practice guidelines developed for use in Australian health care settings
Clinical Guidelines: Cancer (Cancer Council Australia)The Cancer Council Australia platform for guidelines is a web-based information and education resource on clinical practice guidelines that can be constantly updated.
Guidelines: Communicable Diseases (Communicable Diseases Network Australia)The Series of National Guidelines (SoNGs) have been developed in consultation with the Communicable Diseases Network Australia (CDNA) and endorsed by the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC). Their purpose is to provide nationally consistent advice and guidance to public health units in responding to a notifiable disease event. These guidelines capture the knowledge of experienced professionals, built on past research efforts, and provide advice on best practice based upon the best available evidence at the time of completion.
Professional Guidelines (ANMF)Includes:
- Nursing Guidelines for the management of medicines in aged care
- Guidelines for telehealth Online Video Consultation Funded Through Medicare
Consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and representative organisations
Delegation by registered nurses
- Performance of nursing and midwifery
- Performance review
- Use of social media and online networking
Professional Guidelines (NMBA)Includes:
-Guidelines for registration standards
-Professional practice guidelines
-Safety and quality quidelines for nurse practitioners
-Safety and quality guidelines for privately practising midwives
Clinical Care Standards (Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare)A Clinical Care Standard is a small number of quality statements that describe the care patients should be offered by health professionals and health services for a specific clinical condition or defined clinical pathway in line with current best evidence.
Professional Standards & Codes of Conduct (NMBA)Professional standards define the practice and behaviour of nurses and midwives and include:
•codes of conduct,
•codes of ethics,
•guides to professional boundaries, and
•standards for practice/competency standards
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Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA)The functions of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia include:
•registering nursing and midwifery practitioners and students
•developing standards, codes and guidelines for the nursing and midwifery profession
•handling notifications, complaints, investigations and disciplinary hearings
•assessing overseas trained practitioners who wish to practise in Australia
•approving accreditation standards and accredited courses of study.
Australian Nursing & Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC)ANMAC are the:
•independent accrediting authority for nursing and midwifery education under Australia’s National Registration and Accreditation Scheme
•skills assessing authority for nurses and midwives wishing to migrate under the Australian Government’s General Skilled Migration program.