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The Australian College of Critical Care Nurses represents over 2,400 critical care nurses nationally. Our members work across the critical care clinical spectrum - cardiothoracic and general intensive care units, emergency, coronary care, high dependency, academic and educational settings. Our College activities focus on the care of both adult and paediatric critically ill patients, and includes many clinical sub-specialities (Special Interest Groups) and professional issues (Advisory Panels). We provide a suite of resuscitation programs, including Advanced life support (ALS). General Information the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses represents over 2,400 critical care nurses nationally. Our members work across the critical care clinical spectrum - emergency, coronary care, high dependency, cardiothoracic and general intensive care units, and academic and educational settings. Our College activities focus on the care of both adult and paediatric critically ill...

HealthStaff Recruitment has openings throughout Australia for Dentists, Dental Specialists, Dental Therapists and Dental Hygienists. You have to be eligible for registration with the Dental Board of Australia. Overseas trained Dentists: There are three pathways to General Registration for dentists with overseas qualifications: Dentists who are registered to practise in New Zealand under Trans Tasman mutual recognition Dentists with eligible bachelor degrees from the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, New Zealand and Canada Dentists with other qualifications: a: complete an Australian approved course; or b: undertake the examination procedure conducted by the Australian Dental Council (ADC). For more information click on the following link: http://www.dentalboard.gov.au/Overseas-Qualified-Practitioners.aspx English language proficiency is an essenti...

HealthStaff Recruitment has openings throughout Australia for Dentists, Dental Specialists, Dental Therapists and Dental Hygienists. You have to be eligible for registration with the Dental Board of Australia. Overseas trained Dentists: There are three pathways to General Registration for dentists with overseas qualifications: Dentists who are registered to practise in New Zealand under Trans Tasman mutual recognition Dentists with eligible bachelor degrees from the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, New Zealand and Canada Dentists with other qualifications: a: complete an Australian approved course; or b: undertake the examination procedure conducted by the Australian Dental Council (ADC). For more information click on the following link: http://www.dentalboard.gov.au/Overseas-Qualified-Practitioners.aspx English language proficiency is an essenti...

Historical Prior to the transfer of nursing education to the university sector, nurses were trained in a course of instruction in hospital nursing schools that awarded a certificate in general nursing. These courses were generally for a three year period, and nurses were paid employees of the parent hospital. Hospitals awarded distinctive badges upon graduation . In addition, state registering authorities awarded a badge of registration . These were generally worn on the uniform collars. It is interesting to note that as early as the 1930s, attempts were made to establish university credentialed nursing courses in Australia, most notably by then director of nursing at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the University of Melbourne. As recently as the 1970s, Dr. Sandra Stacy, one of the first Australian nurses to attain a PhD enrolled in a school of anthropology to submit her thesis. A comprehensive history regarding the development of nursing, including registration and educ...

A program to enable psychiatrists and general practitioners to engage mental health nurses The Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program (MHNIP) funds community based general practices, private psychiatric practices and other appropriate organisations to engage mental health nurses to assist in the provision of coordinated clinical care for people with severe mental health disorders. Mental health nurses work in collaboration with psychiatrists and general practitioners to provide services such as monitoring a patient’s mental state, medication management and improving links to other health professionals and clinical service providers. These services are provided in a range of settings, such as clinics or patient’s homes and are provided at little or no cost to the patient. Support provided under this initiative targets patients with severe mental health disorders during periods of significant disability. A patient should exit the MHNIP when he or she does not require the l...

At Nursing Australia we genuinely care for our people and have a strong commitment to their health and wellbeing. Nursing Australia is supported by a safety management system that meets international standards. Members have access to a team of OHS professionals who are committed to reaching the organisation’s target of Zero Harm. Our Occupational Health and Safety Policy provides an overview of Nursing Australia’s objectives in relation to safety. To access this policy, please refer to the link below. OHS Policy Nursing Australia’s safety management system is subject to rigorous review and audit and our aim is to consistently improve safety standards and on site procedures. If you would like to view our OHS Management System, Safety Central, please contact a Nursing Australia representative. For further information, contact a member of the OHS Team on 13 10 95 (within Australia) or email ohs@nursingaustralia.com . Consulting about OHS issues Hazard and Incident Reporting ...

Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency National Nursing and Midwifery Board - Codes and Standards Australian Confederation of Paediatric & Child Health Nurses National Competencies for the Specialist Paediatric & Child Health Nurse. Second Edition, 2006 Western Australian Community Health Nurses' Competency Standards, Second Edition, 2001 Introduction In the first edition of community health nurses’ competency standards it was identified that “ Western Australian community health nurses are providers of primary health care which involves a high level of complexity and requires considerable depth of practice skills. The autonomous nature of community health nursing practice requires substantial skills in comprehensive assessment, communication, negotiation, decision making and accountability. It focuses on the promotion of the community’s health rather than disease and on partnership with the client in health care decision making. St John fou...

Membership has many benefits ! Membership application and renewal is available online - follow this link to complete the form. Should you prefer the application form is also available to download for an offline application or renewal: Click here to download the form Annual subscription is $75 Mail completed membership form to: The Treasurer CHNWA PO Box 719 VICTORIA PARK WA 6979 And make payment by either: Enclosing a cheque or money order made payable to "CHNWA" with the form. -or- Depositing your payment into the following account using either online banking or visiting a branch of your bank: Bank: Westpac Account Name: Community Health Nurses Western Australia INC. Account No: 283030 BSB No: 036-063 Please use your full name as the description so we can track your payment.

Sponsorship available for conferences! CHNWA is offering current members (last 12 months) sponsorship to attend relevant conferences . Further information about the CHNWA support for professional development can be downloaded here . Please remember to submit your application at least 6 weeks before the conference to allow for CHNWA Executive to approve it. Postnatal Depression DVD & video Postnatal depression can have a traumatic impact on women and their families. Left untreated, the long-term effect on children includes a higher incidence of depression and cognitive and behavioural problems. The Rural Health Foundation Postnatal Depression program examines causes, risks, management and support systems for the women, their children, partners and families. Program participants include Professor Philip Boyce, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Sydney; Dr Nicole Highet, Psychologist and Deputy CEO, beyondblue; and Ms Lynore Geia, Indigenous Midwife and regi...

Community health nurses provide a comprehensive range of health promotion, early identification and intervention services to children, young people, adults and their families. The nurses work across all age groups. For example: child health nurses provide services to families with new babies and young children from birth to three years of age. School health nurses are involved with children and adolescents commencing with the school entry assessment offered to children in kindergarten or pre-primary. A small number of community health nurses also provide services to adults, with a particular focus on chronic disease prevention and women’s health. The road to remote community health nursing in Western Australia takes nurses to many areas throughout the vast expanse of the state. Remote community health nursing provides unique opportunities for practice and career development in remote Aboriginal communities, mining towns, tourist and holiday areas and agricultural regi...

is an organisation for Community Health Nurses and people with an interest in the area which is based in Western Australia. CHNWA's objectives are to uphold, protect and advance the interests of Community Health Nurses. We do this through initiating measures which will ensure high standards of nursing knowledge and practice by its members. Some of the projects that the CHNWA have undertaken in the past to achieve this include: Organising professional development to update our knowledge base re current research and practice. Speakers and workshops are presented on a regular basis; development of the “Competency Standards for Community Health Nurses”; development of “I am a community nurse” package to present an overview of our profession and activities; writing submissions on behalf of community nurses in response to current issues; represent community nursing on various committees; work collaboratively with other groups on clinical issues

In a world first – the Centre for Remote Health’s (CRH) Master of Remote Health Practice: Nurse Practitioner Program is set to deliver speciality nurse practitioners to work in Remote and Aboriginal Health in Australia. Developed collaboratively by Flinders University and CRANA plus, the nurse practitioner program has received full accreditation from the NT Nursing and Midwifery Board for five years. ‘The further you go from cities and regional areas, the fewer the health professionals and the higher the health need,’ Associate Professor Sabina Knight said today. ‘People in remote and outback areas of Australia depend heavily on nurses for their health care and nurse practitioners will play a vital leadership role into the future,’ she said. ‘Legislation is currently before Parliament to enable Medicare to reimburse nurse practitioner services – a vital reform in improving equity for people accessing or relying on nurse practitioner services. Western Australia has d...

The Council of Remote Area Nurses of Australia once again raises the issue of the safety of nurses working in single posts in the most remote locations in Australia. This follows the report of an assault on one such nurse working alone in a single nurse post in the remote Torres Strait. In its positional statement of May 2002, The Council of Remote Area Nurses Inc. stated its opposition to Remote Area Nurses working in single nurse posts. The findings of a two year study entitled "Unfinished Business” by Associate Professor Trudy Yuginovich and Remote Area Nurse Lyn Hinspeter into the stressors of Remote Area Nursing supports this position and shows strong links between nurse’s concern for their personal safety and working in single nurse posts. Those interviewed discussed levels of violence within communities and how this creates fears for their personal safety. They also expressed concern at the difficulties in maintaining the appropriate level of primary health car...

Gastroenterology nursing is a specialty practice area in which nurses provide care to patients with known or suspected gastrointestinal problems who are undergoing diagnostic or therapeutic treatment and/or procedures. This care is provided by Registered Nurses and Enrolled Nurses and may occur in a variety of settings. Gastroenterology nurses practice in doctors offices, inpatient and outpatient gastroenterology departments, endoscopy centers and inpatient hospital units. The roles they perform may range from equipment management and cleaning to nurses in advanced practice roles performing screening procedures or case management. Read more: What is GE Nursing?

The National Perinatal Depression Initiative (NPDI) is a 5-year Commonwealth and State funded initiative which aims to improve the prevention and early detection of antenatal and postnatal depression; and to provide better care, support and treatment for expectant and new mothers who are at risk or experiencing perinatal depression. The rollout of universal routine screening for Perinatal Mental Health (PNMH) issues will be done by: extending routine and universal screening for depression using 2 short self-completion questionnaires: the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression scale and the new Antenatal & Postnatal Risk Questionnaires (ANRQ & PNRQ) increasing workforce training and development further identifying & developing pathways of care raising community awareness In SA, screening during pregnancy will be introduced at the first midwifery contact. This is already happening in northern metropolitan Adelaide and at the Women's & Children's Hospital in ce...

Each year under the PHCRED program, the University Department of Rural Health (UDRH) offers a small number of project-based research training opportunities attached to research projects operating within the Department. We are now seeking expressions of interest from primary health care professionals for these short term, part-time casual placements. These placements provide an opportunity for primary health care professionals with an interest in research to build their research skills, experience and track record through hands-on involvement in an existing research project under the guidance of an experienced researcher. While the mix of duties are broadly those of a research assistant, there will be a strong emphasis on mentoring, training and capacity building - in essence, a short-term research apprenticeship. Many previous participants in this program have moved on to study for higher degrees or have found positions involving a research component. The total hours ava...

02 Sep 2011 The Board has released a position statement on the role of the registered midwife in private practice. This relates to when the woman is admitted to a health service as a public patient. Nursing & Midwifery Position Statement on midwives in private practice (250 KB,PDF)

Board launches new look website 09 Aug 2011 The Board, in partnership with AHPRA and the other national boards, has updated its website. Read the media release: Updated website launched today: easier navigation and search (211 KB,PDF)

29 Aug 2011 The Board is implementing a revised English language skills registration standard on 19 September 2011. Read the media release: Revised NMBA English language standard from 19 Sept 2011 (218 KB,PDF)

NT Dept of Health & Families Media Release : Second H1N1 Death Highlights Need to Vaccinate 22 September 2010 The deaths of two elderly men in Darwin from H1N1 influenza (swine flu) in the past 48 hours have highlighted the importance of people obtaining the seasonal flu vaccination as soon as possible. “The patients had serious underlying health problems, which placed them in a high risk category for severe disease from H1N1 influenza,” said the Acting Director of the Centre for Disease Control, Dr Peter Markey. “Over the past few months, in advance of the annual flu season, we have been advising people to get vaccinated. It is recognised that influenza is more likely to occur in places where vaccination rates are lower.” “Personal protection measures such as hand washing and covering up when you cough or sneeze are also important, but vaccination against the flu remains the best way to protect yourself and the people around you. “It is especially important for th...