Practice Nurses
Ballarat & District Division of General Practice would like to invite all General Practice Nurses to attend the network meetings to be held quarterly, predominantly at Thursday lunch time from 12:30 - 2:00 PM, however evening facilitated events are coordinated also.
These meetings are informal to encourage discussion, with an education component included. Enquiries or suggestions for topics please contact Jo Millard on .
Check the events calendar for the next network meeting.
Orientation
GPV face-to-face orientation programs are full at the moment. Practice nurses might like to try the online AGPN NiGP orientation program.
Continuing Professional Development
Print this CPD portfolio template to keep track of your CPD. Nurses are required to maintain a CPD portfolio (electronic or hard copy) to meet recent practice requirements as set out in the respective state/territory legislation. (Thanks to from Dandenong Casey DGP)
The Nurses Board of Victoria provides a sample CPD Plan for nurses.
The Australian Nursing Federation supplies a competency standards & toolkit for nurses.
Professional Indemnity
With PN registration becoming national there are new issues around professional indemnity to consider.
- Australian Nursing Federation members receive professional indemnity insurance
- Making sense of professional indemnity
- About APNA Professional Indemnity Insurance
Online education
- List of e-Learning opportunities for practice nurses (April 2010)
- e-Learning training package to support Medicare item 10997 (practice nurse item) [will cost $121 after 13/8]
- APNA online immunisation learning
Resources
- Nurse immunisation FAQ
- Smith & Nephew free online learning - Wound Management
Family Resources
- Child FIRST - child & family information, referral & support teams
- WRISC - support for Ballarat women experiencing domestic violence
GPN Minutes
- July 2010 - referrals; what needs to happen?
- April 2010 - nursing legal issues and scope of practice (presentation)
- February 2010 - 2010 seasonal flu vaccination planning
- November 2009 - focus group, education and support needs for BDDGP practice nurses
- September 2009 - understanding ACIR reporting
- June 2009 - women's health and cervical screening (presentation)
- April 2009 - breaking new ground; practice nurses leading the way (salary & conditions, presentation)
- October 2008 - professional issues and future directions for nurses (presentation)
- July 2008 - immunisation update
- April 2008 + CMA, Service Delivery Model & Division Role
- October 2007
- July 2007
- June 2007 + Scope of Nursing and Midwifery Practice presentation
- March 2007
GPN EPC minutes are now here.

