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 enable javascript to see this email address (how?).

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.

Online education

Resources

Family Resources

  • Child FIRST - child & family information, referral & support teams
  • WRISC - support for Ballarat women experiencing domestic violence

GPN Minutes

GPN EPC minutes are now here.