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Our Duty of Care - Recommendation 5
NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR NURSE PRACTITIONERS
Contents: Recommendation 5 Outcomes | N3ET Position Statement: Clinical practice guidelines and nurse practitioners | Nurse Practitioners In Australia: Mapping Of State/Territory Nurse Practitioner (NP) Models, Legislation and Authorisation Processes | Pathways to Progress Nurse Practitioners, An interim report on Report on Recommendation 12, National Review of Nursing Education (2002) – Our Duty of Care – Maximising Education Pathways for Nurses and Midwives | N3ET Myth Buster “You may not get the best care from a nurse practitioner” | NP Workforce Planning Data Set (NPWPDS) | National Nurse Prescribing Glossary (NNPG) & Taxonomy of prescribing and initiating | ARC funded NP research Study (2006-2009) | Nursing and Midwifery Legislation & Regulation (Recommendation 4) | Governance Standards for nursing and midwifery Organisations
SUMMARY OF WORK COMPLETED
The Taskforce developed a workplan for a comprehensive body of work on NPs that recognises the inter-relatedness of this work with other key pieces of work such as scope of practice and specialisation. The work recognised the need to progress in a coordinated way and across several areas in parallel. Central to this project is an understanding that achieving national consistency needs a broad focus and engagement of many stakeholders. The multi-dimensional approach to the work reflects the cross sectoral context in which NPs function. In aim of the workplan was to bring together sectors to ensure a sustainable, national model for consistent NP development, grounded in the principles of health workforce policy
N³ET Work Areas for National Standards for Nurse Practitioner
Recommendation 5 Outomes
In late August 2006, a CD containing N3ETWorks, a collection of the works, papers and documents reflecting the N3ET outcomes (2004-2006) will be available. Until that time the key work undertaken as part of Recommendation 5 has been summarised below with links to the relevant documents.
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N3ET Position Statement: Clinical practice guidelines and nurse practitioners. |
| Summary/Outcome: |
As N3ET has undertaken its workplan on NP, a number of issues and concerns have arisen in relation to Clinical Practice Guidelines. This position statement clarifies N³ET’s view of how, and when, clinical practice guidelines should be employed to ensure they contribute to quality outcomes but do not unduly restrict how nurse practitioners (NP) practice. |
| Format |
N3ET Position Statement |
| Availability: |
Available free to download |
 N³ET Position Statement: Nurse Practitioners and Clinical Practice Guidelines (PDF, 93.04 kb)
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Nurse Practitioners In Australia: Mapping Of State/Territory Nurse Practitioner (NP) Models, Legislation and Authorisation Processes. |
| Summary/Outcome: |
This is a comprehensive mapping exercise of each state and territory’s processes for the endorsement/authorisation of NP at both a professional licensure/regulation level as well as any government processes for approving NP positions or special authorisations (eg prescribing).
As such, this mapping provides an important opportunity to reflect and identify where there are opportunities to achieve national consistency in relation to this important role. |
| Format |
N3ET Report |
| Availability: |
Available free to download |
NP Mapping in Australia (PDF, 994.86 kb)
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Pathways to Progress Nurse Practitioners
An interim report on Report on Recommendation 12, National Review of Nursing Education (2002) – Our Duty of Care – Maximising Education Pathways for Nurses and Midwives. |
| Summary/Outcome: |
Ten principles have been developed that should be adopted by jurisdictions when making decisions about the minimum educational requirements for recognition as an NP. Adopting the principles will ensure that:
- Diverse and inclusive pathways to NP level are available
- Greater national consistency in entry to practice educational requirements for NP is achieved, and
- A balance is reached between an educational level that engenders public confidence and one that is able to justify a direct link between the restrictions imposed and harm reduction.
N3ET Interim Report
A full report of all five working groups for Rec 5 is being prepared. In the interim the work by the NP group is available. |
| Availability: |
Available free to download |
Pathways for Nurse Practitioners Interim Report (PDF, 674.99 kb)
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N3ET Myth Buster “You may not get the best care from a nurse practitioner” |
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The purpose of a N³ET Myth Buster is to explore commonly held views/beliefs that may be restricting health workforce debate and reforms. In this Myth Buster, common myths about NP are explored. |
| Format |
N3ET Brochure |
| Availability: |
Available free to download |
MYTH: You may not get the best care from a nurse practitioner (PDF, 293.70 kb)
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NP Workforce Planning Data Set (NPWPDS) |
| Summary/Outcome: |
This project was to:
- Achieve agreement nationally about the level/type of data to be captured to meet jurisdiction workforce planning, policy and health service research needs about NP services.
- Develop a minimum data set (in Data Set Specification -DSS format) for the collection of de-identified client level data relating to services provided by NP in public funded health, aged care and community settings in all States/Territories.
- Identify possible implementation plans (opportunities and barriers) for each jurisdiction.
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N3ET Document
Related to parts 1 & 2. |
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Will be available end July 2006 |
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National Nurse Prescribing Glossary (NNPG) & Taxonomy of prescribing and initiating. |
| Summary/Outcome: |
The National Nurse Prescribing Glossary and associated taxonomy is the first of its kind for Australia. It is a comprehensive and contemporary picture of nurse prescribing and nurse and midwife initiating practices, captured at a point in time when nurse prescribing is developing nationally. |
| Format |
N3ET Document |
| Availability: |
Available free to download |
N3ET - National Nurse Prescribing Glossary.pdf (PDF, 455 kb)
Other N3ET activities associated with NP:
ARC funded NP research Study (2006-2009)
- N3ET is an Industry partner in an ARC grant with a research team based at Queensland University of Technology. The project team will undertake a three-year study into nurse practitioners. Entitled Reforming healthcare: Nurse Practitioners and workforce re-design, the study will be a unique opportunity to profile the progress, process and outcomes of nurse practitioner service nationally.
In Linkage projects, collaborating organisations and partner organisations provide support (financial and/or in kind) to the research team, thus fostering links between universities and industry. The considerable work undertaken by N3ET over the past two years into NPs will provide a valuable resource for the researchers.
Nursing and Midwifery Legislation & Regulation (Recommendation 4)
- Towards Consistent Regulation of Nursing and Midwifery in Australia. A select analysis of the legislation and professional regulation of nursing and midwifery in Australia
- Atlas of the Legislation & Professional Regulation of Nursing & Midwifery in Australia.
Both documents available – see Recommendation 4 Both available free to download from http://www.nnnet.gov.au/work/rec4.htm
Governance Standards for nursing and midwifery Organisations
- In Australia, the interests of specialty practice in nursing and midwifery as with other disciplines, is often represented by organisations and colleges. An increasing trend is for such groups to develop position statements, policies and competency standards that reflect their view of best practice in relation to their practice arena as may encompass standards (however titled) related to professional practice, educational preparation and clinical practice.
In 2006, N3ET commissioned a project to develop a governance framework for specialist nursing and midwifery organisations. The NNOs were to develop a set of sound governance standards to guide the practice of organisations representing the interests of nursing and midwifery and to then use the standards to measure current compliance. A report of this process, including a governance framework and a toolkit were produced.
Both available free to download from http://www.nnnet.gov.au/work/recsp.htm#3
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