Nurses and midwives meet with politicians to advocate for vital role in primary healthcare reform
Nine of the nation’s largest nursing and midwifery organisations have formed an Alliance to campaign for significant and meaningful primary health care reform.
Calling all primary healthcare nurses and midwives: Complete APNA’s 2024 Workforce Survey today
For over 15 years, the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association’s annual Workforce Survey has provided a comprehensive snapshot of the working conditions and professional concerns faced by primary healthcare nurses and midwives working across the country. It remains the only national survey focused on the nearly 100,000 nurses and midwives working outside of hospitals […]
Nurses in GP clinics stuck ‘doing paperwork’ instead of treating patients
Four out of five nurses working in GP clinics are being bogged down with a long list of non-clinical, administrative work, rather than being fully utilised.
‘It’s time for change’: Nursing and midwifery peaks welcome Scope of Practice Review: Issues Paper 2
Australia’s peak nursing and midwifery organisations have welcomed the release of the Scope of Practice Review: Issues Paper Two – saying it presents a considered, evidence-based approach that pinpoints four key challenges to the delivery of primary health care (PHC) in Australia.
Primary health care nurses campaign to work to full scope of practice
Primary health care nurses are calling on policymakers to better utilise nurses in the sector by enabling them to work to their full scope of practice. On today’s inaugural Primary Health Care Nurses Day, established to highlight the pivotal work nurses carry out across the sector, Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) leaders, including […]
One in four primary healthcare nurses considering leaving the sector
Three-quarter of nurses working in primary healthcare (PHC) feel stressed and burnt out at work, while one in four nurses are contemplating leaving their job within the next two to five years, a new survey has revealed. Results of the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Associations’ (APNA) 2022 Workforce Survey, which heard from 4,000 nurses, […]
‘Waste of nursing skill’: A third of primary health care nurses not working to full scope, survey finds
A third of Australia’s primary health care (PHC) nurses believe their skills are not being fully utilised most of the time, according to a new survey. More than half (53%) of ‘under-utilised’ nurses had requested to use their skills and experience more. Of these, less than four in 10 successfully negotiated a change, while more […]
Primary healthcare services including mental health nurse navigators could prevent premature death for people with serious mental illnesses
Primary healthcare services including mental health nurse navigators could prevent premature death for people with serious mental illnesses