Nurse Practitioner
YOUR FIRST STOP FOR NP UPDATES AND INFORMATION
With national registration and changes resulting from the healthcare reform agenda, there have been changes to Nurse Practitioner registration and prescribing practice.
These pages provide up to date information to Victorian NPs and their employers about these changes as they become known.
VNPP Round 4.11 – NP Models (Open Round)
In 2013 the Department of Health (DH) is seeking applications from health services to implement Nurse Practitioner (NP) models of care that reflect the full diversity of nursing practice and the many service gaps this role can address. Recently supported models in Aged care and Chronic Disease management have ranged broadly indicating the industries preparedness to expand into new domains.To support the priorities of the Victorian Health Priorities Framework 2012-2022:
- Primarily paediatric models, that focus on the early assessment/review of paediatric emergency and urgent cases (or that provide specialist paediatric support to the emergency service) within the context of unplanned presentations to acute services, will be favourably considered.
- NP service models that enhance the management of clients with chronic diseases (including but not limited to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, musculoskeletal conditions or stroke), focussed at any point of the care continuum but with a particular emphasis on non-acute care, will be favourably considered.
Areas strongly supported in the past (i.e. Adult Emergency, Stroke, Mental Health, Drug and Alcohol) will be considered less competitive, but will not be excluded.
Please read the attached Guidelines to establish your organisations eligibility and the key selection criteria for this round before completing the application template:
VNPP Round 4.11 Application Guidelines (pdf, 125kb)
VNPP R4.11 Application template (doc, 410kb)
For further information about this funding round, please contact Dan Schiftan - Ph: (03) 90968227
Applications (using the VNPP Round 4.11_Application template) should be sent electronically to: dan.schiftan@health.vic.gov.au no later than Friday 26 April 2013
VNPP Publication Grants 2013 - Call for Abstracts
In April 2013 Nursing & Midwifery Policy will provide NP Publication Grants of up to $4,000 to encourage and support health services to produce papers for publication in peer reviewed industry and professional journals or for presentation at professional or industry conferences.
These grants are being offered to support the publication of papers/presentations that have a clear focus on exploring NP role sustainability and the quantifiable benefits to both organisations and patient outcomes that result from NP role implementation. Papers that focus on integration into the multidisciplinary team, barriers to practice or the expansion of the role into new domains will be considered.
Papers predominantly focusing on NP service-planning, change management, internship issues, and transition from candidate to practitioner, will not be supported in this round.
Please read the attached Guidelines to establish your organisations eligibility and the key selection criteria for this round before completing the application template:
VNPP Publication Grants 2013 Call for Abstracts (pdf, 144kb)
VNPP Publication Grants 2013 Application Template (doc, 391kb)
For further information about this funding round, please contact Dan Schiftan - Ph: (03) 90968227
Applications (using the VNPP Publication Grants 2013_Application Template) should be sent electronically to: dan.schiftan@health.vic.gov.au no later than Friday 26 April 2013.
National registration changes to NP categories
From 1 July 2010, NPs working in Victoria have a notation on their registration in one of eight notation categories:
• Nurse practitioner category- Acute & Supportive Care
• Nurse practitioner category - Care of the older person or Aged care
• Nurse practitioner category - Critical care
• Nurse practitioner category - Maternity Care
• Nurse practitioner category - Mental health
• Nurse practitioner category - Paediatrics
• Nurse practitioner category - Perioperative Care
• Nurse practitioner category - Primary Care
For more information read the following fact sheet: Fact sheet 8 or go to: http://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/FAQ-and-Fact-Sheets.aspx
Prescribing authorisations for NPs
All approved drugs and medicine lists were published in the Government Gazette and are available at: http://www.health.vic.gov.au/dpu/prescriber/nurse.htm
NMBA endorsement standards for NPs
NMBA has published the approved registration standard for endorsement as a NP. For more information go to: http://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Registration-Standards.aspx
Applications for NP endorsement after 1 July 2010
All queries need to be directed to the NMBA at: http://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/Forms.aspx
Access to Medicare Benefits Scheme and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
For information about how to register with Medicare, go to: http://www.medicare.gov.au./provider/other-healthcare/nurse-midwives.jsp
For information about the drugs Nurse Practitioner's can access through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme rebate, go to: www.pbs.gov.au