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Nurse Policy Calendar

pdficon Nurse Policy Branch Calendar (PDF File 115kb)

Nursing - Career

PDF Nurses and a nursing career - May 2005 (PDF File 285KB)

PDF Nursing specialities - May 2005 (PDF File 130KB)
   
PDF Graduate Nurse Program guidelines 2003 (PDF File 264KB)

pdficon Nursing in Victoria Pathways (PDF, 136kb)

 

Workforce

PDF Nurses in Victoria. A supply and demand analysis 2003-04 to 2011-12 November 2004 (PDF File 1.89MB)
   
PDF Nurse Recruitment and Retention Committee - Final Report, May 2001 (PDF File 1.64MB)

PDF Nurse Recruitment and Retention Committee - Final Report - Government Response, June 2001 (PDF File 316KB)

PDF Nurse Labourforce Projections Victoria 1998-2009 (1999) (PDF file 286KB)

MS Word icon Evaluation of Nurse Labourforce Planning - Final Report - Department of Human Services 1999 (Brewerton Report) (MS Word File 332KB)

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Mental Health

pdficonLiterature review - Evaluation of the Bachelor of Nursing with Mental Health Major (pdf, 278kb)

pdficon Establishing Guidelines For The Development Of Quality Clinical Experience In Mental Health Within Bachelor Of Nursing Programs Offered In Victoria (2007) (pdf, 481kb)

PDF Victorian Taskforce on Nurses Preparation for Mental Health Work Report - September 2005 (PDF File 248KB)

Prepare Nurses for the Future - Final Reports

pdficon An alternative clinical model for Division 2 students enrolled in the medication administration course - Broadmeadows Health Service (pdf, 226kb)
pdficon Mapping Articulation Pathways from Certificate IV to Bachelor (Nursing) - Community Services & Health Industry Training Board (VIC) (pdf, 443 kb)
pdficon Feasibility of an accelerated program for Division One Nurses - La Trobe University(pdf, 198 kb)
pdficon Strengthening Mature Age Students’ Access into Undergraduate Nurse Education - La Trobe University (pdf, 912 kb)
pdficon A model for strengthening rural nursing undergraduate clinical experience - La Trobe University and Bendigo Health  (pdf, 334 kb)
pdficon After hours Clinical Placements & Electronic Student Allocations Tool - Mercy Hospital for Women (pdf, 289 kb)
pdficon Exploring the potential of undergraduate night duty clinical placement for nursing readiness - Monash University (pdf, 170 kb)
pdficon Identify use of simulation, and more appropriate and timely clinical placement to increase clinical competence and undergraduate positions - Monash University (pdf, 684 kb)
pdficon Feasibility of a standardised assessment for nursing registration in Victoria - Monash University (pdf, 115 kb)
pdficon What value do weekend clinical placements have for nursing practice readiness? - Monash University (pdf, 161 kb)
pdficon Paid Student Model - Peter Mac (pdf, 284 kb)
pdficon Utilization of alternative settings for Undergraduate Nursing Clinical Placements (pdf,483 kb)


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Nurse Practitioner

PDF icon Victoria Nurse Practitioner Project Final Report of the Task Force - December 1999 ( PDF File 748KB)

PDF icon Nurse Practitioner Implementation Advisory Committee - December 2001 (PDF File 431KB)

PDF icon Victorian Nurse Practitioner Project Evaluation of eleven Phase 1 demonstration projects (PDF File 2.8MB)

PDF icon Victorian Nurse Practitioner Project Evaluation of sixteen Phase 2 demonstration projects (PDF File 3.82MB)

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Back Injury Prevention

pdf icon Implementation Framework for the introduction / Maintenance / Extension of Nurse Back Injury Prevention Programs - 2004 (PDF file 428KB)
This document is a resource to assist health care facilities to sustain successful nurse back injury prevention programs. The framework provides guidance on the key requirements that organisations will be expected to comply with when applying for funding for training / equipment to support nurse back injury prevention programs.

pdf icon Evaluation Report 2004 - Executive Summary (PDF File 409KB)
pdf icon Evaluation Report 2004 - Full Report (PDF File 1.08MB)
pdf icon Competency Assessment Instrument - 2004 (PDF File 113KB)

pdf Icon The Victorian Nurses Back Injury Prevention Project - Evaluation Report 2002 (PDF File 383KB)

pdf icon Department's Response to recommendations arising from the Evaluation Report 2002. (PDF File 742KB)

pdf Icon Victorian Nurses Back Injury Prevention Bulletin - December 2001 (PDF File 228KB)
   

Other Reports

pdf icon Victorian Taskforce on Violence in Nursing (PDF File 980KB)

pdf icon Occupational Violence in Nursing: An analysis of the phenomenon of code grey/black events in four Victorian Hospitals (PDF File 769KB)

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Last updated: December 22, 2008
For information relating to this page contact: Andrew Oates, Nurse Policy Branch, andrew.oates@dhs.vic.gov.au
Site authorised by: Katy Fielding, Manager, Nurse Policy Branch

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