What's new 

Nurses: from Zululand to Afghanistan

The Australian War Memorial is currently hosting Nurses: from Zululand to Afghanistan.

This beautifully evocative exhibition tells the stories of Australia’s military nurses over the past 130 years. In the lead -up to ANZAC Day (April) and International Nurses and Midwives Week (May), we would like to make the VIC nurses community aware of the stories of courage and care in our exhibition.

Exhibition videos on Youtube are http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK5fJhg7FLg, and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFoUZfmx30k

Getting back into nursing or midwifery

Clinical care, knowledge and skills are changing rapidly and you need much more than the ‘basics of care’ to be able to work safely and effectively. So when you’re exploring a return to practice, remember that getting back on the register is not an automatic entitlement, and that most public health services run programs and courses only when they need to recruit nurses and midwives to general or specific areas.

To help you understand what is required read our fact sheet.

Valuing older nurses - Expression of interest (Round 2) for Value Added intervention projects 2012

Victorian public health services and public residential aged care facilities are invited to submit an expression of interest to undertake intervention projects (round 2) that address the issues raised in Value Added: The wisdom of older nurses at work (DH 2010)

Best Practice Forum: Occupational violence prevention in Victorian health services - Friday 2 December 2011

This forum was held to celebrate the work of Victorian public health services in implementing the recommendations from the Victorian taskforce on violence in nursing. The forum provided an opportunity for health services and other key stakeholders to share their learnings and local approaches to creating a safer workplace. Presentations from the forum are available for viewing on the Preventing Occupational Violence page.

Collaborative arrangements with eligible midwives for Victorian public hospitals

The department is currently funding the development of a framework for use by Victorian public hospitals that will provide guidance on the appropriate mechanisms to consider, implement or review collaborative arrangements with Eligible Midwives (EMs) providing midwifery care to women who are admitted privately and seeking to birth in hospital under the care of the EM. To find out more about this work, have a look at the project summary. 

Factsheet for changes to weapons legislation

A new factsheet outlining changes to the Firearms Act 1996 and the Control of Weapons Act 1990, as well as the implications for health service employers and employees, is now available.

Online resource for overseas qualified nurses and midwives

An on-line Culturally Competent Nursing resource to support nurses and midwives from overseas in their transition to living and working in the Victorian context is now available from the Culturally competent nursing website.

Frequently Asked Questions

We have a Frequently Asked Questions section to answer the most common inquiries received by Nurse Policy Branch.