Nursing get together in Adeliade
Oct 31st 2002, 7:08 am
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Nursing get together in Adeliade
Bit of information reguarding nursing role in Australia.
Nurses explore expanded role
By Barry Hailstone
31oct02
AN expanded role for nurses – giving them more responsibility for patient care and decisions about treatment – will be discussed at a conference in Adelaide today.
More than 400 nurses from 23 countries will attend the International Nurse Practitioner Advanced Practice Nursing Network conference organised by the Royal College of Nursing Australia.
College executive officer Rosemary Bryant said yesterday that, unlike other countries, especially Britain and the US, Australia had been slow to embrace the concept of nurse practitioners.
"Nurses do not want to be doctors but they do want to participate in extra education and gain skills and expertise that will give them a place at a higher level than they currently work in the health system," she said.
Nurses wanted higher career options.
"However, there has to be a lot of debate with the medical profession because they see us as encroaching on their turf and pushing out the boundaries which encompass their practice," Ms Bryant said.
Nurses could contribute greatly to patient care, such as treating patients with chronic illnesses, freeing up doctors' time for more serious cases, attending to patients in emergency departments, ordering X-rays, tests and treatments.
"In many cases, it may not be necessary for doctors to see patients and, if they did, they would not have to start their examination from square one," she said.
The three-day conference at the Hilton Adelaide will be opened at 8.45am by federal MP Dr Andrew Southcott.
Nurses explore expanded role
By Barry Hailstone
31oct02
AN expanded role for nurses – giving them more responsibility for patient care and decisions about treatment – will be discussed at a conference in Adelaide today.
More than 400 nurses from 23 countries will attend the International Nurse Practitioner Advanced Practice Nursing Network conference organised by the Royal College of Nursing Australia.
College executive officer Rosemary Bryant said yesterday that, unlike other countries, especially Britain and the US, Australia had been slow to embrace the concept of nurse practitioners.
"Nurses do not want to be doctors but they do want to participate in extra education and gain skills and expertise that will give them a place at a higher level than they currently work in the health system," she said.
Nurses wanted higher career options.
"However, there has to be a lot of debate with the medical profession because they see us as encroaching on their turf and pushing out the boundaries which encompass their practice," Ms Bryant said.
Nurses could contribute greatly to patient care, such as treating patients with chronic illnesses, freeing up doctors' time for more serious cases, attending to patients in emergency departments, ordering X-rays, tests and treatments.
"In many cases, it may not be necessary for doctors to see patients and, if they did, they would not have to start their examination from square one," she said.
The three-day conference at the Hilton Adelaide will be opened at 8.45am by federal MP Dr Andrew Southcott.
