Nursing in General Practice

News Information and Resources to assist Nurses in general practice

Nurse Immuniser Information

Information from the Department of Health, Victoria for Registered Nurses wanting to become Nurse Immunisers, and guides for employers can be found at http://www.health.vic.gov.au/immunisation/nurse-immuniser-information.htm

Updated MBS Flipchart

The Victorian Department of Health has produced an updated version of the MBS resource entitled ‘Summary of new Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item numbers: general practice and allied health’ about items related to chronic disease and mental health care for primary healthcare agencies. This resource is also known as the MBS flipchart. The updated flipchart includes new relevant items, changes to existing items and revised rebate amounts current as at December 2011. This useful resource presents summarised information on the applicability of relevant MBS item numbers to clients/patients and associated business rules in an easy-to–use format.
Summary of new Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) item numbers: general practice and allied health (PDF)

Practice Nurse Support

News, Information and Resources to assist Practice Nurses

Continuing Professional Development (PDF) - A Guide for Practice Nurses

GPV – Nursing in General Practice Orientation Resources (PDF)

Education

AGPN – E-learning Orientation Program for Nurses New to General Practice

“NEW” – Burns Clinical Practice Guidelines

Victorian State wide Burns Clinical Practice Guidelines developed by the Victorian Adult Burns Service (VABS) at The Alfred, in conjunction with the Royal Children’s Hospital Burns Unit are now available. You can view them at: www.vicburns.org.au

Burns assessment
Initial assessment and stabilisation of severe burns
Guidelines for the management of minor burns that do not require the burns service expertise

The guidelines present best available evidence; they are benchmarked nationally and internationally and engaged other key stakeholders such as Ambulance Victoria, Adult Retrieval Victoria and metro, regional and rural clinicians who provided feedback regarding content.

The below resources include Patient Information Sheets for skin care following burn injury; care of minor facial burns at home; information regarding return to work for professional and patients; referral information for both burns services (both urgent and outpatient) and analgesic guidelines for minor burns (targeting GP needs). These clinical practice guidelines are targeting Victorian pre- hospital, hospital and community based clinicians who manage burn injuries outside the states’ two burns services. Over 5000 burn injuries present to emergency departments across the state each year, approximately only 400 require specialist burns service care, with most of these injuries being managed by clinicians outside of the burns services. The guidelines encompass: