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Wednesday, 22 October 2008 15:06 |
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Courier Mail 29 June 2008 [Kay Dibben] Queensland Health should employ hundreds more specially trained nurse practitioners to cut patient waiting times in hospitals, the QNU says |
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Wednesday, 22 October 2008 14:51 |
ABC Opinion Jun 30, 2008
On last night's ABC television news, Australia's new chief nurse Rosemary Bryant said "nurses are able to diagnose many of the conditions for which most of us would see GPs" and was quoted as saying that "with GPs in short supply, nurses can fill the gaps". Nobody doubts the major contribution made by specialist nurse practitioners in specialised areas of medicine, but these statements suggest that the Federal Government is planning to replace optimally-trained primary health care givers (doctors) with sub-optimally trained primary health care givers (nurses) as the point of first medical contact.
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Wednesday, 22 October 2008 14:42 |
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MARY CHIARELLA - FACULTY OF NURSING,
MIDWIFERY & HEALTH - UNIVERSITY OF
TECHNOLOGY, SYDNEY Nurses say that it's time the AMA got with the times. Professor Mary Chiarella writes "In coming months, the World Health Organisation will launch a series of case studies showing how nurses around the world are leading primary health care projects, as well as innovation and development more broadly in health care. |
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Wednesday, 22 October 2008 14:49 |
ABC Life Matters 1 July 2008
Should GPs be the gatekeepers in our health system? The AMA thinks so but federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon is keen to expand the role of nurses, physiotherapists and other allied health professionals.
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