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Vision, Mission and Strategic Plan
OUR VISION is a healthy Australia through best practice primary health care nursing.
OUR MISSION is to improve the health of Australians, through the delivery of quality, evidence-based care by a bold, vibrant and well supported primary health care nursing workforce.
Strategic plan
APNA set its five-year plan with the strategic intent of improving the health journey and wellbeing of Australians by ensuring a bold and vibrant primary health care nursing profession.
Our strategic plan is a dynamic, evolving document designed to adapt and respond to the changing primary health care environment.
Our goals
- The benefit of primary health care nursing to Australia's health is recognised in policy
- PHC Nurses are valued, visible and respected
- APNA invests in the foundation of its enduring success
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- Telehealth extension welcomed but needs to be permanent, say nurses
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- International Nurses Day 2024
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