Q&A

Funding available

As a nurse

You may be eligible to have your program costs covered via:

• Health Workforce Scholarships: nurses working in remote and rural areas or Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Services 
• Fully sponsored places vis PHN and/or organisation: Find and contact your PHN for more details.

Other:

• Shared cost with your organisation
• Self-funded: Check for CPD scholarships that you may be eligible for. Funding may be available via large or local community organisations such as Lions/RSL Clubs.

Creating an invoice for health workforce or scholarship providers

Creating an invoice for the program

1. Select the short course you would like to do
2. Click ‘Buy Now’
3. Click ‘Checkout’ and follow the prompts.
4. Select ‘Invoice’ under ‘Payment Method’.
5. Enter your name, email address and work address.
6. Click ‘next’ and you will soon receive an invoice from APNA via email
7. This invoice can then be provided with your application for funding via health workforce or other scholarship providers 
8. If approved by the funding provider, the program can be paid for using the generated invoice

Benefits for nurses new to primary health care

• Build your foundational knowledge, skills and confidence through professional and clinical development, mentoring and support
• Enhance your competency, confidence, and capacity as a nurse working in primary health care to enable you to work to your full scope of practice
• Equip you for effective team-based care to achieve better health outcomes in primary health care
• Enhance your professional network in primary health care

Benefits for nurses experienced in primary health care

• Build your foundational knowledge, skills and confidence in professional and clinical mentoring and/or small group facilitation
• Enhance your competency, confidence, and capacity as a nurse leader working in primary health care to enable you to work to your full scope of practice
• Provide opportunities to enhance your role and expand your network through professional and personal growth and development 
• Participate in a professional program where you are recognised and reimbursed for your mentoring contribution to primary health care

Benefits for workplaces

Nurses new to primary health care

• A more knowledgeable, skilled and confident nurse: Mentoring via small group learning and guided education can enhance confidence and competence in clinical skill development, knowledge and professional growth opportunities.
   
• A nurse with enhanced clinical skills development: Your nurse will receive access to over 50 hours of free and targeted professional development (CPD) countless resources aimed specifically around what nurses new to primary health care need to know, i.e. wound care, care planning, chronic disease management, scope of practice etc. Your nurse’s CPD hours for registration will be well and truly achieved.
   
• A nurse with increased job satisfaction: Research indicates that your nurse is more likely to stay. Support and guidance from experienced peers can provide increased career and job satisfaction for nurses.
   

Nurses experienced in primary health care

• Improved job satisfaction and retention: Research indicates that nurses are more likely to stay in their role when provided with increased career and job satisfaction, e.g. from opportunities to mentor.
   
• Personal development opportunities: Mentoring peers will increase your nurse’s skills and knowledge around project management, problem solving, interpersonal and communication skills. 
   
• Improved workplace processes: Mentors often report learning something new from their TNs that they then implement in their workplace.
   
• Access to high quality education (CPD): Mentors get access to over 50 hours of high quality APNA online learning modules and resources with direct flow on benefits for your workplace. Your nurse’s CPD hours for registration will be well and truly achieved
   
• Development of leadership skills: Mentoring helps nurses build networks and leadership skills. Not to mention increases clinical expertise and knowledge of the primary health care system.