School Nurses Handbook
APNA developed this handbook to support school nurses. It serves as a comprehensive tool, guiding them in best practice guidelines, evidence-based practices and providing essential resources.
APNA Transition to Practice Program
Are you new to nursing in primary health care (PHC) or want to support someone who is?
Fully funded places in the APNA Transition to Practice Program (TPP) are open for nurses in sponsoring Primary Health Networks.
Benefits of participating in APNA TPP
Across an eight-month program, nurses who want some additional support to increase knowledge, skills and confidence in primary health care with support from an experienced PHC nurse mentor, the APNA TPP provides:
- 100% online program - participate from anywhere in Australia
- Exclusive access to a clinical and professional mentor
- Access tailored online education and resources developed specifically for nurses new to PHC
- Receive a Foundations of General Practice Workbook
- Guidance to plan and complete your CPD
- Join our Community of Practice - connect, learn, network
- Best of all, it is free for nurse mentees and mentors are compensated for dedicating their valuable time!
If you are interested in learning more in the meantime, you can view our last information session zoom recording:
Who is eligible to participate in APNA's TPP?
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Transitioning Nurse Mentees
Registered or Enrolled Nurses looking for support during their transition to a PHC workplace in which they are employed, e.g.:
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Graduate nurses
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Experienced nurse
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Clinical and Professional Mentors
Registered Nurse or Nurse Practitioner with at least four years of relevant and recent PHC experience. Mentors are not required to work in a PHC setting but must have worked in a PHC setting or related field in the last two years. Mentors are compensated for providing a minimum of 40 hours of clinical and professional mentoring (direct and/or indirect) over six months. Where possible, mentoring is delivered via small group learning with the one mentor supporting between one or three nurses.
Contact our team
- 1300 303 184
Q&A
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Sponsored places available
All nurses need to apply for the program: APPLY HERE
You may be eligible to have your program costs covered by:
- Health Workforce Scholarships: nurses working in remote and rural areas or Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Services
- Fully sponsored places via PHN and/or organisation: Find and contact your PHN for more details. APNA are pushing for PHN funding for nurse places in the TPP - nurses reaching out to PHNs for funding support carries a lot of weight!
- Currently, sponsored places are available for nurses working in the following PHN catchments:
- ACT
- Gold Coast
- Northern Queensland
- Murray
- Murrumbidgee
- Adelaide
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.
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Program publication
APNA's Transition Programs have been published in SAGE Open Nursing and is freely available for all to read here:
- Nurses Transitioning to Primary Health Care in Australia: A Practice Improvement Initiative - Web version
- Nurses Transitioning to Primary Health Care in Australia: A Practice Improvement Initiative - PDF version
Other publications:
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Purchasing programs
Nurses can purchase the APNA TPP here
- Select the short course you would like to do and click ‘Buy Now’
- Click 'Buy now' next to the price shown
- Click ‘Checkout’ and follow the prompts.
If funded via a Health Workforce Bursary, follow the below instructions
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Select ‘Invoice’ under ‘Payment Method’ - You won’t need to pay anything at this stage. Once your application is assessed and processed, your health workforce provider will provide payment if your application is approved. See How to apply or check eligibility section for more information per state.
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Enter your name, email address and work address
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Click ‘next’, and you will receive an invoice from APNA via email
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This invoice can then be provided with your application for funding via health workforce or other scholarship providers
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If approved by the funding provider, the program can be paid for using the generated invoice
- Once APNA has received payment, we will send you information on next steps
Professional Indemnity Insurance
You can add APNA-Member Professional Indemnity Insurance to your membership, when you join APNA.