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High impact lifestyle medicine is transforming patients lives
As a general practice nurse with 14 years’ experience, I've witnessed a concerning rise in chronic health issues, such as heart disease and diabetes. This increase adds a significant strain to general practice. Evidence-based lifestyle medicine has allowed me to have a significant impact on the lives of my patients and has transformed the way that I practise.
Australia’s new cardiovascular guideline and calculator in practice
Launched in July 2023, the Australian Guideline for Assessing and Managing Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Risk1 provides recommendations, practice advice and resources to support primary health care professionals in the identification, assessment, communication, and management of a person’s risk of developing CVD. Here we will step you through the new recommendations and practical application to delivery in the primary care setting.
Maximising primary health care nurses
Primary health care nurses know what’s stopping them from working to their full scope of practice. They are the same barriers that prevent Australians from having effective primary health care. But could all this be about to change?
Celebrating excellence
In a resounding tribute to the vital contribution of primary health care nurses, APNA made history with the launch of the inaugural Primary Health Care Nurses Day on 7 February 2024.
Unlocking sustainable rural health futures
One-third of Australians (just over seven million people) live in rural, regional and remote areas.1 Despite being a significant demographic, rural consumers have consistently poorer health outcomes mostly due to a lack of access to appropriate health services. Australia has a high-performing, highly trained rural healthcare workforce who are closely tied to the rural communities they work in, but they are in short supply.
Comprehensive healthcare in remote WA communities
Kasi Keeffe is determined to get the best possible outcomes for her clients, advocating for and delivering better access to healthcare, equipment and education for people in some of the remotest parts of Western Australia.
An unexpected journey to nurse practitioner
Nurses in general practice are acutely aware of the need for more nurse practitioners in primary care. However, the pathway to nurse practitioner for nurses in general practice may seem daunting and unrealistic. In this article, we hear from Sandra Cucanchon Gomez, a general practice nurse whose dedication and persistence in pursuing her dream to become a nurse practitioner was awarded by her endorsement in March this year.
Inspiring change through quality nurse placements
Since its launch in 2020, APNA's National Nursing Clinical Placement Program (CPP) has given nurses working in primary health care the opportunity to pass on their wealth of skills and knowledge to the next generation.
