Practising nurses and midwives
Nurses and midwives provide a valuable and essential service that is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
There are approximately 40,000 nurses and midwives employed in the New South Wales public health system, many of whom work outside the traditional hospital setting.
Together with nurses employed in the private, community services and aged care sectors nurses and midwives make up the largest percentage of the health and community services workforce.
- Aboriginal Nursing and Midwifery
developed as a result of the NSW Government commitment in 2001 to increase the number of Aboriginal nurses and midwives in rural and remote NSW, and to improve career development opportunities for Aboriginal employees.
- Enrolled Nurse (EN): Critical Care Units project
aims to evaluate the potential for a role for ENs in Intensive Care Units (ICU).
- Mental Health Nursing Workforce/Skills Acquisition project
seeks to address both recruitment and retention of mental health nurses.
- Midwifery
developments in the workplace applicable to midwives.
- Nurse/ midwife practitioners (NP/MP)
information for and about NPs and MPs.
- Clinical practice guidelines
approved for use by specific NPs within their Area Health Service.
