Response 41137568

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Aim and Outcomes of the Plan

1. Do you think the aim of this plan is clear?

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2. Are the targeted outcomes of the Plan appropriate for the next 10 years?

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3. Please provide any additional feedback or comments on the aim and outcomes.

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We need urgent changes as waiting even 1-5 yrs impacts on the health and wellbeing of Australians. I would like to see more descriptive ie change collaboration legislation.

Education Lifelong Learning

4. Will these actions support the nurse practitioner workforce to enhance their skills and capability to address population health needs?

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5. Will these actions encourage provision and uptake of nurse practitioner education and the nurse practitioner endorsement pathway, including encourage the growth of First Nations nurse practitioners?

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6. Please provide any additional feedback or comments on the actions under Education and Lifelong Learning.

(max 300 words)
We need to be clear where we want to be within a timeframe.
ie 60 per 100,000 within 10yrs with scholarships to support this growth.
NP are worth the investment.

Recruitment and Retention

7. Will these actions facilitate the recruitment and retention of nurse practitioners?

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8. Please provide any additional feedback or comments on the actions under Recruitment and Retention.

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It does not go far enough, NP need to also have further legislation change to ensure full eligibility to work to our scope of practitce. I am a NP palliative care and should be able to write a death certificate for a person in my care. Our ability to practice will reflect NP willingness to remain working.

Models of Care

9. Will these actions facilitate sustainable models of nurse practitioner care that meet community needs?

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10. Will these actions ensure national consistency of practice and enable nurse practitioners to work to their full scope of practice?

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11. Please provide any additional feedback or comments on the actions under Models of Care.

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We need legislative change to support our full scope of practice. There is significant professional bulling and disrespectful behaviour from GP's towards NP's because of the disparity shown by government decision makers towards nurses in Australia.

Health Workforce Planning

12. Will these actions build understanding of the role and contribution of nurse practitioners for consumers, health professionals and employers?

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13. Will these actions bolster data infrastructure and planning processes that include nurse practitioners in health workforce planning?

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14. Please provide any additional feedback or comments on the actions under Health Workforce Planning.

(max 300 words)
More detail is needed to allow for a critical review and determine wether the proposed action will have the desired impact. Health professional and consumers need to be willing to change and be different including working together not from a gate keeping point of view which GP and government have hang on to in the past.

Participant information

16. What is your name?

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Faye Tomlin

17. Please select your current location

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18. Which best describes your response?

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I am responding as an individual
I am responding on behalf of an organisation/institution

19. If you selected that you are responding as an individual, please select all that best describes you:

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Consumer
Nurse practitioner
Nurse practitioner candidate
Nurse practitioner employer
Registered Nurse
Enrolled Nurse
Medical Practitioner
Allied health professional
Policy Officer/ Analyst
Academic / Researcher
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21. Do you consent to being named as having provided a submission to this consultation process?

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22. Do you consent to your submission being published on the Department of Health and Aged Care Consultation Hub?

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