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Nurse Clinics inGeneral Practice-Planning,Implementation &Evaluation

What is a Nurse Led Clinic ?• Your thoughts?

Models of care• Your thoughts?

RACGP Quality FrameworkReference: Booth B, Portelli R, Snowdon T. A quality framework for Australian General Practice. Melbourne: The RoyalAustralian College of General Practitioners, 2005.

Nurse Clinics in General Practice- Planning Implementation and EvaluationSection One- Planning – RACGP QualityFrameworkSection Two- Implementation – CaseStudiesSection 3- Evaluation – AustralianPrimary Health Care Research InstituteANU

Patient focus• Patient CenteredCare• Population Health• Health Literacy• CulturalCompetence

Professionalism• Registration of Health Professionals• Codes of Ethics and ProfessionalConduct• Leadership and Teamwork• Clinical Handover• Quality and Safety

Knowledge and InformationManagement• dimensions of data quality• Quality improvement• Electronic tools• Recall and reminders• Management of health information• Health identifiers

Domain-Competence• Definitions of nurses in general practice• Scope of practice• Competency standards• Mentoring and Clinical Supervision support• Continuing Professional Development• Evidence Based Practice- clinical guidelines• Clinical Referral Pathways

Capacity• Human Resource Management• Employment Models• Position Description• Induction of Staff to new model of care• Professional Indemnity Insurance• Physical Facilities• Consultations• Infection Control• Occupational Health and Safety

Financing• Practice Nurse Incentive Program• Business Case/Plan—Marketing—Developing a budget—Business Case GuideOperational/Implementation Plan

Section 2 Implementation• Case studies• Key messages• Commonalities

Section 3 Evaluation• Literature Review• Patient Experiences andOutcome Survey