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Resources for Australian nurses

The official sites worth bookmarking – checked and described in one place.

Regulation & registration

Registration standards, codes of conduct, standards for practice and decision-making framework.

Registration, renewal, the public register and notifications.

Codes of conduct and the RN, EN, NP and midwife standards for practice.

The NSQHS Standards, medication safety resources and the National Hand Hygiene Initiative.

Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare.

Patient safety programs including deteriorating patient resources.

Professional development, post-graduate education and policy.

Industrial and professional organisation; state branches offer CPD.

Midwifery standards, education and CPD.

Medicine and device safety alerts and product information.

Government-funded consumer health information – useful for patient education.

National data on health and the nursing workforce.