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Roz Norman was an outstanding activist, branch official and Councillor of the NSWNMA and ANMF. In honour of her outstanding contributions, the Roz Norman Scholarship was created to further humanitarian, social or community causes.

Activism • Campaigning • Advocacy

The scholarship covers fees for an approved course promoting activism and the development of campaigning skills or public advocacy, including ongoing financial support for reasonable costs associated with campaigning for a period of one year, up to a maximum of $5,000.

NSWNMA Branch Officials or highly active members who can demonstrate leadership qualities are encouraged to apply. Successful recipients are required to report back to Committee of Delegates (COD) at the end of the scholarship period.

Applications open 1 July, closing 30 September 2023

The mission of AJAN is to provide a forum to showcase and promote a wide variety of original research and scholarly work, to inform and empower nurses, midwives and other healthcare professionals to improve the health and wellbeing of all communities and to be prepared for the future.

Advanced Nursing Practice Guidelines for the Australian Context Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officers

Australia 2020 https://www.health.gov.au/sites/default/ files/documents/2020/10/advancednursing-practice-guidelines-for-theaustralian-context.pdf

Advanced practice is a term used across health professions, including nursing, with a variety of meanings attached to the term. Over recent years, there has been an increase in job titles including the term ‘advanced’. This has led to confusion about what the term ‘advanced’ signifies in a title, what being ‘advanced’ means in the practice of nursing and how the profession distinguishes these roles from other nursing roles.

To support development of these roles to address clinical service gaps, the health system needs clarity as to what the term ‘advanced nursing practice’ describes in the Australian context. Also, a clear understanding of what constitutes advanced nursing practice will assist in enabling nurses to develop the necessary skills and attributes required to attain endorsement as a nurse practitioner –the only regulated advanced nursing practice role in Australia.

The purpose of these guidelines is to reduce the confusion that often exists about the scope of advanced nursing practice roles and provide greater clarity and understanding for nurses, employers, consumers and policy makers. Each jurisdiction may have a different way they develop and implement advanced nursing practice roles. These guidelines will also assist in providing national consistency.

Where are the practising nurse anaesthetists in Australia? Exploring an advanced practice role for anaesthesia nurses

Michaels, Lucy and Foran, Paula (2022)

The perioperative environment has seen the implementation of the perioperative nurse surgical assistant as an advanced practice nursing role for the instrument nurse; however, there is currently no recognised equivalent role for the anaesthesia nurse. https://www.journal.acorn.org.au/jpn/ vol35/iss1/5/

Anaesthesia nurses complete postgraduate qualifications and learn advanced clinical skills, and yet the authoritative body for perioperative nurses, the Australian College of Perioperative Nurses, does not define a specific role for advanced practice nursing in anaesthesia.

Career advancement for the anaesthesia nurse focuses on education and management roles, which are a distinct deviation from advanced clinical practice. A new role should be developed to allow the advanced practice nurse in anaesthesia to be recognised and their skills used in Australian operating rooms.

Advanced Practice: Thoughts behind the concept

Caroline Brady Nevin https://www.inmo.ie/tempDocs/ advanced_prac_jul_aug06.pdf

To provide the role and function of an advanced practitioner, nurses must have a clear understanding of what constitutes advanced practice. No precise definition of ‘advanced practice’ is evident from current literature. However, with a variety of perceptions of advanced practice from the US, Australia and the UK taken on board, it is possible to identify the current meanings of advanced practice. While this may provide some convenience and common understanding, it can also precipitate confusion. The fact we live and work in a country that is culturally different to those mentioned above receives scant recognition.

Independent report on the regulation of advanced practice in nursing and midwifery

Palmer, Julian & Vaughan, Nuffield Trust https://www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/sites/ default/files/2023-05/Advanced%20 practice%20report%20FINAL%5B69%5D. pdf

Nurses and midwives are increasingly taking on more complex, autonomous and expert roles, commonly referred to as ‘advanced practice’. These roles have been developed over time for a range of clinical, operational, financial, resourcing and professional reasons and are intended to benefit patients, practitioners and health and social care. The policy across the four countries of the United Kingdom (UK) appears to be to increase the number of advanced nurse roles. All midwives are autonomous at the point of registration and ‘advanced practice’ in midwifery remains at a far smaller scale, although there have been some recent efforts to more clearly establish such roles.

The regulation of health and social care professions is intended to protect the public from the risk of harm and maintain public confidence. In the UK, nurses and midwives are regulated by the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC). Currently, there is no specific additional regulation covering advanced practice. As a result, nurses and midwives working in advanced practice are responsible for ensuring they work within existing regulatory frameworks. Meanwhile, employers are responsible for assuring, for example, the suitability of an individual’s qualifications, along with previous experience of undertaking advanced practice roles. There are also other processes for providing assurances around advanced practice, including through the commissioning and (non-mandatory) accreditation of educational programs and via credentialling (formal recognition of professionals’ competencies) by some professional bodies.