Nursing in Primary Health Care
Learn about APNA’s Nursing in Primary Health Care Program, a three year Commonwealth funded program designed to increase recruitment, retention and employment opportunities for primary health care nurses.
APNA position statements
Improving patient outcomes: Primary health care nurses working to the breadth of their scope of practice 2017
Nurses working to their full scope of practice as part of an interdisciplinary team can enable more integrated, efficient and accessible healthcare. APNA has developed a position on primary health care nurse scope of practice.
Health Care Homes 2017
APNA endorses the concept of the Health Care Homes model and its key characteristics, and believes the nursing workforce will play an essential role in its delivery.
Australian Border Force Act 2015
This statement outlines APNA's position on the Australian Border Force Act 2015 and its impact on primary health care nurses.
Refugee and asylum seeker health 2015
APNA, together with 14 other health bodies, has endorsed this Position Statement which was prepared by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP).
Professional indemnity insurance
Only $110 for 12 months cover
$10m limit ($30m aggregate) per insured nurse
Certificate of currency issued in your own name
Individual policy limit
Free legal consultation (up to 30 minutes)
Cover for locum work
Cover for voluntary nurse work
Cover for home visits
Cover for Good Samaritan acts
Covers you for antenatal/postnatal nursing services for which midwife qualifications are not required where it is part of your scope of practice
Covers you anywhere in the world except the USA and Canada
Covers Registered Nurses, Enrolled Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, student nurses
Run off cover; ongoing cover after you stop working as a nurse
24 hours a day, 365 days a year emergency claims hotline
Nil excess
