Re: Nurse Practitioner Project

[Ms Elizabeth McCall]

Some references for NPs - Taylor,K. The duties of advanced nursing practice - The Lamp, August 2000, p.17 Petty, D. Advancing the practice of nursing, Newsletter of the Rural Health Alliance - Partyline, December 2000, p.16 Oakes, W. Competence not a question, nursing.aust. - The Journal of the NSW College of Nursing, August 2000, 1,3, p.5 Oakes, W. Report supports nurses for rural health jobs. nursing. aust, March 2000, 1,1, p.1. Oakes, W. 40 Nurse Practitioners - far west leads the way, nursing. aust. November 1999, p.1 Moait, S. Editorial, The Lamp, June 2000, p.5 Mitchell, B. Rural & remote nurses : third world practitioners or the saviours of the bush?, nursing.aust.,August, 2000, p.12 Harulow, S. Nurse practitioners: defining the achievements, Australian Nursing Journal, 7,7, February 2000, p.20 Hanna, L. Is bribing doctors rge only answers to rural health dilemma?, Nursing Review - Royal College of Nursing, April 2000, p.1 Clark, S. S. Prescribing poer and the power to prescribe, Alternative Law Journal, 25, 1, February 2000, p.29 Goldman, J. Rural & remote nursing: in chaos or coping? nursing. aust., 2,3, November 2001, p.1 Wilken, Catherine, No choice for rural women, Midiwfery Matters, December 2001, p.22. Good luck - it's an interesting question. Also look at the NHMRC documents as they recommend that midwives need to have the authority to prescribe & order routine path. & radiology. This is the difference between where we are now and where we need to get to & it's what authorised NPs can do. Otherwise we do not have true autonomy. Liz McCall ----- Original Message ----- From: Lisa Frahm To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 10, 2002 7:05 AM Subject: Nurse Practitioner Project   Hello everyone, I'm after some midwife's thoughts on the Nurse Practitioner Projects.  Do you believe that midwives are already advanced practitioners, and do they have a place in these projects??  I need to write an assignment on how midwives feel about this issue - both those who agree with it and those who oppose it.  I believe that the ACMI (SA Branch) has pulled out of the Project in SA, and wonder how credentialing will be achieved without their support.    I'd love to hear your views, and any references would be greatly appreciated.   In anticipation Lisa Frahm