Scoping practice issues in the Australian mental health nursing workforce
1School of Nursing, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia, Australia. clintonm@nursing.curtin.edu.au
Abstract:
This is the third of four articles on the scoping study of the Australian mental health nursing workforce conducted on behalf of the Australian and New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses (ANZCMHN) for the Australian Health Ministers Advisory Council (AHMAC) National Working Group on Mental Health (NWGMH). Its purpose is to focus on factors that significantly affect mental health nursing practice. The issues of advanced practice, regulation of nursing, accreditation, credentialing and demarcation with other disciplines are addressed.
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