Practice Nurse Network
The Nursing in General Practice (NiGP) program at the Yorke Peninsula Division of General Practice aims to:
- Improve access to, and the quality and integration of, patient care.
- Improve the prevention and management of chronic disease.
- Relieve workforce pressure in general practice.

Roles of the Practice Nurse in General Practice
The role of nurses in general practice includes, but is not limited to, the following elements of work:

Providing clinical nursing service in the general practice context through:
- triage
- assessment (including health assessments of people over 75 years)
- therapeutic care and treatment
- wound care
- diagnostic services clinical data management.

Co-ordinating patient services through:
- networking with allied services
- integrating service delivery
- sustaining continuity of care
- planning and management of care (working with GPs in care planning activities)
- providing information and feedback between the services, patients and GPs
- patient advocacy.

Managing the clinical environment by assisting the general practice to meet relevant standards and legislative requirements in:
- infection control and sterilisation
- cold chain monitoring
- records management
- occupational health and safety
- accreditation processes
- maintenance of medical supplies.

Promoting patient, carer and community well being through:
- health information
- education
- specific programs
- community development
- self care.

Improving health outcomes by contributing to and enhancing the management and prevention of ill health through:
- health screening & preventative health activities
- immunisation
- register and recalls
- patient education
- outreach services
- systems management
- acute and chronic disease management.

Providing clinical nursing service in the general practice context through:
- triage
- assessment (including health assessments of people over 75 years)
- therapeutic care and treatment
- wound care
- diagnostic services clinical data management.

Co-ordinating patient services through:
- networking with allied services
- integrating service delivery
- sustaining continuity of care
- planning and management of care (working with GPs in care planning activities)
- providing information and feedback between the services, patients and GPs
- patient advocacy.

Managing the clinical environment by assisting the general practice to meet relevant standards and legislative requirements in:
- infection control and sterilisation
- cold chain monitoring
- records management
- occupational health and safety
- accreditation processes
- maintenance of medical supplies.

Promoting patient, carer and community well being through:
- health information
- education
- specific programs
- community development
- self care.

Improving health outcomes by contributing to and enhancing the management and prevention of ill health through:
- health screening & preventative health activities
- immunisation
- register and recalls
- patient education
- outreach services
- systems management
- acute and chronic disease management.