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The Victorian Preceptor Program and continued nurse quality By Sandy Anderson

The Victorian Preceptor Program and continued nurse quality By Sandy Anderson. Nurses practice in cervical screening. Currently there are 364 credentialled nurse Pap test providers in Victoria. Currently there are 108 registered Victorian Preceptors. Course options.

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The Victorian Preceptor Program and continued nurse quality By Sandy Anderson

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  1. The Victorian Preceptor Program and continued nurse qualityBy Sandy Anderson

  2. Nurses practice in cervical screening • Currently there are 364 credentialled nurse Pap test providers in Victoria. • Currently there are 108 registered Victorian Preceptors

  3. Course options • Accredited nurse training courses are currently provided by: • Family Planning Victoria • Melbourne Sexual Health Centre • Melbourne University, The Department of General Practice.

  4. Victorian Preceptorship Program Highlights since late 2006 • Surveyed credentialled nurses • Development of the joint Victorian Clinical Assessment Document • VPP courses and PSV MOU developed • First VPP preceptor PD held 28 April 2007 • Ongoing consultation with current preceptors and keeping them informed • New preceptor PD was held on Friday 14 September

  5. VPP 2008 • Finalised registration of the current preceptors • Preceptor and organisational agreement developed and distributed for signing • Preceptor Pack developed and distributed • PSV website find or become a preceptor • VPP Preceptor PD planned for 14 November 2008 • Recognition of registered Victoria Preceptors through credentialling process • Second VPP MOU between courses and PSV being signed

  6. VPP 2009 • Continue with Recruitment Plan • Preceptor support • Review Clinical Assessment Document • Preceptor evaluation

  7. PapScreen Website www.papscreen.org.au

  8. Percentage of nurses’ Pap tests Summary from Evaluation of Pap tests taken by nurses in Victoria during 2007, Cathryn Wharton, Victorian Cervical Cytology Registry, March 2008.

  9. Nurse Practice Types – 2007

  10. Nurse Practice Types – 2007 (2006)

  11. Nurse endocervical component rates

  12. Nurse are doing it better • 15.0% of Pap test collected by nurses were from women aged 60 -69 years compared to 9.9% for all Victorian providers • 25.0% of Pap tests taken by nurses are for women who it has been at least 2.5 years since their last test, compared to 20.8% for all Victorian providers. • 26.5% of Pap tests taken by nurses are for women who it has been less than 2 years since their last test, compared to 35.2% for all Victorian providers.

  13. NORTH WEST METRO 2.6% LODDON MALLEE 15.5% Proportion of Pap tests collected by nurses in 2007 by DHS region GRAMPIANS 8.5% EASTERN METRO 1.1% HUME 6.7% GIPPSLAND 8.4% BARWON SOUTH WESTERN 5.1% SOUTHERN METRO 1.1%

  14. The PapScreen team Kate Broun PapScreen Manager Peta Reynolds Aboriginal Education Program Coordinator Michelle Cook & Hiranthi Perera Community Programs Project Officers Clare Price Media and Communications Coordinator Sandy Anderson Nurse Consultant

  15. Credentialling Secretariat Sandy Anderson PapScreen Victoria Phone: 0407 190 207 Email: sandya@ncable.net.au Royal College of Nursing, Australia Helen Morrison or Anne Agnew Phone: 1800 061 660 Email: helenm@rcna.org.au or annea@rcna.org.au

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