LibGuides: Nursing: Websites

Quicklinks

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care Standards
Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
AHPRA is the organisation responsible for the registration and accreditation of (10) health professions across Australia, including nursing and midwifery.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Find publications and statistics on this site about Australian health.
For example, under the tab – Subjects - select Chronic diseases to find relevant information.
The Department of Health
HealthDirect
HealthDirect provides a range of free health services on behalf of the governments of Australia.
National Health and Medical Research Council
Queensland Health
Australian Red Cross
Resource library contains a range of resources that are free to download.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfo Net
Quality, up-to-date knowledge and information about many aspects of Indigenous health.
Torres Strait Regional Authority: Cultural Protocols Guide
The Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA) cultural protocols has been developed to assist TSRA staff when engaging with all the communities of the Torres Strait region on all types of business. Each of the 20 communities in the Torres Strait regions is unique in their history and culture.
•NSW Multicultural Health Communication Service
This service provides information to assist health professionals to communicate with non-English speaking communities throughout New South Wales. View online or print.
Ethnomed
Information about cultural beliefs, medical issues and other related issues pertinent to the health care of recent immigrants to Seattle or the US, many of whom are refugees fleeing war-torn parts of the world.
Multicultural Health
Queensland Government
Providing Care to Patients From Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds
Guidelines to Practice. (Queensland Government)

Mental health links (provided by Dept Health and Ageing (Australian Government)
Links to key mental health websites in Australia.
BeyondBlue
A national independent organization working to address issues associated with depression, anxiety and related substance misuse disorders in Australia.
SANE Australia
SANE is a national charity devoted to helping people with a mental illness. It includes many fact sheets.
Australian Regulation of Prescription Medical Products
Includes prescription and non-prescription drug information plus extra drug related reference material. You must register and login to use this site. Registration is free.

InformMe
InformMe was developed by the Stroke Foundation to consolidate evidence-based resources and empower health professionals to improve the delivery of acute stroke care and stroke rehabilitation.