Policies, guidelines & position statements
We develop national policies, guidelines and position statements for nursing, midwifery, health and social justice which outline the evidence-base and ANMF’s position to provide guidance to members for their practice and at their workplaces.
ANMF Policies
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Admission to and discharge from health services
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Assistants in Nursing
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Breastfeeding
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Bullying in the workplace
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Care of the person with a life limiting illness
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Child care
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Climate change
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Conscientious objection
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Digital health
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Equal opportunity in the workplace
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Fatigue prevention
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Female genital mutilation/cutting
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Free trade agreements
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Health and the environment
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International recruitment of nurses and midwives
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Mental health nursing
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Midwifery
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Midwifery education: midwife
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Midwifery practice
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Nurse practitioners
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Nurses and midwives working internationally
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Nurses, midwives and assistants in nursing and harmful use of alcohol and other drugs
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Nursing and midwifery education: continuing professional development
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Nursing and midwifery research
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Nursing and midwifery within organisational structures
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Nursing education: enrolled nurse
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Nursing education: registered nurse
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Nursing practice
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Nursing specialty
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Prevention of occupational violence and aggression in the workplace
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Prevention of sexual harassment in the workplace
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Residential and community aged care services: staffing and standards
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Role boundaries in the provision of personal care
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Rostering
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Safe patient handling
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Safe staffing of nursing and midwifery services
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Smoke-free work environment
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Standards for practice for nurses and midwives
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Vaccination and immunisation
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Whistleblowing
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Work health and safety
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Workers' compensation and rehabilitation for injured and ill nurses, midwives and assistants in nursing
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Workplace stress prevention
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Position Statements
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
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Administration of medicines
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Alcohol, tobacco and other drugs
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ANMF representatives on national committees
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Assistants in nursing providing aspects of nursing care
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Care for people living with disability
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Casual employment in nursing, midwifery and care work
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Child abuse and neglect
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Clinical (reflective) supervision for nurses and midwives
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Collective bargaining
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Compulsory reporting of abuse in aged care settings for nurses and assistants in nursing
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COVID-19 Vaccination
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Credentialling for nurses and midwives
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Criminal history checks for nurses and midwives and assistants in nursing caring for people in aged care settings
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Domestic and family violence
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Employment of undergraduate students of nursing and midwifery
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Harm minimisation
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Management of nursing and midwifery services
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Maternal child and family health nursing
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Medical Practice Assistants
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Medicare
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Medicinal Cannabis
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Midwifery staffing for care of the newborn
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Nursing and midwifery in general practice
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Organ and tissue donation for transplantation
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Peace
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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
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Primary health care
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Professional practice framework for nurses and midwives
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Public and private health services
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Quality use of medicines
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Re-entry to the nursing and midwifery workforce
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Refugees and asylum seekers
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Registered nurse and midwife prescribing
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Registration of assistants in nursing
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Resolution of nursing and midwifery practice concerns in the workplace
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Self employment/private practice
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Sexuality, sex and gender diversity
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Specialling in clinical care settings
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The use of dose administration aids by nurses
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Voluntary assisted dying
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