HLTENN001 Practice Nursing in the Australian Health Care System
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Running head: AUSTRALIAN HEALTH CAREAUSTRALIAN HEALTH CAREName of the StudentName of the universityAuthor’s note
1AUSTRALIAN HEALTH CARE1.TheAustralianHealth PractitionersregulationAgency (AHPRA) regulated thenursing and midwifery profession and allied health professionals and doctors (Brittet al., 2013).2.5 functions of the nursing midwifery board of Australia can be stated as follows:-The NMBA provides a large number of regulatory policies and professional codesof conduct and ethics for the nurses and the midwives of AustraliaIt provides ethical, regulatory and legal frame works for the nursing practice.They are responsible for the registration and the accreditation of the registerednurses.NMBA provides guidelines for the quality and safety of the nurses. The key role of NMBA is to protect the population of Australia by providing a safecare.3.Benefits of joining the Victorian branch of the ANMF (Britt et al., 2013):1)It will provide access to a number of legal, professional and industrialrepresentatives which would help in assisting with quality advice, if encounteredwith any problem at the work place.2)Private health insurance, where the dividends are not paid to the investors andthe shareholders. Thus, any surplus is formed is reimbursed to the members bylow premiums and other beneficial services.3)Legal services related to disciplinary hearings, personal injury, will criminal lawsand family laws, are also provided by the lawyers of ANMF.4)ANMF have personal online shopping options where attractive discounts aregiven along with complementary movie tickets.4.a) Medicare scheme: Medicare is the insurance scheme introduced by theAustralian government, by which an Australian citizen can get access to somemedical facilities free of cost in a public hospital. Medicare provides benefitsregarding private scheme for doctors, Benefits in different tests such as pathologytests and X-rays, eye tests by the optometrists, some dental surgeries and specificitems under the EPC (Enhanced primary care program). Medicare reimburses
2AUSTRALIAN HEALTH CARE100% of the MBS scheme for a GP and 85% in case of a specialist (Wills et al.,2016).b) Private health insurance-highest coverage: Private health insurance of Australiaprovides some facilities over the Medicare system such as it helps to avoid the publichospital waiting queue and occurs as per the patient priority order. Money can beclaimed back on Non-Medicare health facilities. It provides the patient with theopportunity of choosing his patients. It will help to avoid the surcharge of the Medicarelevy and it will give the highest coverage on lifetime health cover. Private healthinsurance would cover ambulance, dental treatment, chiropractic treatment, podiatry,physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapies, and complex surgeries (Britt etal., 2013).c) Veterans’ Affairs-Gold card: Veteran's affair gold card provides medical and surgicalcare; medical procedures and consultations under the MBS scheme. It provides a widerange of services such as community nursing, chiropractic service, diabetes education,emergency short term home relief, occupational therapy, osteopathic services, palliativecare, residential aged care payment and means tested fee, referral for communitysupport, rehabilitation aids, veteran's and veteran families counseling services, x-rays,computerized tomography, ultrasound. Veteran’s affair gold card provides services forthe veterans and the war widow. All the health care facilities are free for the cardholders except some exceptions such as Veteran's home care. In case of any service isobtained from Medicare DVA will not pay for that particular service.5. Identify four benefits of private health insurance for the individual or the public healthsystem.1) Private health insurance will save the time of standing in the long hospital queue.2) Private health insurance gives coverage to a large number of health facilities whichare not covered under the Medicare benefits.3) It will help to avoid the surcharge of the Medicare levy.
3AUSTRALIAN HEALTH CARE4) Private health insurance provides options to the patient of choosing suitable doctorsand staying up in private rooms, depending upon the extent of the policy.6.services provided by government funding-No projects or initiatives will be taken to spread the awareness among the peoplewhere the risks of alcohol are the most a campaigning and making of projectsinvolves a lot of money.Rehabilitation and workshops will not be feasible due to the lack of funds.The rate of alcohol consumption and the alcohol related risks will increase (Willis etal., 2016).7. Health care service options in Victoria:-1) Local and general practitioners, for preventative and nonemergency care, specialistdoctors.2) Public and private hospitals for inpatient care and attending the outpatients.3) Ambulance services and nurse on call.4) Maternal health and child health support.5) Vaccinations and immunizations for protecting the children and the adolescents.Four strengths of the local health care system:-1)Availability of specialist doctors, ambulatory care.2)24 hours availability of nurses on call, provision of emergency number.3)Community aged care facilities for improving the quality of life of the olderpopulations.4)Private and public hospitals for attending the inpatients and the out patients.Weaknesses of the local health care system:-1)Obesity and chronic disease still cannot be managed by the allied health carefacilities.
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