Development and Historical Context of Australian Healthcare System

ASSESSMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.) Development and historical context of the Australian health care system.................................1
2.) Strengths and Weaknesses of the Australian health care system...............................................1
3.) Overall structure of health care system......................................................................................1
4.) Ways in which nursing profession has evolved over time outlining major historical events....2
5.) Current perspectives of the nursing profession including the opportunities for career
development in Australia.................................................................................................................2
6.) Philosophical framework underpinning primary health care.....................................................3
7.) Explain the role of the following nursing regulatory authorities, industrial and professional
bodies...............................................................................................................................................3
a) Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.............................................................................3
b) Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation.......................................................................3
c) Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.................................................................3
d) Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council.....................................................4
8.) Three possible health and illness issues faced by people migrated to Australia........................4
9.) Role of Centrelink in relation to health insurance and financial support...................................4
10.) Two health issues prevailing among the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in
Australia...........................................................................................................................................4
10.1) Cardiac health issues:.........................................................................................................4
10.2) Diabetes:.............................................................................................................................4
11.) Three examples of healthcare environments an enrolled nurse could practise in Australia....5
12.) Cultural barriers for nurses.......................................................................................................5
13.) Availability of healthcare funding and resource allocation impact the health care delivery in
Australia...........................................................................................................................................5
14.) Example of a political impact on healthcare delivery which might result in a constraint on
services............................................................................................................................................5
15.) Current issues impacting on clinical practice and health policy development.........................6
16.) Ways in which Enrolled Nurses work to uphold Principles of Primary Care and Wellness. . .6
Positivity is empowerment (principle of wellness).....................................................................6

17) A resident who is admitted in your aged care facility yesterday asked you whether he can
take his herbal (Ayurvedic) medicine which he usually takes to overcome indigestion problems.
The resident is prescribed with new medications as per his medication chart. What is the best
response in this scenario?................................................................................................................7
REREFENCES................................................................................................................................8