PRIMARY HEALTH CARE OF NORTHEN HEALTH HOSPITALThe northern health hospital is the major provider of primary, secondary and tertiary healthservices in Melbourne’s north. The primary health care services provided by northern healthhospital are admitted patients, subacute and emergency services which include access,performance, and partnership services, ambulatory and community services, Broadmeadowshealth services, medical emergency, and cardiology services, nursing and medical workforce,surgical, women's, children’s and ICU services, oncology , intensive care services. Non admittedservices provided by them are outpatients services, breastfeeding center, diabetic services andhand therapy, pediatric medicine, pharmacy, allied services. Aged care services includeBundoora extended care center, ambulatory and community services, aged care assessmentservices and home care packages (Nh.org.au, 2017). The role of nurses in primary health careservices is lifestyle education, disease management, control of infection, health promotion andcancer management. The nurses work with local communities to promote health and preventillness by identifying various barriers to wellness. The role of mental health nurses is to providehealth education and prevent illness among individuals and family members. The role of schoolnurses is to promote health and early identification and intervention for health concerns. Theymust involve in health counseling, clinical care, school community activities, health promotion,networking, disseminating information and general health center management. Nurses work as apart of an interdisciplinary team of allied health professionals, health educators, and generalpractitioners for the improved outcomes, the satisfaction of the client and efficiently uses ofresources. The practice of nursing is autonomous as it improves patient satisfaction rate, patientcare and lifts up the profession (Donelan, 2013). The focus of nurses is predominantly inprimary health care in comparison to primary care as it forms most effective approach for

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