Analysis of Australian Healthcare Policies and Nursing Practices

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of Australian healthcare policies, with a specific focus on the National Medicine Policy and its effects on nursing practices and the broader healthcare system. The report begins with an introduction to the importance of health policies and their role in achieving societal health goals. It then explores the Australian healthcare environment, outlining key aspects of healthcare delivery, funding, and the promotion of health programs. A significant portion of the report is dedicated to the National Medicine Policy, detailing its objectives, framework, and impact on the healthcare system. The analysis covers how the policy affects nursing practices, including training, patient care, and the use of medicines. The report also examines the impact on the healthcare system, including access to services, the role of government regulations, and the coordination between healthcare providers and patients. The conclusion summarizes the key findings and emphasizes the benefits of the policies and healthcare standards in Australia.

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Table of content
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Main body........................................................................................................................................3
Australian healthcare environment..............................................................................................3
National Medicine policy.............................................................................................................3
Impact on nursing practises.............................................................................................................4
Impact on healthcare system............................................................................................................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
Health policies in country are extremely important to achieve several established targets
for short term and long term priorities in society which helps to keep people healthy and enable a
quality lifestyle. Australian health policies maintain strong parameters in their nursing standards
and medicines facilities for people to insure quality standards living patterns. This report
discusses impact of healthcare policy on nursing practises and impact on healthcare system
overall in Australia.
Main body
Australian healthcare environment
Australian healthcare policy focuses on building health programmes, immunization and
prevention of chronic disease in normal public by providing healthcare services and mental
health services through proper funding to hospitals and healthcare practises. Australia provides
medical services to all age groups of people and promoting the best world-class healthcare
practises to broad range of needs responding with the health emergencies scenarios and funding
the medical research facilities. Australia medical facilities and policies allow regulating and
overseeing distribution of proper healthcare facilities to aged people, both elite community and
also maintain their prescription of proper exercises and diet factors (Drugus and et.al.
2017).Australian healthcare facilities are highly concerned to increase patient safety through
prevention strategies and focusses on providing them with high ethical world-class standards of
medical services.
National Medicine policy
National medicine policy of Australia is framework of political commitment and
guidelines which ensure the supply of safe medicines, affordable healthcare services and
prevention of chronic diseases. The objectives of national medicines are providing incentives or
preventive healths and cost effective range medication to all people, retain the benefit of access
to healthcare services. Quality, safety and efficacy of medicines has made Australian healthcare
policy to maintain responsible viable medicines' industry and establish high quality life standards
of people. The doctors and nurses practising in hospitals are having specialization in various
medical fields and experience of serving treatments to various patients.
 Healthcare gaols to society define the parameters which determine high quality living
patterns to citizens and the policies maintain strong ethical use of medical practises and

the areas which doctors and healthcare practiser need to address. Healthcare goals in
Australia under National medicine policy focuses on providing access to quality
medicines to all public, and subsidies to ageing population (Wendel,Serratt,&
O'Donohue,2017).
 Development of new high cost medicines area available to patients with serious health
problems so that whole community remains healthy and fit. Access to medicines are
simple and subsidization is timely to establish efficient mechanism and remove
unnecessary barriers and expenses.
 Nurses and doctors maintain highs specialization in treating patients by keeping in mind
about their medical history, sensitivity and ethical standards which needs to be addressed
with efficiency. Patients should have timely access to accurate information and education
about medicines and their vital usage in treatments and doctors should fulfil their
responsibility to address their issues with high quality performance standards.
Impact on nursing practises
Nursing practises are affected on various parameters due to implementation of national
medicine policy by Australian government which can be understood as follows :
 Nurses are given proper medical training and serving practises to all patients of all
medical issues and age groups which enable them to deliver high quality services. Nurses
are encouraged to maintain diaries of all patients and keep record of their medical history
which assists them in providing derails to superior doctors in team. Nurses have the role
to give timely reports to doctors about the patients progress in treatments and keep in
mind about the medical history as it has long termed impact on their future health
(Thornbory & Everton,2017).
 National medicine policy has enabled nurses to take medical science and nursings s
professional course and learn practical knowledge of many diseases and the guidance
from superior doctors and healthcare practitioners. This has opened horizons for
ep=nurses to enhance their potentialities and learn new skills based on the training
sessions held by doctors and healthcare practitioners.
 Nurses lay high focus on maintaining appropriate use of medicines and implementing the
principles of quality assurance to all patients in serving them with medical treatments.
There should be feasible access to medicines to all patients for ensuring long term

facilitates, and also maintain data of each of persons medication. Nurses should enhance
theirs services by building communication with parents regrading any issues or feedbacks
they wish to establish in treatments.
 Nurses should keep proper record of quality medicines and the doses given daily to
patients should not be overdosed or undersdose. They are encouraged by superior doctors
and team leaders to maintain diaries of all patients which will enhance their serving
capacities and potentialities of providing treatments to patients. Hey should be given
advanced medical training sessions to learn the new changes emerging in health cares
sectors and serve patients with high efficiency.
 Nurses under national medicine policy are encouraged to use the latest researches and
development in medical treatments and continue professional education of nursing and
healthcare practises. Provide appropriate information to customers and patients family
members regarding the treatments ongoing and what are the latest available healthcare
practises at hospitals. The medicines given should be according to the prescriptions by
superior doctors and the dosage should be in accordance with the treatment time length.
 Nurses should use innovative healthcare services to provide solutions to existing
problems of patients and provide them with comfortable experience in hospitals. Nurses
should lay focus on marinating hygienic environment at hospitals for patients and other
customers who come for getting treatments. They should use the local language
according to convenience of patients which will enable them to serve better with high
efficiency standards (Mikkonen and et.al., 2016).
 Nurses should learn new skills and technical learnings of medical science from, doctors
and other superiors of teams which will enable them to serve patients with the latest
medical services. They should posses strong interpersonal skills while serving patients
and their family members which will help them to get comfortable experience in
hospitals. Nurses should address the issues faced by patients efficiently and provide them
with detailed knowledge of all treatments and medicines prescribed.
Impact on healthcare system
The National medicine policy implementation by Australian government has brought
revolutionary change in society and people overall health well-being as people are able to get

quick access to healthcare practises and treatments along with quality medicines. The impact on
healthcare system can be analysed on various parameters explantation which are as follows:
 Large proportion of society are able to get accessible medical services with the latest
medical research treatments in Australia which has improved well-being of people as
great positive impact. Hygienic environment at hospitals and advanced treatments by
doctors and nurses enable them to get high quality medical services for their diseases
and prescribed diets and guidelines by doctors help them to lead successful healthy lives.
 National medicine policy has made responsible and viable medical industry of Australia
a world-class platform by which country citizens are able to get access to high quality
medical treatments. The doctors and nurses are committed to practises and maintain
hygienic environment which has delivered timely access at affordable cost for society as
whole and the efficacy of medicines ahas also contributed to large success throughout
country.
 National medicine policy has retained the benefit of universal access to basic health
services through Medicare which has enhanced Australian medical services on global
level. World has recognized the advanced technology usage in medical sciences by
doctors and nurses in Australia which has helped many people get their diseases treated.
Australian healthcare system has been positively impacted due to national medicine
policy where reliable medicines are given to all patients, and responsible healthcare
products are given to all patients and customers (Kurniawan & Bahtiar,2018).
 Government regulations in national medicine policy has enabled people to get timely
access to medical services and ethical medical practises followed by doctors has enabled
patients to get effective medical treatments. Aged people in Australia are able to receive
appropriate medical treatments in country where the doctors are highly specialized to
treat them with supper efficiency.
 National medicine policy has been highly active in reaching the set benchmarks of
healthcare services by World health organization, which has enabled people living in
Australia get efficient treatments. The cost of medicines are moderate according to reach
of normal public which has befitted people extensively. This policy implementation by
government has also impacted society in general on various levels positively as there
east access to all facilities and medical treatments (Moir,2016).

 The coordination between doctors and patients established due to efficient services
delivered under national medicine policy has enabled people from all sectors of life to
get reliable medical treatments and facilities. This has benefited lot of people in all age
groups of country to get treatments for their diseases, with proper consultation of
advanced technical knowledgable doctors. High specialization in medical services of
Australia has enabled people to reach high health due to sustainable medical treatment
and high innovation in nursing.
 Nurses are also highly motivated due to the national medicine policy which give strong
platforms to learn advances kills, ethical medical practises and solve issues of patients
with hight ethnicity. Nurses are motivated to take up nursing practises as professional
course as they can gain high experience and practical medical knowledge in serving
customers and patients. This platform also gives them an ability to enhance their
potentiality in inter-personal communication ability while serving patients and it has
also benefited them to learn the latest medical knowledge from superior doctors (Essex,
2017).
CONCLUSION
Based on the above report impacts of healthcare system on nursing practices in Australia
has concluded. Healthcare system of Australia provides several benefits like free medical
treatment such as free medication to patients that has improved the health care of the Australia.
Freed treatment also raised the standards of healthcare in Australia and it also improved the
position of Australia in Happiness Index that denotes that people in Australia are happy. This
report also guided about the National Medicine Policy that enables patients to have free access of
tablet in order to cure the disease in government hospitals of Australia. This policy framed by
government has improved the healthcare standards of Australia. Life expectancy has aslo
improved due to such policies of the government. This report has also concluded about the
healthcare environment of Australia. Country has a volatile environment in respect to the
development of healthcare in the country.

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