Nurse Practitioner Categories and Formularies
Nurse practitioners are endorsed in at least one of the following categories. The categories have been developed in accordance with Section 20 (1) of the Health Professions Registration Act 2005 and are published in the table below in accordance with Section 20(4) this Act.
Each category has a list of schedule 2, 3, 4 and 8 poisons (‘drug formulary’) that a nurse practitioner endorsed in that category is qualified to obtain and to have in his or her possession and to use, sell or supply subject to the Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981 (“the Act”) . Each drug formulary has been approved by the Minister of Health pursuant to section 14A(1) of the Act. The categories are a skill-based set of categories that recognises the common practices across different practice areas and common prescribing needs.
The Board is in the process of developing some of the formularies for the categories listed. These will be published as they are approved.
Information Sheet for Nurse Practitioner Endorsement Category and Medication Formulary Changes
For any queries please contact the Board via email at accreditation@nbv.org.au
Category | Possible Practice Areas | Drug Formulary
|
Acute and supportive Care | Burns and Plastics Cardiology General Medicine
General Surgery
Orthopaedic
Stomal therapy
Wound Management * | Pending
|
Community Health | Practice Nursing
School Health
Indigenous Health
Sexual Health | Drug Formulary |
Critical Care | Intensive care liaison | Drug Formulary |
Diabetes | | Drug Formulary |
Drug and Alcohol | | Drug Formulary |
Emergency Care | | Drug Formulary |
Family Health | Women’s Health
Men’s Health
Adolescent Health
Maternal and Child Health
Lactation and infant feeding | Drug Formulary |
Gastroenterology | | Pending |
Aged Care | | Pending |
Maternity Care
| (must be an endorsed midwife for endorsement as a nurse practitioner in this category)
| Drug Formulary |
Mental Health | Aged persons Mental Health
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Adult Mental Health
Forensic Health | Drug Formulary |
Neonatal Care | | Pending |
Neurological Care | Neurosurgery
Stroke services | Pending |
Oncology/Haematology Care | | Pending |
Opthamology | | Pending |
Paediatric Care | | Drug Formulary |
Palliative Care | | Drug Formulary |
Pain Management | | Pending |
Peri-operative Care | Day procedure
Peri-anaesthetic care
Intra-operative care | Pending |
Renal Care | Chronic Kidney Disease
Renal replacement therapies
Urology | Drug Formulary |
Rural and Remote | | Drug Formulary |
* Wound Management | | Drug Formulary
|
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