Community Nursing Care
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Community Nursing Care
Community nursing is a clinical service. It requires appropriate assessment, nursing judgement, documentation and clear escalation pathways. Care of Australia approaches nursing as a defined professional function rather than an extension of general in-home assistance.
The Service
A defined professional nursing function.
Community nursing requires appropriate assessment, nursing judgement, documentation and clear escalation pathways.
Included Support
What this service can include
Nursing interventions remain within professional scope, organisational capability and funded arrangements.
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Nursing assessment relevant to the agreed service and the participant's needs.
02
Wound care within the nurse's scope and available clinical information.
03
Continence-related nursing assessment and care within scope.
04
Medication-related nursing assistance where clinically appropriate and authorised.
05
Post-discharge nursing assistance and monitoring within the agreed care plan.
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General nursing interventions that are within the nurse's professional scope, organisational capability and the participant's funded arrangements.
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Communication with relevant health professionals or authorised representatives where consent and clinical need require it.
How We Approach It
Clinical information before delivery.
A nursing intake considers the clinical task, current orders or care plans,
treating-team information, equipment, infection risks, medication requirements,
escalation criteria and whether the requested intervention can be delivered
safely in the home.
Who This May Suit
Community-based nursing interventions.
Participants requiring community-based nursing interventions that are within Care of Australia's current clinical capability and the nurse's professional scope.
Quality, Safety & Accountability
Qualified personnel and clear escalation.
Nursing services are allocated to appropriately qualified personnel. Clinical
changes are documented and escalated. Emergency or acute medical needs are
not substituted with routine community nursing.
Important service note
Care of Australia confirms nursing capacity case by case. Services requiring high-acuity, specialist or continuous clinical care are only accepted where the organisation has the required capability, workforce and approved scope.
NDIS Registration Group
Community Nursing Care
Discuss your service needs
Tell us what assistance you are looking for, where you live and what matters most in the arrangement. We will review the request against your needs, our current capability and service availability, then explain the next step clearly.
Discuss your service needs