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Program of scholarship/workforce initiative |
Aim of program |
Length of program |
Target group |
Number of scholarships/assistance packages |
Value of program/scholarships |
| More Aged Care Nurses
2002-2003 Budget Statement |
To encourage people to
take up or to re-enter nursing in the aged care section |
2002-03 to 2005-06 |
Undergraduate nursing
through rural and regional university campuses
Non-nursing staff to up-skill to RN level.
Postgraduate or continuing professional
development studies with an aged care focus. |
Up to 250 |
$26.3m over four years |
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| Support for Aged Care
Workers 2002-2003 Budget Statement |
To access education,
training or up-skilling opportunities.
Development of long-term National Aged Care Workforce Strategy |
2002-04 to 2005-06 |
Care workers in aged
care in smaller, less viable aged care homes |
Up to 10 000
Assistance with education costs, accommodation and
replacement staff |
$21.2m over four years |
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| Commonwealth Remote
and Rural Scholarship Programs - Undergraduate Scheme |
To improve access to
full-time undergraduate nursing education for remote, rural and
regional students. |
2001-05 |
Remote, rural and
regional students |
110 scholarships per
annum (10 scholarships specifically for Indigenous students) |
$13m over four years -
($10 000 per student per annum) Up to
$5000 for students suffering exceptional (financial) hardship.
Additional $2.1m to support measures associated
with scholarships including mentoring/preceptor programs, additional
financial assistance and cultural awareness training. |
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| Commonwealth Remote
and Rural Scholarship Programs - Post Graduate Scheme |
To assist rural and
remote nurses to build on their knowledge of current clinical issues
and offer opportunities to expand their professional networks. |
Expired June 2002 but
negotiations to continue the program are underway. |
Registered and
enrolled nurses |
Up to $600 000 per
annum |
Amount of scholarship
determined on an individual basis |
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| Commonwealth Remote
and Rural Scholarship Programs - Re-entry and Upskilling Scheme |
To remove some of
the financial barriers to nurses working in rural and remote areas
for re-entry into the non-accute, private sector workforce |
2002-06 |
Registered or
enrolled nurses |
$5.2m over four
years 200 scholarships of $6000 each |
$6000 each |
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| Peggy Hunter Memorial
Scholarship Scheme |
For nursing, medical
and Aboriginal Health Worker students (nursing and medicine only in
2002) |
2002-06 |
Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander students |
44 scholarships over
period of program |
$10 000 per student
per annum, plus up to $5000 per annum to each student as a
disadvantaged supplement. |
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| General Practice
Nurses 2001-2002 Budget statement |
To enable general
practices to employ practice nurses, and for training and professional
support of practice nurses |
2001-05 |
General practices in
areas of high work pressure to employ more nurses |
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$86.6m over four years
to general practices to employ more practice nurses
$12.5m for training and professional support of
practice nurses |
