Training for nurses
This section details training opportunities available for nurses providing sexual health services and/or care to people with HIV/AIDS or Hepatitis C.
Please note that the training courses below may have been developed by other States, Territories or professional organisations, and therefore the policy and/or legislative content may not be applicable to the Queensland setting.
Sexual Health Nursing Scholarship
Established in 2005, the Queensland Health Sexual Health Nursing Scholarship Program aims to provide opportunities for registered nurses in Queensland wishing to work in the field of sexual health to undergo clinical placements and gain endorsement with the Queensland Nursing Council.
Sexual health
- Masters of Advanced Practice (Sexual Health)/Graduate Certificate in Sexual Health, Griffith University
- Education Update for Sexual Health Nurses, UQ
- Princess Alexandra Hospital Sexual Health Training Program (being revised), Queensland Health
- Sexually Transmissible Infections and blood-borne viruses - Online education for primary health care nurses, Australasian Society for HIV Medicine. This course costs $28.00.
- STI e-learning: A resource for health professionals, Edith Cowan University, WA
- Family Planning Queensland
- Clinical Aspects of Sexual & Reproductive Health, FPQ
- Introduction to Sexual & Reproductive Health Theory, FPQ
- Issues in Contraception Seminar, FPQ
- Pap Smear Provider Module, FPQ
- Sexual & Reproductive Health Clinical Attachment Module, FPQ
- Helping People with Sexual Problems, FPQ.
HIV/AIDS
Hepatitis C
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