2024 year in review for Queensland nursing
Our year in review highlights the efforts of our nursing profession.
We worked alongside partners in the public and private sector, international and national regulatory bodies, professional associations, academic, education and industrial sectors.
Read our Office of the Chief Nurse Officer - 2024 year in review (PDF 1071 kB)
Nursing guidelines and information
Information and business planning frameworks for nurses working in different settings.
| Title | Year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Business planning framework (PDF 3152 kB) | 2021 | A framework for how we manage nursing and midwifery staffing and workloads to meet the needs of Queenslanders. |
| Business planning framework - emergency department addendum (PDF 1484 kB) | 2018 | How to apply the business planning framework in an emergency department. |
| Business planning framework - maternity services addendum (PDF 4277 kB) | 2025 | How to apply the business planning framework in maternity services. |
| Business planning framework - mental health services addendum (PDF 676 kB) | 2012 | How to apply the business planning framework in mental health services. |
| Business planning framework - paediatric setting addendum (PDF 2391 kB) | 2018 | How to apply the business planning framework in a paediatric setting. |
| Business planning framework - perioperative services addendum (PDF 2488 kB) | 2012 | How to apply the business planning framework in perioperative settings. |
| Business planning framework - primary and community health and public health services addendum (PDF 744 kB) | 2012 | How to apply the business planning framework in primary, community and public health services. |
| Business planning framework - prison health services addendum (PDF 1119 kB) | 2019 | How to apply the business planning framework in prison health services. |
| Business planning framework - remote setting addendum (PDF 2241 kB) | 2018 | How to apply the business planning framework in a remote setting. |
| Business planning framework - rural setting addendum (PDF 2392 kB) | 2018 | How to apply the business planning framework in a rural setting. |
| Clinical supervision framework for Queensland nurses and midwives (PDF 1988 kB) | 2021 | A framework for how we manage clinical supervision for nurses and midwives. |
| Early career nursing and midwifery retention strategy (PDF 2835 kB) | 2023 | A strategy for supporting our nursing and midwifery staff to build a sustainable workforce for the future. |
| Guide for university-industry integration (PDF 662 kB) | 2021 | A guide for professionals in nursing and midwifery education who want to create or improve partnerships between universities and the healthcare sector. |
| Immunisation programs - registered nurses - Medicines and Poisons Act 2019 fact sheet (PDF 219 kB) | 2021 | Explains the rules on extended practice authority for nurses giving vaccines. |
| Nurse navigators information sheet (PDF 461 kB) | 2019 | Explains the nurse navigator model of care. |
| Nurse-to-patient ratios information sheet (PDF 461 kB) | 2016 | Minimum nurse to patient ratios in Queensland public hospitals. |
| Rural and isolated practice - registered nurses - Medicines and Poisons Act 2019 (PDF 655 kB) fact sheet | 2021 | Explains the rules on how nurses in rural and remote areas of Queensland can use medicines. |