Victoria's 7000th Nurse Welcomed

Victoria's public hospitals and public aged care services now employ 28,418 nurses – an all-time record and over 7000 more than were employed in June 1999.

These extra nurses are one of the main reasons we will this year admit an additional 300,000 patients in Victorian hospitals and provide them with a higher level of care.

The Bracks Government has worked hard to make nursing an attractive career again and to make public hospitals great places to work, through initiatives such as the introduction of electric beds.

More than 2300 nurses and past nurses have accessed funded refresher or re-enter programs to assist them to come back into the workforce.

And more than 1200 scholarships have been offered to nurses wishing to undertake postgraduate studies in areas where there are shortages such as Critical Care and Mental Health.