Nomusa is a Zimbabwean born Nurse Practitioner and Credentialed Mental Health Nurse specialising in Alcohol and Other Drugs and Mental Health, while also having extensive primary care experience in mental-health care and forensics. She completed her Bachelor’s Degree of Nursing in 2007 in New Zealand, followed by a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health Sciences (specialisation AOD). In 2010, she moved to Swan Hill where she continued her career as a nurse in a rural community health setting. She then furthered her education with a Postgraduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing and then later completed (2021) a Masters of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner). Nomusa values a compassionate and collaborative approach to working with her clients, using a trauma-informed approach that is holistically responsive to her client’s unique needs and strengths. Her theoretical practice includes a strong interest in Motivational Interviewing together with Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT). Her nursing practice aims to combine high-standards of physical health assessment, with a flexible and friendly therapeutic-rapport that enables her clients to also feel comfortable to disclose and discuss their psychosocial needs. Nomusa values working collaboratively with other qualified prescribers and practitioners to enable her client’s to achieve the best treatment outcomes. She currently works as a nurse practitioner in Bendigo, where she has continued her nursing experience in community-health centres, correctional-health facilities and residential AOD detox. Nomusa values participation in ongoing professional development that increases nurse-practioner’s skills in comprehensive mental-health assessments, diagnostic testing, and dual-diagnosis treatment plans. In 2023, she received an award from Drug and Alcohol Nurses Australasia at their annual conference, in recognition of her mentoring trainee nurses. She also has a strong interest in community development for women from a Zimbabwean cultural background.
Nomusa is a Zimbabwean born Nurse Practitioner and Credentialed Mental Health Nurse specialising in Alcohol and Other Drugs and Mental Health, while also having extensive primary care experience in mental-health care and forensics. She completed her Bachelor’s Degree of Nursing in 2007 in New Zealand, followed by a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health Sciences (specialisation AOD). In 2010, she moved to Swan Hill where she continued her career as a nurse in a rural community health setting. She then furthered her education with a Postgraduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing and then later completed (2021) a Masters of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner). Nomusa values a compassionate and collaborative approach to working with her clients, using a trauma-informed approach that is holistically responsive to her client’s unique needs and strengths. Her theoretical practice includes a strong interest in Motivational Interviewing together with Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT). Her nursing practice aims to combine high-standards of physical health assessment, with a flexible and friendly therapeutic-rapport that enables her clients to also feel comfortable to disclose and discuss their psychosocial needs. Nomusa values working collaboratively with other qualified prescribers and practitioners to enable her client’s to achieve the best treatment outcomes. She currently works as a nurse practitioner in Bendigo, where she has continued her nursing experience in community-health centres, correctional-health facilities and residential AOD detox. Nomusa values participation in ongoing professional development that increases nurse-practioner’s skills in comprehensive mental-health assessments, diagnostic testing, and dual-diagnosis treatment plans. In 2023, she received an award from Drug and Alcohol Nurses Australasia at their annual conference, in recognition of her mentoring trainee nurses. She also has a strong interest in community development for women from a Zimbabwean cultural background.
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