Florence is a free app that provides nurses with data-driven CPD recommendations, an easy way to capture their learning on the go, empowering them to take control of their professional growth. Through their completed CPD, Florence users see their top areas of expertise emerge, compare them to other nurses, and make plans for how they want to grow.

Adjust your ‘Setting’ as you transition through different areas of health care (for example, Aged Care), and your suggested resources will be tailored to that selected setting.

It’s easy to export your CPD as evidence of your learning. Your CPD report is a powerful addition your job applications, showcasing your commitment to professional development, and differentiating you from other graduates.

Florence is free for nurses to use. No subscription needed. No strings attached.

Yes! Florence was created by the Australian Primary Health Care Nursing Association (APNA), and its nurses who understand the real challenges around CPD and professional growth. It has been made in line with APNA’s high standards for nursing professional development, bringing you the same trusted quality and expertise as all APNA services. Our team combines nursing experience with technology to ensure accuracy, reliability, and real-world application.

We take security and privacy seriously. Your data is protected using encryption and other security measures. We will not sell or share your personal information with third parties without your consent. For more details, check out our Privacy Policy.

You can stop using Florence anytime. You can also delete your profile, and your data will be removed in line with our Privacy Policy.

Settings are environments in which you work, but Areas of Expertise are the categories of knowledge. 

Here is the list of Areas of Expertise available in Florence:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

• Adolescent health

• Advance Care Planning

• Advocacy and Safeguarding

• Anaphylaxis and Allergy

• Antenatal care

• Asthma education and management

• Behaviour Change Strategies

• Cardiovascular

• Care planning and coordination

• Child health and development

• Chronic Disease Management

• Clinical procedures

• Clinical Trials

• Cognitive assessments

• Collaboration

• Communication

• Comprehensive Medical Assessment (CMA)

• Conflict management

• Continence

• Cosmetic and dermal therapies

• Crisis Intervention

• Critical thinking

• Cultural awareness

• Cultural diversity

• Data management

• Dermatology/Skin

• Diabetes

• Diagnostic screening

• Digestive health

• Digital health

• Disability

• Documentation

• Ear irrigation/micro suctioning

• Eating disorders

• Emergency/disaster management

• Empathy

• Endocrinology

• Equipment management

• Equipment management

• Ethics

• Exocrine

• Falls assessment and management

• Family and domestic violence

• Family planning/Fertility and sexual health

• First Aid and Emergency Response

• Forensics

• Gastroenterology

• Governance

• Grief and bereavement

• Haematology/Blood

• Health assessment

• Health policy

• Health promotion and education

• Hearing and Audiometry

• Immunisation/Cold chain management

• Immunology

• Incident management/reporting

• Infant Feeding

• Infant screening

• Infection prevention and control

• Infectious diseases

• Infusion management

• Injury assessment and management

• Intrapartum

• Leadership

• Legal

• LGBTQIA+ Health and Support

• Lifestyle behaviour change

• Management/Business Development

• Manual handling

• Mechanical ventilation

• Medication

• Men's health

• Mental health

• Mentorship

• Muscular and joint health

• Negligence

• Negotiation

• Neurodegenerative disorders

• Neurodevelopmental disorders

• Neuroscience

• Nutrition

• Occupational Health

• Oncology

• Oral hygiene

• Pain

• Palliative care

• Pathology

• Pharmacology

• Policy and/or procedure development or review

• Population Health

• Postnatal care

• Preconception

• Quality assurance

• Recall and/or reminder systems

• Reflective Practice

• Refugee and Asylum Seeker Health

• Rehabilitation

• Renal

• Research

• Resilience

• Respiratory

• Risk assessments

• Rural and remote health

• Self-Care

• Sepsis

• Sleep Disorders and Sleep Hygiene

• Stress Management

• Substance/drug use

• Telehealth and remote patient monitoring

• Time management

• Travel health

• Triage

• Vision/Eyes

• Weight assessment/management

• Women's health

• Work Health and Safety

• Wounds