Fair Work Australia has ordered Victorian nurses to stop industrial action in public hospitals from 7:30pm (AEDT).

Commissioner Suzie Jones told the hearing she was satisfied by the evidence given that unprotected industrial action was still occurring and being planned.

She decided to put a stop to the action from this evening until 9:00am on December 12. This includes bed closures and the cancellation of elective surgery.

Fair Work Australia ordered the nurses to suspend industrial action for 90 days on Tuesday night, but the nurses ignored the order.

The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) has until 4:30pm today to inform all members of the Fair Work ruling.

ANF state secretary Lisa Fitzpatrick says the union has accepted the ruling, but has applied to the Federal Court to have the decision reviewed.

The application will be heard in two weeks.

The Victorian Hospitals Industrial Association says it is disappointed the nurses have been banned from further action for only 23 days.

Association spokesman Alec Djoneff says the ANF could decide at its meeting on Monday to take a different course of industrial action.

"We're disappointed that the period of the ban on industrial action is only for a short few weeks," he said.

"We were hoping to align it with the other decision of the commission that prevented industrial action through to the end of February."

Premier Ted Baillieu denies ongoing industrial disputes in Victoria are spiralling out of control.

"There's nothing new in this. The EBAs come, they go," he said.

"We are standing by the basis of our EBA approach; 2.5 per cent plus productivity improvements."