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Nurses working in rural and remote areas are recognised as being highly resourceful in the health services area. Due to a general shortage of general practitioners and allied health professionals working in small rural areas, some health services depend heavily on the work of rural nurses.
Follow the links below to find information about rural nurses and nursing.
Updated February 2009
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Nurse Scholarship Program
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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The Nurse Scholarship Program offers incentives to individuals wishing to pursue or build on a career in rural or remote area nursing and to nurses wishing to re-enter the nursing workforce anywhere in Australia.
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Nov 2008
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Report on the Audit of Health Workforce in Rural and Regional Australia
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Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
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This report provides information gathered in the audit of the health workforce in rural and remote Australia. It investigates the number and distribution of the health workforce, specifically doctors, nurses and other health professionals, currently working in rural and regional Australia, describes the current workforce supply and identifies where health workforce shortages exist.
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Apr 2008
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gettin em n keepin em
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Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
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This report by the Indigenous Nursing Education Working Group for the Commonwealth focusses on the inclusion of indigenous health in nursing curricula and recruitment and retention of indigenous nurses in the workforce.
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Sep 2002
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