Nurses in Rural and Remote Areas

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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Title:   Media release. More GP and midwife training support means more choice for Australian mothers
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   From 1 July, midwives and GPs, particularly those in rural and remote Australia, will get more support under an Australian Government initiative to provide safe, quality maternity care to Australian women.
Date:   Jun 2009

Title:   Nurse Scholarship Program
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   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.
Date:   Nov 2008

Title:   Report on the Audit of Health Workforce in Rural and Regional Australia
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   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.
Date:   Apr 2008

Title:   gettin em n keepin em
Publisher:   Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   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.
Date:   Sep 2002
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