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 pracititioners 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.

Reviewed November 2007

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Title:   Media release. Tough measures against Gippsland nursing home - protecting frail and aged residents
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Department of Health and Ageing has imposed tough sanctions on Lakes Entrance Aged Care Facility in the East Gippsland region of Victoria - following the identification of serious risk to residents involving the provision of care to residents, particularly in medication management.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Media release. Rudd Government improves help for women with breast cancer
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Rudd Government is investing $43 million to support women with breast cancer - delivering new breast cancer nurses to rural and regional areas and providing a subsidy of up to $400 for breast prostheses through Medicare Australia.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Media release. Feros Village extension boosts aged care accommodation on NSW Far North Coast
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   With about 16 per cent of people in the Far North Coast of NSW aged over 65, the Minister for Ageing, Mrs Justine Elliot, has welcomed the opening of a major new extension to the Feros Village aged care facility at Bangalow today.
Date:   Aug 2008
Title:   Media release. Minister's statement on Edgarley Hostel/Edgarley Home in rural Victoria
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Statement on Edgarley Hostel/Edgarley Home in rural Victoria
Date:   Jun 2008
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:   Dec 2007
Title:   Support for rural health professionals
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Information on a range of rural health workforce support initiatives.
Date:   Oct 2007
Title:   Media release. Another boost for rural health education in Lismore
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   A new $1.1 million lecture theatre and administration building at the Northern Rivers University Department of Rural Health (NRUDRH) in Lismore opened on 16 April will help give about 400 students a year the opportunity to train in a rural setting while providing extra clinical services to the community.
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   Nursing initiatives - the benefits
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The number of nurses in the workforce is being increased by Australian Government initiatives costing many millions of dollars. These initiatives are already improving the supply, distribution and quality of the nursing workforce.
Date:   Oct 2005
Title:   Medical workforce: the improvements
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   Australian Government initiatives are strengthening the medical workforce. This is improving delivery of health care, particularly in areas where there are shortages of doctors and nurses.
Date:   Oct 2005
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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