Becoming a remote area nurse: essential knowledge

This mod­ule does not pro­duce a cer­tifi­cate.

This reflec­tive mod­ule has been devel­oped for those nurs­es and mid­wives inter­est­ed in work­ing in the remote and iso­lat­ed areas of Aus­tralia and its Ter­ri­to­ries, particularly:

• Nurs­ing and mid­wifery students
• Nurs­es and mid­wives at any career stage con­sid­er­ing tran­si­tion­ing to rur­al or remote area practice
• Nurs­es and mid­wives con­sid­er­ing or under­tak­ing short-term agency con­tracts in rur­al or remote areas. 

It chal­lenges com­mon assump­tions about remote area nurs­ing, intro­duces help­ful pro­grams and path­ways, and pro­vides the essen­tial knowl­edge required to thrive in remote health practice.