Partnerships in practice: Shaping an Australian urban‐rural graduate nursing programme

Coulon, Lyn; Heazlewood, Ian; Leigh, C.; Hardy, Joy; Joyce, Patrick

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“…It has been argued tbat rural practice may push nurses to the limit of their training and initial preparation. Evidence shows that registered nurses often have inappropriate preparatory training for nursing practice in rural areas, difficulties in access to further training, and that authorities often fail to provide cost-effective education for rural health professionals including nurses (Coulon et al 1993). The majority of students of nursing in Australia are educated in metropolitan-based tertiary institutions and undertake their undergraduate clinical practice experience in metropolitan bealth facilities.…”

Section: Nursing Stressorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Nursing research has also been identified as an issue in rural nursing in Australia. Hanson & Hilde (1989, in Coulon et al 1993) suggest that ... the research potential ofthe rural health care system is, for the most part, an untapped resource.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Anderson & Kimber (1991 p. 21) define rural nursing as 'the practice of professional nursing within the physical and socio-cultural context of sparsely populated communities'. While this definition has been used by others (see, for example, Coulon et al 1993) it does not distinguish between nurses in remote and rural areas. Kreger (1991) describes rural nurses as nurses who provide health services in rural locations, that is, areas where there is only one medical practitioner within easy access.…”

Section: Nursesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A study of the educational and research priorities of registered nurses in rural Australia

Bell

Daly

Chang

1997

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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This study set out to identify the educational and research priorities of registered nurses practising in rural and remote areas of Australia. It included two groups of participants, one which identified as rural and another which identified as remote. The findings for the rural cohort in the study are presented in this article. Research participants represented a national sample. The Delphi method was used to obtain the most reliable consensus of the nurse participants. In the final phase of the study, 13 high priorities were identified. Study findings highlight perceived needs for clinical nursing research and continuing education for nurses practising in rural Australia.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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A study of the educational and research priorities of registered nurses in rural Australia

Bell

Daly

Chang

1997

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…In addition, the importance for rural nurses to engage in research has been recognized (Coulon et al. 1993; Owens 1993; Bell, Daly and Chang 1997).…”

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Why 4 years when 3 will do? Enhanced knowledge for rural nursing practice

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In Australia, debates over the appropriate length of undergraduate nursing programs have a long history. Submissions from both universities and industry to key government reports have consistently argued that the current minimum entry level of practice, a three-year program, is too short to enable students to gain the knowledge and skills necessary for the contemporary nursing role. Despite these submissions, the established entry level for nursing practice in Australia remains a three-year undergraduate bachelor degree. However, there is a small group of high-achieving students who will begin practice at the end of a four-year program. Little is known about these programs, or the students who are currently enrolled in them. Designed as a collaborative endeavour, based on co-operative inquiry, the study discussed in this article aimed to provide an insight into aspects of a four-year undergraduate nursing program. Potentially, the broader theoretical and clinical preparation that is possible in a four-year program provides students with enhanced learning opportunities that will enable them to graduate with more confidence and greater ability. In this study a four-year program provided an opportunity for a regional university to prepare students for the demanding realities of a complex area of practice, rural nursing.

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Critical care nurses: Professional development in the private sector

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2002

Australian Critical Care

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Partnerships in practice: Shaping an Australian urban‐rural graduate nursing programme

Cited by 3 publications

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A study of the educational and research priorities of registered nurses in rural Australia

A study of the educational and research priorities of registered nurses in rural Australia

Why 4 years when 3 will do? Enhanced knowledge for rural nursing practice

Critical care nurses: Professional development in the private sector

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