Research makes clear nurses need support and experience to enter rural specialty

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Research makes clear nurses need support and experience to enter rural specialty

Emma Dillon and Deb Bailey Lawson at the National Rural Health Conference
Rural Nurses New Zealand chair Emma Dillon and rural nurse specialist Deb Bailey Lawson presented at the National Rural Health Conference

NATIONAL RURAL HEALTH CONFERENCE

Around 400 people – GPs, practice nurses, nurse practitioners, PHO and DHB officials and managers, politicians and NGO representatives attended the National Rural Health Conference, hosted by the New Zealand Rural General Practice Network, at the Wairakei Resort near Taupō early this month.

Rural nursing needs to be recognised as a career in its own right with the support of training and supervision, according to research highlighted at t