Core components of the Rural Nurse Specialist role in New Zealand

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Core components of the Rural Nurse Specialist role in New Zealand

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EIT (Eastern Institute of Technology)

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New Zealand has a rural population with unique health needs which were traditionally provided by General Practitioners (GPs) practicing within a rural area (Goodyear & Janes, 2008). The Rural Nurse Specialist (RNS) role developed in response to a decline in GPs in rural areas. The RNS is a registered nurse (RN) with advanced nursing skills, enabling independent and autonomous practice. The RNS role has developed according to local needs leading to limited consistent information regarding the ...

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Research paper

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Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2015

Creator

Bell, Jennie

URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10652/6385

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New Zealand / rural nurses / roles / interviews / Health sciences / Nursing / Nursing workforce / Community and primary care

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