With the training to diagnose, test, prescribe and discharge, nurse practitioners could help rescue rural health
- Written by: Jane Mills, Professor and Dean La Trobe Rural Health School, La Trobe University
ShutterstockIt can be tough to access front-line health care outside the cities and suburbs. For the seven million Australians living in rural communities there are significant challenges in accessing health care due to serious workforce shortages, geographic isolation and socioeconomic disadvantage. This results in rural people having poorer...
