Expanding on your skills and knowledge is essential for rural and remote nursing as you will face all kinds of challenges and responsibilities in often isolated settings.
This often requires specialised training that goes beyond your standard nursing education. These are some of the key courses which will help boost your skills and make you eligible for roles in rural and remote settings.
Becoming a remote area nurse
CRANAplus offers a self-paced online module to develop nurses and midwives who are interested in working in rural and remote areas of Australia. This course will challenge your assumptions about what area nursing is, introduce helpful programs and pathways and provide essential knowledge required to thrive in remote areas.
Provider: CRANAplus.
When: Anytime, the course is online.
Course Delivery: Online.
Course Length: Self-paced online course.
Remote Emergency Care (REC)
This course is designed to help you develop the knowledge and skills to respond with confidence to emergency situations and to deliver safe, evidence-based quality care in remote and isolated settings.
Provider: CRANAplus.
When: Generally runs multiple times a month.
Course Delivery: Face-to-face.
Course Length: This course runs for 2 days face-to-face and approximately 13 hours of online study.
Maternity Emergency Care (MEC)
The MEC course enables you, to develop the skills necessary to provide emergency care for expectant mothers and their babies in a rural or remote setting.
Provider: CRANAplus.
When: Generally run multiple times a month.
Course Delivery: Face-to-face.
Course Length: This course runs for 2.5 days face-to-face and approximately 8 hours of online study.
Pharmacotherapeutics:
Offered by the Centre for Remote Health, this course develops knowledge and skills in the use of medications, the risks associated with them, and strategies to increase the benefits and minimise the risks of treatments.
Provider: Centre for Remote Health.
When: Anytime, the course is online.
Course Delivery: Online.
Course Length: 3 months.
Immunisation Course
This course will provide you with the knowledge and skills necessary to safely administer vaccines.
Provider: Health Education Services Australia (HESA).
When: Anytime, the course is online.
Course Delivery: Online.
Course Length: 5 months.
Advanced Life Support (ALS)
Various providers offer the Advanced Life Support (ALS) course, often in one-day or two half-day courses.
It’s best to research and find a course located nearest to you, as the practical assessment should be completed alongside the theory component to fulfil the full course and meet facility requirements.
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Get in touch with our team to learn more about the qualifications and courses we recommend, the application process to become a rural or remote nurse and what the next steps are for you to start your journey.