Strengthening nursing and midwifery capacity in rural New South Wales, Australia

Authors

Karen Francis, Australian Catholic University, St John of God Hospital
Antje D. Badger, Cooma Hospital and Health ServiceFollow
Margaret McLeod, Canberra Hospital and Health Service
Mary Fitzgerald, Charles Sturt University
Angela M. Brown, University of WollongongFollow
Carolyn Staines, Australian Catholic University

RIS ID

110527

Publication Details

Francis, K., Badger, A., McLeod, M., Fitzgerald, M., Brown, A. & Staines, C. (2016). Strengthening nursing and midwifery capacity in rural New South Wales, Australia. Collegian: The Australian Journal of Nursing Practice, Scholarship and Research, 23 (4), 363-366.

Abstract

A small rural health service and two university schools of nursing joined forces to establish a rural clinical school to advance clinical education and research. The collaboration, while in its infancy, has given rise to outcomes that strength the capacity of nursing and midwifery services in the community.