Overview

• Advance your nursing skills in the area of rural, remote and isolated practice.  
• Become a remote area nurse with the expertise required to adapt your practice to the social, cultural and geographic challenges in an isolated health care setting.
• Build your knowledge of the political contexts, legal implications, and the importance of cultural safety while proving advanced nursing care to rural and remote clients.
• Gain the necessary rural and remote nursing training to enhance your clinical decision making for patients who are acutely ill or in an emergency care setting.

Career outcomes

• This masters degree opens up leadership opportunities within the public and private health care sectors. You’ll have the relevant expertise to work in a rural or remote health care setting.
• Your qualifications provide the specialist skills relevant to remote area nurses. You’ll have the qualifications to apply for rural and remote nursing jobs nationwide.