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To practice effectively in rural and remote areas, nurses must have an understanding of the context of practice and the socio-cultural and geographic features that affect health and health care provision in rural and remote communities. A knowledge of the political contexts, legal implications of advanced nursing practice, cultural safety and safe practice and environment principles are required skills for nurses providing care to rural/remote clientele, inclusive of Indigenous Australians and non-English speaking background individuals throughout the world.

This course contains three modules of study which provide registered nurses with a detailed exploration of the context of rural and remote area practice. This course includes professional practice contexts; an awareness of cultural safety principles, and the primary health care and public health approaches to rural and remote area health care delivery.

On successful completion of this course students should be able to:

1. Critically assess the effects of health policy and health service provision on the health and wellbeing of rural and remote peoples and nursing practice in rural and remote areas;
2. Critically analyse the influence of biophysical and socio-cultural contexts of rural and remote communities, on the health and wellbeing of people living in these communities;
3. Evaluate theories of culture as they relate to multicultural health care provision;
4. Utilise knowledge of cultural issues and their impact on individuals, groups and communities when providing health care;
5. Synthesise concepts such as social determinants of health, optimising outcomes and improving quality of life for people experiencing chronic disease.