Deakin Rural Health, School of Medicine, Warrnambool, Vic., Australia.
Deakin Rural Health, School of Medicine, Warrnambool, Vic., Australia; and Specialist Physicians Clinic, South West Healthcare, Warrnambool, Vic., Australia.
Aust Health Rev. 2023 Oct;47(5):626-628. doi: 10.1071/AH23098.
Reforms that grow the capabilities of the health workforce are critical to improving outcomes for populations residing in rural and remote areas of Australia. Nurses are central to improving the accessibility of health care for populations in these areas. The Australian Government's recent release of The National Rural and Remote Nursing Generalist Framework 2023-2027 is timely for identifying opportunities to strengthen the rural and remote nursing workforce. Further consideration of how the nursing workforce can be supported to translate aspects of the framework into practice is required. To achieve this, it is necessary to identify strategies to support registered nurses to develop capabilities stipulated within the framework. A logical vehicle for this translation is through the continued support of the Australian Government's Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training program, which includes an established network of 19 University Departments of Rural Health. Leveraging from this national network that is geographically expansive and has a long-term strategic impetus for growing the rural and remote nursing workforce, provides an opportunity for translating aspects of the framework at a national scale.
改革医疗卫生队伍的能力对于改善澳大利亚农村和偏远地区居民的健康状况至关重要。护士是改善这些地区居民获得医疗服务的便利性的核心。澳大利亚政府最近发布了《2023-2027 年全国农村和偏远地区护理通才框架》，为加强农村和偏远地区护理队伍提供了机会。还需要进一步考虑如何支持护理人员将框架的各个方面付诸实践。为此，有必要确定支持注册护士发展框架规定能力的战略。实现这一目标的一个合理途径是继续支持澳大利亚政府的农村卫生多学科培训计划，该计划包括一个由 19 个农村卫生大学系组成的现有网络。利用这个在地理上广泛覆盖并具有长期战略动力来壮大农村和偏远地区护理队伍的全国网络，为在全国范围内翻译框架的各个方面提供了机会。
