A National Organization for Rural Nursing – an idea whose time has come!

From time to time Canadian rural nurses have discussed the possibility of creating a national interest group for rural and remote nurses. In 2002, a group of Canadian nurses with a sincere interest in rural and remote nursing determined that work needed to be done to make this possibility a reality. Over the course of two years, the small group of nurses implemented a variety of strategies to connect with rural and remote nurses across Canada to assess and generate interest with nurse colleagues for a national group that would connect nurses practicing in rural and remote settings.

In 2003, the Canadian Association for Rural and Remote Nursing (CARRN) achieved emerging group status under the auspices of the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) and held the first general meeting in June 2004. In late 2004, CARRN received affiliate group status and now has a membership of over 125 nurses from across the country – from sea to sea to sea.

The purpose of the Canadian Association for Rural and Remote Nursing is to serve as a voice for and to represent rural and remote nurses in Canada. In addition, the aim of the Association is to advance this unique specialty of rural and remote nursing practice through recognition, research and education, and thereby influence rural and remote health policy.

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CME Course on Infectious Disease Outbreaks

Developed by ID specialists and public health experts across Canada, the Infectious Disease Outbreaks: Tools and strategies for front-line clinicians course is designed to help front-line clinicians protect themselves, their families and their communities against ID outbreaks. Targeted to nurses, nurse practitioners, outpost nurses, family doctors, emergency physicians, paediatricians, the course focuses on prevention and control, screening, diagnosis and treatment strategies and practices, including:

* Roles and responsibilities of national, provincial and local authorities, including laboratories.
* Duty of work.
* Practice adjustments.
* Where to go to obtain information with links to national, provincial and territorial information and guidelines.