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Benefits and Challenges of Rural Nursing 

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Benefits and Challenges of Rural Nursing 

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Benefits:

1. Community Connection: Develop strong connections with their communities, fostering a sense of closeness and trust.

2. Diverse Roles: Have a broader scope of practice, engaging in various roles due to limited healthcare resources.

3. Autonomy: Increased autonomy in decision-making and patient care due to the smaller healthcare teams.

4. Professional Growth: Professional growth and need to adapt and learn various skills.

Challenges:

1. Limited Resources: Lack advanced medical equipment and specialized services, posing challenges in patient care.

2. Isolation: Professional and personal isolation due to fewer colleagues and limited access to support networks.

3. Transportation Issues: Traveling long distances to reach patients or healthcare facilities can be a logistical challenge in rural areas..

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Benefits and Challenges of Rural Nursing

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Benefits and Challenges of Rural Nursing

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Benefits: Having opportunities to practice a variety of skills rather than having a more “focused” practice like in urban facilities. Strong professional relationships between patient and interdisciplinary team due to small town and a smaller facility.

Challenges: Lack of resources ex: critical patients need to be sent to a larger more equipped facility. Limited community supports, especially for patients without transportation or a means of travelling. Maintaining professional boundaries ex: most people in small towns are interconnected so patient confidentiality is crucial!!!

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Benefits and challenges of being a rural nurse

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Benefits and challenges of being a rural nurse

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Benefits: increased freedom and independence in scope of practice for the rural nurse due to the lack of doctors and other qualified/specialized healthcare professionals.

Challenges: lack of support and resources, the rural nurse may feel that they are on their own a lot of the time when dealing with complex health issues

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Benefits and challenges of rural nursing

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Benefits and challenges of rural nursing

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Benefits: broader scope of practice, wide range of skills, lots of learning opportunities, being close with community members, knowing the other members of healthcare,

Challenges: being isolated with limited resources, lack of support, lack of funding, staffing challenges, lack of technology, shortage of healthcare members

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Benefits and Challenges of Nursing work in Rural Communities

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Benefits and Challenges of Nursing work in Rural Communities

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Benefits

·       Close-knit community (easy communication)

·       Continuity of care

Challenges

·       Lack of funding for health institutions for regular maintenance and repair

·       Getting important equipment shipped to the institution

·       Transportation to the health institution (for staff and patients)

·       Retention of staff members, or filling all open positions

·       Conflicts of interest if family members or friends of staff members are seeking care within the health institution
·       Long lengths of stay (due to inaccessibility of community health resources, such as wound care, home care to assist with personal care, no availability at LTC)

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Benefits and Challenges of Rural nursing:

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Benefits and Challenges of Rural nursing:

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Benefits: Strong sense of community, Larger scope of practice, increased autonomy, job security, work-life balance, strong collaboration within interdisciplinary healthcare team.
Challenges: Limited resources, isolation, long commutes, cultural differences, staffing challenges, limited amenities, emergency situations, lack of support.

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Pros and Cons of Nursing in a Rural Setting

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Pros and Cons of Nursing in a Rural Setting

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Pros: Building strong relationships with patients and interdisciplinary team members, knowing the challenges within the community first-hand, extended scope of practice (more autonomy).
Cons: Lack of resources available to provide adequate and patient-specific care, lack of funding to improve facilities, low retention rates, additional risks (e.g.; wild animals, weather)

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Benefits: knowing specific community needs and cultural practices. Creating therapeutic relationships with clients who are the same over the years. Getting to know specific needs
Challenges: resources and support. Finding new workers after retirement thus care providers work well after retirement. Can’t get new innovations and using older ways of practice due to rurality and proximity.

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Benefits and Challenges of Rural Setting Nursing

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Benefits and Challenges of Rural Setting Nursing

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Benefits: Close community. Strong therapeutic relationships. Opportunity to advocate for your own community. Understanding the challenges within the community and additional support required. Using full scope of practice.
Challenges: Lack of resources and support. Fewer educational opportunities (ex. courses). Staff retention. Commuting especially in bad weather.

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Benefits: working in and with communities, long-term therapeutic connections with clients, opportunity to make community change, opportunity to know people holistically and therefore treat them holistically
Challenges: limited resources, limited support staff, confidentiality, treating neighbours and friends, keeping up with training and skills

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Benefits and challenges of practising in a rural setting.

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Benefits and challenges of practising in a rural setting.

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Benefit: smaller community, get to know people better, change in pace, challenged to find adaptive ways of doing things, possible extended scope of practice
Challenges: Lack of resources, frustration of being unable to provide care needed (especially when time sensitive), boundaries, continuously seeing inequitable access to services