Remote Area Nurse
Encyclopedia
- For the television series, see RAN Remote Area Nurse (television) series.
A Remote Area Nurse serves as a primary health care worker (nurse) in remote areas of Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, where population density and remoteness precludes the provision of permanent doctor
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
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The RAN can call on medical help from the established hospital system or the Flying Doctor Service.