Core components of the rural nurse specialist role in New Zealand

Ms Jennie Bell

qualifications: Masters of Nursing

contribution: original concept, literature review, collected data, input data, statistical analysis, wrote the first draft, contributed to drafts

position: Registered Nurse

New Zealand

I am a nurse practitioner working in a rural base hospital on the West Coast of New Zealand. I am interested in rural nursing and interprofessional collaboration.

Ruth Crawford

qualifications: PhD

contribution: supervised data collection, contributed to drafts

position: Principal Lecturer

Kathy Holloway

qualifications: DN

contribution: supervised data collection, contributed to drafts

position: Director