Provide professional leadership for rural nurses. Inform rural policy, planning and service delivery. The Association aims to unify nurses working in rural settings and to promote liaison between them and other rural and remote nursing associations. The official voice of the Association is the Australian Journal of Rural Health which is published on a quarterly basis. The Journal aims to increase networking amongst rural health professionals by the publication of papers related to rural health.
Members also receive a newsletter published quarterly.
Provide a forum for the interchange and dissemination of knowledge and information between rural health workers by forming links with appropriate professional organisations. Foster professional interaction between all rural health and nursing and to provide a vehicle for the publication of this research. Facilitate professional and personal development through on-going education for rural nurses and other rural health professionals. Seek to encourage equitable representation of rural based nurses on relevant committees and other decision making bodies in respect to rural health. The origins of the Association dates back to 1991, when a member of the Department of Nursing at the University of New England, Armidale, decided to float the idea of an association for rural nurses.