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Recruitment of nurses
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Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada
56 Sparks Street, Suite 502
Ottawa, Ontario, K1P 5A9
Tel: 1-866-724-3049
Fax: (613) 724-4718
E-mail: info@anac.on.ca
Internet: http://www.anac.on.ca/

Canadian Association for Rural and Remote Nursing
E-mail: info@carrn.com
Internet: http://www.carrn.com/

Canadian Nurses Association
50 Driveway,
Ottawa, Ontario K2P 1E2
Tel: (613) 237-2133 or 1-800-361-8404
Fax: (613) 237-3520
E-mail: info@cna-aiic.ca
Internet: http://www.cna-nurses.ca/cna/default_e.aspx

First Nations and Inuit Health - Nursing Employment Opportunities - Health Canada
Office of Nursing Services
First Nations and Inuit Branch
Health Canada
Address Locator 1920C
Jeanne Mance Building
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0K9
Tel: 1-800-267-3367
Internet: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fnih-spni/services/nurs-infirm/empl/
index_e.html

Boulanger, Marion.
My home community: as a First Nations member I always knew my career choice would be based on returning home to work with my people.
Canadian Nurse, March 1998, 94 no. 3 p. 53-4.

The Development of a Multistakeholder Framework/Index of Rurality: Final report to Health Canada Rural and Remote Health Innovations Initiative
Canadian Nurses Association, Canadian Medical Association, Society of Rural Physicians, Canadian Pharmacists Association. February, 2003.
Internet: http://cna-aiic.ca/CNA/documents/pdf/publications/
Final_Report_e.pdf

Krein, S.L.
The employment and use of nurse practitioners and physician assistants by rural hospitals.
The Journal of Rural Health, 1997, 13(1), p. 45-58.

Moulton, Donalee.
Patient's choice: Doctor or nurse practitioner?
Canadian Medical Association Journal, May 2, 2000, 162:1338.
Internet: http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/162/9/1338?maxtoshow=
&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=
choice&searchid=1048191386422_2894&stored_search=
&FIRSTINDEX=0&volume=162&issue=9&journalcode=cmaj

Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care.
The official journal of the Rural Nurse Organization.
Internet: http://www.rno.org/journal/index.php/online-journal

Ryan, Beth.
Rural medicine: What role should nurse practitioners play?
Canadian Medical Association Journal, July 14, 1998, 159:68-9.
Internet: http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/abstract/159/1/68?
maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext
=rural&searchid=1051277237932_917&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=
0&volume=159&issue=1&journalcode=cmaj

Supply and Distribution of Registered Nurses in Rural and Small Town Canada, 2000
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Internet: http://secure.cihi.ca/cihiweb/
dispPage.jsp?cw_page=AR_28_E&cw_topic=28

Way, Daniel, Linda Jones, Bruce Baskerville and Nick Busing.
Primary health care services provided by nurse practitioners and family physicians in shared practice
Canadian Medical Association Journal, October 30, 2001, 165:(9).
Internet: http://www.cmaj.ca/cgi/content/full/165/9/1210?
maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=
&titleabstract=nurse+recruit&searchid=
1051278183328_960&stored_search=&FIRSTINDEX=
10&fdate=1/1/2000&journalcode=cmaj

Worster, Andrew, Arlene Sardo, Christine Thrasher, Christopher Fernandes and Elaine Chemeris.
Understanding the role of nurse practitioners in Canada
Canadian Journal Rural Medicine, 2005, 10(2):(89-94).
Internet: http://www.cma.ca/index.cfm/ci_id/43590/
la_id/1.htm

Australian Rural Nurses and Midwives
The Secretariat
P.O. Box 327
Deakin West ACT 2600
Australia
Internet: http://www.arnm.asn.au/

Rural Nurse Organization
Capstone College of Nursing
University of Alabama
P.O. Box 870358
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0358 USA
E-mail: rno@bama.ua.edu
Internet: http://www.rno.org/