e-Rural online

Welcome to a jammed packed edition of e-Rural. Here are some of the topics covered in this week’s edition.
· Forget swine flu: dengue is spreading
· Swine flu cases top 1000 worldwide, warnings of second wave: WHO
· Australia facing 'dementia avalanche'
· Mental illness soars as global crisis hits
· NT intervention 'causing racism'
The Rural Nursing and Midwifery Faculty also offers an online training program to assist rural nurses and midwives in increasing their IT practice skills. It is a nominal fee-for-service training program which participants will be able to complete at work and/or home.
Thanks to Jackie Poyser, Rural Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Project Officer, Royal College of Nursing, Australia (RCNA)