Disciplines and Occupations

Rural Nursing

A branch of nursing requiring generalist training with specialty knowledge in crisis assessment and management in all subdisciplines of nursing. Rural nursing practices often include geographical and social distance concepts in delivery of health care.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

A branch of nursing requiring generalist training with specialty knowledge in crisis assessment and management in all subdisciplines of nursing. Rural nursing practices often include geographical and social distance concepts in delivery of health care.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Remote Rural Nursing
  • Nursing, Remote Rural
  • Nursing, Rural
  • Rural Nursing, Remote

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Aspects Covered

11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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History Note

2014

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NLM Classification

WY 106

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Rural Nursing. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D064694. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D064694
  2. Rural Nursing. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69957073