title: What do graduate registered nurses want from jobs in rural/remote Australian communities?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore and describe the needs of new graduate registered nurses in a rural and remote (R&R) setting within Australia.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Rural practice has distinctive challenges for nurses. Nurses make up the largest and most widely distributed health workforce in Australia, outnumbering doctors 8:1 in R&R areas.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Literature was used to evaluate the graduate registered nurses' needs in R&R communities.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Three main themes emerged: expectations, support and workloads. Themes reflected enablers and disablers of retention of nurses as they transition from student role to new graduate practice.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  New graduates are aware of their limitations as new practitioners. There is an expectation that their employers will provide a supportive learning environment for them to gain the skills necessary to become proficient and valuable employees.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This commentary paper identifies the need for a structured, supported new graduate programme that recognizes and meets the needs, both clinical and social, of new graduate registered nurses in the R&R context.
authors.affiliation: Corrindah Court, Broken Hill University Department of Rural Health, PO Box 457, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia 2880. pbennett@gwahs.health.nsw.gov.au
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: Veronica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Barlow
authors.forename: Janie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001315:Australia; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D020380:Needs Assessment; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012944:Social Support; D016526:Workload