Volume 3, Number 1, Spring 2003

Table of Contents

Columns

Letter from the Editor PDF
Jeri Dunkin 1
Hello from Western Canada! PDF
Kathy Crooks 2-4
Rural and Remote Area Nursing: An Australian Perspective PDF
Desley Hegney 5-7
Rural Practice Forum PDF
Bette Ide 8-9
Continuing Education in the Journal PDF
Marietta Stanton 10
Cost and Performance Issues: Factors Rural Nurse Managers Consider When Make Staffing Decisions Similar to Nurse Managers in Other Hospital Settings PDF
Melondie Carter 11-12
Guest Column: What Was It Like Down There PDF
Laura Terriquez-Kasey 13

Research Articles

Depression in Rural Hospice Family Caregivers Abstract PDF
Christie Ladner, Norma G. Cuellar 14-27
Developing Cultural Competence in Rural Nursing Abstract PDF
Lindsay Lake Morgan, Sally J. Reel 28-37
A Comparison Study of Urban and Small Rural Hospitals Financial and Economic Performance Abstract PDF
Mustafa Z. Younis 38-48




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