Regional health services will benefit when 20 students who have completed the three-year Bachelor of Nursing degree at the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Indigenous Health at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Dubbo are farewelled at a special morning tea on Monday 10 October. Ms Lyn Croxon, course coordinator for the Bachelor of Nursing in Dubbo, said “These 20 students are among a larger cohort of 122 students graduating from the School across the University this semester. The students have just returned to the campus after a four-week placement focussing on the transition to practice as a Registered Nurse, and they received invaluable support from the staff in the various hospitals in which they undertook their clinical placements. They are now are eligible to register with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulatory Authority. While the recent clinical placements were in Dubbo, Bathurst, and Sydney, other placements at smaller facilities in the region over the past three years contributed greatly to the students’ education and understanding of the modern health system. The University thanks all the staff at these regional health settings for their support of our programs, as the clinical element is an integral component of the course.”