 Recruitment & Retention of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Nursing Students CATSIN will raise the issue of maintaining and increasing the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students into the nursing profession by designating student places specifically for Indigenous people. This will require achieving commitment from: * all faculties of nursing. * the chief nursing officer/adviser in each state. * Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and educational organisations at local, state and national levels. * The ATSI Health Branch / office / unit in each state, each state minister for health and federal health minister. Universities must work together with CATSIN and other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations to make recommendations on the development and implementation strategies and policies on the recruitment and retention of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in nursing. An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person is to be employed in all nursing faculties to support students. Bridging programs must be developed and made available to all prospective indigenous nursing students. Universities and OATSIHS are urged to examine the feasibility of distance learning in remote and rural communities, and opportunity to complete practical requirements in hospitals and communities for indigenous or non-Indigenous nursing students to gain practical experience as part of the curriculum. Long term strategies must be developed and implemented in all states which will facilitate the articulation of nursing education for Aboriginal Health Workers into nursing, particularly in rural/remote programs into nursing. 
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