Our Story

RuralRN was created out of lived experience, not theory.

It began in small emergency departments where help doesn’t arrive quickly, where you are often the only registered nurse on shift, and where the decisions you make in the first minutes can change everything. It began in places where there is no respiratory therapist down the hall, no physician in the building overnight, and no margin for hesitation.

Our founder has spent decades working across emergency departments, critical care units, remote clinics, and transport environments in both Canada and the United States. Over time, one truth became impossible to ignore:

Rural and remote nurses are expected to manage high-acuity emergencies with fewer resources, yet most education is designed for urban settings.

RuralRN exists to close that gap.

We build practical, realistic education that reflects what rural and remote nurses actually face: limited staffing, delayed transport, aging equipment, unpredictable environments, and the responsibility of acting first, often alone.