title: Tropical nursing
text: # Tropical nursing
  
  Tropical nursing is a nursing specialty predominantly undertaken in tropical and subtropical regions. These regions generally have underdeveloped health services and a lack of essential healthcare staff, including registered nurses and midwives.
  
  ## Recognition of the DipTN
  
  Medecins Sans Frontieres, Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) and the British Red Cross are some of the international agencies that recommend the DipTN.
  
  