The 20-year-old nursing student dreams of travelling and delivering disaster relief and medical care all over the world, and found it a shock to the system to be limited to her own home for much of her first year of nursing at the University of Tasmania.

However, thanks to a scholarship with the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Ms Bell got to enjoy an "eye-opening" week this year gaining hands-on experience while her classmates stayed buried in their books.

"The RFDS offered up a week of work experience," she said.

"Getting out in the rural community has been really good, it's been such a whirlwind of a year.

"It really opened my eyes to see how what I learnt in my first year applied, and how it's really important to link all of these health services together."

Ms Bell spent time at the RFDS base in Launceston, as well as time in Deloraine and Scottsdale.

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"Mental health is so big out there," she said.

"I was working with physios, but it was interesting to see how all the health services work together and just how much RFDS provides.

"It really widened my scope of all the different avenues I can go down, you can't just limit yourself to a hospital."

Ms Bell also received $5000 to go towards her studies as part of the scholarship from construction company Fairbrother.

"I bought a stethoscope and some textbooks, which was a huge help," she said.

"I'm so thankful to both Fairbrother and the Royal Flying Doctors."

Ms Bell said she was looking forward to working as a nurse, and potentially studying to become a paramedic in the future.

"It's a great way to give back," she said.

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