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CRANAplus Fellow Isabelle Skinner on Telehealth’s trajectory
CRANAplus Fellow in Focus Isabelle Skinner, is a nurse midwife turned remote area nurse turned educator. In this summary of her nursing life,...
CRANAcast taster: CRANAcast with Keppel Schafer
In episode 18 of CRANAcast, Keppel Schafer RN, RM and Queensland “country boy at heart” shares his top drawcards of working in remote health, along...
Nursing through the floods in Daly River, NT
“Navigating a moderate flood event in a remote community can be a challenging and eye-opening experience for health-care professionals,” writes...
Floods and Chalkboards in North West Queensland
CRANAplus Member Paul Reeves, Clinical Nurse Coordinator, provides a snapshot of his recent work out in North West Queensland. I am a CNC Remote...
Disaster nursing: expecting the unexpected
Six years ago, when RN Catherine Anne Brewer found out about the terrorist bombing at the Ariana Grande concert in England, she asked herself “What...
Mooditj Leadership Training experience
Holly Fazulla from SHINE SA reflects on a Mooditj Leadership Training course she recently completed in Alice Springs. Now, she’s prepared to deliver...
Encouraging ageing well, with keynote speaker Professor Eddy Strivens
Looking at healthy ageing has been a lifetime’s work for Professor Eddy Strivens, a key speaker at this year’s CRANAplus conference in Cairns in...
Transitioning to remote practice: RANPP participants on their career journeys to date
Midway through 2022, CRANAplus accepted four nurses into its pilot Remote Area Nursing Pathway Program (RANPP). The program attracted interest from...
A CRANAplus Members’ guide on retiring from remote area nursing
Retired rural and remote area nurses Stewart, Karen, June and Tracy share their retirement journeys and discuss transitioning out of the workforce,...
Taking nursing education to remote Australia
Nurses are a mainstay of the rural and remote health workforce, so it’s vital to invest in their professional development. That’s the view of Jason...
Dan Hanson on the benefits of a remote area nursing mentor
The CRANAplus LINKS Mentoring Program for remote health professionals connects mentors and mentees from around Australia. Free for all parties, the...
Preventing Tuberculosis in the Torres Strait
Papua New Guinea experiences some of the world’s highest rates of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis. The Torres Strait Protected Zone permits...