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Bringing private training directly to your health service
High-quality professional development shouldn’t always have to mean taking your team away from the communities they serve. Acting General Manager...
Preparing the next generation
In 1980, Fiona Cameron arrived in Cape York with a shortwave radio, guitar and little remote experience. More than 40 years later, her work as a...
When caring hurts: Understanding moral injury
Working in healthcare in rural and remote Australia often asks unexpected things of ordinary people. Whether you are a nurse, doctor, Aboriginal...
Celebrating community-led care
Three framed awards line Kelly Hosking’s office windowsill – a quiet reminder of an extraordinary evening at the 2026 NT Nursing and Midwifery...
Call for more support for RANs
For Fiona Hildebrand, the most important lesson she learned as a graduate nurse was the value of structured systems to support nurses in their goal...
What good collaboration looks like
CRANAplus Board member Naomi Zaro has been named a CRANAplus Fellow, recognising her commitment to the organisation and a career focused on...
Launching our Remote Primary Assessment Suite
CRANAplus is expanding beyond emergency care into primary health care education for rural and remote clinicians – delivering the first modular,...
Distance. Dedication. Difference. Reflections from Boorloo (Perth) 2026
The 2026 Remote Nursing and Midwifery Conference brought remote health professionals from across Australia together for three inspiring days of...
CRANAplus’ First Peoples Advisory Committee has begun its work
This July marked an important milestone for CRANAplus, with the inaugural meeting of its First Peoples Advisory Committee. Bringing together...
Introducing CRANAplus’ inaugural Honorary Fellows
CRANAplus has launched a new Fellowship category, the Honorary Fellow, recognising exceptional individuals whose leadership, advocacy and service...
An update from our Chief RAN
CRANAplus Chief Remote Area Nurse Heather Keighley shares insights into initiatives helping to grow, support and recognise the remote nursing and...
Q&A with Professor Linda Deravin
Professor Linda Deravin, Deputy National Rural Health Commissioner for Nursing and Midwifery, is a respected leader in Australia’s rural health...