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Signs of success in palliative care
To be able to die in a place of your choosing is a key indicator of the success of a palliative care service. In Broken Hill the percentage is 98...
Pandemic spotlights emerging nursing workforce in the NT
Angela Sheedy’s time at the Howard Springs quarantine facility during the pandemic has got her reflecting on the untapped skills of student and...
CRANAplus Fellow in Focus: Sally Johnson
Fellow in Focus, from the August 2022 edition of the CRANAplus magazine, is Sally Johnson who, at 81, claims to be ‘absolutely retired’ but she...
Member Vivienne Fazulla – Nurse of the Year, NSW Far West LHD
Longstanding CRANAplus Member and attendee at the inaugural CRANAplus Conference in Alice Springs in 1983, Vivienne (Viv) Fazulla, won the NSW Far...
Introducing the new Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care, the Hon Mark Butler MP
The Hon Mark Butler MP was sworn in as the Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care on 1 June 2022. CRANAplus catches up with the Minister to...
Post-disaster mental health support
Cath Walker, Senior Psychologist with the CRANAplus Bush Support Line, has this June been awarded a National Emergency Medal for her work in...
CRANAplus launches its inaugural Remote Area Nursing Pathway Program
This July, CRANAplus launched its inaugural Remote Area Nursing Pathway Program. The nine-month program is supporting four CRANAplus Members to...
Darwin’s cancer care team wins top award
“Winning the team section in this year’s Northern Territory Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards this May illustrates how well the Alan Walker...
Making the most of working in remote communities
Registered Nurse/Nurse Practitioner Chris Birch, from the CRANAplus Nursing & Midwifery Roundtable, shares a few tips to help health workers get the...
2022 CRANAplus Conference preview
Discover the speakers, exhibition space, and social opportunities that await at the 39th Annual CRANAplus Conference in Adelaide this 4–6 October....
CRANAcast taster: Episode five with Dallas McKeown
In episode five of CRANAcast, Dallas McKeown, Executive Director First Peoples’ Strategies at CRANAplus and proud Aboriginal woman of the...
Readiness for rural and remote healthcare settings
Being prepared is the key to working remotely, according to CRANAplus course facilitator, Registered Nurse Mark Dunn. “It’s a hard gig nursing in a...