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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...
Student story: Tess’s outback adventure
At first, flooding cuts Tess Wallace off from her clinical placement in Alice Springs Hospital, but after undertaking an outback journey involving...
Student story: ICU nursing in Alice Springs
CDU student Madaleine Ellsmore’s placement in Alice Springs ICU allowed her to familiarise with new interventions, participate in difficult family...
CRANAplus’ evolving Mental Health and Wellbeing service
Executive Director, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Pamela Edwards, discusses the value of wellbeing workshops, the need to support the families of...
Critical Conversations – Free online course
A new, free, interactive online course called ‘Critical Conversations’ is available on the CRANAplus website. It prepares the workforce to navigate...
Face-to-face workshops back in full force
CRANAplus Clinical Education Manager Leanne Laurie discusses how COVID-19 has evolved our course delivery, the enduring popularity of face-to-face...
New addition – Paediatric Advanced Life Support 101
CRANAplus has added Paediatric Advanced Life Support to its Paediatric Emergency Care course, preparing participants to deliver high-quality care to...
MMM: What is it and why does it matter?
The Modified Monash Model (MMM) is the official method for classifying locations as cities, rural, remote, or very remote, writes CRANAplus...
Gaining skills through grants – 3 stories
Gaining skills, preparing to return to clinical practice, maintaining the remote skill set: these are some of the benefits made possible by Nurses...
Support key to WA’s Transition to Practice program
Making the transition from city and regional hospital settings to rural and remote health practice offers huge benefits to career nurses and...
Could it be sepsis? The first national standard of care for sepsis patients
The first national standard of care for sepsis patients has been released in Australia, aiming to improve the recognition, treatment and management...