Your Stories
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Prepared for the challenges
A nursing background in trauma management, and working for 16 years in a remote hospital in his home land, Zimbabwe, prepared Freedom Zulu well for...
Play together, stay together
Mutton birding, Reiki healing and golf: these are just three of the varied activities on truwana/Cape Barren Island that are helping the locals...
First taste of remote nursing: from ICU to Ali Curung
Self-exposed ‘quintessential city slicker’ Charlotte Sumskas, a Critical Care Registered Nurse, recently went bush for a remote clinical placement....
Maningrida to Manhattan
Registered Nurse Sue Ellen Kovack left her nomadic lifestyle as a remote area nurse in Australia for the Big Apple in November 2016. As she says,...
Barefoot Initiative – Lexi Keneally
We first met Lexi Keneally and family back in the March/Autumn 2013 Magazine. Here she catches us up on the amazing work being done by the Barefoot...
A Paramedic Intern in the Northern Territory – A Personal Experience
‘Do you want a job as a paramedic in Darwin?’... ‘Yes please! Where do I sign?’ A few weeks after travelling to Darwin for an intensive 2-day...
Step out of your comfort zone
Being a student is the perfect time for stepping out of your comfort zone and taking new opportunities, says third year nursing student Lilly...
Multiple positive experiences in Indigenous Health
Indigenous health has always been a passion for Katarina Samotna, a 3rd Year Bachelor of Nursing student at Charles Darwin University. And her...
Anyone for an e-Cuppa?
Marcia, Katrina and Leanne shared an ‘e-cuppa’ on Skype celebrating 12 months with the CRANAplus LINKS mentoring program. Marcia Hakendorf,...
Dental Student on Wheels
Traveling in the purpose-built dental van to provide services in aged care facilities in the Port Macquarie region was a highlight for Jessica...
A Midwife is Born
Registered Nurse Greg Clark shares his story of deciding to become a Midwife. “It was definitely a good night to be a nurse.” Registered Nurse Greg...
Cake to Cape
Four medical students from Dundee Scotland recently completed a fortnight’s placement in the remote Aboriginal community of Napranum on Cape York...