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Lessons from a life of service with David Innes
Registered Nurse David Innes finds many similarities between his nursing life as an Army Reserve Nursing Officer and the life of remote nurses in...
Who will be taking the reins?
Are you proactively nurturing the next generation of leaders within your remote healthcare team, or is succession planning something you’re aiming...
Erica Stone RN – 2024 Gayle Woodford Memorial Scholarship recipient
Erica Stone was announced as the 2024 Gayle Woodford Memorial Scholarship recipient at the 2024 CRANAplus Remote Nursing & Midwifery Conference Gala...
Driver for change of direction
In her first remote experience, Registered Nurse Catherine Priestley’s commitment has been recognised, receiving the 2024 CRANAplus Early to Remote...
The Nutbush has its limits
Susan Wilkes, the Director of Nursing at the Birdsville Primary Health Centre, Central West Hospital and Health Service – which is a part of...
Remote Area Nurse Lesley Woolf’s latest accolade – 2024 CRANAplus Aurora Award for the Remote and Isolated Health Professional of the Year
For Lesley Woolf, Executive Health Manager at Mala’la Health Service Aboriginal Corporation in Maningrida, this is a time of recognition for her...
A jillaroo’s calling to remote health with CRANAplus Nursing and Midwifery Roundtable member Sam Fleming
Newly appointed CRANAplus Nursing and Midwifery Roundtable member Sam Fleming was raised in Quirindi, a small rural town in New South Wales with a...
The power of translational research
Registered Nurse and PhD scholar J’Belle Foster, who has spent years working and researching TB in high-risk areas overseas and on Australia’s...
Heart of Australia’s national expansion
Over the past decade, Heart of Australia has had remarkable success in bridging the ‘health care gap’ in rural and remote communities in Queensland....
From strength to strength with Melina Connors, First Nations Midwifery Director for Queensland Health
Melina Connors, inaugural First Nations Midwifery Director for Queensland Health, is passionate about the state’s Growing Deadly Families strategy....
Advocacy for closing the continuity gap for remote midwives with Donna Stephen
For midwife Donna Stephen, holistic care and continuity of care are paramount for expecting mums. In this article she explains why. “I see myself as...
From rugby player to remote nurse with CRANAplus fellow Mark Goodman
Newly inducted CRANAplus Fellow and volunteer facilitator Mark Goodman was sixteen when he cut his hand on a can at the shop he was working at. The...