Your Stories
This is where we tell your stories, cover topical issues and promote meaningful initiatives.
Interested in sharing your experience of working in remote health? Perhaps there is a topic that you would like to see covered in the CRANAplus Magazine? Get in touch with your story or suggestion by submitting an enquiry.
Functioning in a dysfunctional workplace
Many of us have worked in a dysfunctional workplace at some point. You know, the workplace that is full of hostility, negativity, cliques, mistrust,...
Q&A with Nurse Practitioner Tom Rampal
Katherine-based NP Tom Rampal talks balancing personal and professional lives, becoming a nurse practitioner, and the ins and outs of chronic...
In love with Alice Springs — Kylie’s pitch for working in the Centre
Registered Nurse, clinical educator and CRANAplus course facilitator Kylie Huxtable, admits she ‘shamelessly promotes’ her current hometown of Alice...
One-on-one nursing: opportunities for personalised care in the remote setting
Remote clinics can be the ideal environment for nurses to encourage patients to be involved in decisions about their health, says retired clinical...
Undergraduate nurses share their placement experiences in rural and remote Australia
CRANAplus is committed to working with its Members to explore and clarify their experiences, to help guide and inform CRANAplus activities and...
Making the leap: Emma’s message to nurses with a dream
Recruited this year as a Remote Clinical Educator at CRANAplus, Registered Nurse/Clinical Nurse Emma Davis hopes to inspire nurses thinking of...
From student to trainer: Ivy’s nursing career on Thursday Island
Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service (TCHHS) clinical facilitator Ivy Hodges has a keen insight into how the graduate students she is...
Helping remote health workers with their self-care
“It’s a privilege when people want to share their stories with you and you can help them,” says Bush Support Line psychologist Maria-Christine...
Student story: A refreshing change of pace in Alice Springs
Melbourne-based nursing student Grace recently undertook a clinical placement in Alice Springs, NT – an experience she describes as invaluable....
Student story: Beyond the pages in Nyirripi
Second-year nursing student Brittanie says her very remote placement in Nyirripi, Central Australia imparted “lessons that no textbook could...
The joy of locum nursing in remote Australia
After 60 hours of night shift, locum nurse Greta Webb spent time telling us how much she has loved being a part of Rural LAP. A veteran of the...
Triage Emergency Care Quiz
Test your knowledge of triage emergency care in remote Australia with this quiz adapted from CRANAplus' pre-course online learning. Correct answers...