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CRANAplus Chief Remote Area Nurse Heather Keighley shares insights into initiatives helping to grow, support and recognise the remote nursing and midwifery workforce, from leadership development and advocacy to stronger education pathways. This year’s CRANAplus...
CRANAplus has launched a new Fellowship category, the Honorary Fellow, recognising exceptional individuals whose leadership, advocacy and service have made a lasting impact on rural and remote healthcare. At the 2026 CRANAplus Remote Nursing & Midwifery...
This July marked an important milestone for CRANAplus, with the inaugural meeting of its First Peoples Advisory Committee. Bringing together Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses, midwives, practitioners and health leaders from across Australia, the committee...
The 2026 Remote Nursing and Midwifery Conference brought remote health professionals from across Australia together for three inspiring days of learning, connection and collaboration. The program featured a diverse mix of keynotes, oral presentations, hotspot sessions...
CRANAplus is expanding beyond emergency care into primary health care education for rural and remote clinicians – delivering the first modular, CPD-ready primary health assessment suite designed specifically for rural and remote practice. Building on the foundations...
Three framed awards line Kelly Hosking’s office windowsill – a quiet reminder of an extraordinary evening at the 2026 NT Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards. While they reflect her success, Kelly spoke about them with humility, focusing instead onthe impact behind...
After almost 30 years in health, Yidinji woman Kirsty Leo who acknowledges the Darumbal Land and peoples asa caretaker on their land, has built a career spanning Aboriginal health, remote clinics, and now correctional health. Across every role, one thread has remained...
High-quality professional development shouldn’t always have to mean taking your team away from the communities they serve. Acting General Manager Clinical Education, Michelle Mason, shares how CRANAplus private education courses bring training directly to workplaces,...
For Fiona Hildebrand, the most important lesson she learned as a graduate nurse was the value of structured systems to support nurses in their goal to provide high-quality care. She is now a nurse education and research consultant, and never forgot that lesson. Here...
With stories about how she managed lockdown on Home Island and advocated for a second air-conditioner in a sweltering laundry, Nicola Coleman illustrates the complexities of remote health management. In this tough but rewarding field, there’s clearly a need for...
CRANAplus Board member Naomi Zaro has been named a CRANAplus Fellow, recognising her commitment to the organisation and a career focused on encouraging collaboration between nurses, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners and other staff in...