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Emergency paediatric care can be particularly challenging for rural and remote health workers due to limited resources and the need for swift, accurate assessments, writes CRANAplus Clinical Education Manager Shannan Lewis. Here, she highlights the Paediatric...
As an undergraduate student, Greg Johnston was looking for advice on how to enter the world of remote area nursing, and stumbled upon CRANAplus. Now, as he begins his graduate year in Tennant Creek, he shares how he is grateful for the support he received to set him...
For Registered Nurse and Midwife Phill Harnas, joining the CRANAplus Nursing and Midwifery Roundtable is an opportunity to contribute to strengthening pathways to remote nursing in Australia. Here he outlines the success of the transition programme at Katherine West...
In her first remote experience, Registered Nurse Catherine Priestley’s commitment has been recognised, receiving the 2024 CRANAplus Early to Remote Practice award. Here she explains how her interest in primary health care was the driver for her transition from acute...
Remote health practice in Australia demands a high level of skill and ability to effectively respond to and manage the normal, the complex and the (thankfully less common) emergencies, writes Leonie McLaughlin, CRANAplus Remote Clinical Educator. The Midwifery...
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 six hours he spent in emergency, watching the comings and goings, was to shape the rest of his life. He was stitched up...
Ann Knuckey has retired as a Registered Nurse after 48 years – but she still loves to look back on her nursing career, mainly in midwifery. “I never once thought I don’t want to do this anymore,” she says. Here Ann talks about her nine years as a facilitator for the...
“The challenge was on, like an episode of Ready, Steady, Cook with only five ingredients to make a six-course dinner, we were off to Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands to deliver ten courses, with five CRANAplus Educators, carry-on equipment and only seven...
In the ever-evolving landscape of health care, education and support for healthcare professionals are critical, especially in specialised fields like bladder cancer care. BEAT Bladder Cancer Australia is stepping up to the challenge that is not only empowering nurses...
Catch up on the speakers, the preceding free Expo, and social opportunities that you can expect at the CRANAplus 2024 Remote Nursing and Midwifery Conference in Naarm/Melbourne this October. The CRANAplus Remote Nursing & Midwifery Conference is Australia’s...
Many remote area nurses report being ‘handed the keys to the clinic’ without prior experience. Just as many are ‘handed the keys’ to the four wheel drive, having only ever driven a small two wheel drive vehicle. We’ve invited several well-travelled remote Australians...
In this article, Leonie McLaughlin, CRANAplus Remote Clinical Educator shares what remote practitioners can do to prevent preterm labour. For further information please enrol in a CRANAplus Maternity Emergency Care (MEC) or Midwifery Upskilling (MIDUS) course. Photo:...