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2022 Gayle Woodford Scholarship recipient Emily Evans

2022 Gayle Woodford Scholarship recipient Emily Evans

Registered Nurse Emily Evans describes winning this year’s Gayle Woodford Memorial Scholarship as a great honour and a career game changer. When she got the letter of congratulations in the middle of this year, Emily lost no time in starting the Graduate Certificate...

Signs of success in palliative care

Signs of success in palliative care

To be able to die in a place of your choosing is a key indicator of the success of a palliative care service. In Broken Hill the percentage is 98 per cent – which is just one reason to join the palliative care team in the town, says Clinical Nurse Consultant Kate...

Pandemic spotlights emerging nursing workforce in the NT

Pandemic spotlights emerging nursing workforce in the NT

Angela Sheedy’s time at the Howard Springs quarantine facility during the pandemic has got her reflecting on the untapped skills of student and newly-qualified nurses in Australia prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, she calls for an open discussion and innovation...

CRANAplus Fellow in Focus: Sally Johnson

CRANAplus Fellow in Focus: Sally Johnson

Fellow in Focus, from the August 2022 edition of the CRANAplus magazine, is Sally Johnson who, at 81, claims to be ‘absolutely retired’ but she still has ideas for CRANAplus, which she was instrumental in establishing back in the 1980s. The people-centred cultures of...

Member Vivienne Fazulla – Nurse of the Year, NSW Far West LHD

Member Vivienne Fazulla – Nurse of the Year, NSW Far West LHD

Longstanding CRANAplus Member and attendee at the inaugural CRANAplus Conference in Alice Springs in 1983, Vivienne (Viv) Fazulla, won the NSW Far West Local Health District Award for Nurse of the Year this May. She discusses nursing in Tibooburra, secrets to primary...

Post-disaster mental health support

Post-disaster mental health support

Cath Walker, Senior Psychologist with the CRANAplus Bush Support Line, has this June been awarded a National Emergency Medal for her work in Mallacoota, Victoria following the devastating Black Summer bushfires of 2019/2020. “It’s wonderful that the importance of...

CRANAplus launches its inaugural Remote Area Nursing Pathway Program

CRANAplus launches its inaugural Remote Area Nursing Pathway Program

This July, CRANAplus launched its inaugural Remote Area Nursing Pathway Program. The nine-month program is supporting four CRANAplus Members to build clinical skills, resilience, and cultural safety in preparation for their transition to remote practice. Melanie...

Darwin’s cancer care team wins top award

Darwin’s cancer care team wins top award

“Winning the team section in this year’s Northern Territory Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards this May illustrates how well the Alan Walker Cancer Care Centre at Royal Darwin Hospital pulls together in difficult times,” says Clinical Nurse Manager Olivia...

Making the most of working in remote communities

Making the most of working in remote communities

Registered Nurse/Nurse Practitioner Chris Birch, from the CRANAplus Nursing & Midwifery Roundtable, shares a few tips to help health workers get the most out of working in remote communities. “First-time remote nurses get ideas from the media which can be misleading,”...

2022 CRANAplus Conference preview

2022 CRANAplus Conference preview

Discover the speakers, exhibition space, and social opportunities that await at the 39th Annual CRANAplus Conference in Adelaide this 4–6 October. CRANAplus welcomes you to join us in Kaurna Country for the 39th National CRANAplus Conference at the Hilton Hotel,...

CRANAcast taster: Episode five with Dallas McKeown

CRANAcast taster: Episode five with Dallas McKeown

In episode five of CRANAcast, Dallas McKeown, Executive Director First Peoples’ Strategies at CRANAplus and proud Aboriginal woman of the Yuwaalaraay nation, shares her journey from EN to her current role at CRANAplus, along with the importance of a good cup of...