Being prepared is the key to working remotely, according to CRANAplus course facilitator, Registered Nurse Mark Dunn. “It’s a hard gig nursing in a remote location, as there is the need to be a generalist and at the same time to have specialist knowledge and skills,”...
At first, flooding cuts Tess Wallace off from her clinical placement in Alice Springs Hospital, but after undertaking an outback journey involving joeys, truckers, and mates from her childhood, she finally arrives to a supportive Emergency Team and the ‘spirit of...
CDU student Madaleine Ellsmore’s placement in Alice Springs ICU allowed her to familiarise with new interventions, participate in difficult family discussions, learn from skilled mentors — and even to plunge into usually dry waterholes in her free time. I have been...
Executive Director, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Pamela Edwards, discusses the value of wellbeing workshops, the need to support the families of remote health workers, and new wellbeing resources you can expect soon. The last 12 months have been significant for the...
A new, free, interactive online course called ‘Critical Conversations’ is available on the CRANAplus website. It prepares the workforce to navigate conversations with people who need support, recognise when extra help is needed, and familiarise with key points when...
CRANAplus Clinical Education Manager Leanne Laurie discusses how COVID-19 has evolved our course delivery, the enduring popularity of face-to-face courses, course updates and exciting conference plans. It was the beginning of COVID-19 when Leanne Laurie joined the...
CRANAplus has added Paediatric Advanced Life Support to its Paediatric Emergency Care course, preparing participants to deliver high-quality care to paediatric arrest patients. “There are no specialised paediatric facilities in remote Australia,” says Kylie Fischer,...
The Modified Monash Model (MMM) is the official method for classifying locations as cities, rural, remote, or very remote, writes CRANAplus Professional Officer Michelle Mason. Do you know how your work location ranks? Michelle in the early days of her nursing career....
Gaining skills, preparing to return to clinical practice, maintaining the remote skill set: these are some of the benefits made possible by Nurses Memorial Foundation of SA Grants through CRANAplus. Three health workers outline how their successful applications have...
Making the transition from city and regional hospital settings to rural and remote health practice offers huge benefits to career nurses and midwives. But the experience can leave nurses, especially new graduates, feeling out of their depth. WA Country Health Service...
The first national standard of care for sepsis patients has been released in Australia, aiming to improve the recognition, treatment and management of the condition which is the body’s life-threatening response to infection, causing damage to its own tissues and...
At our 39th Annual Conference, Co-Director of the Molly Wardaguga Research Centre and CRANAplus Fellow Sue Kildea will be discussing the state of maternity services in remote Australia and necessary actions to ensure Aboriginal mothers and babies in remote communities...