This year’s recipient of the CRANAplus Aurora Award for the Remote and Isolated Health Professional of the Year, Katie Pennington, reflects on the power of nurses’ voices, the community health model of care, and her work from East Timor to East Tasmania. Former...
The recipient of the 2023 Early to Remote Practice Award, Micah Haslam RN, describes receiving the award as a surprise and honour. Here, she talks about her newfound love of Gunbalanya. Micah (right) with Aboriginal Community Worker Roxanne Naborlhborlh (left) at...
Laura Black, Nurse Practitioner from the tiny town of Moorine Rock in the West Australian Wheatbelt, is the 2023 recipient of the CRANAplus Excellence in Remote and Isolated Health Practice award. The 2023 Excellence in Remote and Isolated Health Practice Award was...
Tiffany feels fortunate to have been awarded the 2023 Gayle Woodford Memorial Scholarship and says it will give her the upper hand in expanding her career in remote health. “I’m just that excited,” beams RN RM Tiffany Cattermole, thrilled by the opportunity she has...
The formation of the Council of Remote Area Nurses of Australia in the early 1980s represents a collective triumph against the odds. Remote area nurses at the time were frequently under-resourced and under-prepared, but being scattered by distance, they could not know...
At the 1985 conference in Townsville, education (or lack thereof) was identified as the single most important issue facing RANs. An early CRANA promotional poster once the organisation had been funded to deliver a range of services. The 'Remote Area Nursing Practice:...
How can you make your voice heard when you are out of sight from the majority of Australians? CRANA would answer this question successfully, but not without difficulty, over the next four decades. As Jenny Klotz put it in 1985, “The Tyranny of Distance is a daunting...
CRANA's history is defined by two major growth spurts — the funding of the late 1990s and the diversification of the late 2000s. But when its ambitions have exceeded its budget, passionate volunteers have always been at the ready to bring the dream to life. The Board...
Is Australia ready for future pandemics? Whether we can curb the spread will depend on the nation’s ability to run effective quarantine facilities, writes Senior Research Officer, Angela Sheedy. Along with a project team at Charles Darwin University Menzies School of...
CRANAplus Member and Riverina-based District Nurse Educator Dalya Holowinski explains the process of identifying the learning needs of the emerging workforce, the roving CNE model, and the responsibilities that established nurses have towards those just starting out....
Aspiring remote area nurse Gillian Edmiston from Charles Darwin University shares insight into her four-week placement in Maningrida, an Aboriginal community in West Arnhem Land, NT, where she worked with “some of the most experienced and capable” RANs. This CRANAplus...
Nikki Brandon from SHINE SA provides an update on the challenges of STI screening in remote areas, some tips on encouraging screening, and asymptomatic STIs. Access to inclusive and safe sexual health care is essential but can be challenging in regional and remote...