Erica Stone was announced as the 2024 Gayle Woodford Memorial Scholarship recipient at the 2024 CRANAplus Remote Nursing & Midwifery Conference Gala this October. Here Erica shares her journey so far, the challenges and opportunities she has faced in regional...
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...
Susan Wilkes, the Director of Nursing at the Birdsville Primary Health Centre, Central West Hospital and Health Service – which is a part of Queensland Health – was a presenter at this year’s conference on dealing with medical challenges at mass gatherings. Photo:...
For Lesley Woolf, Executive Health Manager at Mala’la Health Service Aboriginal Corporation in Maningrida, this is a time of recognition for her decades of commitment to help improve the health of Aboriginal people in remote Australia. Here she talks about her belief...
Newly appointed CRANAplus Nursing and Midwifery Roundtable member Sam Fleming was raised in Quirindi, a small rural town in New South Wales with a population of 2,500. Coming from a large farming area, she initially aspired to become a teacher. However, before...
Registered Nurse and PhD scholar J’Belle Foster, who has spent years working and researching TB in high-risk areas overseas and on Australia’s border with Papua New Guinea, has been recognised with the 2024 CRANAplus Excellence in Education and/or Research Award....
Over the past decade, Heart of Australia has had remarkable success in bridging the ‘health care gap’ in rural and remote communities in Queensland. Heart Truck on the road. Its innovative fleet of trucks with custom-designed clinics has travelled over a million...
Melina Connors, inaugural First Nations Midwifery Director for Queensland Health, is passionate about the state’s Growing Deadly Families strategy. Here she talks about how her new role plays a vital part in that passion. Melina speaking at the CRANAplus 2024 Remote...
For midwife Donna Stephen, holistic care and continuity of care are paramount for expecting mums. In this article she explains why. “I see myself as an advocate for flexible and holistic care,” says Donna Stephen, who works in remote communities in the West Kimberley...
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...
In her final undergraduate nursing placement, Karri Withers was fortunate to secure a position in the remote community of Balgo, WA, through the Majarlin Kimberley Centre for Remote Health. This placement highlighted the complexities of Aboriginal health and...
Second-year Flinders University nursing student Lauren Hoskin recently had the opportunity to complete a four-week nursing placement in Tennant Creek, an experience that significantly impacted both her professional and personal growth. From immersing herself in the...