We are on the road to eliminate trachoma in Australia, says environmental health expert Dr Melissa Stoneham. But Melissa, who heads up the service-delivery Environmental Health Trachoma Project (#endingtrachoma) run by the Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) based...
Josh Stafford sits on the CRANAplus Member Nursing & Midwifery Roundtable and is the Director of Nursing at Lockhart River Primary Health Care Centre with the Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service. In this Q&A on remote health management, Josh discusses the...
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...
Do you work with children in a school setting, or hope to in the future? We’ve invited five CRANAplus Members to share their insights into working with children in rural and remote communities, advice for getting started in schools, and ideas for better engagement....
CRANAplus Member and RN Julie Bamford reflects on the rewards and challenges of her four-year experience working as a school nurse in a remote community. Going into work as a school nurse in a remote community, my goal was to provide quality holistic care to the...
CRANAplus Nursing and Midwifery Roundtable member Michelle Appo shares insight into her recent experience in Halls Creek WA, and why she is carefully considering each step in her pathway to remote area nursing. Michelle speaking at the CRANAplus 40th Annual Conference...
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...
Pregnant people in rural and remote areas seeking termination services commonly experience access delays and difficulties. Whilst several factors influence this, Laura Berry, Mental Health and Wellbeing Educator, CRANAplus, and Sexual and Reproductive Health Nurse,...
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:...
When something traumatic happens, people often feel the need to ‘do’ something; to ‘fix’ people’s hurt, shock, sadness, or any other feelings they are experiencing. This is a natural reaction, as we don’t want to see our colleagues hurting, and we may fear that things...
Many of us have worked in a dysfunctional workplace at some point. You know, the workplace that is full of hostility, negativity, cliques, mistrust, inefficiency and selfishness? Along with these toxic traits come power struggles, poor communication and abusive...
Katherine-based NP Tom Rampal talks balancing personal and professional lives, becoming a nurse practitioner, and the ins and outs of chronic disease management. Your career has spanned both urban and remote locations. Did you start off in the city and move remote?...