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For Fiona Hildebrand, the most important lesson she learned as a graduate nurse was the value of structured systems to support nurses in their goal to provide high-quality care. She is now a nurse education and research consultant, and never forgot that lesson. Here...
With stories about how she managed lockdown on Home Island and advocated for a second air-conditioner in a sweltering laundry, Nicola Coleman illustrates the complexities of remote health management. In this tough but rewarding field, there’s clearly a need for...
CRANAplus Board member Naomi Zaro has been named a CRANAplus Fellow, recognising her commitment to the organisation and a career focused on encouraging collaboration between nurses, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners and other staff in...
Working in healthcare in rural and remote Australia often asks unexpected things of ordinary people. Whether you are a nurse, doctor, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Worker, allied health professional, administrator, cleaner, manager or volunteer you...
In 1980, Fiona Cameron arrived in Cape York with a shortwave radio, guitar and little remote experience. More than 40 years later, her work as a lecturer on Flinders University’s Remote Health Practice Program has earned her two major honours at the 2026 CRANAplus...
CRANAplus Member, Simone Parker, was delighted to work in Eucla, Western Australia. Her passion for remote nursing and enthusiasm for this community shine through in this reflection, as she shares the rewards, responsibilities and professional growth that came with...
Jane Krautz has worked across 70 hospitals and health services throughout Australia, spanning rural, remote and aeromedical settings. In this reflection, she explores what has stayed with her most – not the complexity of the work, but the humanity of rural and remote...
If nurses can better describe and measure the threat of cognitive burden causing patient harm and ‘burn-out’, managers may finally have a way to understand and address it through better systems. That’s the view of nurse researcher, Anu Surendran who has spent nearly a...
A CRANAplus Undergraduate Remote Placement Scholarship supported nursing and midwifery student, Nikitha Pallagundla, to complete a five-week placement at Alice Springs Hospital. Her reflection highlights the people, relationships and cultural connections that lie at...
There are many routes to remote nursing. Here, registered nurse Rachael Ferris, originally from Newcastle in NSW, outlines her own “zig-zaggy” pathway. “I’m always very flexible about where I go and what I do. So long as I think I’m having an opportunity to learn,...
Sarah-Jane Stratton, Clinical Psychologist with the CRANAplus Bush Support Line, speaks about remote mental health work, motherhood, and the often-unspoken complexities of returning to work after having children. Sarah-Jane Stratton, Clinical Psychologist with the...
Remote area nursing gave Nikki Naish and her family an unforgettable adventure, but it also taught her an important lesson. While her three young children flourished in remote Australia, embraced by community and immersed in a completely different way of life, Nikki...