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Responding to a Motor Vehicle Crash

Responding to a Motor Vehicle Crash

Intensive Care Paramedic and CRANAplus Remote Emergency Care course Facilitator Casey Hayes provides advice on how to respond to a motor vehicle crash while working in a remote setting. Casey’s advice is aimed at remote area nurses with limited experience in...

Introducing CRANAplus Board Member, Ann Aitken

Introducing CRANAplus Board Member, Ann Aitken

Dr Ann Aitken PhD was appointed to the CRANAplus Board in October 2022, alongside Danielle Causer whom we introduced in CRANA Magazine edition #127. Ann is Director of Nursing, Midwifery and Facility Manager Atherton Hospital, FNQ, and brings more than 43 years of...

Advice on applying for nursing and midwifery scholarships and grants

Advice on applying for nursing and midwifery scholarships and grants

CRANAplus Professional Officer Melanie Avion offers advice on applying for scholarships and grants including tips on meeting the criteria, filling out and submitting an application, and the importance of quality control. CRANAplus offers a range of scholarships and...

CRANAplus Q&A: Shoes for new RANs

CRANAplus Q&A: Shoes for new RANs

“What shoes would you recommend new RANs to be wearing? I understand the work is very different from normal RN work, and I don’t think my runners will cut the NT wet season”. Corey, NT Hi Corey, Most rural and remote organisations and workplaces will have their own...

Celebrating Excellence: NAATSIHWP & IAHA Award Winners

Celebrating Excellence: NAATSIHWP & IAHA Award Winners

CRANAplus was proud to sponsor multiple important industry awards in 2022, including NAATSIHWP’s Models of Care and Career Pathways Innovation Excellence Award and IAHA’s Allied Health Assistant Person of the Year Award. Lorraine Randall Lorraine Randall received the...

CRANAcast taster: Episode 15 with Di Thornton

CRANAcast taster: Episode 15 with Di Thornton

In episode 15 of CRANAcast, CRANAplus Fellow, registered nurse, and endorsed nurse practitioner from the Murray-Mallee region in SA, Di Thornton, shares her views on taking an “outside the box” approach to filling gaps in our current healthcare system and provides...

Differences between urban and remote nursing

Differences between urban and remote nursing

CRANAplus Professional Officer Michelle Mason highlights some of the differences between urban and remote nursing, including location, staffing, skill set, resources and lifestyle, and provides general tips to prepare for going remote. Location Generally, you have to...

A new face at CRANAplus, Laura Coldwell

A new face at CRANAplus, Laura Coldwell

In this article, we introduce you to the newest member of the CRANAplus Mental Health and Wellbeing Team, Laura Coldwell. A UK-trained mental health nurse, with experience in sexual and remote health, we hear about Laura’s ongoing journey to better understand culture...

CRANAplus Education Update: April 2023

CRANAplus Education Update: April 2023

This year, the CRANAplus Education team has rolled out a new two-day face-to-face workshop for the Maternity Emergency Care course. Readers can also look forward to the relaunch of our Advanced Remote Emergency Care Course this October (in Cairns following the 40th...