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Angela Sheedy’s time at the Howard Springs quarantine facility during the pandemic has got her reflecting on the untapped skills of student and newly-qualified nurses in Australia prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here, she calls for an open discussion and innovation...
Fellow in Focus, from the August 2022 edition of the CRANAplus magazine, is Sally Johnson who, at 81, claims to be ‘absolutely retired’ but she still has ideas for CRANAplus, which she was instrumental in establishing back in the 1980s. The people-centred cultures of...
Longstanding CRANAplus Member and attendee at the inaugural CRANAplus Conference in Alice Springs in 1983, Vivienne (Viv) Fazulla, won the NSW Far West Local Health District Award for Nurse of the Year this May. She discusses nursing in Tibooburra, secrets to primary...
The Hon Mark Butler MP was sworn in as the Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care on 1 June 2022. CRANAplus catches up with the Minister to discuss nursing workforce sustainability, safety and security, and empowering nurses to have even more of an impact....
Cath Walker, Senior Psychologist with the CRANAplus Bush Support Line, has this June been awarded a National Emergency Medal for her work in Mallacoota, Victoria following the devastating Black Summer bushfires of 2019/2020. “It’s wonderful that the importance of...
This July, CRANAplus launched its inaugural Remote Area Nursing Pathway Program. The nine-month program is supporting four CRANAplus Members to build clinical skills, resilience, and cultural safety in preparation for their transition to remote practice. Melanie...
“Winning the team section in this year’s Northern Territory Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards this May illustrates how well the Alan Walker Cancer Care Centre at Royal Darwin Hospital pulls together in difficult times,” says Clinical Nurse Manager Olivia...
Registered Nurse/Nurse Practitioner Chris Birch, from the CRANAplus Nursing & Midwifery Roundtable, shares a few tips to help health workers get the most out of working in remote communities. “First-time remote nurses get ideas from the media which can be misleading,”...
Discover the speakers, exhibition space, and social opportunities that await at the 39th Annual CRANAplus Conference in Adelaide this 4–6 October. CRANAplus welcomes you to join us in Kaurna Country for the 39th National CRANAplus Conference at the Hilton Hotel,...
In episode five of CRANAcast, Dallas McKeown, Executive Director First Peoples’ Strategies at CRANAplus and proud Aboriginal woman of the Yuwaalaraay nation, shares her journey from EN to her current role at CRANAplus, along with the importance of a good cup of...
Being prepared is the key to working remotely, according to CRANAplus course facilitator, Registered Nurse Mark Dunn. “It’s a hard gig nursing in a remote location, as there is the need to be a generalist and at the same time to have specialist knowledge and skills,”...
At first, flooding cuts Tess Wallace off from her clinical placement in Alice Springs Hospital, but after undertaking an outback journey involving joeys, truckers, and mates from her childhood, she finally arrives to a supportive Emergency Team and the "spirit of...