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A facilitator on the CRANAplus REC Course since the very beginning, Rosemary Moyle continued to bring her wide-ranging experience to CRANAplus courses until 2021. As she hangs up the boots, Rosemary reflects on her favourite memories and how the REC course has evolved...
The Let’s CHAT Dementia research project is set to drive research-informed best practice dementia care for Indigenous Australians living in rural and remote areas. Dallas McKeown, who is a member of the Indigenous Reference Group, discusses the project’s progress....
The call is out to all rural and remote health workers to spread the word to new dads and dads-to-be about a free text-based service designed especially for them. Text-based information service SMS4dads has already taken off in urban areas and is now targeting new...
Geoffrey Ganambarr from the Marthakal Homelands Health Service has been an Aboriginal Health Practitioner for 11 years. His challenging role involves being the first point of contact and providing health care over distances and during the Wet, but he finds a way, even...
“For the first time in Australia’s history, the Stroke Alliance aims to close the health care gap in providing stroke care across our vast continent,” says Skye Coote (NP, CCRN, MN, NVRN-BC, ANVP-BC), the Alliance’s Senior Project Manager for Clinical Education. “The...
CRANAplus catches up with Robyn Smith, the Helpline Manager for the National Organisation for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (NOFASD), to tackle four common Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder myths. Robyn, right, presenting on FASD. FASD Resources NOFASD Australia (The...
NPS MedicineWise has just released three new resources to make it easier to follow a quality use of medicines (QUM) approach and reduce pressure on nurses moving between communities. Photo credit: Dragana Gordic – stock.adobe.com Not-for-profit NPS MedicineWise has...
University of Notre Dame nursing student Jennifer Kuppens discusses how her placement in Kununurra District Hospital improved her time-management skills, confidence and ability to prioritise patients, by exposing her to a wide range of presentations including MVAs,...
University of Wollongong Nutrition and Dietetics student Gynette Reyneke recalls her placement in Broken Hill. A warm welcome, heritage and culture, and rewarding project work awaited her in the far reaches of her home state. My placement for Community and Public...
Two thirds of nursing students never had the opportunity to complete a rural or remote placement, recent National Rural Health Student Network (NRHSN) research has shown. NRHSN Chair Jean-Baptiste Philibert MD IV WSU explores how our institutions can empower a greater...
Short-lived attention to workplace safety for nurses and midwives in remote settings is nothing new. If RN Kellie Kerin, the NT Indigenous representative on the CRANAplus Nursing and Midwifery Roundtable, has anything to do with it, State and Federal authorities,...
Vicki O’Donnell, a Nyikina Mangala woman from Derby in Western Australia, is the third person in her family to receive the OAM for community work. Here she talks about the influence of her family and her passion for Aboriginal community health. When Vicki first heard...