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Self-exposed ‘quintessential city slicker’ Charlotte Sumskas, a Critical Care Registered Nurse, recently went bush for a remote clinical placement. These are her thoughts, penned in the midst of her jam-packed experience. This two-week placement is the first time in...
Registered Nurse Sue Ellen Kovack left her nomadic lifestyle as a remote area nurse in Australia for the Big Apple in November 2016. As she says, she went “from one extreme (in so many ways), to another.” Here’s her story. Canadian-born Sue Ellen Kovack moved to...
We first met Lexi Keneally and family back in the March/Autumn 2013 Magazine. Here she catches us up on the amazing work being done by the Barefoot Initiative on the International stage. I have found there is a common link throughout most health care professionals,...
‘Do you want a job as a paramedic in Darwin?’... ‘Yes please! Where do I sign?’ A few weeks after travelling to Darwin for an intensive 2-day interview process, Trent Ramsay received the above call from the St John Ambulance Australia Northern Territory (SJAANT)...
Being a student is the perfect time for stepping out of your comfort zone and taking new opportunities, says third year nursing student Lilly Sideris. Lilly admitted feeling slightly intimidated and a little uneasy about venturing into a rural environment for her...
Indigenous health has always been a passion for Katarina Samotna, a 3rd Year Bachelor of Nursing student at Charles Darwin University. And her recent placement in the remote Indigenous communities of Haasts Bluff and Titjikala in the Northern Territory and at Alice...
Marcia, Katrina and Leanne shared an ‘e-cuppa’ on Skype celebrating 12 months with the CRANAplus LINKS mentoring program. Marcia Hakendorf, Professional Officer at CRANAplus, shared an ‘e-cuppa’ on Skype with Katrina Rohrlach [e-mentee] and Leanne McGill (e-mentor)...
Traveling in the purpose-built dental van to provide services in aged care facilities in the Port Macquarie region was a highlight for Jessica Zachar, a Final Year Dentistry Student at Charles Sturt University, during her rural placement. My time on the van was an...
Registered Nurse Greg Clark shares his story of deciding to become a Midwife. “It was definitely a good night to be a nurse.” Registered Nurse Greg Clark is talking about helping at the birth of a baby “literally as mum came through the emergency door of the...
Four medical students from Dundee Scotland recently completed a fortnight’s placement in the remote Aboriginal community of Napranum on Cape York peninsula, 800kms north of Cairns. It’s a long way from Dundee to the Cape, but for 5th year medical students from Dundee...
Connie Hierl, a 3rd year Bachelor of Nursing student at Griffith University in Southport, has discovered firsthand how nurses working in remote areas need to be flexible in an ever-changing environment. This is Connie's student scholarship report following her...
3rd Year Bachelor of Nursing Student at Uni SA, Rory McGrath-Swan shares his story of 'a great opportunity'. A stint at One Arm Point, about 200 kilometres north of Broome on the Dampier Peninsula, has reinforced his aspiration to one day ‘go remote’. It didn’t take...