Your Stories
This is where we tell your stories, cover topical issues and promote meaningful initiatives.
Interested in sharing your experience of working in remote health? Perhaps there is a topic that you would like to see covered in the CRANAplus Magazine? Get in touch with your story or suggestion by submitting an enquiry.
Student Story: From Katherine to Port Augusta
Kelly Ramsdale recollects the memorable moments from her professional experience placements – such as learning traditional weaving and the removal...
Student Story: Paramedicine, 750km from home
On the wide open plains of southwestern Queensland, hospitals and outside help may be far away. Nicolas Stanford reflects on his time as student...
Student Story: Lightening the Burden
Ballarat-based nursing student Molly Gladman’s four-week placement in Tennant Creek saw her gain experience in the general ward, midwifery clinic,...
Fellow in Focus: Working for a fair and equitable society
Dr Scott Davis, a Fellow of CRANAplus, has worked in remote health for 30 years across the north of Australia and internationally, always with an...
CRANAplus People Power: Our three new Remote Clinical Educators
Meet Nicole Smith, Michelle Price and Leanne Laurie, three new CRANAplus Remote Clinical Educators who started in the last half of 2021. We discuss...
Facilitating courses is Ken’s passion
Ken Iles has participated in rescues following natural disasters, been a stand-by paramedic for your favourite reality TV show, and facilitated...
Getting the #JabDone with Wuchopperen
Far North Queensland’s Wuchopperen Health Service discusses its unique engagement-focused approach to the COVID-19 vaccine roll-out, which includes...
Meet the 2021 Gayle Woodford Scholarship Recipient
This year’s successful applicant for the Gayle Woodford Memorial Scholarship is Katie Yeomans, a proud Aboriginal Nurse of the Ngarigo Nation. A...
Meet new CRANAplus Board Member, Naomi Zaro
At the CRANAplus Annual General Meeting in October, Naomi Zaro was voted in as the organisation’s newest Board Member. A proud Torres Strait...
Occupational therapy in the Red Centre
Jordyn Iovino reflects on her clinical placement with Desert Therapy in Alice Springs and discusses how she has grown as a professional through...
Supporting farmers in remote Gippsland, Victoria
The Victorian Government announced funding for a Bush Nursing Pilot project this June. We catch up with Sarah Carr from Dargo Bush Nursing Centre to...
Providing good preconception and antenatal care in rural and remote
Judy Burke has been working as the women’s and maternal health coordinator at Katherine West Health Board for the past two years. “My focus is on...