The support I needed: How CRANAplus’ Bush Support Line is helping the remote health workforce thrive
When remote area nurse (RAN) Kellie Kerin was struggling at work, she turned to CRANAplus’ Bush Support Line for help. She credits the free and confidential 24/7 telephone support service, which gives all remote health workers, including nurses and midwives and their families, access to a psychologist experienced in the sector, with “saving” her life. […]
SA nurses and midwives petition for rural and remote incentives
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) South Australian Branch has launched a public petition calling for urgent rural and remote incentives for nurses and midwives to address the staff shortage that is putting regional country hospital services under threat of closure. The SA government reached an agreement with the ANMF SA Branch in 2022 […]
CRANAplus marks 40 years leading remote and isolated health workforce
CRANAplus marks 40 years leading remote and isolated health workforce
Study: What would help retention of early career nurses in regional and rural areas?
What would help improve the job satisfaction and retention of early career nurses working across regional and rural Australia? It’s a question often contemplated by Heidi Rose, a clinical nurse based at Mount Gambier, and University of South Australia academics Dr Gemma Skaczkowski and Associate Professor Kate Gunn. So, they asked them. The study aimed […]
Rural Australians missing out on $6.5 billion in healthcare access, report finds
Rural Australians missing out on $6.5 billion in healthcare access, report finds
National Rural and Remote Nursing Generalist Framework unveiled
National Rural and Remote Nursing Generalist Framework unveiled
Nurse Practitioners in rural and remote set to have their HELP debt wiped or reduced
Nurse Practitioners and doctors who lives and works in rural and remote Australia will have their HELP debt wiped or reduced under legislation passed today in Parliament. The HELP debt reduction for a nurse practitioner or doctor will depend on the length of their course of study, and the amount of outstanding HELP debt when […]
‘More than just a nurse’: Out of the hospital and into Remote Area Nursing
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Australia, registered nurse Wayne Burns joined the response, pivoting into carrying out swabbing and, not long after, vaccinations on the NSW Mid North Coast. As the threat settled, he contemplated his next move and stumbled upon remote area nursing. “I worked with a nurse at a little hospital in NSW […]
HELP debt to be wiped for nurse practitioners working rural and remote
Nurse practitioners and doctors are being enticed into working in rural and remote Australia by having their HECs/HELP debt entirely wiped, or slashed. The new legislation, Higher Education Support Amendment (2022 Measures No.1) Bill 2022, introduced into Parliament today by the Federal Government, is aiming to encourage initial employment and retention of health practitioners to […]
RFDS nurses help deliver crucial services as part of rural and remote community COVID-19 vaccination rollout
As Australia’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign gathers pace, Kate Jones, one of the senior primary healthcare nurses of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Western Operations, says it feels like her team is “contributing towards making history” helping vaccinate rural and remote communities in WA. “Being able to protect some of our most remote and vulnerable people […]