Keeping it real; keeping it black
2018-12-31T10:03:43+00:00December 18th, 2018|
Remote area nurse Jason Coombes believes nurses and midwives have to get out of the clinic and into the community to improve health outcomes. “The [...]
Up in the air with an RFDS flight nurse
2018-12-19T14:08:57+00:00December 14th, 2018|
Royal Flying Doctor Service senior flight nurse Jenine Harmer counts joining the vital healthcare operation as the best decision she has ever made. “It gives [...]
Young Indigenous Australians face challenges
2018-11-01T09:44:53+00:00October 31st, 2018|
Australia’s young Indigenous population largely consider themselves happy and in good health but still face challenges including racism and mental health issues, according to a [...]
Sizing up a stronger rural health strategy
2018-10-03T14:59:19+00:00October 2nd, 2018|
As part of the May 2018 federal Budget, the then Minister for Rural Health, Deputy Leader of the National Party Senator Bridget McKenzie, issued a [...]
A successful transition from the city to a quiet life on the farm
2018-08-28T11:01:31+00:00September 20th, 2018|
When I embarked on my journey to become a nurse in 2001, I never in a million years thought I would be where I ended [...]
RFDS targets mental health
2018-09-04T10:31:38+00:00August 28th, 2018|
The Royal Flying Doctor Service will use $84 million it received in May’s federal Budget to expand its existing services and establish a mental health [...]
CRANAplus receives $13.7 million grant
2018-08-28T08:57:19+00:00August 23rd, 2018|
CRANAplus, a professional body representing Australia’s remote and isolated health workforce, has been handed a $13.7 million grant from the Federal Government that will allow [...]
NSW Labor guarantees nurses and midwives a ratio system
2018-08-02T11:15:48+00:00August 1st, 2018|
NSW opposition leader Luke Foley has guaranteed a new nurse to patient ratio system for the state’s hospitals under a NSW Labor government. The promise [...]
Keeping the legacy of Gayle Woodford alive
2018-07-10T15:28:50+00:00July 10th, 2018|
Associate Professor Sue Lenthall was waiting to board a plane at Sydney Airport when news filtered through that the body of her friend and colleague, [...]