Miss Laura Wright1, Mr John Wright1 1Tennant Creek Hospital, Tennant Creek, Australia Being a new staff member can be challenging and confronting, but can also provide an avenue to initiate and drive change. Good communication is crucial and recognition...
- May 31, 2019
Mrs Kathy Arthurs1 1Royal Flying Doctor Service, Central Operations, Alice Springs, Australia Different stakeholders at times connect to provide services that enable people to live and work in remote Australia. The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) and the Alice...
- May 31, 2019
Ms Sammy Petric1, Associate Professor Bethne Hart1 1University of Notre Dame Cultural safety has its challenges; it requires a shift in each person, in relationships and in nursing practice and education. Remote Area Nurses are in the unique position...
- May 31, 2019
Mrs Jane Burns1 1Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet, Mt Lawley, Australia The Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet (HealthInfoNet) is recognised as an innovative and vital part of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health infrastructure. It collects, develops and shares up-to-date evidence about...
- May 31, 2019
Mrs Heidi Atkins1 1Qld Child & Youth Clinical Network Introduction: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (A&TSI) Maternal, Child & Youth Health Workers face significant unique workforce challenges which hinder efforts to improve health for their communities. Feedback through workshops...
- May 31, 2019
Dr Karen Cooper1, Prof Liz Reymond1, Mrs Sue Healy2, Mrs Louise Goodwin1 1Brisbane South Palliative Care Collaborative, Eight Mile Plains, Australia, 2Metro South Palliative Care Service, Eight Mile Plains, Australia For the over seven million people who live outside...
- May 31, 2019
Ms Jessie Adams1,2, Dr Jacquie Cotton1,3, Professor Susan Brumby1,2,3 1National Centre For Farmer Health, Hamilton, Australia, 2Western District Health Service, Hamilton, Australia, 3Deakin University, Hamilton, Australia Populations in agricultural communities experience poorer health outcomes than their metropolitan counterparts. Despite...
- May 31, 2019
Bernadette Gotch1 1NSW Rural Doctors Network The purpose of the presentation is to present an approach and framework NSW Rural Doctors Network (RDN) has embedded to assess; access, quality and sustainability of the primary health nursing and midwifery workforce. ...
- May 31, 2019
Ms Katie Pennington1 1Puntukurnu Aborignal Medical Service, Pilbara, Australia, 2Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia, 3Tasmanian Health Service, St Helens, Australia Introduction: Registered Nurses in very remote Australia, medicines and the law is a mixed methods research project utilising an...
- May 31, 2019
Award winning media host and Speaker Stan Grant is the Indigenous Affairs Editor for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, a multi-award winning current affairs host, an author and an adventurer. Well known for having brought the former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull...
- May 31, 2019