| 12:00 – 20:00 | Conference Registration Level 2, Northern Foyer |
| 14:00 – 18:00 | Expo Day – Open to the public River View Room 4 & 5 Learn about pathways & helpful resources. Chat with experienced remote area nurses & midwives. Meet with remote healthcare employers. Try your hand at the CRANAplus clinical skill stations. |
| 18:00 – 20:00 | Welcome Function River View Room 4 & 5 Welcome to the 2026 CRANAplus Remote Nursing & Midwifery Conference |
| 8:00 – 8:30 | Conference Registration Level 2, Northern Foyer Wellbeing Lounge
Join us for a 10-15 minute Brief Mindfulness Practice to Kick-Start Your Conference Day Everyone is welcome to drop in, pause, and recharge. Enjoy mindfulness activities, relaxation options, and connect with wellbeing professionals while learning about supports like the Bush Support Line. |
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| Opening Session | |||
| Room | Meeting Room 1-3 | ||
| 8:30 – 8:40 | Conference Opening Karen Cook, ANMAC and the WHO Collaborating Centre for nursing and midwifery at the University of Technology |
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| 8:40 – 8:50 | Conference Welcome Dr Ann Aitken PhD Board Chair, CRANAplus |
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| 8:50 – 9:00 | Official Opening | ||
| 9:00 – 10:00 | Cultural Safety in Nursing Chair: Dallas McKeown Happy Birthday Florence Questioning Colonisation in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Health Care |
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| 10:00 – 10:15 | Q&A | ||
| 10:15 – 10:50 | Morning Tea | ||
| Session 2 | |||
| Room | Meeting Room 1 – 3 | ||
| 10:50 – 11:20 | Alison Weatherstone, Contemporary Dual Qualified Midwife | ||
| 11:20 – 11:30 | Movement between rooms | ||
| Room | Meeting Room 1 – 3 | Meeting Room 7 | Meeting Room 8 |
| 11:30 – 12:30 | Workshop 1 Redefining care delivery through designated RN prescribing Ms Sarah Monaghan, Nursing And Midwifery Board |
Workshop 2 Shaping the future of registered nurse education by informing accreditation standards. Dr Jane Douglas, Australian Nursing And Midwifery Accreditation Council |
Workshop 3 Distance, Dedication, Difference: Strengthening Nurse-Led Syphilis Care in Remote Australia Ms Cherie Bennett, ASHM |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch | ||
| Session 3 | |||
| Room | Meeting Room 1 – 3 | Meeting Room 7 | Meeting Room 8 |
| Theme | Clinical | Workforce | Maternal, Child & Family Health (MCFH) |
| 13:30 – 13:50 | Nurse-Led, Culturally Informed Management of Leprosy in Remote Northern Australia Mrs Amanda Bywaters, Torres And Cape Health Service, CAIRNS |
Outback survival: What’s really needed to sustain new registered nurses to thrive beyond the bitumen Mrs Danielle Rogers, Central Queensland University |
Midwifery Obstetric Emergency Telehealth Services: Keeping woman on country and families together Ms Elissa Spackman, WA Country Health Service (WACHS) |
| 13:50 – 14:10 | Connecting regional and rural Australians with quality allergy care Mrs Heather Roberts, National Allergy Council & Mr John Wangari, Ngaanyatjarra Health Service |
Transition to Remote Practice (TRP) Program: A Structured, culturally grounded learning pathway for new-to-remote clinicians Mrs Sarah Worth & Ms Kylie Fischer, Torres And Cape Hospital And Health Service |
Strengthening Pregnancy Loss Support Through Collaboration: A Co-Designed, Culturally Safe National Approach Ms Amrit Dillon & Amanda Forti |
| 14:10 – 14:30 | 600 Nurses Project: A growing network of regional primary care nurses to detect skin cancer Dr Kim Gibson, Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre, Adelaide University |
Beyond Emergency Care: Innovations in Culturally Responsive After-Hours Care for Remote Aboriginal Population Mrs Lorraine Harry, Malala Health Service Aboriginal Corporation |
Results of paediatric implementation of nasal high flow therapy within Thursday Island and Cape York Mrs Sally West, James Cook University Centre for Rural and Remote Health |
| 14:30 – 14:50 | Supporting Rural and Remote Health Professionals to Deliver High-Quality Palliative Care Using National Standards Ms Kate Ritchie |
Practice-Ready for Remote Nursing: Postgraduate Education in Primary Health Care Mrs Sarah Mills, Charles Darwin University |
Bridging the Gap: Co-designing Solutions for Acute Paediatric Burn Care in Rural and Remote Queensland Ms Kylie Fischer, Torres And Cape Hospital And Health Service |
| 14:50 – 14:55 | A qualitative study of the barriers and enablers to nurse-initiated sepsis care Ms Alison Lemoh, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre | National Centre for Infections in Cancer (PhD) University Of Melbourne |
The Rural Workforce Tipping Point: A Retention Analysis of Rural Nurse and Midwife Tenure. Mrs Jessica Elliott, University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) – School of Nursing and Midwifery |
Every child should have access to paediatric healthcare, regardless of location Mrs Nichole Callan, Little Wings |
| 14:55 – 15:00 | Finding a Community, Finding a Home: Retention in Remote Area Nursing Phillipa (Pip) Bird, Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services |
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| 15:00 – 15:05 | |||
| 15:05 – 15:10 | |||
| 15:10 – 15:40 | Afternoon Tea | ||
| Session 4 – Workshop Sessions | |||
| Room | Meeting Room 1 – 3 | Meeting Room 7 | Meeting Room 8 |
| 15:40 – 16:35 | Workshop 4 Contraceptive Choices in Primary Health: Building knowledge and confidence in clinical practice |
Workshop 5 We are all ears: Practical ear health skills for rural nurses Dr Traci Flynn, Hearing Australia |
Workshop 6 Co-Designing Practical Bereavement Support for Rural and Remote Practice (Red Nose) Amrit Dhillon, National Project, Innovation and Evaluation Manager |
| 16:35 – 17:30 | Workshop 7 Recognising and Managing Pelvic Pain in Remote Communities: PID, Sexual Health and CST Update Mrs Laura Berry, TRUE Reproductive Health |
Workshop 8 The Revised Remote Area Nurse Model of Consultation Prof. Sue Lenthall, Charles Darwin University |
Workshop 9 The Future of Remote Health: Everything Depends on Everyone Feeling Safe and Being Safe Mr Francisco de Paula, The Calmer Approach |
