The recipients of the 2015 CWAA Nursing Grants were announced at the 2015 CWAA National Conference in Port Macquarie 24-27 August
The Country Women’s Association of Australia (CWAA) is proud to announce the recipients of the CWAA Rural and Remote Area Primary Health Care Nursing Grants for 2015. The grants are of special importance as the nation’s health services struggle throughout Australia but more particularly in rural and remote communities where sometimes the nurse is the only health professional available. The 2015 recipients are:
Candace Angelo (NSW) Graduate Diploma of Indigenous Health Promotion (USYD)
Yasmin Curran (NT) Graduate Certificate in Child and Family Health Nursing (RCNA)
Jennine Lavender (WA) Rural and Isolated Practice (Scheduled Medicines) Registered Nurse (AACL)
Karen Thorne (QLD) Master of Nursing Science (Nurse Practitioner) (QUT)
Michelle Vegter (SA) Master of Public Health (Aeromedical) (JCU)