CRANAplus Student Remote Placement Scholarships open

The CRANAplus Student Remote Placement Scholarship is available to students who, as part of their undergraduate course of study through an Australian University, undertake a remote location placement.

Funding of $6000 is made available each year through CRANAplus.  Applications close 31st July.

The Scholarship provides financial assistance of up to $1000 per applicant, and is intended to provide assistance towards the cost of fares, accommodation and other incidental costs incurred by a student while undertaking a remote placement.

The Scholarship may be claimed for placement undertaken for the current year of the CRANAplus conference and may be retrospective to the closing date, and funds awarded on provision of tax invoices for costs incurred.

To be eligible for a Scholarship the applicant must be enrolled as a full-time student in a health discipline at an Australian University, and an Australian citizen, or have permanent residency status.

Visit the CRANAplus website for further information and applications. 

Scholarships for Clinical Placement in a Hospital Emergency Department now open

The scheme is an Australian Government initiative seeking to support nurses and nursing students undertaking a clinical placement within a hospital emergency department.

ED: CP applications are now open. At the end of each month, commencing at the end of April applications received will be assessed and applicants notified of the result.

To be eligible to apply you must be:

• An Australian citizen or a permanent resident

And meet one of the one of the following criteria  :

• Enrolled in an accredited postgraduate nursing course that results in a nationally recognised qualification in emergency or critical care nursing
• Enrolled an accredited Australian entry level nursing course
• A registered nurse or midwife whose current area of professional practice is not emergency nursing who wants to experience emergency nursing to improve their work skills
• A registered nurse or midwife whose current area of professional practice is emergency nursing who wants to experience emergency nursing in a larger facility or more specialist emergency nursing.

The maximum total value of the Scholarship is $23,000.

Payments may be made for:

• Travel 
• Accommodation and living expenses if a scholar is required to relocate from home to complete the placement 
• Loss of income, not available for undergraduate students 
• Supervision payment to the hosting hospital.

Visit RCNA Scholarships website for further information and applications.

AIHW Report: Risk Factors Contributing to Chronic Disease

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has released a new report today:  Risk factors contributing to chronic disease.

Chronic diseases are responsible for a large portion of the disease burden in Australia, and many are highly preventable by reducing known risk factors. This report shows that:

• Most people have at least one risk factor and more than 90% do not consume enough vegetables.
• Social disadvantage is associated with risky health behaviours.
• Nearly 60%of Australians do not undertake sufficient levels of physical activity, and many of us (almost 80%) usually spend 3 or more hours sitting during our leisure time.

AIHW catalogue number (PHE 157).

Visit the AIHW website to view the report and media release.

New: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I available to JCU Students

See New: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I at JCU Library & Computing blog.

New: OvidMD clinical tool available to JCU Students

See New: OvidMD at JCU Library & Computing blog.

APNA Best Practice Nurse Award Nominations Close 30 March

APNA Best Practice Nurse Awards 2012 - Nominations NOW OPEN.

With five award categories, the APNA Best Practice Nurse Awards aim to recognise and reward outstanding nurses working in primary health care and general practice.

In 2012, five awards are on offer, with prizes worth $5,000 (see nomination form for details) for each winner to use in enhancing their continuing professional development. Previous recipients have used their monetary prize to undertake work experience and education in both local and international locations.

Everyone should apply; remember that while what you do in your practice might seem normal to you, it may be novel or new to someone else. Please read examples of what the past Best Practice Nurse Award winners had done in their practices.

Nominations for the Best Practice Nurse Awards will close at 5pm on Friday 30th March 2012, so make sure you send your nomination in soon!  Visit APNA website for further information.

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