Featured image: NTL studio on Shutterstock Working in the Refugee Health setting involves working with clients from a multitude of cultural backgrounds with widely varying life experiences. However, what they all commonly share is the immense challenge of adapting to a new life and culture of which they have not been able to adequately prepare…
On International Nurses Day 2022, the ACN Melbourne Region facilitated a Webinar to celebrate the importance of Refugee Health and to heighten awareness to our nursing community. We were so lucky to be guided by skilled practitioners and consumers in this area – the inaugural Nurse Practitioner in Refugee Health Merrilyn Spratling FACN, the State-wide…
Refugee Health Nurses are a diverse group of professionals who use their nursing expertise to care and advocate for those of refugee background or seeking asylum. To mark Refugee Week 2021 — which focuses on uniting communities — we spoke to three nurses from across Australia to gain an insight into differing roles refugee health nurses play…