JCU MICRRH student seeks increase of Indigenous nurses for improved health outcomes

A MOUNT Isa Aboriginal nursing student wants to know what opportunities are available for Indigenous people in the rural health sector.

Mount Isa Centre for Rural and Remote Health (MICRRH) student Lila Pigliafiori may learn the answer when she attends the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives conference on the Gold Coast.

Ms Pigliafiori attends the three day conference due to a scholarship she has received. A topic at the congress will be on how to improve the health rate of the nation’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

For the full story see http://www.northweststar.com.au/story/4962703/lila-aims-to-boost-nursing-numbers/