About this session

Join us for this member-exclusive conversation exploring the realities, challenges, and rewards of palliative care nursing across rural and remote Northern Territory.

In this session, Rebecca Garner, Complex and Palliative Care Clinical Nurse Consultant based in Katherine, and Jane Ulrik, Community Clinical Nurse Specialist in Alice Springs, will share stories from the frontline of nursing in the bush.

Together, they will reflect on what it means to deliver timely, culturally safe, and patient-led palliative care across vast distances and diverse communities. From supporting people to remain on Country or closer to home at end of life, to navigating continuity of care between metropolitan and remote services, this session will offer practical insight and honest reflection from two deeply experienced clinicians.

Moderated by Holly Pitt, the discussion will explore the unique challenges of rural and remote practice, the strengths and “gems” of working in the Northern Territory, and what metropolitan services can learn from local practitioners on the ground.

Whether you work in community, hospital, aged care, or are simply interested in rural and remote nursing, this session offers an important perspective on equity, access, and choice in end of life care.