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Michael Kirkbride, of Ceduna, the only nurse practitioner in rural South Australia.

Loving care: Mary McGowan has been nominated for the "Fair Go" award for her work with children.
Picture: Andrew Henshaw

Psychiatric nurse at Royal Melbourne Hospital, Nat Wilkinson

Yorke Island nurse Robyn White with her dog Coconut

Nurse Richard Kennedy at Townsville Hospital

Homegrown Florence Nightingales ... Litia Cava, left, and Silina Waqa find fulfilment in nursing

HARD DAY'S NIGHT: Geelong Hospital emergency department nurse Kathy Franklin sees a different side of New Year's Eve. Photo: REG RYAN

VOLUNTEER SPIRIT: Nurse Sarah-Jean Burnett with the mementoes she brought back to New Zealand after a stint working in the Aceh province of Indonesia.

Honoured: Murray Bridge clinical nurse Anthony Teunnissen has been honoured by his peers one year after he was killed in a cycling accident.