Laura Layton is a critical care registered nurse, registered midwife and nursing academic with experience across emergency, intensive care, education, disaster planning and low-resource healthcare settings. She is currently working as a Clinical Nurse Educator in Lae, Papua New Guinea, with the Australian Volunteers Program. Laura has previously worked as the Course Coordinator in Critical Care Nursing at the University of Melbourne, and as a Clinical Nurse Educator in the Austin Hospital Emergency Department. Her clinical background includes emergency nursing, intensive care at The Alfred Hospital, burns and trauma nursing, and maternity care in both metropolitan and remote settings. Laura holds a Master of Advanced Nursing in Disaster Nursing and Emergency Management and is currently completing a Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.