Support for increased protection for outback nurses continues to grow after the alleged murder of South Australian woman Gayle Woodford.
The 56-year-old mother of two was found buried in a shallow grave on Saturday after going missing from her Fregon home on the state's Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands.
Dudley Davey, 34, has been charged with her murder.
Ms Woodford worked in the local health clinic and her death has sparked an online petition calling for changes to ensure no nurses have to work solo.
The petition has around 100,000 signatures after being started by fellow nurse Joanne Norton.
She says remote area nurses are on call and are often expected to respond to emergencies on their own.
"Since Christmas 2015 there have been two sexual assaults of remote area nurses and now the murder of our colleague in Fregon," Ms Norton said.
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation state secretary Elizabeth Dabars said it had long lobbied for an end to single nurse posts.
"It's absolutely an abomination that it's taken another tragedy to bring attention to this important issue," she said.
South Australian Premier Jay Weatherill said the state government would reflect on the circumstances of Ms Woodford's death and pledged to "not leave behind" the issue of safety for remote area workers.
