Developments in nursing and midwifery

Current projects in this area

• A longitudinal study of new graduate nurses’ adaptation to shiftwork (Associate Professor Sandra West)

• Graduate entry nursing in the Australian context: a longitudinal cohort study of the attributes, aspirations and expectations of students in the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery (Professor Jocalyn Lawler, Lynne Brown, Dr Maureen Boughton, Dr Deb Neyle, Associate Professor Sandra West)

• High fidelity simulation use in nursing graduate student (Dr Tom Buckley (University of Sydney) and [[[[/staff/academic/tom_buckley.shtml||Chris Gordon (University of Sydney))

• Masculinities and men’s experiences of nursing: A life history project (Associate Professor Murray Fisher)

• Nursing knowledge and outcomes of neonatal nursing practice (Dr Sandie Bredemeyer)

• Review of research evidence on secondary lymphoedema: 2003–June 2006 (Professor Kate White, Dr Sharon Kilbreath (University of Sydney School of Physiotherapy) & Dr Libba O'Riordan (Children’s Hospital Westmead)

• Rural specialist breast nurse project (Professor Kate White, Laura Emery (ECU), Helen Milne, Natalie D’Abrew)

• Spirituality and spiritual caring – Nurses' perspectives, knowledge and practice interventions in acute care and palliative care (Christina Aggar, Michelle Carey, (Dr Jennifer Green, Dr Lillian Hayes, Dr Sue Ronaldson)

• Strategies which retain dementia and aged care nurses in Australian health care settings (Professor Lynn Chenoweth (UTS), Associate Professor Yun-Hee Jeon (University of Sydney), A/Professor Victoria Traynor (UoW) and Professor Patrick Crookes (UoW))

• The impact of a three-year nursing degree on nursing students’ attitudes towards body products (Professor Jocalyn Lawler, Dr Joanna Patching, Christine Dalgleish)

• The knowledge and skills of clinical trials nurses in Australia (Dr Kathleen Scott, (Professor Kate White, Catherine Johnson (Calvary Mater Hospital, Newcastle))

• The shift work experiences of mid-life female nurses
  (Associate Professor Sandra West, Dr Maureen Boughton)

• The use of high fidelity patient simulation in nursing: A means to effective learning? (Troy McNeill, Associate Professor Sandra West, Tracey Thornley)

Academic staff with research interests in this area

Some but not all of the following academic staff have currently funded research projects. We invite you to find out more about their special research interests in this area.

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