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Associate Professor Yeun Sim Sarah Jeong
Associate Professor
Sydney Nursing School
Faculty of Medicine and Health
Sydney Nursing School
Faculty of Medicine and Health
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Adjunct Associate Professor Dr Sarah Jeong is a Registered Nurse and a Gerontological Nurse Specialist. She currently holds a position in the Centre for Population Health (CPH), NSW Health, and works closely with Local Health Districts (LHDs) to manage and support the local delivery of agreed policies, programs and health services across the State. She also works closely with researchers and academics at various Universities and Research Institutes to coordinate, contribute to, and provide advice on the research and evaluation aspects of health promotion, chronic disease prevention programs and initiatives managed by the NSW CPH. She also holds an Honorary Conjoint Scholar position in the Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD).
- Advance Care Planning
- Dementia Care
- Palliative Care and End-Of-Life Care
- Health Services Research
- Health Policy
- Population Health
- Preventive and Primary Health
- Health Promotion
- Gerontological Nursing
- Healthy Ageing and Care
- Palliative Care
- Health Research
- Realist evaluation of the Nurse-led Aged Care Emergency (ACE) service for Residential Aged Care Facility resients transfer to hospital
- Optimal model of care for people with dementia and their carers
- An investigation of population characteristics of healthy eating and active living behaviours of adults and older adults in NSW - 45& Up Study
- Australian Hartford Consortium of Gerontological Nursing Excellence
- Australian College of Nursing
- Australian Association of Gerontology
- Associate Editor of International Journal of Nursing Studies
- Finalist of Research, Innovation and Sustainability Award & nominaton for the NSW Health Awards 2023 – Project “Capacity building in research for palliative care staff to enable a better end-of-life experience for the Central Coast community” -Central Coast Local Health District (CCLHD)
- ‘Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing’ awarded in recognition of outstanding contribution to the quality of the journal in 2017 - Top Nursing Journal International Journal of Nursing Studies
- School of Nursing & Midwifery Collaboration and Engagement Excellence Award 2017 External
- Vice-Chancellor’s Award for International Engagement 2016 External
- Faculty of Health and Medicine International Collaboration Excellence Award 2016 External
- Faculty of Health and Medicine International Collaboration Excellence Award 2014 External
- Finalist of a Greater Newcastle Cluster (GNC) Quality Award 2013 with the project "Empowering Community Dwelling Older Persons fromculturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) background in end-of-life decision making"Hunter New England Local Health District
- Vice-Chancellor’s Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning- 2009 for ‘Enhancing the learning experiences of international Bachelor of Nursing (BN) students’ External
| Project title | Research student |
|---|---|
| Evaluation of a Nurse-led Hospital Avoidance Intervention for Aged Care Home Residents | Elsie MARI |
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Journals
- Triandafilidis, Z., Carr, S., Davis, D., Jeong, Y., Hensby, J., Wong, D., Attia, J., Goodwin, N. (2024). Improving end-of-life care for people with dementia: a mixed-methods study. BMC Palliative Care, 23(1), 30. [More Information]
- Triandafilidis, Z., Carr, S., Davis, D., Chiu, S., Leigh, L., Jeong, Y., Wong, D., Hensby, J., Lewis, S., Attia, J., et al (2024). What care do people with dementia receive at the end of life? Lessons from a retrospective clinical audit of deaths in hospital and other settings. BMC Geriatrics, 24(1), 40. [More Information]
- Hawkins, N., Jeong, Y., Smith, T., Sim, J. (2023). A conflicted tribe under pressure: A qualitative study of negative workplace behaviour in nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 79(2), 711-726. [More Information]
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2024
- Triandafilidis, Z., Carr, S., Davis, D., Jeong, Y., Hensby, J., Wong, D., Attia, J., Goodwin, N. (2024). Improving end-of-life care for people with dementia: a mixed-methods study. BMC Palliative Care, 23(1), 30. [More Information]
- Triandafilidis, Z., Carr, S., Davis, D., Chiu, S., Leigh, L., Jeong, Y., Wong, D., Hensby, J., Lewis, S., Attia, J., et al (2024). What care do people with dementia receive at the end of life? Lessons from a retrospective clinical audit of deaths in hospital and other settings. BMC Geriatrics, 24(1), 40. [More Information]
2023
- Hawkins, N., Jeong, Y., Smith, T., Sim, J. (2023). A conflicted tribe under pressure: A qualitative study of negative workplace behaviour in nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 79(2), 711-726. [More Information]
- Hawkins, N., Jeong, Y., Smith, T., Sim, J., Clapham, M. (2023). Creating respectful workplaces for nurses in regional acute care settings: A quasi-experimental design. Nursing Open, 10(1), 78-89. [More Information]
- McGill, B., Lees, D., Salisbury, J., Reynolds, T., Davidson, S., Dorney, E., Jeong, Y., O'Hara, B. (2023). Impact Evaluation of the Get Healthy in Pregnancy Program: Evidence of Effectiveness. Healthcare, 11(17). [More Information]
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PhD projects
- Creating respectful workplaces to support nurses in the regional acute care setting (2023)
- The Experience of Undergraduate Nursing Students with End of Life care Simulation (2019)
- Development of a scale to measure self-management of dementia by family caregivers (2019)
- The Uptake of Guidelines for Cancer Pain Management and Its Impact on Nursing Practice in South Korea: A Critical Ethnography (2019)
- Nursing Care of Older People in Emergency: The Nursing COPE Study (2016)
- An Examination of How Overseas Qualified Nurses and Australian Nurses Work Together in the Australian Context (2016)
- The development of national care standards for the care of older people in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs) in South Korea (2014)