SCHOOL OF NURSING SCIENCES
Present research interests in
the School of Nursing Sciences are as follows.
Perinatal dysphoria: recognition and management
at three sites in Australia.
An investigation into the relationship between
health care professionals and personal carers when elderly relatives
are admitted to nursing homes.
An examination of the implications of corporate management
structures on health services.
Preceptors: rewards, benefits and commitment
to their role.
The experience of taking neuroleptic medication.
Psychiatric/mental health nurse psychotropic medication
knowledge, practice and attitudes.
Action research in a psychiatric unit.
Action research: a strategy for professional development
in clinical nursing.
Women’s mental health.
A consultative model for mental health needs assessment
in rural and remote communities.
Aboriginal nursing.
Assessment and development of student literacy skills.
Reflection: an innovative teaching strategy
for nursing students.
CPN and IPN medication management and assessment
practices: a national survey.
Transcultural nursing practices.
Nursing in developing countries.
Nurses’ and patients’ perceptions
of professional matters.
Tropical medicine.
Health and tourism.
Legal aspects of medical and nursing practice.
Critical care nursing.
Nursing misconduct in Queensland.
Women’s decision making in breast
cancer treatment.
Tourists and Leishmaniasis.
Travel health advice in Townsville.
Critical care nursing for pregnant and birthing women.
Sexual assault and the pregnant birthing and
post partum woman.
Music in the health care setting.
Computer-assisted learning in undergraduate
and postgraduate nursing courses.
Mental health nurses’ psychotropic
medications administration behaviour.
Levels of reflection.
Nursing students’ attitudes to the
elderly.
The acquisition of medication calculation skills
for nursing students.
Nurses’ responses to women following
domestic violence.
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