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.
The experience of taking neuroleptic medication.
Psychiatric/mental health nurse psychotropic medication knowledge, practice and attitudes.
Women’s mental health.
Legal aspects of medical and nursing practice.
Critical care nursing.
Nursing misconduct in Queensland.
Women’s decision making in breast cancer treatment.
Sexual assault and the pregnant birthing and post partum woman.
Mental health nurses’ psychotropic medications administration behaviour.
Women’s health delivery in Mt Isa.
Impact of tourism on the health of the host communities.
Health status of tourism employees in developing countries.
Postnatal issues for mothers and babies.
Regional and rural postnatal health care.
Rural nursing practice.
Childbearing women’s perceptions of health delivery services in rural and remote areas.
Rural and remote women’s health issues.
Early dementia.
Criteria for Aged Care Assessment Teams.
Nurses’ role in general practice settings.
Recruitment and retention of Indigenous students.
Historical exploration of the roles and experiences of midwives in adoption practices in Queensland between 1969 and 1990.
Nurses’ understanding of the process of informed consent.
Experiences of Australian Army nurses in the Korean War.
Renal nurses’ knowledge of renal anaemia management of haemodialysis.