Australia
Research Interests:
My research interests include family nursing, child, adolescent and family health.
I completed my PhD at the Quality of Life and Social Justice Research Centre, Australian Catholic University.
My teaching areas include strengths-based nursing, family nursing, community nursing, healthcare management and supervision of Higher Degree research.
I commenced my nursing career in 1984 in Sydney, NSW. During my career I have held clinical positions in medical/surgical units, cardio-thoracic units and community nursing in both metropolitan and rural areas. I was the Cardiac rehabilitation coordinator Community program and RN at the Royal Alexander Children's Hospital, Sydney.
Review Article 29 August 2008
Experiences of rural Australian men with online SMART Recovery mutual-help groups
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Attraction and retention of nurses in rural, remote and isolated locations
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Obstetric outcomes across US urban and rural hospitals
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11th Biennial Pacific Region Indigenous Doctors Congress (PRIDoC) 2024, 2–6 December 2024, Kaurna Country, Adelaide, Australia
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Te Tāreitanga: Evolving understanding of health workforce research, 9 December 2024, Dunedin, NZ, and online
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4th International Indigenous Health & Wellbeing Conference 2025, 16–19 June 2025, Adelaide Convention Centre, Kaurna Country, Australia
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