Nursing & Midwifery
Research
Charles Sturt University's School of Nursing & Midwifery is a leader of Nursing & Midwifery research for inland Australia. For a glance at current research projects being undertaken by staff and students please see below.
Staff Research l Student Research l 2008 Fields of Research l Research Scholarhips
Current Research Projects
- External Grants
- Women’s experience of moving away from their remote and rural NSW Communities to birth - Dr Elaine Dietsch, Pam Shackleton, Carmel Davies, Margaret Alston & Margaret McLeod
- A review of Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) literature and health care models - A/Prof Ann Bonner, J Pryor, R Pope & R Beecham
- Faculty of Science Research Grants
- Testing two-way performance appraisal instruments which aims to facilitate best practice by casual nursing staff. - A/Prof Ann Bonner, M FitzGerald & M Caltabiano
- Faculty of Science Seed Grants
- Gender, technology and technological change in nursing practice: Implications for recruitment and retention in the perioperative context -Amanda Stott
- Are we preparing nursing students for the reality of the clinical practice setting? - Cathy Maginnis & Lyn Croxon
- Equity Enhancement Grants
- The Student Experience: A longitudinal evaluation of the Academic Preparation Workshop (APW) - Heather Latham, Janice Manners & Judith Anderson
- EFPI Seed Grants
- Nursing Practice and the reality of the clinical setting? - Cathy Maginnis & Lyn Croxon
- Unfunded
- Health indicators in people with chronic kidney disease following introduction of erythropoietin replacement therapy - A/Prof Ann Bonner, S Wellard, M Caltabiano, LBurland & A Lucas
- A Comparison of School-Based Health Care: International Case Studies - Dr Denise Seigart
Current Student Topics
| Award | Topic | Methodology | Principal Supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Hlth Sci | Women from Sub-Saharan Africa’s experience of maternity services in Australia | Phenomenology | Dr Elaine Dietsch |
| PhD | Biosafety effects of Ultrasound in pregnancy | Gadamerian Phenomenology | Dr Elaine Dietsch |
| PhD | Prospective parents’ experience when their fetus is diagnosed with a lethal abnormality and they elect to continue the pregnancy | Phenomenology (Merleau-Ponty) | Dr Elaine Dietsch |
| PhD | The meaning of parenting knowledge in low income families using a critical ethnomethodological approach | Critical ethnomethodology | Dr Elaine Dietsch |
| MN | Women’s perception of the impact of antenatal education on their initiation of breastfeeding experience | Descriptive (qualitative) | Dr Elaine Dietsch |
| MCN | Fear of falling | Descriptive (qualitative) | Dr Elaine Dietsch |
| PhD | A qualitative review of the change process which occurs in small rural health services during mergers | Grounded Theory | A/Prof Ann Bonner |
| PhD | Exploration of the reasons nurses resign from rural hospitals | Grounded Theory | A/Prof Ann Bonner |
| MHltSci (Nurs) | Defining a cohort of clinical research nurses in a paediatric cooperative clinical trials group | Quantitative | A/Prof Ann Bonner |
| MHltSci (Nurs) | What is the relationship between role professional credentialing and continuing education for occupational health nurses in Ontario Canada? | Quantitative | A/Prof Ann Bonner |
| MN | Nurses Who Continue to Breastfeed Following Return to Work | Interpretative | A/Prof Ann Bonner |
| MHltSci (Nurs) | Local, employer-based support for Registered Nurses undertaking postgraduate or further study via distance education | Quantitative | A/Prof Ann Bonner |
| MN | A woman’s experience following the implantation of an Internal Cardiac Defibrillator | Case Study (qualitative) | A/Prof Ann Bonner |
| MCN | Exploring the experiences of registered nurses who supervise undergraduate nursing students in south east Queensland hospital | Interpretative | A/Prof Ann Bonner |
| MHltSci (Nurs) | Exploring ICU physicians’ predication of cardiac death for possible organ donation | Interpretative | A/Prof Ann Bonner |
| MN | Length of stay for patients over 65 years of age in a metropolitan emergency department | Quantitative | A/Prof Ann Bonner |
| MN | Medication errors in an acute tertiary referral hospital | Quantitative | A/Prof Ann Bonner |