Ruth Townsend
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Position Lecturer in Nursing
Campus Bathurst
Office S14 - Room 24
Phone (02) 6338 4511
Fax (02) 6338 4408
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Qualifications
Master of Laws
Bachelor of Laws
Bachelor of Nursing
Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
Graduate Certificate in Vocational Education and Training
Diploma of Paramedical Science (Pre-Hospital Care)
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Teaching Interests
Law and Ethics
Acute Care Nursing
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Research Interests / Project Grants
Medico-Legal Issues
$12,000 Awarded for CSU Competitive Grant: Co-Chief Investigator (with Associate Prof Peter O'Meara and Leanne Hamilton) - Problem Focused Research Group - 'Expanded Decision Making in Paramedicine: experience, impact and implications'
Memberships
Law Society of NSW
Nurses Registration Board
Anaphylaxis Australia
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Professional Activities
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Publications
Book Chapters
Townsend, R (2007) - 'Nursing and the Law' in Textbook of Advanced Emergency & Trauma Nursing. Edited by Curtis and Ramsden. Elsevier.
Peer-reviewed Journals
Townsend, R (2008) Public health policy, legal uncertainty and the standard of care in rural and remote communities. Journal of Law and Medicine. (To be publised May 2008)
Townsend, R and Hamilton L (2007) To transport or not to transport: The law and paramedic practice. Neal vs Ambulance Service of NSW and the State of NSW. Journal of Emergency Primary Health Care (submitted October 2007)
Townsend R (2007) Public Health Policy and Personal Responsibility in Sport - Competive or collaborative? Sports Law E-Journal
Giles, D and Townsend R (2006) - 'End-of-life decisions and the NSW Guardianship Act: a square peg in a round hole? The law and clinical practice' Australian Health Law Bulletin vol 15 no 1 September 2006
Conference papers and papers
Townsend, R 'Standard of care and the impact of clinical governance - legal education and clinical practice', The Australian Nurse Teachers Rural Seminar, Wagga Wagga, September 2007
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