Completed student projects
Bachelor of Midwifery (Honours)
Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
Master of Nursing (Honours)
Master of Midwifery (Honours)
Master of Health Services (Honours)
Bachelor of Midwifery (Honours)
| Name | Project title | Supervisor | Co-supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rebecca Coddington (2012) | Examining the social construction of childbirth in Australia: The politics of power | Jennifer Fenwick | |
| Heather Pierce (2011) | Pregnancy related low back and pelvic girdle pain: Listening to Australian women | Caroline Homer | Hannah Dahlen |
| Athena Hammond (2011) | What are the expectations and workforce intentions of graduating midwives? | Caroline Homer | Joanne Gray |
| Heike Roth (2011) | Celebrity pregnancy, birth and postnatal stories in the Australian media: Does the media provide balanced information and how may this impact first time mothers? A content analysis | Caroline Homer | Jennifer Fenwick |
| Annabel Watson (2010) | Examining the content validity of the BUDSET instrument within a woman-centred framework | Caroline Homer | Maralyn Foureur |
Bachelor of Nursing (Honours)
| Name | Project title | Supervisor | Co-supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julia Naylor (2012) | An examination of Australian parenting magazines as a contemporary parenting resource | Carolyn Briggs | Cathrine Fowler |
| Joel Zugai (2012) | Effective nursing care of inpatient adolescent Anorexia Nervosa: The consumer perspective | Jane Stein-Parbury | Michael Roche |
| Muaddi Al Harbi (2011) | Self efficacy and physical activity in overweight and obese people | Robyn Gallagher | Bronwyn Everett |
| Ines Couper (2010) | The transfer of intergenerational mothering practices |
Cathrine Fowler | Denise Dignam |
| Alexandra O'Farrell (2010) | The relationship between psychological stress (anxiety and anger) and physical exertion with onset of acute myocardial symptoms |
Tom Buckley | Geoff Tofler |
| Amy Barker (2010) | Mapping pain assessment and management in a surgical neonatal intensive care unit (2010) |
Kaye Spence | Val Wilson |
| Christine Jorgensen (2010) | The rhetoric and reality of evidenced based practice and clinical practice guideline use within the NICU, a qualitative descriptive study |
Lynn Sinclair | Jackie Crisp |
| Melannie Warwick (2009) | Self-management and medication concordance among community-dwelling older adults with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
Robyn Gallagher | Kathleen Kilstoff |
| Richard Talisayon (2009) | An exploration of the experiences of former intensive care unit patients who are participating in the home-based rehabilitation program project |
Sharon McKinley | Thomas Buckley |
Master of Nursing (Honours)
| Name | Project title | Supervisor | Co-supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nicola Brown (2012) | Asthma Management Self-Efficacy in Parents of Primary School-Age Children | Robyn Gallagher | Cathrine Fowler |
| Julie Potter (2012) | Participants’ Views of Delayed Consent for a Randomised Controlled Trial in Intensive Care | Sharon McKinley | Anthony Delaney |
| Jennifer Burrows (2011) | Mentoring in Acute Stroke: Evaluation of an Information Provision Strategy for Stroke Survivors and Carers | Jacqueline Baker | Lois Hamlin |
| Jane Graham (2011) | Acute Care Nurses' Attitudes, Behaviours and Perceived Barriers towards Discharge Risk Screening and Discharge Planning | Robyn Gallagher | Janine Bothe |
| Irene Mitchelhill (2010) | Evaluation of a psychosocial education program developed for families with congenital adrenal hyperplasia | Jackie Crisp | Carolyn Briggs |
| Matilda Freeman (2009) | Employing Dementia Care Mapping to Implement Person-Centred Care in Residential Aged Care Settings: Impact on Nurses and Care Staff | Lynn Chenoweth | Jane Stein-Parbury |
| Vicki Patton (2009) | Patients' management of antegrade colonic enema with a Chait Cecostomy Catheter | Judith Donoghue | Julia Thompson |
| Marcos Canda (2008) | Home-based care for people living with HIV/AIDS in the City and Province of Maputo, Mozambique | Mary Chiarella | Andrew Cashin |
| Louise Maher (2008) | Mapping chemotherapy-related mouth changes in gero-oncology non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients | Patricia Farrar | Vivien Lane |
| Greg Melbourne (2008) | Patient controlled analgesia use by elderly postoperative patients | Robyn Gallagher | Tom Buckley |
| Karen Myors (2008) | The two to five year old is magic: Child and family health nurses working with parents of pre-school children | Edward White | Virginia Schmied |
| Julia Smailes (2008) | General nurses' recognition of psychological distress in prisoners | Donna Waters | Jane Stein-Parbury |
| Renee Trotter (2008) | State anxiety in the PTCA and Stent population | Sharon McKinley | Andrea Marshall |
| Leonie Weisbrodt (2008) | A pilot study of the impact of a routine, daily interruption to continuous sedation in mechanically ventilated patients on duration of mechanical ventilation | Robyn Gallagher | Tom Buckley |
| Linda Thomson Mangnall (2007) | Postoperative delirium in the colorectal surgical population | Jane Stein-Parbury | Robyn Gallagher |
| Sri Wahyuni Awaluddin (2007) | Indonesian nurses' knowledge of, attitudes and adherence to standard precautions related to reducing the risk of occupational exposure to bloodborne infectious diseases (HIV/HBV) | Robyn Gallagher | Judith Donoghue |
Master of Midwifery (Honours)
| Name | Project title | Supervisor | Co-supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Soheila Jadidi (2012) | Women's Knowledge, Expectations and Experience of Induction of Labour and the Association with Maternal Anxiety | Maralyn Foureur | Caroline Homer |
| Felicity Copeland (2012) | Conflicting Contexts. Midwives’ Interpretation of Childbirth through Photo Elicitation | Caroline Homer | Hannah Dahlen |
| Fiona Arundell (2011) | The preceptorship of student midwives: A case study | Maralyn Foureur | Cathrine Fowler |
| Katie Sullivan (2010) | Factors that contribute to midwives staying in midwifery: A study in one area health service in NSW. | Linette Lock | Caroline Homer |
| Catherine Whelan (2010) | Assessing the impact of Interprofessional Education (IPE) on medical student anxiety: A quasi-experimental study | Maralyn Foureur | Caroline Homer |
| Rachel Smith (2010) | Credentialling Midwives: What are the experiences of midwives working in midwifery-led models of care in NSW who undertake the credentialling process? | Caroline Homer | Pat Brodie |
| Alison Teate (2010) | The experiences of midwives involved with the development and implementation of Centering Pregnancy at two hospitals in Australia. | Caroline Homer | Nicky Leap |
| Lois Berry (2010) | Gestational diabetes mellitus: Current practices, screening and diagnosis in the South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service. | Linette Lock | Caroline Homer |
Master of Health Services (Honours)
| Name | Project title | Supervisor | Co-supervisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahalakshmi Ekambareshwar (2010) | Evaluation of IIMS education and training and health professionals' experience of web-based IIMS training for incident reporting. | Mary Chiarella | Jeffrey Braithwaite |
