Deakin University Associate Professor Nursing Campus Leader School of Nursing and Midwifery Waterfront Campus Geelong

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1 NATISHA SANDS

2 NATISHA SANDS PERSONAL DETAILS Phone EDUCATION 1986 Registered Nurse 1998 Bachelor of Nursing (1 st Class Hons) 2003 PhD Nursing CURRENT POSITION Present University of Canberra Adjunct Associate Professor of Nursing Present Director, Nurse Talk Consulting Nurse Talk provides consultation, curriculum design, training, evaluation/research, and video/film production. ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS Deakin University Associate Professor Nursing Campus Leader School of Nursing and Midwifery Waterfront Campus Geelong University of Melbourne Senior Lecturer Nursing Coordinator, Postgraduate Mental Health Nursing University of Melbourne Lecturer B Nursing University of Ballarat 2

3 Lecturer B Nursing HONORARY APPOINTMENTS Present University of Canberra Adjunct Associate Professor of Nursing Centre for Psychiatric Nursing, University of Melbourne Honorary Principal Research Fellow Barwon Health Honorary Principal Research Fellow Alfred Health Honorary Principal Research Fellow CLINICAL AND EDUCATION APPOINTMENTS Alfred Health Psychiatric Nurse Education Consultant Health and Community Services Union Consultant /Researcher Royal District Nursing Service Curriculum Writer Care Skills Australia Curriculum Writer /Nurse Educator South West Area Mental Health Service After Hours Coordinator/Mental Health Triage Clinician South West Area Mental Health Service After Hours Coordinator/Mental Health Triage Clinician Western Hospital Footscray Hilary Blakiston House Aged Mental Health Nurse Registered Nurse, After Hours Coordinator The Melbourne Clinic Nurse Registered Nurse Barwon Health, Mental Health Registered Nurse, Associate Charge Nurse Day Treatment Centre 3

4 The Melbourne Clinic Registered Nurse Parkville Adolescent Psychiatric Unit Registered Nurse Royal Park Hospital Psychiatric Nursing Training AWARDS 2014 Vice Chancellor s Values Award for Outstanding Contribution to Building Social Capital, Deakin University 2014 Philippa Moore Publication Prize, College of Emergency Nursing 2012 KB Smith Nursing Publication Award, Alfred Health 2009 Vice Chancellor s Knowledge Transfer Excellence Award, Commendation, University of Melbourne 2003 Excellence in Health Research, Ballarat Health Awards 2002 Publication Award, University of Ballarat 2001 Stan Alchin Presenters Award Runner Up. Australian and New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses 27 th Annual International Conference, Melbourne 1999 Australian Post Graduate Award PUBLICATIONS Considine, J., Berry, D., Johnson, R., & Sands, N. (2017). Vital signs as predictors of aggression in hospital patients (VAPA). Journal of Clinical Nursing. Early View DOI: /jocn Sands, N., Elsom, S., Corbett, R., Keppich-Arnold, S., Prematunga, R., Berk, M., & Considine, J. (2016). Predictors for clinical deterioration of mental state in patients assessed by telephone-based mental health triage. International journal of mental health nursing. Early View DOI: /inm Sands, N., Elsom, S., Colgate, R. Haylor, H. (2016). Development and inter-rater reliability of the UK Mental Health Triage Scale. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 25(4), Sands, N., Elsom, S., Keppich-Arnold, S., Henderson, K. Thompson, P. (2016). Perceptions of crisis care in populations who self-referred to a telephonebased mental health triage service. International Journal of Mental 4

5 Health, 25(2), Corbett, R., Elsom, S., Sands, N., & Prematunga, R. (2016). An exploratory investigation of sexual health screening in the first 12 weeks of case management in populations with severe mental illness. International journal of mental health nursing. 26(2), Sands, N., Elsom, S., Keppich-Arnold, S., Henderson, K., King, P., Bourke-Finn, K., & Brunning, D. (2015). Investigating the validity and usability of an interactive computer programme for assessing competence in telephone-based mental health triage. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 25, Williams, E, Sands, N, Elsom, S & Premutunga, R. (2015). Mental Health Consumers Perceptions of Quality of Life and Mental Health Care. Nursing & Health Sciences, 17, Waters, A., Sands, N., Keppich-Arnold, S., & Henderson, K. (2015). Handover of patient information from the crisis assessment and treatment team to the inpatient psychiatric unit. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 24, Hosking, J., Considine, J., & Sands, N. (2015). Re: Hosking J, Considine J, Sands N. Recognising clinical deterioration in emergency department patients. Australas Emerg Nurs J 2014; 17: Australasian emergency nursing journal: AENJ, 18(1), 58. Marangu, E., Sands, N., Rolley, J., Ndetei, D., & Mansouri, F. (2014). Mental healthcare in Kenya: exploring optimal conditions for capacity building: opinion paper. African Primary Health Care and Family Medicine, 6(1), 1-5. Millar, F., Sands, N., & Elsom, S. (2014). Factors influencing cardiometabolic monitoring practices in an adult community mental health service. International journal of mental health nursing, 23(6), Sands, N., Elsom, S., Berk, M., Hosking, J., Prematunga, R. and Gerdtz, M. (2014). Investigating the predictive validity of an emergency department mental health triage tool. Nursing & Health Sciences. 16, Hosking, J., Considine, J., & Sands, N. (2014). Recognising clinical deterioration in emergency department patients. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 17(2), Elsom, S., Sands, N., Roper, C., Gerdtz, M. & Hoppner, C. (2013), A telephone survey of service-user experiences of a telephone-based mental health triage service. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. (5): Fiolet, Renee, Sands, Natisha and Nagle, Cate (2013) Intimate partner violence : are Australian nurses and midwives trained to provide care? Australian Nursing 5

6 Journal,20, 10, p. 37. Sands, N., Elsom, S., Gerdtz, M., Henderson, K., Keppich-Arnold, S., Droste, N., Wereta, Z.W. & Prematunga, R. (2013). Identifying the core competencies of mental health telephone triage. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 22(21-22): Sands N., Elsom S., Henderson K., Keppich-Arnold S. & Marangu E. (2013) Mental Health Telephone Triage: Managing psychiatric crisis and emergency. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care, 49, Millar, R. & Sands, N. (2013). He did what? Well that wasn t handed over! Communicating risk in mental health. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing ;20(4): Koehne, K., Hamilton, B., Sands, N., & Humphries, C. (2013).Working around a contested diagnosis: Borderline personality disorder in adolescence. Health. 17(1): Sands, N., Elsom, S., Gerdtz, M., & Khaw, D. (2012). Mental health-related risk factors for violence: using the evidence to guide mental health triage decisionmaking. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 19(8), Sands, N, Elsom, SJ. (2010). Mental health in regional emergency departments: Unsafe and inequitable. Australian Nursing Journal. 18,3. Needham, H. & Sands, N. (2010). Post seclusion debriefing: A core nursing intervention. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care. 46,3, Gerdtz, M., Chu, M., Collins, M. Considine, J. Crellin, D. Sands, N. & Stewart, C. (2009). Factors influencing consistency of triage using The Australasian Triage Scale: implications for guideline development. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 21, Purves, D. & Sands, N. (2009). Crisis and Triage Clinicians' attitudes towards working with people with Personality Disorder. Perspectives in Psychiatric Care Sands, N., Gerdtz, M., & Elsom, S. (2009). Assessing the risk in triage clinical guidelines. Australian Nursing Journal, 17(3), 36. Sands, N. (2009). An exploration of clinical decision-making in mental health triage. Archives of Psychiatric Nursing, 23, 4. pp Sands, N. (2009). Mental health and education: Mental health triage pivotal. Australian Nursing Journal. 17, 3, 37. Sands, N. (2009). Mental health and education: Mental health triage pivotal. Australian Nursing Journal. 17, 3, 37. Sands, N. & Gerdtz MF (2009). Developing clinical practice guidelines for violence risk 6

7 assessment at triage. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 12 (4) 153. Sands, N. (2009). 'Round the Bend: A Brief History of Mental Health Nursing in Victoria, Australia 1848 to 1950's'. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 30,6, Koehne, K. & N. Sands (2008). Borderline personality disorder-an overview for emergency clinicians. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 11, 4, Sands, N. (2007). Assessing the risk of suicide at triage. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal. 10, Sands, N. (2007). An ABC approach to assessing the risk of violence at triage. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal. 10, Sands, N. (2007). Mental health triage: Caring for the Australian community. Issues, 80, p Sands, N. (2006). Mental health triage: Toward a model for nursing practice. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 14, Sands, N. (2004). Mental health triage nursing: An Australian Perspective. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 11, BOOKS Gerdtz, M., Considine, J., Sands, N., Stewart, C., Crellin, D., Pollock, W.. Tchernomoroff, R., Knight, K & Charles, A. (2007). Emergency Department Triage Education Kit. The Australian Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. Commonwealth Government of Australia, Canberra. BOOKS CHAPTERS Sands, N. (2010) in Walker, L. Patterson, E. Wong, W. &Young, D. General Practice Nursing. McGraw-Hill. Sydney, Australia. REPORTS Sands, N., Elsom, S., Colgate, R. (2015). The UK Mental Health Triage Scale Guidelines. Sands, N., (2013) Expert Witness Report. Coroners Court of Victoria Sands, N. Forbes, H. Brown, R. & & Mielnik, L. (2014). The Mental Health and Well Being Portal. Final Report to DUPPP /Deakin University 7

8 Sands, N. Elsom, S. (2014) Mental Health Triage Competency Assessment Tool (MHTT- CAT). Final Report to Telematics Trust. Sands, N. Gerdtz, M, Hosking, J. & Berk, M. (2010). Validating the clinical descriptors of the Australasian Triage Scale, mental health triage sub-scale. Final Report to Clinical Care and Quality Risk Management Centre, Deakin University. Sands, N. Gerdtz, M. & Elsom, S. (2010). Final Report. Evaluation of Latrobe Regional Health Mental health Triage Service. Latrobe Regional Health Service Victoria. Sands, N. & Gerdtz, M. (2009). Final Report. Clinical Practice Guideline: Violence risk assessment at triage. Nurses Board of Victoria. Sands, N. & Gerdtz, M. (2008). Evaluation of the Department of Human Services Victoria Draft Area Mental Health Triage Scale. Department of Human Services Victoria. Sands, N. (2004). Consultative Report to the Health Community Services Union of Victoria: Mental Health Triage Nursing in Victoria. Health and Community Services Union of Victoria Sands, N. (2004). Consultative Report to the Health Community Services Union of Victoria: Report on the proposed introduction of mental health tele-triage call centres in Victoria. Health and Community Services Union of Victoria. PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS Sands, N & Elsom, S. (2014). Telephone-based mental health triage: What do consumers experiencing crisis want? International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 23, Elsom, S., Tonsu, M., Norris, S., Healey, P. Williams, L. Prematunga, R. & Sands N. (2014). Workplace violence in mental health: A Victorian Mental Health Workforce Survey. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 23, 9-9. Waters, A., Sands, N., Keppich-Arnold, S., & Henderson, K. (2014). Handover of patient information from the crisis assessment and treatment team to the inpatient psychiatric unit. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 24(3), 193. Sands, N. (2014). Through the eyes of the Vagabond: Reflections on life as a Lunatic Attendant in colonial Melbourne, Australia, circa International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 23, Williams, E & Sands, N. (2013). Mental health consumer perceptions of quality of life and mental health care. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 22, Sands, N & Elsom, S. (2013). Promoting consumer collaboration in telephone-based 8

9 mental health triage: A pilot study. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 22, Sands, N & S Elsom, M Gerdtz, J Hosking, M Berk. Validating the clinical descriptors of the Emergency Mental Health Triage Scale. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, S32. Sands, N & Gerdtz, M. (2009). Developing Clinical Practice Guidelines for violence risk assessment at triage. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 12,3, 153. GRANTS Sands, N., Considine, J. Elsom, S., Keppich-Arnold, S. Corbett,.R & Berk, M. (2014). Identifying predictors for clinical deterioration in telephone-based mental health triage. Deakin University Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research. $23,905. Considine J, Sands N, Berry D, Johnson R. (2014). Vital signs As Predictors for Aggression in hospital patients (VAPA). Deakin University Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research. $21,000. Sands, N & Elsom, S. (2012). An interactive computer program for assessing competency in telephone-based mental health triage: A Pilot Study. Telematics Trust Grant $28,500. Sands, N, Forbes, H. Brown, R. & Mielnik, L. (2012). The Mental Health and Wellbeing Portal. HEPPP Deakin Grant. $ 29,744. Sands, N. Elsom, S. Gerdtz, M, Hosking, J. & Berk, M. (2010). Validating the clinical descriptors of the Australasian Triage Scale, mental health triage sub-scale. Clinical Care and Quality Risk Management Centre, Deakin University. $20,000. Sands, N., Gerdtz, M., & Elsom, S. (2007). Developing Clinical Guidelines for violence risk assessment in mental health triage. Mona Menzies Post Doctoral Grant. Nurses Board of Victoria. $50,000. Maude, P., Doherty, P., Kalkarni, J., Sands, N & Gerdtz, M. (2006). Development of a quality outcome measurement network in the South East Region of Victoria. QUATRO Quality Through Outcomes Network. Commonwealth Dept of Health and Aging $385,000. Maude, P., Kroshel, J., Gerdtz, M., Manias, E & Sands, N. (2005). Consumer understanding of triage and high dependency care at the Alfred. SIIP Mark 3 $20,000. 9

10 FUNDED PROJECTS AND CONSULTANCIES Sands, N (2016) Consultation and curriculum design, Capita Healthcare Decisions UK. Mental health triage decision support technology Hamilton, B., Fletcher, J., Elsom, S., Roper, C., Sands, S. & McKenna, B. ( ). Evaluation of the Victorian Safewards Trial. Victorian Department of Health. Sands, N (2015) Consultation to Brisbane Metro South, Queensland Health: Implementation of centralised mental health telephone triage Tonsu, M. R K Prematunga, S Norris, L Williams, P Healey, N Sands, S J Elsom. (2014)Workplace violence in Mental Health Health and Community Services Union. Sands, N. (2014). Expert Witness, Coroners Court Victoria Sands, N & Elsom, SJ. (2012). Identifying the core competencies of mental health triage: An observational study. The Alfred Hospital. Sands, N & Elsom, S. (2010) Consultation to Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board, Wales NHS UK on the design and implementation of Mental Health Triage Services. Sands, N (2011) Consultation to Gold Coast CMHS Queensland Health: Implementation of centralised mental health telephone triage Sands, N. Gerdtz, M. & Elsom, S. (2009). Evaluation of Latrobe Regional Hospital Mental Health Triage Service. Latrobe Regional health service. Sands, N., Gerdtz, M. (2008). Evaluation of the Department of Human Services Victoria Draft Area Mental Health Triage Scale. Department of Human Services Victoria Sands, N. (2008). Expert Witness, Coroners Court Victoria Sands, N (2007) Consultation to National Health Call Centre on the development of competencies for call-centre mental health triage. Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing. Gerdtz, M., Considine, J., Sands, N., Crellin, D. & Stewart, C. (2006). Emergency Department Triage Education Kit. Commonwealth Department of Health and Aging. Sands, N (2004) Consultation to Health and Community Services Union on educational/training needs of mental health triage nursing workforce. Health and Community Services Union. 10

11 Sands, N (2004) Consultation to Health and Community Services Union on the proposed introduction of tele-triage call centres in Victorian mental health services. Health and Community Services Union. KEYNOTES AND INVITED ADDRESSES Sands, N., & Elsom, S. (2015). Keynote Address: The UK Mental Health Triage Scale Project. Presented at Bridgend Psychiatry Symposium, Princess of Wales Hospital, Cardiff, Wales. 23 March Sands, N. (2015). Keynote Address: International Nurses Day: The use of film to research, record and teach nursing. Barwon Health Geelong Sands, N. (2015). Invited Speaker: Safety & Quality in Emergency Mental Health Care: What Have We Learnt? Emergency Department Management Conference, Sydney. Sands, N., & Elsom, S. (2010). Keynote Address: Mental health triage: evidence, practice and future directions. Presented at All Wales Mental Health Leadership Forum, Princess of Wales Hospital, Cardiff, Wales. 3 November Sands, N., & Elsom, S. (2010). Keynote Address: Mental health triage: A model for improving access and outcomes in mental health services. Consultant Psychiatrists Wales Network Meeting, Swansea, Wales. 4 November Sands, N. (2009). Keynote Address: Victorian Dual Diagnosis Annual Conference, Melbourne. Assessing the risk of associated with mental illness and substance use Sands, N. (2012). Invited Speaker: Victorian Department of Health State-wide Mental Health Triage Forum Sands, N. (2009). Invited Speaker: Assessing the risk of violence in aged populations. Aged and Community Care Conference, Victoria. Sands, N. (2008). Invited Speaker: Australian Practice Nurses Association Conference. Managing aggressive patients Sands, N. (2006). Invited Speaker: Australian Practice Nurses Association Conference. Conducting effective Mini Mental Status Examination. CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Sands, N. Elsom, S., Colgate, R. & Haylor, H. (2015). Development and testing of the UK Mental Health Triage Scale: leading change on an international scale. 41 st Australian College of Mental Health Nurses. International Mental Health 11

12 Nursing Conference. Brisbane. Sands, N. (2015). In full focus: Using film to record, research, and teach mental health nursing. 41 st Australian College of Mental Health Nurses. International Mental Health Nursing Conference. Brisbane. Sands, N. & Elsom, S. (2015). Mental Health Nursing: This is our story (documentary). 41 st Australian College of Mental Health Nurses. International Mental Health Nursing Conference. Brisbane. Sands, N. & Elsom, S. (2014). Telephone-based mental health triage: What do consumers in crisis say they want? 40 th Australian College of Mental Health Nurses. International Mental Health Nursing Conference. Melbourne Sands, N & Vokoun, J. (2014). Round the bend: A history of psychiatric nursing in Victoria, Australia (documentary). 40 th Australian College of Mental Health Nurses. International Mental Health Nursing Conference. Melbourne Sands, N & Elsom, S. (2013). An interactive computer program for assessing competency in telephone-based Mental Health Triage. 14th Victorian Collaborative Psychiatric Nursing Conference, Centre for Psychiatric Nursing, The University of Melbourne. Sands, N & Elsom, S. (2013). Promoting consumer collaboration in telephone based mental health triage. A pilot study. Australian College of Mental Health Nurses 39th International Mental Health Nursing Conference Sands, N. (2012). Mental health telephone triage: defining a competency framework for practice, in NPNR 2012: International Network for Psychiatric Nursing Research, Royal College of Nursing, Oxford, UK Sands, N & Vokoun, J. (2012). Round the bend : a history of psychiatric nursing in Victoria (film documentary) NPNR 2012 : International Network for Psychiatric Nursing Research, Royal College of Nursing, Oxford, UK Sands, N. (2012). Through the eyes of the vagabond : reflections on life as a lunatic attendant in colonial Melbourne, Australia, in 1877 Sands, N & Elsom, S. (2011). Factors influencing the categorisation of urgency in mental health triage, in IALMH 2011 International Congress on Law and Mental Health XXXII, International Academy of Law and Mental Health, Berlin Germany Sands, N & Elsom, S. Henderson, K & Keppich-Arnold S. (2011). Identifying the core competencies of mental health telephone triage, in 12th Victorian Collaborative Psychiatric Nursing Conference, Melbourne. Sands, N. Gerdtz, M., Elsom. S. (2011). Violence risk assessment in mental health triage : an evidence-based approach, in 9th International Conference for Emergency Nurses, Gold Coast 12

13 Sands, N. Gerdtz, M., Elsom. S. (2011). Developing Clinical Practice Guidelines for violence risk assessment in mental health triage: a systematic review. XXXIst International Congress on Law and Mental Health International Academy of Law and Mental Health, New York Sands, N. Elsom. S. (2010). Clinical Practice Guidelines for violence risk assessment in mental health triage: An evidence-based approach. 2 nd International Conference on Violence in the Health Sector. Amsterdam Sands, N. (2008). Developing Clinical Practice Guidelines for violence risk assessment in mental health triage. World Psychiatric Association Conference. Prague Sands, N. (2007). Developing Clinical Practice Guidelines for violence risk assessment in Mental health triage: Draft guideline. World Psychiatric Association Conference, Melbourne Australia Sands, N. (2007). Developing clinic al guidelines for violence risk assessment in mental health triage: Works in progress. Australian and New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses 33rd Conference, Cairns, Australia. Sands, N. (2007). Mental Health Triage Assessment: Medico-legal issues and other challenges. International Academy of Mental Health and the Law. 30th International Congress on Law and Mental Health, University of Padua, Italy Sands, N. (2006). Educational initiatives in mental health triage practice. National Mental Health Triage Forum. November University of Melbourne Sands, N. (2006). Decisions, decisions, decisions: An exploration of clinical decisionmaking in mental health triage. Australian and New Zealand College of Australian and New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses 32 nd Conference, Alice Springs, Australia Sands, N. (2006). Mental Health Triage: A program of education. 7Th Collaborative Psychiatric Nursing Conference 2006 Moonee Valley, Melbourne Sands, N. (2005). Practice into theory: Working collaboratively with clinicians to articulate mental health triage practice. Australian and New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses 31st Annual International Conference, Fremantle, Western Australia Sands, N. (2005). Mental Health Triage Workshop. Australian and New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses 31st Annual International Conference, Fremantle Western Australia Sands, N. (2004). Psychiatric triage nursing: the new frontier. Findings of a PhD. 13 th International Nursing Research Conference. Royal College of Nursing, Brisbane Australia Sands, N. (2004). Psychiatric triage nursing: the new frontier (final results) 3 rd 13

14 Collaborative Psychiatric Nursing Conference, Melbourne. Centre for Psychiatric Nursing Research and Practice. University of Melbourne Sands, N. (2003). Psychiatric triage nursing: the new frontier (final results) Annual Rural Research Conference. University of Ballarat Sands, N. (2002). Mental health triage: Toward a model for practice Colloquium Grampians Area Mental Health Service Ballarat Base Hospital Sands, N. (2001). Psychiatric triage nursing: the new frontier. PhD works in progress. 27 th Australian and New Zealand College of Mental Health Nursing Conference, Melbourne Sands, N. (1999). Psychiatric triage nursing: the new frontier (works in progress). Annual Rural Research Conference. University of Ballarat Sands, N. (1999). Psychiatric triage nursing: the new frontier (works in progress) 1 st Collaborative Psychiatric Nursing Conference, Melbourne. HIGHER DEGREE SUPERVSION 2016 Khumar, F. PhD Nursing. Recovery focused care planning in community mental health: Consumer outcomes and care trajectories Stevens, J. Nursing Honours The patient experience of participation in a home tele-monitoring program that aims to support the selfmanagement of their chronic disease Marangu, E. PhD Nursing. Mental health care in Kenya: investigating strategies for capacity building in primary health care settings Campbell, L. Nursing Honours. Relationships between antenatal mental health, infant health outcomes, and health service utilisation in a population derived cohort. Deakin University Williams, E. Nursing Honours. Mental health consumer perceptions of quality of life and mental health care. Deakin University Waters, A. Nursing Honours. An investigation of handover between the Crisis Assessment and Treatment Team and the Acute Psychiatric Unit. Deakin University Hosking, J. Masters (minor thesis). Recognising clinical deterioration in Emergency Department patients. Co-Supervisor. Deakin University Millar, F. Masters (minor thesis) Cardio metabolic monitoring practices in an Adult Community Mental Health Service. Deakin 14

15 University Khumar, F. Nursing Honours. The categorisation of risk in in mental health triage. Deakin University Koehne, K. PhD Nursing. The tendency to withhold a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder during adolescence and the subsequent impact on the care of adolescents. University of Melbourne O'Halloran, C. Masters (minor thesis). The categorization of urgency by adult psychiatric triage clinicians undertaking telephone psychiatric triage for a child and adolescent mental health service. University of Melbourne Millar, R. Masters (minor thesis) Communication of risk information at nursing handovers in an acute mental health inpatient setting University of Melbourne Needham, H. Masters (minor thesis). Investigating Post-Seclusion Debriefing as a Nursing Intervention. University of Melbourne Gibbs, E. Masters (minor thesis). An evaluation of mental health triage from the carer s perspective. University of Melbourne Purves, D. Masters (minor thesis). Crisis and Triage Clinicians Attitudes toward Individuals with a Diagnosis of Personality Disorder. University of Melbourne. UNIVERSITY TEACHING I have a wide range of experience and expertise in university curriculum design, development, administration and teaching for formal award courses and subjects at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. I use a broad range of student-centered teaching and learning methods and technologies, for which I have achieved consistently outstanding quality of teaching results. Following is a summary of my main teaching areas: Bachelor of Nursing Understanding Research Evidence Mental Health Nursing 15

16 Nursing theory Culture and health Mental health and Illness Communication in health Post Graduate Diploma of Mental Health Nursing Master of Advanced Nursing Practice Evidence for practice (research methods) Consumer perspectives and participation Mental health triage Mental health assessment/diagnosis/intervention Foundations in Mental Health Nursing Community mental health nursing CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT Code Grey Online Violence Prevention Program (2014) Deakin University Mental Health Tele Triage Competency Assessment Tool (2013) Deakin University (MHTT-CAT) Mental Health Triage and Emergency Psychiatry (2012) Post Graduate Unit, Deakin University Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing Practice, Mental Health. University of Melbourne. (2007). Curriculum accreditation Nurses Board Victoria. Mental Health Triage and Intake Practice (2007) University of Melbourne, Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Clinical Nursing subject Mental Health Triage Education Program. (2007) University of Melbourne Mental Health Triage Clinical Education Program (2005) The Alfred Hospital Complex Therapies: Managing Dementia in Home and Community Settings (2003) Post Graduate Diploma in Nursing. Distance Education Program, Royal District Nursing Service Advanced Communication in Home Based Care (2003). Post Graduate Diploma in Nursing. Royal District Nursing and Latrobe University 16

17 Legalities and ethics of healthcare practice for vocational trainees (1998). Modules 1-5. Care Skills Australia Healthcare industry policy for vocational trainees (1999) Modules 1-5. Care Skills Australia SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP Below is a summary of some of my leadership activities of the past 10 years: Campus Leader, School of Nursing and Midwifery Waterfront Geelong School of Nursing and Midwifery Executive Committee Quality and Patient Safety Research Committee Student Research and Training Committee Teaching and Learning Committee Academic Programs Committee Unit Chair Leadership Committee Chair, Mental Health and Illness Barwon Health Consumer-Centered Care Committee Deakin University HEAG (2 years) University of Melbourne HEAG (3 years) PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Australian College of Mental Health Nursing REFEREES Professor Maxine Duke, Head of School, Deakin University Trisha Dunning, Chair in Nursing, Barwon Health /Deakin University NURSING REGISTRATION: NMW