Medical Surgical Nursing for Australian Students

About the Author

Anne-Marie Brady is Chair of Nursing & Chronic Illness in the School of Nursing & Midwifery at Trinity College Dublin and has been involved in undergraduate and postgraduate education since 2000. She has completed a PhD, PG Diploma in Clinical Health Sciences Education and in Statistics at Trinity College Dublin, and a MSc and BSN at Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Her particular areas of research and teaching interest are general nursing and healthcare management. She has considerable international nursing experience, having worked in the UK, USA and the Irish Republic.

Catherine McCabe is Associate Professor and Dean of Students Illness in the School of Nursing & Midwifery at Trinity College Dublin. Her particular area of interest in teaching is general nursing and advanced nursing practice. Her research primarily explores the effect of technology and multimedia systems on enhancing communications systems and quality of life for patients with chronic and lifethreatening illnesses both in acute care settings and in the home. She has written a great deal on communication in nursing and published a number of papers on her research on communication and technology in healthcare.

Margaret McCann has been an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin since 2005 and was previously employed as a lecturer in the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. She obtained an MSc in Nursing from the University of Manchester and Royal College of Nursing in 2001. She has been involved in nurse education since 1996. Margaret's primary teaching and research interests lie in the area of urology and renal care. Her research focuses on the prevention and control of vascular access infection in haemodialysis, and she has published a number of papers on issues relating to renal care and vascular access.

Jacqueline Brewer is an adjunct academic at The University of Newcastle. She has been involved in undergraduate and postgraduate education of nurses and medical education since 2004. She has completed a Diploma of Herbal Medicine, Graduate Certificate in ICU and has a Masters of Medical Education. Her main area of interest is critical care, and she has been a clinical nurse specialist in operating theatres, has worked in ICU, CCU, NICU and ED and currently coordinates two postgraduate programs in acute care and emergency nursing.

Zach Byfield is a Lecturer in Nursing. Clinically, Zach worked predominantly in acute clinical areas, specifically paediatric and emergency nursing. Zach has held a number of roles with nursing professional bodies and has been predominantly employed in education-focused roles for the majority of his professional practice. Zach holds a number of qualifications, including Bachelor of Philosophy, Bachelor of Nursing, Graduate Diploma in Paediatric Nursing, Master of Nursing, Master of Philosophy and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Ellen Dyke is a Lecturer at the University of Queensland and has been teaching in pre-registration nursing courses since 2014. Ellen has more than 20 years of clinical nursing experience covering medical, surgical and rehabilitation nursing, with a major part of her career spent in spinal cord injuries nursing. She has completed a Bachelor of Nursing, Bachelor of Nursing Informatics and a Master of Philosophy. She is passionate about nursing education and research and is currently undertaking a PhD with a focus on e-learning for registered nurses.

Dr Sara Kathleen Geale is a Senior Lecturer at the Australian Catholic University. Sara has completed a PhD in Healthcare, Emergency and Disaster Management, a Masters in Healthcare, Postgraduate Applied Science Nursing and BA in Library and Information Science. Sara has considerable experience in nursing, working in Australia and Saudi Arabia. Sara continues to research and publish in nursing education and review for nursing and healthcare journals globally.

Renjith Hari started academic nursing as a lecturer at Charles Darwin University and currently works at the University of New England. He has been involved in undergraduate and post graduate education since 2013. He has completed a Master of Clinical Education, Master of Nursing and Graduate Diploma in Nursing with critical care specialisation from Flinders University. His areas of research and teaching interest are digital health, clinical education, simulation, online education and clinical supervision. He has considerable clinical nursing experience in critical care, having worked in India, the United Arab Emirates and Australia.

Sarah Mills is an Associate Lecturer in Nursing at Charles Darwin University Australia and has been involved in undergraduate education since 2015. She holds a Masters of Advanced practice in critical care nursing, a Bachelor of Nursing (honours) and a Graduate Certificate of tertiary and adult education. She is a PhD candidate with Charles Darwin University Australia. Her particular areas of research and teaching interest are medical-surgical and critical care nursing and missed nursing care. She has international nursing experience, having trained and worked in the UK.

Penelope Sweeting is a Lecturer in nursing at Charles Darwin University and is heavily involved in undergraduate nursing education. Penelope also has extensive clinical experience in emergency nursing and is a PhD candidate studying human factors and suicide prevention. Her qualifications include a Bachelor of Nursing from the University of Technology Sydney, Graduate Certificate in Acute Care Nursing from the University of New England, and a Master of Advanced Nursing from the University of Technology Sydney.

Josephine Tighe works as a Lecturer in the Bachelor of Nursing program at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne. After a gratifying career as a critical care nurse in a number of states and territories across Australia, Josephine has worked in undergraduate and postgraduate nursing education since 2015. She has completed a Master of Clinical Education (Research), Graduate Diploma of Clinical Education, Critical Care Certificate (ICU), and a Bachelor of Science (Nursing). Josephine's research interests are in innovative learning and assessment and preparation for clinical practice.