Nursing & Midwifery

Enhancing students’ digital capabilities to improve preparedness for clinical practice
Peter Hartin
The increased use of technology across healthcare systems accentuates the need for nurses and midwives to be confident and competent users of technology, therefore the need for an academic health record is now an essential part of nursing and midwifery education. Consequently, the aim of this research is to: Evaluate the preparedness of first year nursing and midwifery students who have used the AEHR in classroom-based simulation activities, pre, during and post WIL clinical placement.
Becoming a soldier: A Qualitative Study into Construction of the Army Identity and its Impact on Mental Health
Ylona Chun Tie
20 Nov 2024 - 31 Jan 2029
Student-led project (PhD) - agreement sought between JCU and DoD to allow access to current serving members (Army personnel) for the purpose of qualitative interviews and focus groups. Access to DoD policy documents including personnel manuals, Defence health policy/manuals, standard operating procedures
Rural and Remote Generalist Nurse Pathway Scoping Review
Tracey Ahern
04 Jun 2025 - 30 Sep 2025
This is a joint collaborative project with Queensland Health Office of the Chief Nurse, USQ, CQU, USC. The project is a scoping review that we will undertake together and publish collaboratively to inform a new nursing pathway in Queensland for rural and remote nurses.

A 'rite of passage?': bullying experiences of nursing students in Australia

More harm than good? The questionable ethics of medical volunteering and international student placements

Clinical profile and treatment outcomes of advanced neuroendocrine tumours in rural and regional patients: a retrospective study from a regional cancer centre in North Queensland, Australia

The rhetoric and reality of nursing in aged care: views from the inside

Book review of "Hoping to Help: the promises and pitfalls of global health volunteering" by J. Lasker (ed). London, UK, Cornell University Press, 2016. ISBN: 978-1-5017-0010-1

The experiences of internationally qualified registered nurses working in the Australian healthcare system: an integrative literature review.

  • 2018
  • Sage
  • Researchers:Ylona Chun TieMelanie Birks

A debate about the merits of debate in nurse education

Bullying in nursing: the need to make change happen

Difficulties experienced by veterinarians when communicating about emerging zoonotic risks with animal owners: the case of Hendra virus

Skills in Clinical Nursing

Title: Townsville University Hospital Research Committee
Reseracher: Rachel Walker (Professor of Nursing & Midwifery)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2024
Title: Townsville Hospital and Health Service, Research Trust Advisory Committee
Reseracher: Rachel Walker (Professor of Nursing & Midwifery)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2024
Title: Invited reviewer ACCCN’s Critical Care Nursing textbook
Reseracher: Ylona Chun Tie (Senior Lecturer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2019
Title: Journal of Clinical Nursing
Reseracher: Ylona Chun Tie (Senior Lecturer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2018
End Date: 01 Jan 2025
Title: Australian College of Nursing
Reseracher: Jenny Kelly (Associate Professor, Nursing and Midwifery)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2011
Title: Principal Research Officer, James Cook University
Reseracher: Jenny Kelly (Associate Professor, Nursing and Midwifery)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2023
Title: Research Officer, CQUniversity
Reseracher: Jenny Kelly (Associate Professor, Nursing and Midwifery)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2020
End Date: 01 Jan 2023
Title: Senior Research Officer, Queensland Health
Reseracher: Jenny Kelly (Associate Professor, Nursing and Midwifery)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2017
End Date: 01 Jan 2019
Title: Making change happen within a diverse workforce: Hearing the voices of nurses. National Nurses Forum, Sydney
Reseracher: Ylona Chun Tie (Senior Lecturer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2017
Title: The strength of diversity in Australia’s nursing workforce: Contribution of internationally qualified nurses. National Nursing Forum, Gold Coast
Reseracher: Ylona Chun Tie (Senior Lecturer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2018