Ms Monica Lawrence

The Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre is a partnership between the University of South Australia and the Rosemary Bryant Foundation, which aims to strengthen the nursing & midwifery workforce across the health system through the support and development of evidence-based healthcare, fostering partnerships, informing health policy and building research capacity. The RBRC has developed a comprehensive research program focused on advancing the discipline of nursing & midwifery and patient care related to population and public health, workforce reform, safety and quality, clinical practice, patient outcomes, and integration into education. Its objective is to enhance innovative partnerships for healthcare research, to inform strategies for: 1) Extending the capacity and capabilities of nurses and midwives to build a resilient, sustainable and collaborative workforce, 2) health system planning, evaluation and resourcing, 3) clinical care outcomes, and 4) translation of evidence into practice.

Monica is a research assistant at the Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre (RBRC), within UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences. She has been involved with curriculum development and teaching Indigenous health and Cultural Safety across the disciplines of nursing, midwifery, allied health and medicine for the past 15 years.  Alongside her teaching role, Monica has worked as a remote area clinical nurse in numerous Aboriginal Primary Health Care Clinics in the Northern Territory and Cape York Far North Queensland. Currently, she is program developer and mentor for the Deadly Outstanding Workforce Leadership Research Program and recently submitted her PhD titled, Cultural Safety in clinical, teaching and research practice in Australian Indigenous health. An auto-ethnography.

Professor West, R, and Lawrence, M,  Deadly Outstanding Workforce Leadership (OWL) Research Program supports Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses and midwives, Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal (ANMJ).

Gwynn, J., Gwynne, K., Rodrigues, R., Thompson, S., Bolton, G., Dimitropoulos, Y., ... & MacNiven, R. (2020). Atrial fibrillation in Indigenous Australians: a multisite screening study using a single-lead ECG device in Aboriginal primary health settings. Heart, Lung and Circulation.

Macniven, R., Gwynn, J., Fujimoto, H., Hamilton, S., Thompson, S., Taylor, K., Lawrence, M., Finlayson, H., Rambaldini, B., Freedman, B., Gwynne., K. (2019). Feasibility and acceptability of opportunistic screening to detect atrial fibrillation in Aboriginal adults. Aust NZ J Public Health. 2019; 43:313-18.

Reilly R., Micklem, J., Yerrell, P., David Banham, B., Morey, K., Stajic, J.,  Eckert, M., Lawrence,. M., Stewart,H., Brown, A., On behalf of the other CanDAD Investigators and the CanDAD Aboriginal Community Reference Group (2018).  Aboriginal experiences of cancer and care coordination: Lessons from the Cancer Data and Aboriginal Disparities (CanDAD) narratives. Health Expectations. 2018;1–10.

Sivertsen, N., Lawrence, M. and McDermott, D.R. (2017). Challenges to Indigenous health curriculum design – Bringing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Curriculum Framework to life. Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal, 24(9) pp. 41-41.

Kelly, J., Medway, P., Miller, D., Catt, L., Lawrence, M. (2015). Managing two worlds together: stage 3: improving Aboriginal patient journeys -. Maternity case studies. Flinders University.

Lawrence, M (2009). Improving the Patient Journey: Achieving Positive Outcomes for Remote Area Aboriginal Cardiac Patients, Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health, Casuarina, NT.

Lawrence, M (2008). How does the Aboriginal person from a remote community experience their trajectory of care for cardiac surgery at a metropolitan teaching hospital? Unpublished thesis, Flinders University of SA.

Qualifications

• Master of Public HEalth Studies Flinders University

• Master of Nursing Flinders University

• Bachelor of Nursing Flinders University