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I am a registered nurse with over 30 years clinical experience in allergy nursing,15 years in eczema (atopic dermatitis) nursing and helping people to master their fundamental skincare through effective education and with the University of South Australia since 2005. I still work in clinical practice in allergy and eczema management. The key to effective patient/family education by Health Professionals (HPs) must facillitate peopel to think, reason and problem solve, but this process is rarely explained in HP literature. My PhD explored and mapped the cognitive Learning Principles nurses use in parent education and those Learning Principles parents found essential to confidence building and effective learning, to master their children's... Read more
About me
I am a registered nurse with over 30 years clinical experience in allergy nursing,15 years in eczema (atopic dermatitis) nursing and helping people to master their fundamental skincare through effective education and with the University of South Australia since 2005. I still work in clinical practice in allergy and eczema management. The key to effective patient/family education by Health Professionals (HPs) must facillitate peopel to think, reason and problem solve, but this process is rarely explained in HP literature. My PhD explored and mapped the cognitive Learning Principles nurses use in parent education and those Learning Principles parents found essential to confidence building and effective learning, to master their children's care. Findings showed nurses' practice and parents needs aligned with the Dimensions of Learning Framework (Marzano et al. 1997), used in educational research for 30 years. The Dimensions fo Learning (DoL) framework guides teachers to help students to become critical thinkers who can use reason and problem-solve. In healthcare this is the goal of HPs as they partner with people to manage their chronic conditions. Allergies and eczema are two chronic conditions affecting Australians (4.1 million for allergy and 3 million for eczema).
The five DoL domains are 1) attutude and perceptions; 2) acquiring and integrating knowledge; 3) extending and refining the knowledge; 4) applying the knowledge and 5) habits of mind. Health professionals are the key to this effective learning process within patient/family education, what ever the chronic condition. These domains help describe a learning process whereby people can be guided to transform information into usable knowledge. Nurses play a pivital role in management of these two chronic conditions.Providing patients/families with information alone is of minimal value for their skill development, unless the HPs providing it, facilitate the information-knowledge transformation process.
I coorditate and teach the Professional Certificate in Allergy Nursing, a 10 week online short course, enabling nurses to gain the knowledge and skills in caring for people who have allergies using evidence-based best practice recommendations of the nurses' country of practice. Successful graduants develop skills in critical awareness to evaluate information, resources and research surrounding allergic conditions and eczema. Not all online allergy or eczema information is robust!
I am a member of the Rosemary Bryant Research Foundation group. I am also a member of multiple professional organisations: Australian College of Nursing, Australian Dermatology Nurses Association (ADNA), associate nurse member of the Australian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA); Australian College of Children's and Young People's Nursing (ACCYPN), Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), Eczema Support Australia, British Dermatology Nurses Association (BDNG), Food Allergy Nurses' Awarenes Group (FANI, USA). I am also the ADNA representative on the Coalition of National Nursing and Midwifery Organisations (CoNNMO).
About me
Australian Nurses' Federation, Associate member Australasian Society of Clinical Immunologists and Allergists, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation SA Branch, Australian Dermatology Nurses Association Joint state representative 2013-4, Newsletter editor 2016- 2021,CoNMo representative 2022- current; Member British Dermatology Nurses Group, UK,The Golden Key International Honour Society Membership for academic excellence Flinders University Chapter 2005,The Golden Key International Honour Society Membership for academic excellence Flinders University & University of South Australia Chapters, Australian College of Children & Young Peoples Nurses.
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia
Masters of Nursing University of South Australia
Bachelor of Nursing The Flinders University of South Australia
Establishing eczema education opportunities in South Australia to help families who have children with eczema. Patient/parent education- facilitating nurses to be effective educators to guide patients/parents/families to turn information provided to them inot knowledge they can use meaningfully. Learners use thinking, reasoning and problem-solving skills to master care and self-management of chronic conditions.
Connecting for confidence: a peer-support basic numeracy program (for medication calculations) to build confidence and connectedness for nursing students with basic numeracy and English language anxiety. (Teaching and Learning Grant 2015- $10,000) https://lo.unisa.edu.au/course/view.php?id=4128 Connecting for Confidence information
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
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2021 |
Open access
7
5
7
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2020 |
Open access
16
15
3
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2019 |
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2017 |
Open access
1
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2023 |
Open access
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2023 |
Open access
1
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2021 |
Open access
7
5
7
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2020 |
Open access
16
15
3
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2019 |
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2017 |
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2017 |
Open access
1
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2016 |
1
1
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2015 |
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2014 |
Open access
14
13
6
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Thompson, D.L. (2023). A resource guiding nurses, healthcare professionals, patients/families on using cognitive Learning principles in person-and family-centred health education, Oral Presentation at 29th International Council of Nurses Congress, Montreal, Canada, July 1-5.
Thompson, D.L. (2023). ‘I can't explain it to be honest'...Using metacognition within action research helped experienced nurses conect with their 'intuitive' knowledge of person-and family-centred health education practice, Poster Presentation at 29th International Council of Nurses Congress, Montreal, Canada, July 1-5.
Thompson, D. L. (2021). ‘I do it without knowing it’ perceptions and use of learning principles in nurses' parent education practice : an action research study / PhD Thesis; by Deryn Lee Thompson. Access: https://unisa.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/view/delivery/61USOUTHAUS_INST/12248690000001831
Thompson D, Smith C, May E et al. I know I do it but can’t say how; nurses’ use of Learning Principles, Action Research. Oral presentation at 32nd Sigma Theta Tau International Research Congress (virtual), July 21-23, Indianapolis, USA 2021.
South Australia Health Excellence in Nursing & Midwifery Award (2021) Finalist Translating Research into Practice
2020 Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Research in Action Award $1500.00
Research
Establishing eczema education opportunities in South Australia to help families who have children with eczema. Patient/parent education- facilitating nurses to be effective educators to guide patients/parents/families to turn information provided to them inot knowledge they can use meaningfully. Learners use thinking, reasoning and problem-solving skills to master care and self-management of chronic conditions.
Connecting for confidence: a peer-support basic numeracy program (for medication calculations) to build confidence and connectedness for nursing students with basic numeracy and English language anxiety. (Teaching and Learning Grant 2015- $10,000) https://lo.unisa.edu.au/course/view.php?id=4128 Connecting for Confidence information
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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Royal District Nursing Society | AUSTRALIA |
Southern Cross University | AUSTRALIA |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
Women's and Children's Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Excellence: Research in ActionAustralian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) |
2020 |
Finalist, Excellence in Research and knowledge TranslationSA Health |
2020 |
Associate MemberAustralasian Society of Clinical Immunologists and Allergists |
2018 |
Co-FounderSouth Australian Allergy Nurses Education Group |
2018 |
Joint state representativeAustralian Dermatology Nurses Association |
2018 |
MemberAustralian Nurses Federation (ANF) |
2018 |
MemberAustralian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, South Australia Branch |
2018 |
MemberBritish Dermatology Nurses Group |
2018 |
MemberEczema Association of Australia |
2018 |
MemberAsthma SA |
2018 |
Galderma Research and Literature AwardAustralian Dermatology Nurses Association |
2015 |
Member Golden Key International Honour Society
Co-Founder South Australian Allergy Nurses Education Group 2002-current
The Golden Key International Honour Society Membership for academic excellence, Flinders University Chapter 2005.
The Golden Key International Honour Society Membership for academic excellence, University of South Australia Chapter 2011.
Volunteer Teacher
AsthmaSA - Live Well with Eczema (Community organisation) 2008 to current
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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110808 - Anaphylaxis in Schools - Mitigation of risk and Management of risk in the early childhood education setting. An Australian perspective | Current |
Pain assessment as a social transaction: how does current curriculum enhance students understanding for clinical practice? | Current |