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I am a Registered Nurse and Research Fellow with the Rosemary Byrant AO Research Centre.
I lead the project Nurses Leading Skin Health, an initiative to train and educate primary care nurses working in regional South Australia to perfrom skin checks using best practice dermoscopy. To further enhance subject matter expertise, I completed formal training in dermoscopy and now practice as a Nurse Dermoscopist. I coordinate the Professional Certificate in Dermoscopy at UniSA and I am committed to help support primary care nurses to gain the knowledge and skills in the early detection of skin cancer. Nurses working in regional SA gain essential practical experience at "pop-up" skin check... Read more
About me
Thank you for stopping by my homepage.
I am a Registered Nurse and Research Fellow with the Rosemary Byrant AO Research Centre.
I lead the project Nurses Leading Skin Health, an initiative to train and educate primary care nurses working in regional South Australia to perfrom skin checks using best practice dermoscopy. To further enhance subject matter expertise, I completed formal training in dermoscopy and now practice as a Nurse Dermoscopist. I coordinate the Professional Certificate in Dermoscopy at UniSA and I am committed to help support primary care nurses to gain the knowledge and skills in the early detection of skin cancer. Nurses working in regional SA gain essential practical experience at "pop-up" skin check clinics at large community events where consumers receive a free and convenient skin check. As part of this project, we undertake research to evaluate the skin cancer risk of people living in regional areas, their sun protection behaviours, and how they experience a nurse-led model of care for skin cancer screening. Building on our project's success, our national expansion, The 600 Nurses Project, aims to train 600 nurses in dermoscopy across Australia, addressing critical workforce gaps and improving access to skin cancer screening for regional and rural Australians.
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.
If you are interested in becoming one of the 600 dermoscopy nurses, considering a research collaboration, or undertaking a research degree and requiring supervision, please don't hesitate to contact me.
About me
About me
| Date | Title |
|---|---|
| 14/04/2023 |
Nurse sounds a warning on hearing loss for COVID-19 patients, https://www.unisa.edu.au/media-centre/Releases/2023/nurse-sounds-a-warning-on-hearing-loss-for-covid-19-patients/ |
| 22/11/2021 |
Tackling health issues from the outside, https://www.unisa.edu.au/connect/enterprise-magazine/summer2021_22/story5/ |
| 01/09/2021 |
Pioneering tech enables monitoring of a baby’s vital signs without contact, https://www.unisa.edu.au/unisanews/2021/september/story3/ |
| 30/08/2019 |
Research breakthrough to safely monitor pre-term babies, https://unisa.edu.au/Media-Centre/Releases/2019/research-breakthrough-to-safely-monitor-pre-term-babies/#.XW4NVigza70 |
About me
Doctor of Philosophy University of South Australia
Master of Nursing University of South Australia
Bachelor of Nursing (Preregistration) Flinders University
Graduate Certificate in Health Flinders University
PhD titled; 'The incidence and risk factors for adverse events associated with umbilical vascular catheters'. Presenter, 8th World Congress on Vascular Access, Prague, Czech Republic, April 2024.
600 Nurses Project: Targeted skin checks led by primary care nurses in rural Australia
People living in rural and remote communities of Australia experience higher incidence of skin cancer and are more likely to die from this compared to people in metropolitan areas. Access to skin checks is problematic due to a critical shortage of trained health providers to meet the health needs of these communities. Nursing is the largest health workforce across the nation and often a nurse is the only clinician in primary care in rural and remote... Read more
Research
Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.
Nurses for Skin Health 2024-2026, SA Rural Health Network Limited, 01/02/2025 - 30/06/2026
Outstanding Workforce Leaders (OWL) Research Program 2025 (Clinical Research Program), Barossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network, 19/05/2025 - 31/12/2025
Vital Sign & Disease Detection at a Distance, Vital Intelligence Inc, 23/04/2020 - 23/10/2020
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 or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
Open access
6
7
2
|
| 2023 |
Open access
216
|
| 2022 |
Open access
13
8
8
|
| 2021 |
Open access
27
24
9
|
| 2018 |
Open access
25
21
4
|
| Year | Output |
|---|---|
| 2025 |
Open access
1
|
| 2024 |
Open access
6
7
2
|
| 2024 |
|
| 2023 |
Open access
|
| 2023 |
Open access
216
|
| 2022 |
Open access
13
8
8
|
| 2022 |
Open access
|
| 2022 |
7
9
1
|
| 2022 |
Open access
1
|
| 2021 |
Open access
27
24
9
|
| 2021 |
Open access
40
32
358
|
| 2021 |
Open access
2
3
|
| 2019 |
Open access
31
29
23
|
| 2019 |
Open access
2
2
14
|
| 2018 |
Open access
25
21
4
|
| 2017 |
Open access
27
6
|
| 2017 |
Open access
70
61
9
|
| 2017 |
Open access
111
92
6
|
Research
PhD titled; 'The incidence and risk factors for adverse events associated with umbilical vascular catheters'. Presenter, 8th World Congress on Vascular Access, Prague, Czech Republic, April 2024.
600 Nurses Project: Targeted skin checks led by primary care nurses in rural Australia
People living in rural and remote communities of Australia experience higher incidence of skin cancer and are more likely to die from this compared to people in metropolitan areas. Access to skin checks is problematic due to a critical shortage of trained health providers to meet the health needs of these communities. Nursing is the largest health workforce across the nation and often a nurse is the only clinician in primary care in rural and remote areas of Australia. Nurses are therefore well placed to provide education and health advice, perform targeted skin checks, and can provide continuity of care in their communities.
As part of a large research project, we have provided 8 free pop-up skin check clinics in regional communities, trained 36 regional nurses, screened 860 people, detected 78 lesions suspicious for melanoma, and 239 for keratinocyte cancer. Over half of the people who engage with the service have never had a skin check previously and 10-15% are classified above average risk for melanoma. Consumers overwhelmingly accept the service and GPs have been supportive of this nurse-led model.
Hearing loss and tinnitus following a COVID-19 infection, what is the lived experience?
Sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) associated with COVID-19 infection is an emerging, global health problem with research in its infancy. The UniSA press release for our publication on SSNHL in BMJ Case Reports gained significant media attention and featured on the ABC evening news. I was contacted by many people from Australia and overseas who have shared their debilitating experiences, leading us to undertake a seminal study to describe the lived experience of SSNHL.The outcomes of this study will provide a summation of the personal impact of hearing disturbance associated with COVID-19 and make recommendations for health practitioners to enable the delivery of person-centred care.
Winner of the 2018 Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society and the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses' Intensive Care Annual Scientific Meeting: Best Neonatal or Paediatric Nursing Paper, titled; 'Non-contact heart and respiratory rate monitoring of preterm infants based on a computer vision system: a method comparison study'.
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Anglia Ruskin University | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Flinders Medical Centre | AUSTRALIA |
| Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
| Menzies School of Health Research | AUSTRALIA |
| Middle Technical University | IRAQ |
| Private Individual | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Queensland Children’s Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
| Queensland Children's Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
| University of New South Wales | AUSTRALIA |
| University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
| Women's and Children's Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Best Paediatric or Neonatal Nursing Free PaperAnnual Scientific Meeting (ASM) on Intensive Care, Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS)/Australian College of Critical Care Nurses Ltd (ACCCN) |
2018 |
I coordinate and teach into courses in the Nursing and Midwifery Programs within the Clinical Health Sciences Unit. My teaching style adopts an inquiry based learning pedagogy. I encourage students to play an active role in their own learning by encouraging input in class discussion and she strives to provide high quality student learning experiences.
I have supervised both PhD and Master of Nursing students to successful completion.
Teaching & student supervision
