4 Corners Newsletter - Vol 3 - Central Queensland University
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4<br />
CORNERS<br />
VOL.3<br />
2012<br />
ISSUE03<br />
From the<br />
Dean’s Desk<br />
In this edition of 4corners we<br />
focus on Rockhampton Campus<br />
- the campus where the School of<br />
Nursing and Midwifery was born.<br />
Building 18 is named after the<br />
first Dean of Nursing - Prof Amy<br />
Zelmar and she is an inspiration to<br />
us all - providing a legacy for us to<br />
look up to and walk in her footprints.<br />
In this edition, several staff will<br />
be featured - some are leaving<br />
the School and some have been<br />
developing some very interesting<br />
teaching initiatives.<br />
The School was extremely<br />
successful in the latest round of<br />
promotions. Associate Professor<br />
Kerry Reid-Searl was successful<br />
in gaining a full professorial<br />
appointment at level E; Dr Dolene<br />
Rossi was successful in her<br />
promotion to Senior Lecturer at<br />
level C and Dr Marc Broadbent<br />
(Noosa) was also successful in his<br />
promotion to Senior Lecturer.<br />
Since the last newsletter,<br />
Associate Professor Melanie<br />
Birks was made a full professor<br />
and secured the Deputy Dean’s<br />
position. Prof Margaret McAllister<br />
commenced her role with the<br />
School and is based at the Noosa<br />
Campus. The School now has quite<br />
a defined professoriate and senior<br />
staff to take the School forward in<br />
a number of exciting directions.<br />
Congratulations to all those who<br />
were promoted and successfully<br />
negotiated new positions.<br />
Warm regards<br />
Professor Ysanne Chapman<br />
y.chapman@cqu.edu.au<br />
CQ<strong>University</strong> Rockhampton Allied Health Clinic<br />
Rockhampton ROK<br />
The School of Nursing and Midwifery first graduated students in 1992 from<br />
its Rockhampton campus. Two decades later, the campus accepted the first<br />
client for its new Allied Health Clinic - allowing students a similar setting to<br />
that of a real-life workplace.<br />
CQ<strong>University</strong>’s health and medical<br />
sciences programs have been developed<br />
to meet the ever increasing needs of<br />
our communities both here in Australia<br />
and for the wider global audience. A key<br />
feature in these programs is workplaceintegrated<br />
learning or learning on the<br />
job where students are required to<br />
complete course undertakings in real-life<br />
workplaces, allowing them to put learning<br />
directly into practice.<br />
Federal Health Minister Tanya<br />
Plibersek, who officially opened Stage 1<br />
of the Allied Health Clinic on CQ<strong>University</strong><br />
Rockhampton Campus, praised the<br />
Clinic, saying its treatment of patients<br />
with chronic or complex illness would help<br />
them stay well and out of hospital.<br />
“This wonderful new clinic - able to<br />
cater for up to 160 patiens a day - will not<br />
Minister Plibersek, MP Kirsten Livermore and<br />
Professor Graham Pegg with the ceremonial<br />
ribbon in front of the new health clinic.<br />
only provide better allied health care for<br />
people in <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong>, it also<br />
means students will benefit from practical<br />
clinical experience,” she said.<br />
INSIDE THIS ISSUE<br />
Clinical Placements<br />
Next generation<br />
Research Symposium<br />
Continued on next page<br />
Stimulation about simulation
ROK Continued from previous page<br />
Below L-R Professor Pegg,<br />
Maree Geraghty, Chief Executive,<br />
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong> Hospital<br />
and Health Service, MP Kirsten<br />
Livermore,<br />
Minister Plibersek and<br />
Clinic Manager Jude Wills.<br />
CQ<strong>University</strong> Deputy Vice-Chancellor<br />
Professor Graham Pegg, who helped to cut<br />
the ceremonial ribbon, said the Clinic had a<br />
focus on rehabilitation and chronic disease<br />
and was a great partnership between the<br />
<strong>University</strong> and <strong>Queensland</strong> Health.<br />
He said there were students from nine<br />
universities - including CQ<strong>University</strong> -<br />
gaining clinical experience through the<br />
Clinic, which can provide up to 200 clinical<br />
placements each year. In future, the<br />
proportion of participating students enrolled<br />
with CQ<strong>University</strong> would increase.<br />
Several VIPs at the launch praised<br />
the multi-disciplinary nature of the Clinic,<br />
meaning students in areas including Oral<br />
Health, Occupational Therapy, Podiatry,<br />
Physiotherapy and Speech Pathology<br />
can learn to work alongside each other,<br />
becoming more holistic and well-rounded as<br />
professionals.<br />
Minister Plibersek outside the facility with<br />
Professor Pegg and MP Kirsten Livermore.<br />
The hands-on, project-based learning is a key reason as<br />
to why CQ<strong>University</strong> graduates are highly sought after by<br />
employers. Quality on-campus facilities ensure learning<br />
is delivered ‘in context’, taught in a similar setting to that<br />
of a real-world situation. The addition of the new Allied<br />
Health Clinic at CQ<strong>University</strong> Rockhampton will provide<br />
clinical experiences to students studying the new suite<br />
of Allied Health programs. CQ<strong>University</strong> has introduced<br />
around a dozen new Allied Health Programs across<br />
regional <strong>Queensland</strong>, with others including Paramedic<br />
Science, Medical Science including Pathology, Nutrition and<br />
Clinical Investigation, Medical Imaging and Sonography,<br />
Chiropractic Science, and Exercise and Sports Science. In<br />
addition, CQ<strong>University</strong> is offering Medical Sonography in<br />
Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney.<br />
Rockhampton<br />
– Allied Health Clinic<br />
The future’s looking up.<br />
Clinic Manager Jude<br />
Wills and Deputy VC<br />
Professor Pegg give<br />
visitors a tour before the<br />
official ribbon cutting.<br />
Stage 1 was a $12 million project, drawing on $9.7 million<br />
from Health Workforce Australia.<br />
Deputy VC Professor Pegg said planning was already<br />
well advanced for a Stage 2 Clinic* valued at up to $16<br />
million to be constructed beside Stage 1. Stage 2 would<br />
include more facilities and equipment for staff and patients<br />
as well as additional teaching spaces.<br />
Principal contractor Murphy Builders <strong>Queensland</strong><br />
completed the Stage 1 project, which was project-managed<br />
by Shirley Hynes from CQ<strong>University</strong>’s Directorate of<br />
Facilities Management (DFM).<br />
* The Federal Government has earmarked the Stage 2<br />
funding as part of CQ<strong>University</strong>’s proposed merger with<br />
<strong>Central</strong> <strong>Queensland</strong> Institute of TAFE, to become a dualsector<br />
institution.<br />
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Clinical Placements for nurses<br />
The Nursing and Midwifery programs at CQ<strong>University</strong> equip students<br />
with the theoretical, practical and research knowledge required to be<br />
a competent and effective nursing professional. To provide the right<br />
balance of theory and workplace learning opportunities, the program<br />
incorporates 840 hours of clinical placement in a variety of settings.<br />
This emphasis on clinical experience is set to continue as CQ<strong>University</strong> rolls out<br />
even more Allied Health options in 2013. The fresh programs will be in addition to<br />
Nursing and Midwifery, Paramedic Science, Medical Science, Medical Imaging and<br />
Sonography, Oral Health, Chiropractic Science, Accident Forensics, Health Promotion,<br />
Occupational Health and Safety, Environmental Health, Psychology and Social Work.<br />
The new batch includes Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Physiotherapy<br />
and Podiatry at undergraduate level and reflects the contemporary direction of the<br />
national agenda on health and emphasises a multi-disciplinary approach.<br />
CQ<strong>University</strong> Nursing student Kellie Rundell<br />
recently completed her final clinical placement<br />
in Mt Isa, after requesting a ‘rural and remote’<br />
location.<br />
Kellie experienced a range of community<br />
nursing roles, including the Homeless Health<br />
Outreach Team (HHOT), and says she gained a<br />
lot by working within a multidisciplinary group of<br />
nurses, health workers and social workers.<br />
According to Federal Health<br />
Minister Tanya Pilbersek, who<br />
officially opened Stage 1 of the<br />
Allied Health Clinic on CQ<strong>University</strong><br />
Rockhampton Campus the 19th of<br />
October 2012, health students who<br />
learn to love life in Rockhampton<br />
will be more likely to seek<br />
professional placements in rural<br />
and regional communites, helping<br />
to alleviate workforce shortages.<br />
CQ<strong>University</strong> lecturer, Nicholas<br />
Ralph, who recently won the 2012<br />
Australian Nurse of the Year award<br />
for innovation, said it is a priority<br />
for the external nursing program,<br />
as well as the new internal program<br />
at Noosa, to train students in their<br />
own communities.<br />
“Nurses educated in their local<br />
area are more likely to work there,<br />
which provides a big boost to local<br />
communities - something that is<br />
very important to us,” Mr Ralph<br />
said.<br />
Kellie back on campus after her very<br />
varied clinical placement in Nursing.<br />
Minister Pilbersek and MP Kristen Livermore<br />
chat with Assoc Prof Leonie Short and Dr<br />
Ceinwen Fay from Oral Health during the<br />
opening of the new Allied Health Clinic at<br />
CQ<strong>University</strong> Rockhampton Campus.<br />
Scholarships for<br />
nurses to get back<br />
into the workforce<br />
With a recent Health Workforce<br />
Australia report projecting a shortfall<br />
of around 110,000 nurses in the<br />
nation's hospitals, nursing homes<br />
and mental health facilities by 2025,<br />
the next generation of healthcare<br />
workers will be critical to the longterm<br />
future of Australia's health<br />
system.<br />
The greater shortage of<br />
nurses in non-metropolitan health<br />
services, especially rural and<br />
remote areas, is of particular<br />
concern and is contributing to<br />
poorer access to health services.<br />
Nurses who may have left the<br />
workforce, but are keen to return,<br />
are encouraged to apply for the<br />
next intake of a Registered Nurse<br />
Re-Entry Course offed by distance<br />
education, with online study.<br />
Approved by the Australian<br />
Health Practitioners Registration<br />
Agency (AHPRA), this<br />
CQ<strong>University</strong> course can arrange<br />
clinical placements in the<br />
applicant’s home region.<br />
This course suits nurses who<br />
have left the workforce more than<br />
five years (but less than 10 years)<br />
ago. Successful applicants can<br />
apply for a $6000 scholarship from<br />
the Australian College of Nursing<br />
to support study costs.<br />
CQ<strong>University</strong>’s Registered<br />
Nurse Re-Entry Course is<br />
currently the only course of its kind<br />
offered in <strong>Queensland</strong>.<br />
Details are available from<br />
CQ<strong>University</strong>’s Centre for<br />
Professional Health Education<br />
via 07 5440 7036 or<br />
professionalhealth@cqu.edu.au<br />
Pioneering students in the<br />
Oral Health program try out<br />
facilities in CQ<strong>University</strong>’s<br />
new Allied Health Clinic.<br />
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40 Nursing students<br />
farewelled with<br />
‘badging ceremony’<br />
Around 200 students, friends<br />
and family members attended<br />
a ‘badging ceremony’ at CQUni<br />
Rockhampton Campus recently.<br />
Nursing academics presented<br />
badges and certificates to the<br />
departing cohort.<br />
Attendants at the ‘badging ceremony’.<br />
L-R Jessie-Mae Harvey, Sherrie Lee,<br />
Amy Busby-White were among those<br />
celebrating at the ‘badging ceremony’.<br />
Sue King (left) is a CQUni Nursing<br />
graduate who now works as a<br />
Registered Nurse at Rockhampton<br />
Mater Hospital.<br />
Her daughter Emily King was among<br />
the current crop of departing students.<br />
RHD candidates commended<br />
The inaugural School of Nursing and Midwifery (SoN&M) Research Symposium<br />
bought together Research by Higher Degree (RHD) supervisors, students,<br />
researchers and intereseted academic staff on the 11 th and 12 th of October at<br />
the Rockhampton Campus.<br />
Over the two days, participants discussed<br />
the supervision, research training and<br />
participation in the confirmation of<br />
candidature.<br />
Professor Ysanne Chapman, Dean of the<br />
SoN&M, opened proceedings by describing<br />
the importance of participation in research<br />
and research training to the development<br />
of academics within the school. Professor<br />
Chapman articulated that the aim of the<br />
research symposium was to provide the<br />
opportunity for scholarly discussion around<br />
research training and the research being<br />
undertaken by RHD students in a collegial<br />
and supportive atmosphere.<br />
Dr Lorna Moxham, Professor of<br />
Mental Health Nursing at the <strong>University</strong> of<br />
Wollongong, presented the keynote address<br />
on research training and RHD supervision.<br />
Professor Moxham has a long an<br />
esteemed association with CQ<strong>University</strong><br />
being the previous Head of the SoN&M,<br />
inaugural Dean of Graduate Research and<br />
winner of the Vice Chancellors award for<br />
RHD Supervision. Professor Moxham spoke<br />
widely around the topic and emphasized<br />
the absolute importance of the relationship<br />
between student and supervisor to the<br />
success of RHD candidature and gave<br />
some insightful commentary around<br />
students selecting the right supervisors and<br />
visa versa.<br />
The research symposium evolves around<br />
an important milestone in RHD candidature,<br />
the confirmation of candidature. During<br />
confirmation of candidature, RHD students<br />
present their research projects to an<br />
audience of peers and then take questions.<br />
It is the final step in a process of peer review<br />
of their research projects.<br />
Confirmation of candidature is often a<br />
time of nerves and anxiety for students<br />
however the following candidates are to be<br />
congratulated on successfully completion of<br />
their confirmation.<br />
Master candidate, Ms Sandi Worsley<br />
‘Insights into why nurses become<br />
professional homeopaths: A subjective<br />
analysis of the intersection of nursing and<br />
homeopathy.’<br />
PhD candidate, Ms Susan Edwards<br />
‘Emergency Department management of<br />
first trimester bleeding in rural/regional<br />
communities- Is there a better way to care?’<br />
PhD candidate, Mr Nick Ralph<br />
‘A degree of interpretation: The use<br />
of accreditation standards to design<br />
undergraduate nursing curricula in Australia.’<br />
Master candidate, Ms Loretto Quinney<br />
‘The experience of the Nurse Family Carer<br />
during episodes of exacerbation of chronic<br />
illness: A phenomenological approach.’<br />
These RHD candidates will now commence<br />
the process of gaining ethical clearance and<br />
data collection – an exciting time during<br />
RHD training.<br />
A feature of the research symposium is the<br />
opportunity for discussion around research<br />
projects that are currently near completion<br />
or in early stages.<br />
School of Nursing and Midwifery staff<br />
members and RHD students Penny Heidke,<br />
Carol McPherson and Louise Byrne<br />
presented their research projects. Of interest<br />
was the discussion around what led then to<br />
research in their areas, why they selected<br />
the particular methodology, where they were<br />
up to in their projects and how they aimed to<br />
progress.<br />
These presentations generated wideranging<br />
discussion amongst participants,<br />
which of course is one of the aims of the<br />
research event.<br />
Dr Marc Broadbent introduced the research<br />
supervision mentorship program that will be<br />
rolled out within the SoN&M.<br />
The program has been developed to<br />
provide a meaningful period of supervision<br />
mentorship in order to equip potential cosupervisors<br />
with knowledge and experience<br />
to successfully join the supervisory team as<br />
a co-supervisor. This program will eventually<br />
increase the number of supervisors within<br />
the school to cater for the increased<br />
numbers of RHD students being supervised<br />
within the school.<br />
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On a lighter note a 3-minute thesis completion was run.<br />
Associate Professor Tony Welch, Dr Judy Applegarth,<br />
Professor Melanie Birks and Dr Marc Broadbent were given<br />
3 minutes and one power point slide to present their PhD<br />
theses in its entirety.<br />
While these are normally very serious competitions with<br />
strict rules, in this instance competition was fierce and<br />
liberties were taken by one or two of the contestants and this<br />
led to amusing presentations and interesting adjudication.<br />
The presentations were subject to popular vote and Dr Judy<br />
Applegarth is to be congratulated for winning the inaugural<br />
3-minute thesis competition. The spirit of collegiality and<br />
good humour was entranced in the competition – something<br />
that will be nurtured for further events.<br />
While the research symposium is yet to be formally<br />
evaluated, participants indicated that the experience of<br />
listening to other RHD student experiences and participation<br />
in the confirmation process took away the fear of confirmation.<br />
Others indicated they felt safe and secure and able to ask<br />
questions they might not have asked in usual daily activity.<br />
Participants stated that the research symposium<br />
demystified research, helped keep them on track with their<br />
own research and that they felt invigorated about beginning<br />
a RHD.<br />
These are wonderful outcomes that augurs well for the<br />
next research symposium to be held on the 18 th and 19 th of<br />
February 2013 at the Bundaberg Campus.<br />
Some of the Symposium participants from L-R:<br />
Trudy Dwyer, Sandi Worsley, Loretto Quinney, Judy Applegarth,<br />
Lorna Moxham, Louise Byrne, Marc Broadbent and Ysanne Chapman.<br />
In living memory ...<br />
Ann Parsons, recently graduated RN, sadly passed away after brain<br />
surgery. Staff from the School of Nursing and Midwifery attended the<br />
memorial service and planted a tree in living memory of Ann.<br />
Deb Austen, Director Centre for Professional Health Education, got to know Ann when<br />
she cared for Deb’s mother in Yeppoon Hospital. “Ann was an absolute delight and a<br />
wonderful giving soul,” she said.<br />
“I saw her go through many trying circumstances including a relationship break-up and<br />
an earlier battle with cancer and then all of the emotions accompanying such tumultuous<br />
life events. However, despite all of that, she kept going as a student. Her daughter was<br />
always her motivating force encouraging her to keep reaching for her dream,” said Julie<br />
Bradshaw who knew Ann since she began as a nursing student 6 years ago.<br />
Journal Articles<br />
Byrne, L Happell, B Tony Welch,<br />
T and Moxham, L . Things you can’t<br />
learn from books: Teaching recovery<br />
from a lived experience perspective.<br />
International Journal of Mental Health<br />
Nursing, In Press<br />
Happell, B., Scott, D., Platania-<br />
Phung, C., & Nankivell, J. Rural<br />
physical health care services for<br />
people with serious mental illness: A<br />
nursing perspective. Australian Journal<br />
of Rural Health, 20(5), 248-253.<br />
Jacob, E, Chapman, Y, Birks, M<br />
& Al-Motlaq, M . (2012). Entry criteria<br />
versus success in undergraduate<br />
nursing courses. Journal of Institutional<br />
Research, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 54-62.<br />
Scott, D., Burke, K., Williams, S.,<br />
Happell, B., Canoy, D., & Ronan,<br />
K. Increased prevalence of chronic<br />
physical health disorders in Australians<br />
with diagnosed mental illness.<br />
Australian and New Zealand Journal of<br />
Public Health, 36(5), 483-486.<br />
Conferences<br />
Byrne, L., Happell, B., Welch, A.,<br />
& Moxham, L. (2012). Holistic care –<br />
now I get it: teaching recovery from a<br />
genuine lived experience perspective.<br />
Paper presented at the Victorian<br />
Collaborative Psychiatric Nursing<br />
Conference, Melbourne, August 9-10.<br />
Happell, B., Scott, D., & Platania-<br />
Phung, C. (2012). The physical<br />
health of people with mental illness:<br />
a national survey of nurses working<br />
in mental health. Paper presented at<br />
the Victorian Collaborative Psychiatric<br />
Nursing Conference, Melbourne,<br />
August 9-10.<br />
Happell, B. (2012). Mental Health<br />
Nursing: acknowledging the problems<br />
but celebrating the victories. Paper<br />
presented at Horatio: European<br />
Festival of Psychiatric Nurses.<br />
Stockholm, Sweden, September 20-23.<br />
Byrne, L., Happell, B., Welch, A., &<br />
Moxham, L. (2012). Changing the way<br />
we think: real consumer perspective<br />
in the nursing classroom. Paper<br />
presented at Australian College of<br />
Mental Health Nurses, 38th annual<br />
conference, Darwin, October 3-5.<br />
Mackay, S., Hatcher, D., Happell,<br />
B., & Cleary, M. (2012). Primary<br />
Health Care as a Philosophical<br />
Framework for Nursing Education:<br />
Rhetoric or Reality. Paper presented<br />
at the Australian College of Nursing<br />
Community and Primary Health Care<br />
Nursing Conference 2012, Perth, 17-<br />
19 October.<br />
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This is how to<br />
make it ...<br />
At the recent SimHealth 2012<br />
Conference: Making Teams Work,<br />
held in Sydney in August, Stephanie<br />
Burlingame and Stephanie Justice,<br />
both from the Ohio State <strong>University</strong><br />
College of Nursing, presented<br />
a workshop on quick and easy<br />
moulage techniques.<br />
There are various benefits in<br />
utilizing moulage in simulation,<br />
which include improving realism,<br />
visual cues to patient condition<br />
and reinforcement of universal<br />
precautions. They shared the<br />
following simulation recipes:<br />
Mucus<br />
2 boxes fozen sliced okra<br />
2 cups water<br />
Put in large sauce pan and bring to<br />
a boil Cecrease heat slightly and boil<br />
for 20 minutes with lid on.<br />
Let cool and strain out vegetable.<br />
Urine<br />
Water and yellow food colouring<br />
Sediment - add small amount of<br />
vanilla pudding cup and stir<br />
Cloudy - add liquid dish soap<br />
Haematuria - add red food colouring<br />
to fake urine, can add ground up<br />
cherries for clots.<br />
Vomit<br />
To make it smell real:<br />
Mix lemon juice and parmesan<br />
cheese together<br />
To make it chunk:<br />
Instant oatmeal (with fruit in it) and<br />
Coke/Pepsi<br />
To have pills in the vomit:<br />
Tic-tac’s or sweet tarts, they will<br />
partially dissolve and look partially<br />
digested.<br />
Gathering for stimulation about<br />
simulation<br />
High-tech manikins, artificial body parts, puppets and masks for simulated<br />
learning were on display recently when CQ<strong>University</strong> Rockhampton hosted a<br />
Simulation User Network Symposium. The event attracted<br />
presenters from as far afield as Brisbane and Sydney.<br />
Simulation is now recognised as a<br />
powerful educational tool, especially for<br />
health disciplines, and CQ<strong>University</strong> is a<br />
leader in its use.<br />
The <strong>University</strong> is a major user of manikins<br />
to educate health students. It was also able<br />
to showcase the masking of educators and<br />
the use of educational puppets.<br />
[The MASK-EDTM (KRS simulation)<br />
package gives students an opportunity to<br />
interact with different patient types before<br />
they even reach the hospital ward, whereas<br />
the Pup-EdTM (KRS simulation) enables<br />
educators to engage, teach, play and<br />
communicate with learners.]<br />
Professor Kerry Reid-Searl from Nursing<br />
and Anthony Weber from Paramedic Science<br />
helped host the event in their capacity as<br />
co-chairs of CQ<strong>University</strong>’s Simulation COP<br />
(Community of Practice).<br />
Participants including local clinicians and<br />
academics were able to gain an overview of<br />
best practice across the field, while seeing<br />
the latest equipment available through<br />
international supplier Laerdal.<br />
Cyril Smith<br />
Laerdal funded the Symposium so it was<br />
free for conveners. Keynote speakers were<br />
also paid for by Laerdal. The international<br />
company provides patient simulators<br />
and health coaching devices as well as<br />
courseware and educational content.<br />
Continued on next page<br />
Some of the Symposium participants L-R Jesse Spurr and Luke Wainwright from Redcliffe Hospital,<br />
Anthony Weber (CQUni), Prof Kerry Reid-Searl (CQUni) and Trish Luscombe representing Laerdal.<br />
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Kerry and Sherie cited for outstanding<br />
contributions to student learning<br />
CQ<strong>University</strong> academics Sherie Elliott and Professor Kerry Reid-Searl have each<br />
earned a national ‘Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning’, in<br />
the Australian Office for Learning and Teaching awards for 2012.<br />
They are among only 152 Citation Award winners across Australia.<br />
Gladstone-based Sherie’s award is for providing support,<br />
encouragement, guidance and tailored resources to stimulate<br />
and consolidate learning, thus creating an engaging learning<br />
experience that inspires students to succeed. Sherie supports<br />
students in bridging programs in her role as a lecturer with the<br />
Academic Learning Services Unit.<br />
Rockhampton-based Kerry’s award is for sustained<br />
excellence in the creation of a highly imaginative simulation<br />
teaching technique, using human-like props and aimed at<br />
preparing nursing students for practice. It recognises her<br />
international leadership with the MASK-EDTM and Pup-EdTM<br />
simulation packages. She has previously won the equivalent<br />
award in 2008.<br />
“These Citation Awards re-affirm the crucial role teachers<br />
and staff play delivering quality education and improving the<br />
student learning experience in Australian universities,” Higher<br />
Education Minister Senator Chris Evans said.<br />
“A university education is about more than text books and<br />
exams - these initiatives will improve the overall learning<br />
experience which is necessary for students to participate<br />
successfully in higher education.<br />
Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning<br />
recognise and reward the diverse contributions made by<br />
individuals and teams to the quality of student learning.<br />
Citations are awarded to those who have made a significant<br />
contribution to the quality of student learning in a specific area<br />
of responsibility over a sustained period, whether they are<br />
academic staff, general staff, sessional staff or institutional<br />
associates.<br />
Citations provide an opportunity for distinctive institutional<br />
missions, values and priorities in learning and teaching to be<br />
recognised.<br />
Sherie Elliott (top) and Prof<br />
Kerry Reid-Searl have won<br />
national awards from the Office<br />
for Learning and Teaching.<br />
It is intended that recipients, with<br />
the support of their institutions,<br />
will contribute to systemic change<br />
in learning and teaching through<br />
ongoing knowledge sharing<br />
and dissemination, for example,<br />
presentations within the learning<br />
and teaching community, collegial<br />
mentoring, pairing and networking,<br />
and involvement in university and<br />
higher education committees.<br />
.<br />
.... Continued from previous page<br />
Blood<br />
Clots - ground cherries/dark red jelly<br />
Free flowing - fill IV bag and tubing<br />
with red water.<br />
Wound Drainage<br />
Hair gel mixed with red food<br />
colouring.<br />
Will dry on ABD and not spoil.<br />
Strawberry preserves mixed with<br />
plain yoghurt that has been left out<br />
all night..<br />
Fake Muscle or Skin<br />
Mix corn-starch with Vaseline.<br />
Add food colouring or makeup.<br />
Oedema<br />
Instant grits in ziploc bag under<br />
spanx.<br />
If still warm, place under chest skin<br />
for assessment.<br />
Infiltrated IV<br />
Hair gel under tegaderm.<br />
Put a little pink makeup underneath<br />
gel. Will be squishy and cool to the<br />
touch.<br />
Scrapes and Road Rash<br />
Red theatrical makeup with stipple<br />
sponge. Can be used with bruising.<br />
Bruises or Stage 1 pressure injyry<br />
Take dark eye makeup or theatrical<br />
makeup (bruises wheel) to make<br />
bruises. Pay attention to bony<br />
prominences and what the bruise<br />
would look like (shape).<br />
Red around the edges simulates<br />
swelling.<br />
Dark pink blush applied to simulator<br />
on pressure areas - cover with<br />
tegaderm.<br />
CQUni ‘RUNs’ with the<br />
right crowd<br />
Academic, teaching and professional staff from Regional Universities Network (RUN)<br />
members have excelled in the 2012 Citations for Outstanding Contributions to Student<br />
Learning by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC).<br />
Staff from RUN universities collectively received an impressive total of 22 Citations from the 152<br />
Citations awarded. “These prestigious Citations indicate that all six RUN universities are excelling in<br />
their learning and teaching,” the Chair of RUN, Professor David Battersby, said.<br />
“The Citations cover a wide breadth of teaching disciplines, not least in programs directly relevant<br />
to regional Australia.”<br />
The Regional Universities Network members are CQ<strong>University</strong>, Southern Cross <strong>University</strong>,<br />
<strong>University</strong> of Ballarat, <strong>University</strong> of New England, <strong>University</strong> of Southern <strong>Queensland</strong> and <strong>University</strong><br />
of the Sunshine Coast.<br />
.<br />
Rashes<br />
Make skin pink or red with blush or<br />
theatrical makeup.<br />
Apply latex dots or effect gel.<br />
You can make different sizes of hives<br />
or bumps on plastic with effect gel<br />
then apply to skin or mannequin.<br />
Second Degree<br />
Pink makeup on skin.<br />
Apply a layer of Vaseline.<br />
Apply a single layer of tissue.<br />
Apply Vaseline to top of tissue and<br />
move toform blisters.<br />
Justice, S., & Burlingame, S., (2012).<br />
Workshop Presentation; ‘Quick and<br />
Easy Moulage Techniques’, Sim Health<br />
2012 conference; Making Teams Work.<br />
Sydney, Australia. August 11-14th 2012.<br />
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The future of the<br />
profession<br />
According to departing lecturer<br />
and course coordinator, Loretto<br />
Quinney, the profession of nursing<br />
is at a watershed - and as yet it is<br />
unclear how exactly it will all pan out.<br />
“On the one hand, we are<br />
looking at reduced numbers of<br />
places for our graduates as preretirees<br />
continue to work to boost<br />
their superannuation. There just<br />
hasn’t been the attrition in industry<br />
to release places for graduates.<br />
This will impact on our student<br />
numbers in the near future.”<br />
“On the other hand, ANMAC<br />
warns us that in five to seven years,<br />
there will be a significant shortfall<br />
of Registered Nurses as the baby<br />
boomers retire.”<br />
Loretto believes the role of<br />
the RN is about to undergo a<br />
fundamental change and the role<br />
of the EEN will be modified to fill<br />
the gaps.<br />
“Our challenge is to be prepared<br />
for that and I think CQUni is doing<br />
some great work in this respect.”<br />
She has great confidence in<br />
handing her profession over to<br />
the next generation. “The badging<br />
ceremony comes around soon and<br />
as I look at the caliber of nurses<br />
we have contributed to developing,<br />
I think we have every right to be<br />
proud.”<br />
The demands of twenty-firstcentury<br />
health care services<br />
will continue to test the nursing<br />
profession’s ability to maintain<br />
high caliber care that meets<br />
contemporary societal needs.<br />
Historically, the nursing<br />
profession has consistently<br />
demonstrated its ability to adapt<br />
to changing and varied health care<br />
needs. It remains an exceedingly<br />
popular and highly respected<br />
profession that attracts large<br />
numbers of new recruits to its<br />
ranks. There is little doubt that<br />
nursing will continue to maintain its<br />
status as an extremely important<br />
profession, serving the health<br />
needs of the nation.<br />
New horisons for Loretto<br />
‘How do you eat an elephant? – one bite at a time.’ This adage rings true for<br />
Loretto Quinney as she exchanges the Sunshine State for the Garden State.<br />
Loretto grew up as part of a large family<br />
on a wool property in the western district of<br />
Victoria. From early childhood, surrounded<br />
with plenty of fun, laughter and good food,<br />
she always tries to see life as a positive<br />
experience. “So much of whether you will<br />
enjoy life is about your outlook and if you<br />
are not happy, then you need to step up and<br />
change it,” she said.<br />
She went to school at the local college<br />
in Camperdown and chose to start her<br />
General Training at St. John of God Hospital<br />
in Ballarat. She knew, however, that she<br />
wanted to tackle something bigger and<br />
after graduation went to Melbourne to<br />
do Intensive Care/Coronary Care at the<br />
Western Hospital.<br />
“My first patient was ventilated,<br />
had a Sengstaken-Blakemore,<br />
peritoneal, dialysis, arterial line,<br />
Swan Ganz and a CVC with a<br />
Christmas tree of inotropes. I got<br />
through the grand round, went<br />
out to the loo and threw up. I was<br />
so scared, but I kept going back<br />
and stayed in critical care for the<br />
next 8 years. It’s still how I identify<br />
myself.”<br />
Loretto went to the neonatal intensive care<br />
unit (NICU) at the Royal Children’s Hospital<br />
in Melbourne and then did Midwifery at the<br />
Royal Women’s Hospital.<br />
“I remember my first week in<br />
Delivery Suite was in December<br />
and all the medical students had<br />
left for the holidays, so there was<br />
no competition – I had 50 deliveries<br />
in my first week and had to stop<br />
counting or otherwise that would<br />
not have let me back for my<br />
second round”.<br />
In the early 1990’s she moved back to<br />
Ballarat as ADON (HR) and a few years later<br />
took on a joint role managing Education<br />
and Marketing. In 2010, Loretto moved<br />
to Rockhampton with her husband after<br />
working in Townsville in Midwifery, Critical<br />
Care and Renal as well as teaching at TAFE.<br />
Part of her motivation in life is the immense<br />
energy she gets from teaching. She loves it<br />
when she has the students in Residential and<br />
they ask questions and make connections.<br />
“My greatest buzz has been teaching<br />
and watching the students develop<br />
their knowledge base and extend their<br />
reasoning,” she said.<br />
Although Loretto has only been at<br />
CQ<strong>University</strong> Rockhampton Campus for<br />
three years, she has made quite an impact.<br />
Shortly after starting at the Centre for<br />
Professional Health Education in 2010, she<br />
moved to the undergraduate program and<br />
was appointed as the Course Coordinator for<br />
Acute Nursing Management. The program<br />
needed a review and with her background<br />
and experience as a clinician, she was able<br />
to bring currency to the re-write.<br />
Loretto strongly believes that you need<br />
mentors and was lucky enough to have<br />
several – each with their own area of<br />
expertise. “Working in academia has many<br />
opportunities and facets that you need to<br />
program an attack so you don’t become<br />
overwhelmed or start to work in ever<br />
decreasing circles,” she said.<br />
With the guidance of Maude Chapman<br />
who gave her a sound platform to start from<br />
and who was around in the initial months,<br />
Loretto got her head around the course and<br />
the task at hand.<br />
She worked with Sandra Walker who<br />
gave her the learning opportunity to<br />
understand how to map assessments and<br />
structure the course so that the broad set of<br />
learning objectives were embedded in every<br />
activity.<br />
Working in a clinical course helped her<br />
to gain an overview of the program and<br />
understand the nexus between practicum<br />
and theory and to see how each phase of<br />
the program was built and scaffold onto the<br />
next. It also gave her a chance to identify the<br />
gaps and contribute to providing solutions<br />
for these. The teaching team working with<br />
her, Sandy McLellan, Penny Heidke and<br />
Virginia Howie all contributed significantly to<br />
the rewarding aspect of having the course<br />
be successful and achieve the learning<br />
outcomes and KPIs.<br />
“This course is a fantastic course to<br />
teach and coordinate as students are really<br />
keen to learn about ‘real’ nursing and often<br />
see the course as being the nuts and bolts<br />
of their chosen career,” she said.<br />
She also teaches in Critical Care and<br />
Advanced Physical Assessment.<br />
8
elationship with the School.<br />
“I believe the best<br />
aspect of working<br />
at CQ<strong>University</strong><br />
has been the<br />
permission to<br />
think differently,<br />
challenge old ideas<br />
and explore new<br />
and different ways<br />
of doing things.”<br />
Movements<br />
around the School<br />
Changes around the School<br />
creates new opportunities.<br />
Two staff members are leaving<br />
CQ<strong>University</strong> - Loretto Quinney<br />
and Jenifer Jones.<br />
At Rockhampton Campus, Justine<br />
Connor (below) is taking on<br />
Deputy Head of Nursing Program<br />
to Jenny Davis who is taking on<br />
Head of Program.<br />
Kerry Reid Searl taught her that teaching in<br />
different ways can achieve greater outcomes<br />
than you can imagine. Not only can you think<br />
outside the box, but you can turn it upside<br />
down and stand on top of it.<br />
For Loretto, the most exciting opportunity<br />
is starting to study Research by Higher<br />
Degree. It has been part of her life plan<br />
and, as with most things in her life, she is<br />
determined to finish what she started. The<br />
next stage will be the data collection and she<br />
is keen to see the outcomes of the data.<br />
She acknowledges Ysanne Chapman<br />
and Trudy Dwyer as inspirational supervisors<br />
and feels indulgent to have access to two<br />
such knowledgeable people to guide her in<br />
her study.<br />
The next stage of life is unplanned. She<br />
looks forward to pouring herself into her<br />
research studies as she gets the family settled<br />
back in Victoria. She’s looking forward to<br />
spending more time with her family, working<br />
part time as a clinician in Melbourne, diving<br />
off Cape Otway, enjoying the music and art<br />
shows on offer, and planning the sailing trip<br />
around the Greek Islands and the Dalmatian<br />
Coast for the not too distant future.<br />
Loretto tries hard to live by the adage ‘first<br />
things first’ - getting her priorities in order<br />
and balancing her family-life-work. “I do what<br />
needs to be done most and be where I need<br />
to be most. I guess, in essence, this is why<br />
we are leaving.”<br />
Julie Bradshaw (below) is leaving<br />
her position as Head of Program.<br />
RESEARCH AT ANOTHER INSTITUTION<br />
The HEALTH CRN offers a suite of programs aimed at<br />
maximising individual research and career development<br />
opportunities. The programs are within a strategy to build<br />
world-class research capacity at CQ<strong>University</strong>.<br />
Programs focus on the individual and will enable health related<br />
researchers to:<br />
• visit partner Universities;<br />
• use specialised research facilities and equipment at<br />
partner Universities;<br />
• collaborate on research projects, grants and publications;<br />
• attend research skills workshops and training programs;<br />
• develop ongoing relationships with researchers at partner<br />
Universities.<br />
The HEALTH CRN is supported through the Australian<br />
Government’s Collaborative Research Networks (CRN)<br />
Program. Successful applicants participating in the HEALTH<br />
CRN ’s Short-term or Long-term Exchange Program will be<br />
provided an opportunity to further their research career by<br />
participating in a high-performance research team from within<br />
the network of the HEALTH CRN partner universities.<br />
The strong base of leading research centres and champions<br />
of research excellence from within the network of the<br />
HEALTH CRN partner universities provides researchers with<br />
diverse opportunities to tailor an application to best suit their<br />
individual needs.<br />
The cross-institutional visits aim to provide researchers<br />
with experiences and opportunities to develop further<br />
collaborative research. Researchers are expected to<br />
co-author publications and grant proposals, and participate in<br />
training and career development opportunities.<br />
The programs are fully funded - travel and accommodation<br />
are paid for by the CRN. It is a unique opportunity for staff<br />
(and their families) to take time in their non teaching term<br />
to undertake a trip to one of the partner universities for 3<br />
months to spend time investigating part of their research.<br />
Contact Prof Sonj Hall for enquiries or visit www.cqu.edu.au/<br />
research/research-organisations/health-crn/programs<br />
9
CAMPUS<br />
COMPASS<br />
ANMAC site visits are<br />
scheduled as follows:<br />
Noosa 5th November<br />
Bundaberg 6th November<br />
Rockhampton 12th November<br />
Mackay 13th November<br />
The main presentation will be on<br />
the 5th and the assessment team<br />
have requested a list of sources<br />
that are used to inform teaching,<br />
learning and assessment in the<br />
curriculum.<br />
Staff should forward details of<br />
any texts, journal articles or web<br />
resources that they have found<br />
useful in informing their individual<br />
teaching practices – the material<br />
should be related to the practice of<br />
learning, teaching and assessment<br />
and not specific to course content.<br />
Staff should also unsure that<br />
their staff profiles are up to date.<br />
Email to Professor Melanie Birks<br />
m.birks@cqu.edu.au by<br />
2 November 2012.<br />
CAMPUS ACTIVITIES <br />
NOVEMBER 2012<br />
Researcher Training Workshop - Career Profiling<br />
Date: 20 November, CQUni Rockhampton<br />
Time: 8.30am-3.30pm Attendance will be strictly limited.<br />
Contact: Dr Peter Clark [p.w.clark@cqu.edu.au]<br />
Critical Issues in Simulation Workshop<br />
Date: 19-20 November, <strong>University</strong> of the Sunshine Coast<br />
Time: 9.00am-4.00pm Cost: 2 days $200 RSVP Nov 7th<br />
Fire and Ice<br />
Christmas Ball<br />
30th Nov 2012<br />
CQUni Community<br />
Sports Centre<br />
D I S C L A I M E R<br />
The 4 CORNERS Editorial Team<br />
welcomes and acknowledges all<br />
contributions from UniNews and individuals.<br />
Whilst all reasonable care<br />
has been taken in the preparation<br />
of this publication, no liability is assumed<br />
for any errors or omissions.