Michelle Daly, NCAHS
"To investigate a competency-based training program to manage alcohol withdrawal at selected hospitals in the NCAHS"
Michelle is a Clinical Nurse Consultant based at Lismore. Her area of specialty is Drug and Alcohol. Michelle has published a paper on this topic with coauthors Dr. Stephen Kermode and David Reilly.
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Lynn Davies, NCAHS
"Seclusion Patterns within a NSW (Australia) Rural Area Health Service"
Lynn is a Nurse Educator in the Coffs/Clarence Network. Both a clinical psychologist and a nurse, Lynn has had a long standing interest in research. Since completing her research as part of the Rural Research Capacity Building Program, Lynn has gone on to enrol in a PhD on this topic. Lynn also has a peer review article published.
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Rohena Duncombe, NCAHS
"Rural Community Health Intake Study: Client Intake for Adult Counselling in Rural Community Health"
Rohena is a Social Worker based at Byron Bay Community Health Centre. In addition to her role at NCAHS, Rohena also works part time with Charles Sturt University teaching in the Social Work and Human Services program.
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Rosa Flaherty, NCAHS
"Trialling of a 1-2-3 Magic Parenting Program in a Rural Australian Child Protection Setting"
Rosa is a PANOC Psychologist based at Grafton Community Health Centre and is currently Acting Area Coordinator of the PANOC services for the NCAHS.
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Annie Flint, GSAHS
"Hearty Health for Rural Women"
Annie Flint is the GSAHS Women’s Health Coordinator and is based in Bateman’s Bay on the NSW south coast. Annie is currently acting in the role of Early Intervention Coordinator.
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Claudia Giugni, GWAHS
"A comparative study looking at the effectiveness of two different teaching methods used to improve the integraiton of the palliative approach into rural residential aged care facilities"
Claudia is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Wellness Foundation, a not for profit organisation providing holistic care to the community in Orange, NSW. Prior to this, Claudia was a Clinical Nurse Consultant in Palliative Care with the Greater Western Area Health Service.
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Margaret Hewetson, NCAHS
"Professional and personal support needs and future careers of NSW Hospital Pharmacy Graduates"
Margaret Hewetson was previously Director of Pharmacy at Lismore Base Hospital. Her interests are HR oriented and particularly in identifying the important recruitment and retention factors for pharmacists in rural areas in order to build the department. Previously she worked in UK as Director of Medicines Information for London and South East England. In that position she worked with NHS Direct the 24 hour nurse-led health helpline and led the development of the NHS National electronic Library for Medicines www.nelm.nhs.uk
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Alison Mac Taggart, GSAHS
"Partnerships for Healthier Communities: A study looking at the nature and extent of partnerships between a rural area health service and the local councils in the region"
Alison Mac Taggart is currently Manager of Partnerships and Research with the Greater Southern Area Health Service. Fostering effective partnerships to build capacity to address social determinant and health equity issues is a key focus of her work.
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Karen Saunders, NCAHS
"Does the use fo the 'Pressure Sore Prediction Score' prompt nurses to initiate preventative strategies?"
Karen is a Clinical Nurse Specialist based at Coffs Harbour Health Campus. Karen has recently been involved in a project aimed at reducing hospital admissions for residents of aged care facilities.
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Debbie Schwebel, NCAHS
"Nurse Executives: Internal and External Influences in the Management of small rural hospitals"
Debbie is the Area Nurse Manager of policy and evidence based practice and is based at Port Macquarie. Debbie has experience and qualifications in both nursing and management and has worked in rural NSW for nine years.
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Christine Stanford, NCAHS
"The needs of rural Lung Cancer patients: Research study into the needs (met and unmet) of patients diagnosed with a primary lung cancer who reside within the Coffs Harbour, Bellingen or Nambucca Regions of the North Coast Area Health Service"
Christine Stanford is a Clinical Nurse Consultant in Oncology/Haematology at the North Coast Cancer Institute, Coffs Harbour Health Campus.
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Leanne Wright, NCAHS
"They just don't like to wait: a comparative study of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people who do not wait for treatment or discharge themselves against medical advice from rural emergency departments"
Leanne is a Nurse Practitioner who works in the Emergency Department and has worked in Kempsey, Wauchope and Port Macquarie during the period of this study.
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