Ms Andrea McCloughen

• Biography
• Areas of Research
• Selected Publications
• Engagement Interests

Biography

Andrea McCloughen, RN, MN [Mental Health] completed a Bachelor of Nursing degree at UWS in 1999 and a Master of Nursing [Mental Health] degree at UWS in 2002. She commenced a Master of Nursing Honours degree at UWS in 2004 and upgraded to Doctor of Philosophy candidature in 2006. Andrea is also a Credentialled Mental Health Nurse.

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Areas of Research 

PhD thesis

Mentorship and leadership generativity: A study of Australian nurse leaders
Supervisors: Associate Professor Louise O’Brien, Professor Debra Jackson
The study aims to explore the experiential meanings and understandings that Australian nurse leaders apply to mentoring relationships; determine whether mentoring relationships contribute to the development of Australian nurse leaders, and identify how Australian nurses leaders conceptualise mentorship for leadership. The study applies a hermeneutic phenomenological methodology incorporating the influences of Heidegger and Gadamer.

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Selected Publications

McCloughen, A., O’Brien, L. & Jackson, D. (2006). Positioning mentorship within Australian nursing contexts: A literature review. Contemporary Nurse, 23(1), 120-134.

McCloughen, A., & O’Brien, L. (2006). Interagency collaborative research projects: Illustrating potential problems, and finding solutions in the nursing literature. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 15, 171-180.

McCloughen, A., & O’Brien, L. (2005). Development of a mentorship programme for new graduate nurses in mental health. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 14, 276-284.

McCloughen, A., & O’Brien, L. (2003). Mentorship: Leading new graduate nurses toward a future of professional growth. Nursing Review, Oct, 29-34.

McCloughen, A. (2003). The association between schizophrenia and cigarette smoking: A review of the literature and implications for mental health nursing. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 12, 119-129.

McCloughen, A. (2001). Identifying barriers to the application of evidence based practice in mental health nursing. Contemporary Nurse, 11(2-3), 226-230.

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Engagement Interests

• Member, RCNA
• Member, ACMHN
• Member, Sigma Theta Tau, Xi Omicron Chapter

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