Dr Kath Peters

Biography


Dr Kath Peters is a Senior Lecturer, the Deputy Director of Postgraduate Studies, and the Head of Program for the Master of Nursing (Clinical Leadership) for Hong Kong. Kath has experience in a range of clinical areas such as intensive care, mental health, drug and alcohol, medical, surgical, orthopaedic trauma, brain injury, and aged care nursing. She was awarded a PhD in 2006 and is currently actively involved in research. Kath is an active peer-reviewer for several national and international nursing journals and her current research interests include: Women’s and Family Health and Workforce Issues. Kath teaches in a range of clinical and research units in undergraduate and postgraduate nursing programs. She has co-supervised two PhD and mulitple BN(Honours) students to completion and is now providing principal supervision for PhD and BN(Hons) students.

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Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise


Research Interests

  • Women's and Family Health
  • Workforce Issues
  • Technology in Healthcare
  • Qualitative Methods


Teaching Interests

  • Research supervision
  • Nursing Research
  • Reproductive Health
  • Mental Health
  • Critical Care

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Grants/Current Projects

2010-2011

Developing and implementing a leadership capacity building program for teaching and learning in nursing.
Funding: Australian Learning and Teaching Council
Research Team: Dr Elizabeth Halcomb, Professor Debra Jackson, Dr Sharon Andrew, Kath Peters, Associate Professor Yenna Salamonson & Emeritus Professor John Daly.

2008

Sessional Academics Teaching in Nursing.
Funding: University of Western Sydney College of Health & Science Research Grant.
Chief Investigators: Dr Elizabeth Halcomb, Professor Debra Jackson, Dr Sharon Andrew, Dr Yenna Salamonson and Dr Kath Peters.

2007-2008

Routine health screening: Attitudes and practices of women in South Western Sydney.
Funding: University of Western Sydney Research Seed Grant.
Chief Investigator: Dr Kath Peters.

2007-2008

Adolescent sleep and mental health: An exploratory study.
Funding: University of Western Sydney Research Grant Scheme.
Chief Investigators: Professor Debra Jackson and Dr Kath Peters.

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Selected Publications

2011

Salamonson, Y., Bourgeois, S,. Everett, B., Weaver, R., Peters, K,. & Jackson, D. (2011). Psychometric testing of the abbreviated Clinical Learning Enviornment Inventory (CLEI-19). Journal of Advanced Nursing, 67(12), 2668-2676.

Peters, K., Luck, L., Hutchinson, M., Wilkes, L., Andrew, S., & Jackson, D. (2011). The emotional sequelae of whistleblowing: Findings from a qualitative study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 20(19-20), 2907-2914. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03718.x

Wilkes, L., Peters, K., Weaver, R., & Jackson, D. (2011). Nurses involved in whistleblowing incidents: Sequelae for their families. Collegian, 18(3), 101-106.

East, L., Jackson, D., O'Brien, L., & Peters, K. (2011). Condom negotiation: Experiences of sexually active young women. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 67(1), 77-86.

Jackson, D., Peters, K., Andrew, S., Salamonson, Y., & Halcomb, E. J. (2011). "If you haven't got a PhD, you're not going to get a job": The PhD as a hurdle to continuing academic employment in nursing. Nurse Education Today, 31(4), 340-344.

2010

Andrew, S., Halcomb, E. J, Jackson, D., Peters, K., & Salamonson, Y. (2010). Sessional teachers in a BN program: Bridging the divide or widening the gap? Nurse Education Today, 30(5), 453-457.

East, L., Jackson, D., O'Brien, L., & Peters, K. (2010). Storytelling: An approach that can help to develop resilience. Nurse Researcher, 17(3), 17-25. 

East, L., Jackson, D., Peters K., & O'Brien, L. (2010). Disrupted sense of self: Young women and sexually transmitted infections. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 19(13-14), 1995-2003. 

Halcomb, E. J., Andrew, S., Peters, K., Salamonson, Y., & Jackson, D. (2010). Casualisation of the teaching workforce: Implications for nursing education. Nurse Education Today, 30(6), 528-532.

Jackson, D., Peters, K., Andrew, S., Edenborough, M., Halcomb, E. J., Luck, L., Salamonson, Y., Weaver, R., & Wilkes, L. (2010). Trial and retribution: A qualitative study of whistleblowing and workplace relationships in nursing. Advances in Contemporary Nursing, 36(1-2), 34-44.

Jackson, D., Peters, K., Andrew, S., Edenborough, M., Halcomb, E., Luck, L., Salamonson, Y., & Wilkes, L. (2010). Understanding whistleblowing: Qualitative insights from nurse whistleblowers. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 66(10), 2194-2201.

Peters, K. (2010). Reasons why women choose a medical practice or a women's health centre for routine health screening: Worker and client perspectives. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 19(17-18), 2557-2564.

Salamonson, Y., Halcomb, E. J., Andrew, S., Peters, K., & Jackson, D. (2010). A comparative study of assessment grading and nursing students' perceptions of quality in sessional and tenured teachers. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 42(4), 423-429.

2009

Peters, K., & Jackson, D. (2009). Mothers' experiences of parenting a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 65(1), 62-71.

Jackson, D., Darbyshire, P., Luck, L., & Peters, K. (2009). Intergenerational reflections on doctoral supervision in nursing. Advances in Contemporary Nursing, 32(1-2), 83-91.

Halcomb, E. J., & Peters, K. (2009). Nursing student feedback on an undergraduate research education: Implications for teaching and learning. Contemporary Nurse, 33(1), 59-68.

O'Reilly, R., Peters, K., Beale, B., & Jackson, D. (2009). Women's experiences of recovery from childbirth: Focus on pelvis problems that extend beyond the puerperium. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 18(14), 2013-2019.

Vallido, T., Peters, K., O'Brien, L., & Jackson, D. (2009). Sleep in adolescence: A review of issues for nursing practice. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 18(13), 1819-1826.

2008

Peters, K., Jackson, D., & Rudge, T. (2008). Research on couples: Are feminist approaches useful? Journal of Advanced Nursing, 62(3), 373-380.

Jackson, D. & Peters, K. (2008). Use of drug therapy in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Maternal views and experiences. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 17(20), 2725-2732.

East, L., Jackson, D., O'Brien, L. & Peters, K. (2008). The benefits of computer-mediated communication in nursing research, Contemporary Nurse, 30(1): 83-88.

2007

Peters, K., Jackson, D., & Rudge, T. (2007). “It just alienated us”: A case study to explore the impact of Assisted Reproductive Therapy on family relationships. Advances in Nursing Science, 30(3), E25-E36.

East, L., Jackson, D., O’Brien, L., & Peters, K. (2007). Use of the male condom by heterosexual adolescents and young people: Literature review. Journal of Advanced Nursing 59(2), 103-110.

Peters, K., Jackson, D. & Rudge, T. (2007). Failures of reproduction: Problematising ‘success’ in assisted reproductive technology. Nursing Inquiry 14(2), 125-131.

Pre 2006

Peters, K., Jackson, D., & Rudge, T. (2004). 'Trigger shot' administration in Emergency Departments: What are the issues? Australian Emergency Nursing Journal, 7(2), 13-19.

Peters, K. (2003). In pursuit of motherhood: The IVF experience. Contemporary Nurse, 14(3), 258-270.

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Engagement Interests

  • Member of the Royal College of Nursing
  • Member of the Adolescent and Young People’s Health Network
  • Member of The College of Nursing

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