Dr Stephen McNally

Biography

Dr Stephen McNally is a lecturer within the School of Nursing and Midwifery, UWS. Stephen has been employed by UWS for 20 years as an academic teaching critical care and general medical-surgical nursing. He is currently Head of Program, Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced) and is also the coordinator for units within this program. Stephen has a personal commitment to maintain clinical currency in emergency nursing.

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Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise

Critical care Paediatrics Families and Parenting from male perspective

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Grants / Current Projects

UWS Sustainability Research Initiative - (25,000.00) (2007). Exploring professional collaborations: A key to sustainable universal health services for vulnerable families. Research assistant, 2 days a month. Assisted with data collection, analysis and results.

Research Partnership Program – (10,000.00) Schmied, V., Hennessy, A., and McNally, S. (2007). A healthy start: A study to design and pilot a new model of postnatal care in south west Sydney. Assisted with data collection and analysis and preparation of publications.

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Awards and Recognition

Doctor of Philosophy

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Selected Publications

McNally, S. (1996). The triage role in emergency nursing: Development of an educational program. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 2, 122-128.

McNally, S. (2001). Let’s have standards for triage education and practice. Australian Journal of Emergency Nursing, 4 (2), 12-14.

Donkin, B., and McNally, S. A 3 month retrospective case review of commercial medical repatriations by an international medical assistance company. The University of Adelaide, Inaugural Nursing Practice Conference - Adelaide Convention Centre December 1995.

McNally, S. The triage role in emergency nursing: Development of an educational program. The North Western Tasmania Health Service, Emergency Medicine Conference - Burnie Civic Centre April 1996.

Coulon, L., Ledwidge, H., Raymond, B., McNally, S., & Bidewell, J. (1991). The attitudes of young drivers to risk taking, role modelling and drink driving, First report to the Federal Office of Road Safety.

Coulon, L., Ledwidge, H., Raymond, B., McNally, S., & Bidewell, J. (1992). The attitudes of young drivers to risk taking, role modelling and drink driving, Final report to the Federal Office of Road Safety.

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Professional Activities:

 

PhD Confirmation Panel Member: Sara Gabriel (2008). Thesis Title: Rebecca O’Reilly (2008). Thesis Title: Family focused approach to promote child protection: A case study of a child protection service.

 

Mentor Study:

Participated as a mentor in a research study (2007) “Surviving and thriving in the face of workplace adversity”. The study evaluated a program aimed at increasing personal resilience in nurses and midwives. As a senior nurse academic Stephen provided mentoring support to a junior midwife. Expert Panel: Professor Debra Jackson, Dr Lauretta Luck & Professor Lesley Wilkes University of Western Sydney (2008). He was identified as an expert in the area of violence in emergency departments. Stephen participated in the development of a questionnaire to assess an individual's potential for violence in hospital emergency and general ward areas. The questionnaire was used by nurses to rate an individual's potential to be violent, focusing on a patients family and friends.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONAL ACTIVITIES

Honorarium Appointment: The nursing division, The New Children’s Hospital, Emergency Department, effective 12/4/1999 – 12/4/2001.

Steering/consultative: Nurse practitioner pilot project, Concord Repatriation General and Royal Prince Alfred Hospitals 1995.

Nurse practitioner pilot project, Wagga Wagga Base Hospital (1995). NSW Health Department Nursing workforce planning project: Emergency department reference group, (August, 1996).

Committee Emergency Nurses Association of NSW May 1993 - 2001.

Reviewer:

  • Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal
  • Collegian
  • Journal of Clinical Nursing

 

Membership/Fellowship:

  • Royal College of Nursing Australia
  • NSW College of Nursing
  • Foundation member Sigma Theta Tau
  • Nursing Honour Society College of Emergency Nursing Australasia Ltd
  • National Tertiary Education Union NSW Nurses Association

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