Professor Maree Johnson
BiographyBiography
Professor Maree Johnson, RN, B.App.Sci (Cumb.), M.App.Sci (Sydney), PhD (Epidemiology & Population Health) is a Research Professor with the School of Nursing & Midwifery, UWS and Director of the Centre for Applied Nursing Research (a joint research venture of the SWSLHD and UWS] focused on improving nursing and midwifery practice. CANR is affiliated with the Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research.
Professor Johnson is a nurse and epidemiologist and has been working with UWS for 17 years. She is a keen teacher of undergraduate research units and has successfully supervised many Honours, Masters and PhD students to completion.
Professor Johnson has been project leader for national and statewide projects relating to nursing, community nursing and primary health care, particularly in the area of aged care in the home,. Professor Johnson is currently focusing on the areas of patient safety and women’s and children’s health and professional issues in nursing. Maree also has experience in undertaking systematic reviews and developing and implementing practice guidelines.
Professor Johnson has extensive skills in quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods research methods and over 300 refereed papers, conference and commissioned research papers. With approximately over 5 million dollars of competitive and non-competitive national and international research funding.
Areas of Research
• Patient safety
• Risk management for Australian medical practitioners
• Allied health risk management behaviours in acute hospitals
Current projects
led by or with Prof. Johnson as a collaborator
Patient Safety
- Evaluating the implementation of a structured content, minimum data set and an electronic module for clinical handover, for medical/surgical patients and nurses.
- Developing and applying a taxonomy for clinical management errors in nursing.
- Improving documentation of nursing notes using intensive writing coaching.
- Classification of medication errors using Aronson’s taxonomy.
- Trialing of recall cards and other strategies to reduce medication omissions (in progress).
- Enhancing of the role of the nurse is supporting nutritional care for adult inpatients.
- Introduction and evaluation of an on-line falls prevention and management education program for nursing staff.
- Development and validation of falls prevention risk management behaviour subscales.
- Evaluation of an emergency department flowchart to support early identification of deteriorating child and adult.
- Exploring innovative technologies to capture clinical handover into a written record.
- Developing risk management behaviours for nursing and medicine.
Womens & children’s health
- Development, implementation and evaluation of primary health midwifery practice.
- Midwifery initiated oral health multicenter trial.
- Development and implementation of perinatal oral health guidelines.
- Longitudinal analysis of women’s perinatal mental health.
- Fever management for children: Education program for parents with lower functional health literacy.
Highlights of previous nursing and midwifery services projects
Research and policy reform of Australia’s community nursing services (private and public) for the Commonwealth Department of Veterans Affairs. This entailed working with key stakeholders, professional associations, unions, veterans community, private and public service providers, and veterans to undertake research that directed policy for the community services of the then 300,000 Australian veterans. Funding of 1.8 million dollars (over 5 years) was provided to: develop the classification system suitable for the veteran community, develop and test the funding model to match the case mix model, develop and test health outcome measures derived from the minimum data set, develop and implement the National Exceptional Case Co-ordination Unit and Clinical review panel and dedicated software, negotiate with services to implement the new policy and change federal legislation for veterans’ health services. This was research and policy development and implementation at a national level that was successfully undertaken by Professor Johnson in collaboration with many key stakeholders.
Professor Johnson has a major role within nursing, midwifery and health service development and has successfully worked with Directors of Midwifery Services and Professors of Obstetrics and Gynecology and other obstetricians and midwives to develop, implement and evaluate the Primary Health Midwifery Model of midwifery practice within Liverpool Health Service.
Grants
2012-2014
NHMRC Project Grant
Improving maternal and infant outcomes: a multicentre randomised controlled trial of midwifery and dental interventions.
Research Team: Dr Ajesh George, Professor Maree Johnson et al.
Funding: $433,510
2010-2011
NSW Oral Health Promotion Demonstration Project Grants Scheme
Development of a perinatal oral health (PERIOH) program for Aboriginal families in South-western Sydney.
Research Team: Dr Ajesh George, Professor Maree Johnson et al.
Funding: $16,305
2011-2012
Ingham Health Research Infrastructure Grants & SWSLHD
Establish the Sydney South Western Zone Primary and Community Health Research Unit. Research Team: Professor Elizabeth Comino, E.Moore, S.Liaw, Professor Maree Johnson, L.Kemp et al.
Funding: $400,000
2012
Reckitt Benckiser Limited
A randomised controlled trial of child fever management in parents with low health literacy.
Research Team: M.Alqudah, Professor Maree Johnson, Dr Ajesh George, Dr Leanne Cowin
Funding: $10,000
2011-2012
UWS Internal Funding, International Research Initiatives Scheme
Perinatal mental health: understanding pathways, client journeys and outcomes for immigrant and refugee women.
Research Team: Professor Virginia Schmied, Associate Professor Hannah Dahlen, Professor Maree Johnson
Funding: $12,348
Selected publications
focusing on major areas of research interest
Patient Safety:
Johnson, M., Jefferies, D., & Nicholls, D. (2012). Developing and testing a minimum data set for electronic handover in nursing. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 21, 3-4, 331-343 (February).
Johnson, M., Jefferies, D., & Nicholls, D. Exploring the structure and content of nursing clinical handovers. (2012 in press). International Journal of Nursing Practice.
Johnson, M., & Cowin, L. (accepted 30th April 2012). Nurses discuss bedside handover and the use of written handover sheets. Journal of Nursing Management.
Jefferies, D., Johnson, M., Nicholls, D. (2012). A ward-based writing coach program to improve nursing documentation. Nurse Education Today, 32, 647-651.
Jefferies, D., Johnson, M. & Nicholls, D. (2012) Comparing written and oral approaches to clinical reporting in nursing. Contemporary Nurse Journal,42(1): 158-167. (accepted 18th June 2012)
Johnson, M., & Young H. (2011). Applying the Aronson taxonomy to medication errors. Journal of Nursing Care Quality 26(2) 128-135.
Johnson M., &Tran, D., & Young, H. (2011). Developing risk management behaviours for nurses through medication incident analysis. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 17; 548-555.
Jefferies, D., Johnson, M., Ravens, J. 2011. Nurturing and Nourishing: the nurses’ role in nutritional care. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 20, 317-330.
Johnson, M. & George, A., Tran D.T.. 2011 Analysis of falls incidents: nurse and patient preventative behaviours. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 17:60-66.
Jefferies, D., Johnson, M. & Nicholls, D. (2011) Nursing documentation: how meaning is obscured by fragmentary. Nursing Outlook. 59(6), E6-E12.
Johnson, M., Jefferies, D., & Langdon, R. (2010) The Nursing and Midwifery Content Audit Tool (NMCAT): A 10 minute nursing documentation audit tool. Journal of Nursing Management. 18, 832-845.
Jefferies, D., Johnson, M., Griffiths. (2010). A meta-study of the essentials of quality nursing documentation. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 16, 112-124.
Tran, D.T., Johnson, M., Fernandez, R., & Jones, S. (2010). A shared care model vs. a patient allocation model of nursing care delivery: Comparing nursing staff satisfaction and stress outcomes. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 16, 148-158.
Hudson, P., Elkholm, J., Johnson, M., & Langdon, R. (2009). Helping emergency nurses to act sooner: Identifying the deteriorating adult and child PART ONE. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 13(4), Pages 134.
Hudson, P., Elkholm, J., Johnson, M., & Langdon, R. (2010). Helping emergency nurses to act sooner: Identifying the deteriorating adult and child. PART TWO. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 12(4), Pages 173.
Tran, D. & Johnson, M. (2010) Classifying nursing errors in clinical management within an Australian hospital. International Nursing Review, 57, 454-462.
Nash, L, Daly, M., Johnson., M.,, Coulston, C., Tennant, C., Van Ekert, E., Walter, G., Wilcock, S., & Walton, M. (2009) Personality, gender and medico-legal matters in medical practice. Australasian Psychiatry, 17 (1), 19-24.
Nash, L, Johnson., M.,, L. Willcock, S. Walton, M., Tennant, C., Walters, G., Van Ekert, E.. (2009). GP’s concerns about medicolegal issues: How it affects their practice. Australian Family Physician, 38 1/2, 66-70.
Johnson, M., Murphy, B. & Payne, S., Chang S. (2008) Self-assessment of medico-legal risk by doctors: the Know your risk version 1- short form. Australian Health Review, 32,2, 330-348.
Johnson, M., Chang, S. Murphy, B. & Payne, S. (2008). A survey of risk management behaviour of Australian general practitioners. Quality in Primary Care, 16(1), 7-15.
Nash, L., Daly, M., Johnson., M., Willcock, S., Walton, M., Tennant, C., Walters, G., Van Ekert, E. (2007). The difference between psychological morbidity in Australian doctors who have and have not experienced a medico-legal matter: a cross sectional survey. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 41(11) 917-925.
Womens & children’s health
Johnson, M., Schmeid, V., Lupton, S., Austin, M-P., Matthey, S., Meade, T., Kemp, L., Yeo, A.E. Measuring perinatal mental health. (2012). Archives of Womens’ Mental Health. DOI: 10.1007/s00737-012-0297-8.
George, A., Shamim, S., Johnson, M., Dahlen, H., Ajwani, S., Bhole, S., Yeo, A.E. (2012) How Do Dental and Prenatal Care Practitioners Perceive Dental Care During Pregnancy? Current Evidence and Implications. Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care, 39 (3), DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2012.00553.x (accepted 6/2/2012).
Taylor J.A. & Johnson M. The role of anxiety and other factors in predicting post-natal fatigue: from birth to 6 months. (accepted 2nd May 2012). Midwifery.
George, A., Johnson, M., Blinkhorn, A., Ellis, S., Bhole, S. & Ajwani, S. (2010) Promoting oral health during pregnancy: Current evidence and implications for Australian midwives. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 19, 3324-3333.
Myors, K., Schiemd, V., Johnson, M., & Cleary, M. (in press) Collaborative and integrated services for perinatal mental health: An integrative review Child and Adolescent Mental Health Journal. Doi:10.111/j.1475-3588.2011.00639.x
George, A., Johnson, M., Duff, M., Ajwani, S., Bhole,S., Blinkhorn, A., & Ellis, S. (2010). Midwives and oral health during pregnancy: Perceptions of pregnant women in South West Sydney. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 21, 1087-1096.
Taylor J.A. & Johnson M. (2010) How women manage fatigue after childbirth. Midwifery Midwifery 26(3):367-75.
Johnson, M., Stewart, H., Langdon, R., Kelly, P. Yong, L. (2003). Woman-centred care and caseload models of midwifery. Collegian, 10(1), 30-34.
Kelleher, L., & Johnson, M. (2004) An evaluation of a volunteer support program for children at risk. Public Health Nursing, 21(4), 297-305.
Johnson, M., Stewart, H., Langdon, R., Kelly, P. Yong, L. (2005). A comparison of partnership caseload midwifery and standard hospital care: outcomes for low risk mothers. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 22(3), 22-28.
Diong, S., Johnson, M., Langdon, R. (2000). Breastfeeding and Chinese Mothers Living in Australia. Breastfeeding Review, 8(2), 17-23.
Myors, K., & Johnson, M., Langdon, R. (2001). Coping Styles of Pregnant Adolescents. Public Health Nursing, 18(1), 24-32.
Wheeler, J., Chapman, C., Johnson, M., Collie, L., & Sutherland, D. (1999). Promoting Breastfeeding in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Breastfeeding Review, 7(2), 15-18.
Wheeler, J., Chapman, C., Johnson, M., Langdon, R. (2000). Feeding outcomes and influences within the Neonatal Unit. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 6(4), 196-206.
Professional issues for nursing and midwifery
Johnson, M., Cowin, L.S., Wilson, I., Young, H. Professional identity and nursing: contemporary theoretical developments and future research challenges. International Nursing Review. Article first published online: 6 JUL 2012 DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2012.01013.xInternational Nursing Review.
Cowin, L, Johnson, M., Wilson, I., Borgese K. The psychometric properties of five Professional Identity measures in a sample of nursing students.
Nurse Education Today. doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2012.07.008
Johnson, M., Cowin, L.. Measuring qualities of nurses: the development and testing of the Qualities of Nurses (QON) Scale. Nursing Education Perspectives. (accepted 15th January 2011).
Cowin, L., Johnson, M. Many paths lead to nursing: the influence of demographic and other factors on students perceptions of the qualities of nurses. International Nursing Review (accepted March 2011).
McNamara, M., Fealy, G.M., Casey, M., Geraghty, R., Johnson, M., Halligan, P. Treacy, P., Butler, M. (2011). Boundary matters: Clinical leadership and the distinctive disciplinary contribution of nursing to multidisciplinary care. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 20, 23-24, 3502-3512.
Butler, M. Meehan, T.C., Kemple, M. Drennan, D., Johnson, M. & Treacy, M. (Pearl). Identifying research priorities for midwifery in Ireland. (2009) Midwifery, 25, 576-587. Doi:10.1016/j.midw.2007.08.004.
Cowin, L., Johnson, M., Craven, R.G., Marsh, H. Causal modelling of nurses self-concept and job satisfaction and retention. International Journal of Nursing Studies (2008) 45, 1449-1459.
Johnson, M., Noble, C., Matthews, C., Aguilar, N. (1998) . Towards culturally competent health care: language use of bilingual staff. Australian Health Review, 21(3), 49-66.
Johnson, M., Noble, C., Matthews, C. & Aguilar, N. (1999). Bilingual communicators within the health care setting. Qualitative Health Research, 9(3), May, 329-343.
Johnson, M., Bowman, C. (1997). Occupational Prestige for Registered Nurses in the Asia-Pacific Region: Status Consensus. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 34(3), 201-107.
Somerville, B., McIlwrath, M., Johnson, M., Langdon, R. & Jones, W. (2000). A collaborative approach to developing nursing skills to meet service needs. Collegian, 7(3), 28-33.
Johnson, M., & Griffiths, R. (2001). Developing Evidence-based Clinicians. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 7(2), 109-118.
