Dr John Bidewell

• Qualifications
• Biography
• Research
• Selected Publications
• Grants/Current Projects
• Teaching Interests
• Professional Activities 

Qualifications

BSc Psych (Hons), MPsych(App)(Hons) PhD, DipTeach.

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Biography

Dr John Bidewell's academic background is in Education, Applied Psychology and Social Research. In 1992 he joined the University of Western Sydney (UWS) in the School of Nursing to advance the School's research initiatives. Later John commenced teaching Research Methods to students in the School of Nursing and in the School of Business, while operating a private research consultancy. More recently, as a Research Fellow, John joined and remains a member of the UWS, School of Nursing's Aged Care and Palliation (ACAP) research group with interests in dementia and palliative aged care. In 2011 he commenced as a Lecturer with the School of Biomedical and Health Sciences. John's PhD investigated how people respond to risk and return over time in the context of personal financial investment. He retains a continuing interest in decision making over time, risk and uncertainty, and would like to see insights from this field applied more to clinical decision making and behavioural health management.

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Research

John's research interests lie in the areas of Behavioural Health Management and, Aged and Palliative Care.

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Selected Publications

Chang, E., Daly, J., Johnson, A., Harrison, K., Easterbrook, S., Bidewell, J., Stewart, H., Noel, M., & Hancock, K. (2009). Challenges for professional care of advanced dementia. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 15, 41-47.

Taylor, C., Stewart, L., & Bidewell, J. (2009). Nursing students’ appraisal of their professional portfolios in demonstrating clinical competence. Nurse Educator, 34, 217-222.

Hungtington, A., Bidewell, J., Gilmour, J., Chang, E., Daly, J., Lambert, V., & Lambert, C. (2008). The relationship between workplace stress, coping strategies and health status in New Zealand Nurses. Journal of Occupational Health and Safety, Australia and New Zealand, 24, 131-141.

Foster, J., Bidewell, J., Buckmaster, A., Spence, K., Green, D., & Henderson-Smart, D. (2008). A comparison of the effects of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and headbox oxygen on nurses’ workload in the special care nursery. Neonatal, Paediatric and Child Health Nursing, 11, 11-17.

Foster, J., Bidewell, J., Buckmaster, A., Lees, S., & Henderson-Smart, D. (2008). Parental stress and satisfaction in the non-tertiary special care nursery. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 61, 522-530.

Glasson, J.B., Chang, E.M., & Bidewell, J.W. (2008). The value of participatory action research in clinical nursing practice. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 14, 34-39.

Chang, E.M.L., Bidewell, J.W., Huntington, A.D., Daly, J., Johnson, A., Wilson, H., Lambert, V.A., & Lambert, C.E. (2007). A survey of role stress, coping and health in Australian and New Zealand hospital nurses. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 44, 1354-1362.

Parsons, M., Bidewell, J., & Griffiths, R. (2007). A comparative study of the effect of food consumption on labour and birth outcomes in Australia. Midwifery, 23, 131-138.

Bidewell, J., Griffin, B., & Hesketh, H. (2006). Timing of retirement: Including a delay discounting perspective in retirement model. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 68, 368-387.

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Grants/Current Projects

Australian Department of Health and Ageing, Local Palliative Care Grants Program, awarded to University of Western Sydney School of Nursing and Midwifery. “Avoiding 'high tech' through 'high touch' in end-stage dementia: Protocol for care at the end of life.

'Focus on Feeding!' in Aged Care - UWS multi-school collaborative project.

'Coronary Health Improvement Program (CHIP)' evaluation in collaboration with UWS School of Nursing and Midwifery.

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Teaching Interests

• Research methods
• Behavioural health management
• Cognitive psychology
• Decision making
• Aged and palliative care

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Professional Activities

John is a reviewer for the Internatioanl Journal of Nursing Practice

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