Doctor Diana Jefferies
ACADEMIC COURSE ADVISOR MASTER OF NURSING,
School of Nursing and Midwifery
LECTURER IN CLINICAL LEADERSHIP,
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Personal
Qualifications
- Phd University of Sydney
- BAeng University of Sydney
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- School of Nursing and Midwifery
- School of Nursing and Midwifery
Professional Memberships
- RCNA (2011-08-01)
Contact
| Email: | D.Jefferies@uws.edu.au |
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| Extension: | 9304 |
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| Location: | EB.LG.64 Parramatta |
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Biography
I am the Lecturer for Clinical Leadership and the Academic Course Advisor for the Master of Nursing (Clinical Leadership) in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. I was awarded my PhD from the University of Sydney in 2009. I have qualifications in both general and mental health nursing and have 25 years clinical experience in mental health community, drug and alcohol, HIV/AIDS, Dementia and the management of challenging behaviours.
I began my research career at the Centre for Applied Nursing Research which is a joint facility between South Western Sydney Local Health District and UWS. In collaboration with other researchers, I developed evidence-based policies in nursing documentation, nursing clinical handover and the nursing support of patient nutrition. These policies have become official policies throughout both Sydney and South Western Sydney Local Health Districts.
My academic background is in the Humanities, in English literature specifically. This informs my special interest in communication systems in nursing, which is the basis of my ongoing research.
I am also interested in investigating how illness is portrayed in literary and historical writing. My experience in both nursing and the humanities gives me an excellent understanding of the art and science of nursing.
This information has been contributed by Doctor Jefferies.
Awards
- Nursing and Midwifery Office, Department of Health Innovation Scholarship 2009-08-01
Committees
- Academic Course Advisor
Teaching
Previous Teaching Areas
- 400748 Becoming a Nurse, 2012
Publications
Journal Articles
- Johnson, M., Jefferies, D. and Nicholls, D. (2012), 'Developing a minimum data set for electronic nursing handover', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 13.
- Jefferies, D., Johnson, M., Nicholls, D. and Lad, S. (2012), 'A ward-based writing coach program to improve the quality of nursing documentation', Nurse Education Today, 5.
- Jefferies, D., Johnson, M., Nicholls, D. and Lad, S. (2012), 'A ward-based writing coach program to improve the quality of nursing documentation', Nurse Education Today, 5.
- Jefferies, D., Johnson, M., Nicholls, D., Langdon, R. and Lad, S. (2012), 'Evaluating an intensive ward-based writing coach programme to improve nursing documentation: lessons learned', International Nurtsing Review, 8.
- Johnson, M., Jefferies, D. and Nicholls, D. (2012), 'Exploring the structure and organisation of information in clinical nursing handovers', International Journal of Nursing Practice, 9.
- Jefferies, D., Johnson, M. and Nicholls, D. (2012), 'Comparing Written and Oral Approaches to Clinical Reporting in Nursing', Contemporary Nurse, 11.
- Johnson, M., Jefferies, D. and Nicholls, D. (2012), 'Developing a minimum data set for electronic nursing handover', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 13.
- Jefferies, D., Johnson, M., Nicholls, D., Langdon, R. and Lad, S. (2012), 'Evaluating an intensive ward-based writing coach programme to improve nursing documentation : lessons learned', International Nursing Review, 8.
- Jefferies, D. (2012), 'Communicate with clarity', Nursing Standard, 2.
- Jefferies, D., Johnson, M., Nicholls, D., Langdon, R. and Lad, S. (2012), 'Evaluating an intensive ward-based writing coach programme to improve nursing documentation : lessons learned', International Nursing Review, 8.
- Jefferies, D., Johnson, M., Nicholls, D. and Lad, S. (2012), 'A ward-based writing coach program to improve the quality of nursing documentation', Nurse Education Today, 5.
- Johnson, M., Jefferies, D. and Nicholls, D. (2012), 'Exploring the structure and organization of information within nursing clinical handovers', International Journal of Nursing Practice, 9.
- Jefferies, D., Johnson, M. and Nicholls, D. (2012), 'Comparing written and oral approaches to clinical reporting in nursing', Contemporary Nurse, 10.
- Jefferies, D., Johnson, M. and Ravens, J. (2011), 'Nurturing and nourishing: the nurses' role in nutritional care', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 14.
- Jefferies, D., Johnson, M. and Nicholls, D. (2011), 'Nursing documentation: How meaning is obscured by fragmentary language', Nursing Outlook, 7.
- Jefferies, D., Johnson, M. and Griffiths, R. (2010), 'A meta-study of the essentials of quality nursing documentation', International Journal of Nursing Practice, 13.
- Jefferies, D., Linten, K., Maddox, J., McCaul, D., Robson, K., Scott, S., Zarkos, T., Johnson, M., Griffiths, R., Arthurs, K., Beard, D., Chen, T., Edgetton-Win, M., Hecimovic, T. and Hughes, M. (2010), 'Engaging clinicians in evidence based policy development: the case of nursing documentation', Contemporary Nurse, 11.
- Johnson, M., Jefferies, D. and Langdon, R. (2010), 'The Nursing and Midwifery Content Audit Tool (NMCAT): a short nursing documentation audit tool', Journal of Nursing Management, 14.
Conference Papers
- Jefferies, D. (2007), 'The Spiritual Collison between the Old And the New in Malory's Sangreal', AULLA 2007 Cultural Interactions Between the Old and New Worlds, Univeristy of NSW.
- Jefferies, D. (2007), 'The Spiritual Collison between the Old And the New in Malory's Sangreal', AULLA 2007 Cultural Interactions Between the Old and New Worlds, Univeristy of NSW.
Research
My current research project investigates historical accounts of the lived experience of mental illness in women following childbirth.
This includes looking at an accounts of postnatal psychosis in literature and in the historical record found in the archives of healthcare records stored in the NSW State Records Office.
This information has been contributed by Doctor Jefferies.
