Doctor Lauretta Luck
DIRECTOR - CURRICULUM RE-DESIGN,
Dean's Unit - School of Nursing and Midwifery
SENIOR LECTURER,
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Personal
Qualifications
- PhDHN University of Western Sydney
- Bachelor of Arts University of New South Wales
- Master of Arts University of Sydney
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Dean's Unit - School of Nursing and Midwifery
- School of Nursing and Midwifery
Contact
| Email: | Lauretta.Luck@uws.edu.au |
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| Extension: | 9568 |
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| Location: | EB.LG.31 Parramatta |
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Biography
Dr Lauretta Luck joined the University in 2007 and is a Senior Lecturer and Associate Head of School in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, UWS. She is a member of the Family & Community Health (FaCH) University Research Group. Lauretta has many years experience in nursing with 13 years teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students and has been involved in clinical placement and curriculum development for on shore and off shore courses. Lauretta was awarded her PhD in 2007. Lauretta’s current research interests include workforce issues, in particular violence towards nurses, mixed methods and case study research designs. Lauretta is currently co-supervising PhD and Honours students.
This information has been contributed by Doctor Luck.
Interests
- Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- Case study designs
- Mixed methods research designs
- Nurse education
- Nursing leadership
- Nursing research
- Nursing workforce issues
- Quality Learning and teaching
- Violence towards nurses
Publications
Chapters in Books
- Usher, K., Foster, K. and Luck, L. (2009), 'The patient as person', Psychiatric and mental health nursing, Elsevier 9780729538770.
- Usher, K., Foster, K. and Luck, L. (2009), 'psychopharmacology', Psychiatric and mental health nursing, Elsevier 9780729538770.
Journal Articles
- Peters, K. and Luck, L. (2013), 'Understanding avoidant leadership in health care : findings from a secondary analysis of two qualitative studies', Journal of Nursing Management , 9.
- O'Reilly, R., Luck, L., Wilkes, L. and Jackson, D. (2011), 'Child protection workers: What they do', International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches, 17.
- Jackson, D., Peters, K., Hutchinson, M., Edenborough, M., Luck, L. and Wilkes, L. (2011), 'Exploring confidentiality in the context of nurse whistle blowing: Issues for nurse managers', Journal of Nursing Management, 9.
- Peters, K., Luck, L., Hutchinson, M., Wilkes, L., Andrew, S. and Jackson, D. (2011), 'The emotional sequelae of whistleblowing: Findings from a qualitative study', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 8.
- O'Reilly, R., Wilkes, L., Luck, L. and Jackson, D. (2010), 'The efficacy of family support and family preservation services on reducing child abuse and neglect: what the literature reveals', Journal of Child Health Care, 13.
- Wilkes, L., Mohan, S., Luck, L. and Jackson, D. (2010), 'Development of a violence assessment tool in the emergency hospital setting', Nurse Researcher, 13.
- Jackson, D., Peters, K., Andrew, S., Edenborough, M., Halcomb, E., Luck, L., Salamonson, Y. and Wilkes, L. (2010), 'Understanding whistleblowing: Qualitative insights from nurse whistleblowers', Journal of Advanced Nursing, 8.
- Anderson, L., Fitzgerald, M. and Luck, L. (2010), 'An integrative literature review of interventions to reduce violence against emergency nurses', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 11.
- Jackson, D., Peters, K., Andrew, S., Edenborough, M., Halcomb, E., Luck, L., Salamonson, Y., Weaver, R. and Wilkes, L. (2010), 'Trial and retribution: A qualitative study of whistleblowing and workplace relationships in nursing', Advances in Contemporary Nursing, 11.
- Mannix, J., Wilkes, L. and Luck, L. (2009), 'Key stakeholders in clinical learning and teaching in Bachelor of Nursing programs: A discussion paper', Advances in Contemporary Nursing, 10.
- Luck, L., Jackson, D. and Usher, K. (2009), 'Conveying caring: nurse attributes to avert violence in the ED', International Journal of Nursing Practice, 8.
- Jackson, D., Darbyshire, P., Luck, L. and Peters, K. (2009), 'Intergenerational reflections on doctoral supervision in nursing', Advances in Contemporary Nursing, 9.
- Jackson, D., Darbyshire, P., Luck, L. and Peters, K. (2009), 'Intergenerational refl ections on doctoral supervision in nursing', Contemporary Nurse, 9.
- Luck, L., Jackson, D. and Usher, K. (2008), 'Innocent or culpable? Meanings that emergency department nurses ascribe to individual acts of violence', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 8.
- Foster, K., Usher, K., Luck, L., Harvey, N. and Lindsay, D. (2008), 'Learning from experience: An evaluation of an external nursing course in regional Australia', Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 13.
- Luck, L., Jackson, D. and Usher, K. (2007), 'STAMP: components of observable behaviour that indicate potential for violence in patients in Emergency Departments', Journal of Advanced Nursing, 9.
- Luck, L., Jackson, D. and Usher, K. (2006), 'Survival of the fittest, or socially constructed phenomena? Theoretical understandings of aggression and violence towards nurses.', Contemporary Nurse, 13.
- Luck, L., Jackson, D. and Usher, K. (2006), 'Case Study: A bridge across the paradigms', Nursing Inquiry, 7.
- Usher, K., Luck, L. and Foster, K. (2005), 'The patient/person', Practical perspectives in psychiatric and mental health nursing, .
- Usher, K., Luck, L. and Foster, K. (2005), 'Psychopharmacology', Psychiatric and mental health nursing, 15.
- Usher, K. and Luck, L. (2004), 'Psychotropic PRN: A model for best practice management of acute psychotic behavioural disturbance in inpatient psychiatric settings', International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, .
Research
Previous Projects
| Title: | Violence in the hospital setting: Testing the predictive validity of a violence assessment tool for nurses |
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| Years: | 2009-01-13 - 2011-03-14 |
| ID: | P00016199 |
| UWS Researchers: | Debra Jackson, Lauretta Luck and Lesley Wilkes |
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| Title: | Preventing violence in the hospital setting: validating nursing skills that avert violence |
| Years: | 2008-09-24 - 2010-02-28 |
| ID: | P00016342 |
| UWS Researchers: | Lauretta Luck |
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