Doctor Leanne Cowin

SENIOR LECTURER,
School of Nursing and Midwifery

Casual Academic - NURS2036,
School of Nursing and Midwifery

Casual Academic - NURS2037,
School of Nursing and Midwifery

Casual Academic - NURS3017,
School of Nursing and Midwifery

Biography
Contact
Publications
Projects

Biography

Leanne has been an academic staff member in the School of Nursing and Midwifery since 2006 and is Head of Program (ACA) for the Master of Nursing course. She currently teaches in undergraduate and post graduate nursing programmes as well as a casual tutor role for the undergraduate medical programme. Leanne has considerable experience and expertise in teaching, curriculum development and evaluation developed from her 15 years at various universities. Leanne is also a keen researcher whose growing body of work reflects a commitment to generating new professional directions in nursing as well as investigating current workforce and workplace issues within the health care professions. Leanne publishes and reviews regularly in national and international journals and is currently completing a Masters of Science (Applied Statistics) at Swinburne University (completion December 2012) with the aim of seeking acreditation and to complement her extensive experience with instrument development and construct validation work.

This information has been contributed by Doctor Cowin.

Qualifications

PhD University of Western Sydney
BNurs Deakin University

Organisational Unit (School / Division)

School of Nursing and Midwifery
School of Nursing and Midwifery
School of Nursing and Midwifery
School of Nursing and Midwifery

Contact

Email:	L.Cowin@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone:	(02) 4570 1292
Mobile:
Location:	G10.G.19 HawkesburyHawkesbury

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Publications

Books

Happell, B., Cowin, L., Roper, C., Foster, K. and Mcmaster, R. (2008), 'Introducing mental health nursing', : Allen and Unwin 9781741140507.

Chapters in Books

Cowin, L. (2011), 'Psychosocial Health & Illness', Fundamentals of Nursing 2nd Edition, FA Davis 13:9780803622647.
Cowin, L. (2006), 'Psychosocial Health and Illness', Fundamentals of Nursing, F.A. Davis Company 0803614713.

Journal Articles

Reed, B., Cowin, L., O'Meara, P., Metusela, C. and Wilson, I. (2023), '[In Press] An exploration of perceptions and experiences of Australian paramedics following the introduction of professional regulation', International Journal of Health Governance, .
Reed, B., Cowin, L., O?Meara, P. and Wilson, I. (2022), 'A qualitative exploration of the perceptions of professional registration by Australian paramedics during the transition into professional regulation', Medical Law International, vol 22, no 4 , pp 327 - 348.
Alqudah, M., Cowin, L., George, A. and Johnson, M. (2019), 'Child fever management : a comparative study of Australian parents with limited and functional health literacy', Nursing and Health Sciences, vol 21, no 2 , pp 157 - 163.
Cowin, L., Riley, T., Heiler, J. and Gregory, L. (2019), 'The relevance of nurses and midwives code of conduct in Australia', International Nursing Review, vol 66, no 3 , pp 320 - 328.
Reed, B., Cowin, L., O'Meara, P. and Wilson, I. (2019), 'Professionalism and professionalisation in the discipline of paramedicine', Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, vol 16 .
Alqudah, M., Qudah, B., Cowin, L., George, A. and Johnson, M. (2019), 'Understanding presentations of children with fever to a Sydney emergency department', Journal of Nursing Research and Practice, vol 3, no 1 .
Cowin, L. and Moroney, R. (2018), 'Modelling job support, job fit, job role and job satisfaction for school of nursing sessional academic staff', BMC Nursing, vol 17 .
Wilkes, L., Cowin, L. and Johnson, M. (2015), 'The reasons students choose to undertake a nursing degree', Collegian, .
Langendyk, V., Hegazi, I., Cowin, L., Johnson, M. and Wilson, I. (2015), 'Imagining alternative professional identities : reconfiguring professional boundaries between nursing students and medical students', Academic Medicine, vol 90, no 6 , pp 732 - 737.
Cowin, L. and Johnson, M. (2015), 'From student to graduate : longitudinal changes in the qualities of nurses', Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol 0, no 0 .
Alqudah, M., Johnson, M., Cowin, L. and George, A. (2014), 'Measuring health literacy in emergency departments', Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, vol 4, no 2 .
Alqudah, M., Johnson, M., Cowin, L. and George, A. (2014), 'An innovative fever management education program for parents, caregivers, and emergency nurses', Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal, vol 36, no 1 , pp 52 - 61.
Wilkes, L., Cowin, L., Johnson, M. and Zheng, X. (2014), 'A montage of the qualities of the registered nurse', International Nursing Review, vol 61, no 4 , pp 555 - 562.
Johnson, M. and Cowin, L. (2013), 'Nurses discuss bedside handover and using written handover sheets', Journal of Nursing Management, vol 21, no 1 , pp 121 - 129.
Johnson, M. and Cowin, L. (2013), 'Measuring the qualities of nurses : development and testing of the qualities of nurses scale', Nursing Education Perspectives, vol 34, no 2 , pp 111 - 117.
Cowin, L. and Eagar, S. (2013), 'Collegial relationship breakdown : a qualitative exploration of nurses in acute care settings', Collegian, vol 20, no 2 , pp 115 - 121.
Cowin, L., Johnson, M., Wilson, I. and Borgese, K. (2013), 'The psychometric properties of five Professional Identity measures in a sample of nursing students', Nurse Education Today, vol 33, no 6 , pp 608 - 613.
Narchal, R., Cowin, L., Wilson, I. and Harding, D. (2013), 'Becoming a medical student', The International Journal of Pedagogy and Curriculum, vol 19, no 2 , pp 140 - 149.
Wilson, I., Cowin, L., Johnson, M. and Young, H. (2013), 'Professional identity in medical students : pedagogical challenges to medical education', Teaching and Learning in Medicine, vol 25, no 4 , pp 369 - 373.
Johnson, M., Cowin, L., Wilson, I. and Young, H. (2012), 'Professional identity and nursing : contemporary theoretical developments and future research challenges', International Nursing Review, vol 59, no 4 , pp 562 - 569.
Narchal, R., Cowin, L., Wilson, I. and Harding, D. (2012), 'First of the first : medical students' reflections of personal growth', The International Journal of Learning, vol 18, no 4 , pp 353 - 364.
Cowin, L. and Johnson, M. (2011), 'Many paths lead to nursing : factors influencing students' perceptions of nursing', International Nursing Review, vol 58, no 4 , pp 413 - 419.
Eager, S., Cowin, L., Gregory, L. and Firtko, A. (2010), 'Scope of practice conflict in nursing : a new war or just the same battle?', Advances in Contemporary Nursing, vol 36, no 40575 , pp 86 - 95.
Cowin, L., Johnson, M., Craven, R. and Marsh, H. (2008), 'Causal modeling of self-concept, job satisfaction, and retention of nurses', International Journal of Nursing Studies, vol 45, no 10 , pp 1449 - 1459.
Cowin, L., Hengstberger-Sims, C., Eagar, S., Gregory, L., Andrew, S. and Rolley, J. (2008), 'Competency measurements : testing convergent validity for two measures', Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol 64, no 3 , pp 272 - 277.
Andrew, S., Gregory, L., Cowin, L., Eager, S., Hengstberger-Sims, C. and Rolley, J. (2008), 'Psychometric properties of the Australian nurse competency 2000 standards', International Journal of Nursing Studies, vol 45, no 10 , pp 1512 - 1515.
Hengstberger-Sims, C., Cowin, L., Eagar, S., Gregory, L., Andrew, S. and Rolley, J. (2008), 'Relating new graduate nurse competence to frequency of use', Collegian, vol 15, no 2 , pp 69 - 76.
Cowin, L. and Hengstberger-Sims, C. (2006), 'New graduate nurse self-concept and retention: A longitudinal survey', International Journal of Nursing Studies, vol 43, no 1 , pp 59 - 70.
Cowin, L., Craven, R., Johnson, M. and Marsh, H. (2006), 'A longitudinal study of student and experienced nurses' self-concept', Collegian, vol 13 , pp 25 - 31.
Boychuk Duchscher, J. and Cowin, L. (2006), 'The new graduates' professional inheritance', Nursing Outlook, vol 54, no 3 , pp 152 - 158.
Duchscher, J. and Cowin, L. (2004), 'Multi-generational nurses in the workplace.', Journal of Nursing Administration, vol 34, no 11 , pp 493 - 501.
Duchscher, J. and Cowin, L. (2004), 'The experience of marginalization in new nursing graduates.', Nursing Outlook, vol 52, no 6 , pp 289 - 296.
Cowin, L., Davies, R., Estall, G., Berlin, T., Fitzgerald, M. and Hoot, S. (2003), 'De-escalating aggression and violence in the mental health setting', International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, vol 12 , pp 64 - 73.
Cowin, L. and Jacobsson, D. (2003), 'The nursing shortage: part way down the slippery slope', Collegian, vol 10, no 3 , pp 31 - 35.
Cowin, L. and Jacobsson, D. (2003), 'Addressing Australia's nursing shortage: is the gap widening between workforce recommendations and the workplace?', Collegian, vol 10, no 4 , pp 20 - 24.
Cowin, L. (2002), 'The Effects of Nurses' Job Satisfaction on Retention : An Australian Perspective', Journal of Nursing Administration, vol 32, no 5 , pp 283 - 291.
Cowin, L. (2001), 'Measuring Nurses' Self-Concept', Western Journal of Nursing Research, vol 23 , pp 313 - 325.

Conference Papers

Gregory, L., Cowin, L., Heiler, J. and Riley, T. (2019), 'The relevance of nurses and midwives code of conduct in Australia', Nursing and Midwifery Leadership Conference, Perth, W.A..

Qualities of Nursing – a mixed methods longitudinal project 2009-2012

From student to Graduate Nurse - changes over time. This is a 4 year longitudinal project began in 2009 and Ethics approved for 4 years. The aim was to construct and longitudinally test a ‘no-frills’ global scale to reliably and validly measure the contemporary qualities of nursing. The first wave of data was completed, analysed and 3 journal articles have been created with 1 in print 1 in press and 1 about to enter the review process.

Initial paper survey participation numbers were 767 for 2009, on-line survey in Qualtrics provided 527 responses for 2010, and 339 for 2011. This cohort has now completed their Bachelor of Nursing program and the final survey will be posted to the New Graduate Nurses in October 2012. Whilst data collection will conclude at the end of 2012, analysis of data and longitudinal papers are planned for construction in 2013.

Professional Identity Development In New Health Professionals

The project began November 2008 with the aim of examining Professional Identity (PI) development in nursing and medical students. The project plans to examine the professional identity development for nursing and medical students using a mixed methods approach on development issues and educational needs. Findings from the initial Pilot study in 2011 on a sample of nursing students clearly demonstrated a fall in 4 out of 5 measures of PI from 1st to 3rd year providing the team with good direction for a proposed larger study in 2013. The results of a second Pilot study with a sample of 1st and 3rd year medical students are currently being assessed. Two theoretically based papers are currently in press with prestigious international journals. One instrument paper is currently being reviewed and another is at the construction stage.