Ms Lee Lethbridge

Associate Lecturer

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Email:lee.lethbridge@newcastle.edu.au
Phone:(02) 4985 4567

Career Summary

Biography

Lee commenced teaching / clinical assessments within the undergraduate nursing program at the School of Nursing and Midwifery in 2008. She has experience in teaching in the Bachelor of Nursing degree across all three years as well as lecturing into second and third year course. Lee has also course coordinated an undergraduate second year clinical course from 2018. Lee is passionate and enthusiastic about providing quality teaching and learning experiences to support the development of future registered nurses.

Lee completed a Bachelor of Nursing Honours in 2004 that focused on the implementation of mix method research to investigate the interpretation of readiness to transfer post anaesthetic recovery patients to surgical wards. This experience has lead to Lee embarking on the commencement of a PhD with the School of Medicine and Public Health that is focusing on interprofessional education and collaborative practice.

Lee has worked clinically for the past 20 years. This experience ranges predominately as a PARU registered nurse. She holds a Graduate Certificate in Peri-operative nursing and held the position of PARU Clinical Nurse Specialist for 5 years. Lee has also worked within the areas of Emergency, Medical, Surgical and Rehabilitation nursing. With this experience in clinical practice Lee has been able to maintain a network that supports her professional development together with providing quality teaching and learning experiences to undergraduate Bachelor of Nursing students.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Nursing (Honours), University of Newcastle
Bachelor of Nursing, University of Newcastle

Keywords

Interprofessional education
health education research

Fields of Research

Code	Description	Percentage
420505	Nursing workforce	60
390110	Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy	40

Professional Experience

UON Appointment

Title	Organisation / Department
Associate Lecturer	University of Newcastle School of Nursing and Midwifery Australia

Academic appointment

Dates	Title	Organisation / Department
20/7/2008 - 8/1/2017	Sessional Academic and Clinical Assessor - School of Nursing and Midwifery Academic tutorial teaching, Lecturing 3rd year NURS3101, Clinical Assessing NURS3201, Simulated Learning Environment - facilitator	School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle School of Nursing and Midwifery Australia

Teaching

Code	Course	Role	Duration
NURS2101	Foundations of Professional Practice 2A School of Nursing and Midwifery University of Newcastle	Associate Lecturer	7/2/2022 - 24/6/2022
NURS3101	Foundations of Professional Practice 3A School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle	Tutor	9/1/2017 - 25/6/2017
NURS3101	Foundations of Professional Practice 3A School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle	Tutor and Lecturer	25/1/2016 - 25/6/2016
NURS1201	Foundations of Professional Practice 1B School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle	Tutor	18/7/2016 - 20/12/2016
NURS1201	Foundations of Professional Practice School of Nursing and Midwifery University of Newcastle	Course Coordinator - Leave cover	7/10/2019 - 13/12/2019
NURS2101	Foundations of Professional Practice 2A School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle	Tutor	25/1/2016 - 25/6/2016
NURS2102	Clinical Practice 2A School of Nursing and Midwifery University of Newcastle	Course Coordinator	11/1/2021 - 17/6/2022
NURS3201	Transition to Professional Practice School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle	Clinical Assessor / Tutor	23/2/2016 - 20/12/2016
NURS2202	Clinical Practice 2B School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle	Tutor	18/7/2016 - 20/12/2016
NURS3201	Transition to Professional Practice School of Nursing and Midwifery University of Newcastle	Associate Lecturer	19/7/2021 - 17/12/2021
NURS2102	Clinical Practice 2A School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle	Tutor	25/1/2016 - 25/6/2016
NURS3102	Clinical Practice 3A School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle	Tutor	25/1/2016 - 25/6/2016
NURS3201	Transition to Professional Practice School of Nursing and Midwifery University of Newcastle	Associate Lecturer	13/7/2020 - 18/12/2020
NURS2201	Foundations of Professional Practice 2B School of Nursing and Midwifery University of Newcastle	Associate Lecturer	13/7/2020 - 27/11/2020
NURS1101	Foundations of Professional Practice 1A School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle	Co-coordinator and Class Tutor	9/1/2017 - 25/6/2017
NURS3101	Foundations of Professional Practice 3A School of Nursing and Midwifery	Associate Lecturer	5/2/2018 - 29/6/2018
NURS2102	Clinical Practice 2A School of Nursing and Midwifery	Course Coordinator	5/2/2018 - 14/12/2018
NURS1202	Clinical Practice 1B School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle	Tutor	18/7/2016 - 20/12/2016
NURS2201	Foundations of Professional Practice 2B School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle	Tutor	4/7/2016 - 20/12/2016
NURS2201	Foundations of Professional Practice 2B School of Nursing and Midwifery University of Newcastle	Associate Lecturer	19/7/2021 - 26/11/2021
NURS1002	Essentials of Professional Communication School of Nursing and Midwifery University of Newcastle	Associate Lecturer	7/2/2022 - 24/6/2022
NURS3102	Clinical Practice 3A School of Nursing and Midwifery University of Newcastle	Associate Lecturer	8/2/2021 - 25/6/2021
NURS2102	Clinical Practice 2A School of Nursing and Midwifery University of Newcastle	Course Coordinator	14/1/2019 - 13/12/2019
NURS2201	Foundations of Professional Practice 2B School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle	Tutor	17/7/2017 - 18/12/2017
NURS2201	Foundations of Professional Practice 2B School of Nursing and Midwifery University of Newcastle	Associate Lecturer	8/7/2019 - 22/11/2019
NURS2101	Foundations of Professional Practice 2A School of Nursing and Midwifery	Associate Lecturer	5/2/2018 - 30/6/2018
NURS2101	Foundations of Professional Practice 2A School of Nursing and Midwifery University of Newcastle	Associate Lecturer	4/2/2019 - 21/6/2019
NURS2201	Foundations of Professional Practice 2B School of Nursing and Midwifery	Associate Lecturer	16/7/2018 - 14/12/2018
NURS3106	Leading, Teaching, Mentoring and Clinical Supervision for Health Professionals School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Newcastle	Tutor	18/7/2016 - 20/12/2016

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Publications

For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.

Journal article (2 outputs)

Year

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2009

Lethbridge LJ, 'How do we know when PACU patients are ready for the surgical ward?', ACORN, 22 21-24 (2009)

Citations	Scopus - 3

2008

Lethbridge LJ, 'A literature review: Nursing assessment in a post anaesthetic care unit', HNE Handover for Nurses and Midwives, 1 25-28 (2008) [C2]

Conference (1 outputs)

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2019

Guilhermino M, Bowen L, Irwin P, Arthur C, Lethbridge L, Sara G, et al., 'Patient communication simulators and the development of empathy in undergraduate nursing students', Newcastle Exhibition and Convention Centre, Newcastle, NSW (2019)

Co-authors	Alison Hutton, Cassie Taylor, Danielle Noble

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Grants and Funding

Summary

Number of grants	1
Total funding	$2,500

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20221 grants / $2,500

Introduction to Education Research in the Health Professions and Sciences$2,500

Introduction to Education Research in the Health Professions and Sciences

This course is designed to introduce participants to health education research methods. Through a mixture of webinars, online activities and discussions, and self-directed learning participants will develop foundational knowledge and skills to support their education research. The course covers the full research process including: identifying a topic of inquiry, formulating research questions, selecting and implementing appropriate methodologies and methods, and disseminating findings. The role of theory in designing and implementing education research, along with maintaining ethical standards and rigour in the research process will also be covered.

Funding body: Monash University

Funding body	Monash University
Scheme	AHRA - WHRTN Early and Mid-Career Researcher Funded Award
Role	Investigator
Funding Start	2022
Funding Finish	2022
GNo
Type Of Funding	C1200 - Aust Competitive - ARC
Category	1200
UON	N

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