Prof. Isabel Higgins
| Work Phone | (02) 4921 6144 |
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| Fax | (02) 4921 6301 |
| Isabel.Higgins@newcastle.edu.au | |
| Office | RW227, Richardson Wing |
Research Supervision
| Number of current supervisions | 12 |
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| Total current UoN PhD EFTSL | 3.2 |
For supervisions undertaken at an institution other that the University of Newcastle, details are shown in italics, and the institution name is listed below the program name.
Current Supervision
| Commenced | Proposed Completion |
Program | Supervisor Type | Research Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2015 | PhD (Nursing) | Principal Supervisor | Acute Care Nurses Cultural Influences on Assessing and Managing Pain in Older People: How Values and Beliefs Can Shape Clinical Practice and Affect Uptake of Best Practice |
| 2011 | 2018 | PhD (Nursing) | Principal Supervisor | Nurses' Perception and Roles for Cancer Pain Management in the South Korea Healthcare Context - Critical Ethnographic Approach |
| 2011 | 2015 | PhD (Nursing) | Principal Supervisor | Development of Care Standards for Older Koreans in Residential Facilities |
| 2010 | 2014 | PhD (Nursing) | Principal Supervisor | Facilitating the Development of Psychological Support Skills Through Clinical Supervision |
| 2010 | 2014 | PhD (Nursing) | Principal Supervisor | Preventing Falls in Older People in Residential Care Settings: Improving Balance Through Tai Chi and Yoga |
| 2009 | 2017 | PhD (Nursing) | Principal Supervisor | Moral and Ethical Dilemmas Faced by Health Care Professionals, Care Workers and Families When Caring for People in Residential Aged Care Facilities During the Final Phase of Life: A Discourse Analysis |
| 2009 | 2017 | PhD (Nursing) | Principal Supervisor | The lived experience of family members who visit a hospitalised older person when the older person has delirium |
| 2008 | 2017 | PhD (Nursing) | Principal Supervisor | Exploring decision making processes in acute pain management of older people: An ethnographic study |
| 2007 | 2010 | Masters Nursing Not Elswher Classified University of Newcastle |
Co-Supervisor | An exploratory study of ethical decision making in aged care facilities by AINs |
| 2007 | 2008 | PHD Nursing Not Elswher Classified University of Newcastle |
Co-Supervisor | Case study of advanced care planning |
| 2007 | 2014 | PhD (Nursing) | Principal Supervisor | A critical ethnography of the transition of registered nurses to nurse practiitioners in Australia |
| 2001 | 2011 | PhD (Nursing) | Co-Supervisor | The Nurses' Experience of Receiving Nursing Care as a Patient in an Acute General Hospital |
Past Supervision
| Year | Program | Supervisor Type | Research Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | PhD (Nursing) | Principal Supervisor | Improving Maternal Health using Participatory Action Research with Women Living in Rural Papua New Guinea |
| 2012 | PhD (Nursing) | Principal Supervisor | Being in Limbo: The Experience of Critical Illness in Intensive Care and Beyond |
| 2011 | PhD (Medicine) | Co-Supervisor | Asthma and COPD in Older People |
| 2011 | PhD (Nursing) | Principal Supervisor | Older Women and Chronic Illness: Learning to Live with Diabetes |
| 2009 | M Nursing [R] | Principal Supervisor | Attitudes of Health Care Staff Towards Older Persons in Acute Care |
| 2008 | PhD (Nursing) | Co-Supervisor | Gerotranscendence: A Case Study of the Phenomenon of Advance Care Planning (ACP) |
| 2008 | PhD (Nursing) | Co-Supervisor | It's Just Part of the Job, Isn't It? Violence and Aggression in the Nursing Home |
| 2007 | M Nursing [R] | Sole Supervisor | Nurses' Stories of Advanced Nursing Practice: The Subjective Reality |
| 2007 | PhD (Nursing) | Principal Supervisor | Belongingness: A Pivotal Precursor to Optimising the Learning of Nursing Students in the Clinical Environment |