Lucinda Mithen
Associate Lecturer
School of Nursing and Midwifery
- Email:lucinda.mithen@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:02 4921 6322
Career Summary
Biography
Lucinda Mithen is a PhD candidate and full time academic for the School of Nursing and Midwifery. Lucinda has an extensive background in Emergency Nursing and Critical Care Nursing with a special interest in triage and trauma care. After working for over 17 years as a full time Registered Nurse and Clinical Nurse Specialist in several Emergency Departments Lucinda gained a profound respect and admiration for nurses working on the front line of health care. Lucinda believes nurses have an incredible but poorly defined level of resilience unlike any other profession. This has informed her interest in the well being of Australia's nursing workforce. Lucinda is currently exploring how to measure occupational stress and how to provide support and strategies to help the nursing workforce manage their levels of stress.
Ultimately, Lucinda would like to explore new ways to manage stress that organisations can use to support their nurses.
Prior to becoming a full time academic Lucinda enjoyed teaching students in the University's clinical labs and providing excellent simulation education. Lucinda also met the challenging responsibilities of a Clinical Facilitator and this allowed her to see the student perspective while on clinical placement and what a huge influence a good Facilitator can have on the clinical placement experience.
Qualifications
- Master of Nursing (Advanced Practice), University of Newcastle
Keywords
- Acute Care Nursing
- Biomarkers
- Emergency Nursing
- Nursing Wellbeing
- Resilience
- Stress Management
- Trauma Care
- Triage nursing
Languages
- English (Mother)
Fields of Research
Code | Description | Percentage |
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420501 | Acute care | 100 |
Professional Experience
UON Appointment
Title | Organisation / Department |
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Associate Lecturer | University of Newcastle School of Nursing and Midwifery Australia |
Professional appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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5/1/2010 - 14/3/2016 |
Registered Nurse Registered Nurse for HNELHD: Emergency Department, Emergency Short Stay Unit, Medical Assessment and Coordination Unit, Medical Imaging, casual pool |
Hunter New England Local Health District Critical Care and Acute Care Australia |
23/1/2006 - 1/1/2007 |
Trauma Case Manager Trauma Case Manager: this role required full support and liaison of all health care specialties to ensure the best care was provided for trauma patients that presented to St George hospital. The TCM worked at a CNS level and answered to the Trauma Surgeon. |
South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Local Health District Trauma and Retrieval Services Australia |
1/3/2005 - 1/1/2010 |
Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2 Clinical Nurse Specialist Grade 2: The CNS role involved providing high quality expert nursing care to acutely ill patients in the Emergency Department. Other responsibilities included mentorship for new staff and students, writing a department newsletter, adopting the waiting room/triage area to ensure high quality services and information were available to patients and visitors, attending monthly meetings and often working in the Team Leader role. |
South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Local Health District St George Hospital Emergency Department Australia |
3/3/1997 - 3/1/2005 |
Registered Nurse Registered Nurse: Critical Care Post Graduate rotation completed in first year, then worked in multiple wards and hospitals as a casual RN. Secured full time position in Gosford Emergency Department and worked up to Team Leader level. |
Central Coast Local Health District Gosford, Wyong, Woy Woy, Long Jetty Hospitals Australia |
Teaching appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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7/3/2016 - 17/7/2017 |
Clinical Liaison Facilitator The role of Clinical Liaison Facilitator required extensive communication and organisation skills to manage 40 third year nursing students while they completed their final clinical placements. Liaising between the Course Coordinator from the University and the clinical staff at various clinical settings required a high level of insight into the clinical environment and the challenges faced by the staff and the students. Debriefing sessions were conducted and out of hours telephone support was offered. Guidance on University assessment items and competencies that needed to be completed on placement were a popular request from students. |
The University of Newcastle, NSW School of Nursing and Midwifery Australia |
14/2/2011 - 14/3/2016 |
Clinical Facilitator Clinical Facilitator: This role involved teaching a comprehensive list of nursing skills in the clinical lab environment and included the High-Fidelity Simulation labs. All undergraduate student courses were taught and this also involved formal assessment of the students on mandatory skills and procedures as outlined in their Courses. |
Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle School of Nursing and Midwifery Australia |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Journal article (2 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link | |||||
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2024 |
Teus JK, Mithen L, Green H, Hutton A, Fernandez R, 'The impact of infection prevention and control practices (IPCs), including personal protective equipment (PPE), on the prevalence of hospital acquired infections (HAIs) in acute care hospitals during COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis.', J Hosp Infect, (2024) [C1]
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2023 |
Mithen LM, Weaver N, Walker FR, Inder KJ, 'Feasibility of biomarkers to measure stress, burnout and fatigue in emergency nurses: a cross-sectional study.', BMJ Open, 13 e072668 (2023) [C1]
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Nova |
Grants and Funding
Summary
Number of grants | 2 |
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Total funding | $7,000 |
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
20221 grants / $4,000
Measuring occupational stress in emergency nurses using biomarkers and psychometric tools: an observational study$4,000
Funding body: College of Emergency Nursing Australasia
Funding body | College of Emergency Nursing Australasia |
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Project Team | Professor Kerry Inder, Lucinda Mithen, Professor Kerry Inder, Professor Rohan Walker, Doctor Natasha Weaver |
Scheme | New Investigator Research Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2022 |
Funding Finish | 2022 |
GNo | G1900987 |
Type Of Funding | C3100 – Aust For Profit |
Category | 3100 |
UON | Y |
20181 grants / $3,000
Lions Nurses Scholarship Foundation$3,000
Funding body: Lions Club
Funding body | Lions Club |
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Project Team | Lucinda Mithen, Associate Professor Kerry Inder, Associate Professor F. Rohan Walker |
Scheme | Research Funding |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2018 |
Funding Finish | 2019 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Grant - Aust Non Government |
Category | 3AFG |
UON | N |
Lucinda Mithen
Position
Associate Lecturer
School of Nursing and Midwifery
School of Nursing and Midwifery
College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing
Contact Details
lucinda.mithen@newcastle.edu.au | |
Phone | 02 4921 6322 |
Office
Room | RW145 |
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Building | Richardson Wing |
Location | Callaghan Campus University Drive Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia |