Critical Care and Cardiopulmonary

Dr Leanne Hunt

Dr Leanne Hunt is a Senior Lecturer in Nursing and Deputy Director, Clinical Education (Nursing), in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the Western Sydney University. Leanne began nursing in 1992 as an RN progressing to CNC (trauma) and NUM 1. Leanne worked in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Paediatric cardiothoracic intensive care for 2 years. Leanne has 11 years of education and research experience and is the current chair of the Critical Care Research in Collaboration & Evidence Translation (CCRICET) research group. Leanne is an affiliate member of the Centre for Applied Nursing Research (CANR), Centre for Oral Health Outcomes & Research Translation (COHORT) and the Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research. Leanne is a qualitative and mixed methods researcher focusing on critical care practice/patient outcomes, workforce development and clinical practice experience. Leanne’s work is collaborative and multidisciplinary and has impacts on critical care patients, families, student nurses, the future nursing workforce and the profession of nursing.

Leanne's main research interests and expertise includes:

• Critical care
• Workforce development
• Undergraduate clinical placement

Leanne's main methodolgical expertise includes:

• Qualitative
• Mixed methods

Currently supervising (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 2 PhD

Students to completion (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 1 BNHons

Contact details

Phone: +61 2 4570 1676

Email: l.hunt@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Fiona McDermid

Dr Fiona McDermid is a lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. Dr Fiona McDermid completed her PhD in 2017 on the transition of clinical nurses to academia under a framework of liminality. Following on from her doctoral work, Fiona is further exploring the concepts of resilience and transition within workforce and communities. She is currently involved in a project centered on emergency departments highlighting the concept of resilience and retention and was successful in obtaining an Early Career Research grant for this study. She is also involved in the Women's Health stream of research and is currently undertaking work on women's experiences of menopause. She has published and presented research both nationally and internationally.

Fiona's main research interests and expertise includes:

• Women's Health
• Emergency Workforce Resilience

Fiona's main methodological expertise includes:

• Qualitative studies and analysis

Currently supervising (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 2 BNHons
• 1 PhD

Students to completion (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• Nil

Contact details

Mobile:  +61 408 675 169

Email: f.mcdermid@wsternsydney.edu.au

Twitter:  @fiona_McDermid

Dr Stephen McNally

Stephen is proud to say that he has gained a vast amount of experience in academia over the last 30 years and currently holds a senior leadership position in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. Stephen gained his PhD in 2007, titled “Triage Education: From Experience to Practice Standards”. He continues to remain actively engaged in research, publishing in peer reviewed journals and presenting at national and international conferences. During his tenure he has retained his clinical expertise in all areas of critical care, particularly emergency.  Stephen continues to successfully supervise Higher Research Degree students and Stephen would welcome the opportunity to discuss research interests and a plan with any potential higher degree research students.Stephen possesses extensive clinical, teaching and research experience with background in Qualitative/quantitative research, mixed methods design and systematic reviews.

Stephen's main research interests and expertise includes:

• Critical care
• Patient safety
• Nurse education
• Men's health (developing area of interest)

Stephen's main methodological expertise includes:

• Quantitative research
• Quantitative research
• Mixed methods design
• Systematic Reviews

Currently supervising (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 1 BNHons
• 1 MRes
• 1 PhD

Students to completion (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 6 BNHons
• 1 MRes

Contact details

Phone: +61 2 9685 9508

Email: s.mcnally@westernsydney.edu.au

Twitter:  @smcnally33

Dr Gift Mutsonziwa

Gift is a lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the Western Sydney University with various teaching roles and coordinating Foundations for nursing practice (Summer school) and Clinical leadership. He has more than 15years of clinical and education experience in Emergency and Intensive care settings as a clinical nurse consultant (CNC). Gift has presented research topics at three national round table conferences and several conferences at the district level. His academic qualifications are Dip GN; BNurse, M.Hons Nursing  (1st class), M.Emerg Nursing, and PhD.

Gift's main research expertise includes:

• The lived experiences
• Emergency care nursing
• Intensive care nursing
• Nursing education
• Infection control
• Learning through simulation
• Consumer participation in care
• Healthcare worker's experiences

Gift's main methodological expertise includes:

• Qualitative and mixed methods
• Phenomenology
• Interpretive phenomenology
• Narrative analysis
• Thematic analysis
• Content analysis
• Surveys

Currently supervising (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• Nil

Students to completion (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• Nil

Contact details

Phone: +61 410 292 360

Email: g.mutsonziwa@westernsydney.edu.au

Professor Kath Peters

Professor Kath Peters RN BN (Hons) PhD is an academic in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Western Sydney University.  Kath has extensive clinical nursing and research experience with a strong background in health research and qualitative methodologies.  Kath is actively engaged in research and regularly disseminates research outcomes in peer reviewed journals and at national and international conferences.

Kath's main research interests and expertise includes:

• Nursing Workforce
• Women's and Family Health
• Vulnerable Populations

Kath's main methodological expertise includes:

• Qualitative Research
• Feminist Research

Students to completion (PhD), (MHons), (BNHons)

• 8 PhD
• 8 BN (Hons)

Contact details

Phone: +61 2 4620 3567

Email: k.peters@westernsydney.edu.au