Doctor Shyama Ratnayake
Associate Lecturer,
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Biography
Shyama Ratnayake is an Associate Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the Western Sydney University. Shyama has been employed at WSU since 2010 in various capacities. Her research areas include aged care, nutrition, nursing education and curriculum development. Shyama has experience with mixed methods and qualitative methodologies. She also has extensive clinical and teaching experience in aged care. Shyama has been teaching in tertiary institutions since 2010. She is interested in education provided to nurses on nutrition with older people and has contributed to a textbook dedicated to caring for older people.
Her MAppSc work determined the effect of cooking methods and post-processing storage temperatures of polished an unpolished rice. Her PhD work explored the experiences of undergraduate nursing students regarding the nutrition of older people within the current curriculum practices used by the Australian undergraduate nursing degree.
Shyama currently unit coordinate undergraduate units and is the Deputy First Year Experience Coordinator and a STARS coordinator/advisor.
This information has been contributed by Doctor Ratnayake.
Qualifications
- PhD Western Sydney University
- MAppSc University of Western Sydney
- BN University of Western Sydney
Awards
- Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) 2013-12-18
Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- School of Nursing and Midwifery
Contact
| Email: | S.Ratnayake@westernsydney.edu.au |
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| Phone: | (02) 9685 9568 (02) 9685 9568, |
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| Location: | EB.LG.80 ParramattaEB.LG.80 Parramatta |
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Teaching
Previous Teaching Areas
- 401001 Primary Health Care in Action, 2017
- 401003 Professional Communication, 2015
- 401007 Approaches to Professional Nursing Practice, 2020
- 401014 Health Variations 2, 2017
- 401212 Health Variations 5 - Palliative and End of Life Care, 2020
- 401218 Graduate Entry Practice Experience, 2021
Publications
Chapters in Books
- Ratnayake, S., Karacsony, S. and Brownhill, S. (2017), 'Nutrition, hydration and feeding : impact on the older person ', Caring for Older People in Australia: Principles for Nursing Practice, John Wiley & Sons 9780730328346.
- Ratnayake, S., Karacsony, S. and Brownhill, S. (2014), 'Nutrition, hydration and feeding : impact on the older person ', Caring for Older People in Australia: Principles for Nursing Practice, Wiley & Sons 9781118384121.
- Ratnayake, S. and Brownhill, S. (2013), 'Eating and swallowing', Living with Dementia: a Practical Guide for Families and Personal Carers, Australian Council for Educational Research 9781742860442.
Journal Articles
- Jefferies, D., Ramjan, L., Stanbrook, T., Reilly, Z. and Ratnayake, S. (2023), '"Their tenacity to keep going" : nurses' experiences in medical hotel quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic', Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol 79, no 11 , pp 4280 - 4291.
- Chang, E., Brownhill, S., Bidewell, J., Johnson, A. and Ratnayake, S. (2015), 'Focus on feeding! : evaluation of a framework for maximizing mealtime in aged care facilities', International Journal of Nursing Practice, vol 21, no 3 , pp 269 - 277.
MAppSc work involved determining the effect of cooking methods and post-processing storage temperatures of polished an unpolished rice (2005-2006)
Weight loss in aged care: Weight loss decision making framework (2009-2010).
Avoiding "high tech" through "high touch" in end stage dementia: Protocol for care at the end of life (2010-2011).
PhD work explored the experiences of undergraduate nursing students regarding the nutrition of older people within the current curriculum practices used by the Australian undergraduate nursing degree (2014-2019).
This information has been contributed by Doctor Ratnayake.