As an academic Cheryle’s interests and expertise are in practice development, evidenced-based practice, clinical leadership and clinical service development. Cheryle is a registered nurse with a clinical background in medical and coronary care nursing and nursing management. Cheryle has been involved in education for many years, and she is particularly interested in postgraduate nursing education and research supervision. She is an experienced research supervisor having successfully supervised multiple students to completion. Cheryle’s methodological expertise includes mixed method, qualitative, action-research, and translational science approaches.

Cheryle’s research concerns the health needs of service users (particularly those needing Emergency Department and medical-surgical care); the needs of health professionals for effective delivery of care and their professional wellbeing; and clinical leadership for evidenced-based practice.

Professional Affiliations

• Fellow, Australian College of Nursing
• Member, College of Emergency Nursing Australasia

Cheryle’s research platform

• Evidence based practice and practice development
• The impacts and experiences of providing care on health professionals
• The moral comportment of nurses in practice
• People with chronic illness and their need for care.

Current and recently completed research projects

• Nursing and midwifery advanced research skills development program (Indonesia and Brunei).
• Non-technical skills suited to simulation education in undergraduate nursing curricula.
• Research supervision in coursework master’s programmes: Supervisors’ experiences, strategies and practice.
• Impacts of past relational encounters with leaders on nurse academics. leadership, team and teaching practices: A qualitative descriptive study.
• The impact of administrative support on clinical leadership of nurse unit managers/midwife unit managers: A multi-method study.

Recently completed student thesis projects include:

• Managing the risk of violence and aggression from patients and their families: Considerations for community-based nurses during home visits.
• Motivations and perceived career development opportunities in the nurse preceptor role: A qualitative descriptive study.
• Professional outcomes for registered nurses from completing nursing-based master coursework programs: An integrative review.
• The motivations of critical care nurses and the challenges they encounter in their roles: A qualitative descriptive study.
• The clinical leadership practices of experienced nurses in the emergency department.
• The educational needs of proxy decision makers who are supporting people with end-stage dementia.