Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
A/Prof Hills is a Registered Nurse with considerable experience as a clinician, manager and educator in mental health and clinical governance, both in rural and metropolitan community and hospital settings. His primary research interests are in health and aged care services and workforce development, clinical governance, workplace aggression, mental health and well-being, and ageing. A/Prof Hills is also engaged in interdisciplinary and cross-cultural design and ageing projects, especially in relation to healthy ageing and the ageing workforce.
Related Links:
- LinkedIn profile
- ORCID profile
Monash teaching commitment
2016 NUR3001: Evidence Based Health Care
2016 NUR3004: Transition to Practice (Chief Examiner)
2016 NUR5326: Quality, safety and clinical governance in nursing and health care management (Unit Co-ordinator and Chief Examiner)
2017 NUR1110: Communication and scholarship in nursing & midwifery
2017 NUR2106: Integrated nursing practice 1 (Chief Examiner)
2017 NUR2107: Person centered mental health care (Chief Examiner)
2017 NUR2206: Integrated nursing practice 2 (Chief Examiner)
2017 NUR2207: Mental health clinical practice (Chief Examiner)
2017 NUR3001: Evidence Based Health Care
2017 NUR3004: Transition to Practice (Chief Examiner)
2017 NUR5326: Quality, safety and clinical governance in nursing and health care management (Unit Co-ordinator and Chief Examiner)
2018 NUR2223: Safety in healthcare contexts (Unit Co-ordinator and Chief Examiner)
Community service
A/Prof Hills is an active member of the Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG), having been a chair or member of AAG Conference Planning and Scientific Committees since 2016. He is also a member of the Australian College of Nursing and the Australian Epidemiological Association.
Supervision interests
Karen Foster
External supervisor
Enrolled: Doctorate by Research (University of Canberra, 2015; Australian Catholic University, 2016 →)
Project title: Experiences and support needs of fathers with severe mental illness during acute hospitalisation: a mixed methods study
1/03/15 → 31/12/17
External positions
Profesional Associate, University of Canberra
1 Jul 2016 → 30 Jun 2019Honorary Associate Professor, Deakin University
1 May 2014 → 30 Jun 2020Research area keywords
- Aggression and Violence Within Institutions
- Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Ageing
- Aged Care
- Workforce Training and Development
- Health Services Research
- Design and co-design
Network
Recent external collaboration on country level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots.
Projects
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Inspired by Singapore: Design for Healthy Ageing in Multicultural Societies
Scharoun, L., Montano Hoyos, C. & Hills, D.
1/11/17 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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ALL-SIS: Anxiety in Later Life - Screening and Intervention Study
Robinson, T., Hills, S. & Hills, D.
1/03/18 → 1/03/19
Project: Research
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Towards integrated care: improving patient and frontline staff engagement and experience of ambulatory care referral and communication processes
Robinson, T., Hills, D., Gibbs, H., Hutcheson, D., Whyte, R., Jacobs, R. & Goding, M.
Department of Health (Australia)
22/12/17 → 31/12/18
Project: Research
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Inspired by Singapore: Design and Healthy Aging
Sharoun, L. & Hills, D.
1/04/17 → 1/10/17
Project: Research
Research Output
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The way we do things around here. A qualitative study of the workplace aggression experiences of Victorian nurses, midwives and care personnel
Hills, S., Crawford, K., Lam, L. & Hills, D., 9 Aug 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Collegian. 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Trade agreements and the risks for the nursing workforce, nursing practice and public health: A scoping review
Kidgell, D., Hills, D., Griffiths, D. & Endacott, R., Sep 2020, In : International Journal of Nursing Studies. 109, 10 p., 103676.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
General practice nurse–led screening for anxiety in later life in Australian primary care settings
Hills, D., Hills, S., Robinson, T., Northam, H. & Hungerford, C., Dec 2019, In : Australasian Journal on Ageing. 38, 4, p. e121-e126 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Mental Health Nurses Supporting the Routine Assessment of Anxiety of Older People in Primary Care Settings: Insights from an Australian Study
Hills, D., Hills, S., Robinson, T. & Hungerford, C., 1 Feb 2019, In : Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 40, 2, p. 118-123 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Addressing the support needs of families during the acute hospitalization of a parent with mental illness: A narrative literature review
Foster, K. P., Hills, D. & Foster, K. N., 1 Apr 2018, In : International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 27, 2, p. 470-482 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
6 Citations (Scopus)