Debra Griffiths

Personal profile

Biography

Debra is a registered nurse, midwife and lawyer with many years of clinical experience in Australia and Britain. She practiced law in Melbourne before joining Monash University’s School of Nursing and Midwifery. Debra has combined her legal and health expertise to provide education in relation to the law and clinical practice. She has taught in a range of areas including nursing, midwifery, medicine, paramedic studies, physiotherapy and occupational therapy. Debra was an inaugural director of the Nursing and Midwifery Health Program Victoria. A competitive grant she received has resulted in the development of a medium fidelity interprofessional simulation laboratory at the School of Nursing and Midwifery Peninsula campus.

Monash teaching commitment

Medicolegal issues in clinical practices

Research interests

Occupational violence in healthcare
End of life decision-making
Documentation of elderly citizens transferred to hospital
Interprofessional care in the emergency department
National competency standards for enrolled nurses
Interprofessional simulation laboratories

Research methodologies

Qualitative methods including grounded theory
Mixed methods

External positions

Director, Nursing and Midwifery Health Program Victoria

Human Ethics and Research Committee Member, Peninsula Health

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Projects 2011 2019

9 Finished

Development of an Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE) for internationally qualified nurses

Griffiths, D., Brooks, I., Endacott, R., Dix, S., Rees-Sidhu, C., Barton, P., Hall, H., Gibson, S., Harrison, J., Ilic, D., Maloney, S., Leech, M., Adams, K., Merriman, C., Fuller, R., Homer, M. & Vance, S.

20/12/17 → 30/06/19

Project: Research

An evaluation of the guidance material provided by WorkSafe in relation to prevention and management of violence in health care

Morphet, J., Griffiths, D. & Innes, K.

1/08/15 → 1/07/16

Project: Research

Occupational violence in health care - a scoping project

Griffiths, D., Innes, K. & Morphet, J.

6/10/14 → 31/01/15

Project: Research

Improving medicine adherence in kidney transplantation

Williams, A., Manias, E., Walker, R., Toussaint, N. D., Dooley, M. & Griffiths, D.

Royal Melbourne Hospital, Monash Health, Alfred Health, National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Victorian Kidney Transplant Collaborative

1/04/13 → 31/03/17

Project: Research

An investigation of transfers from residential Aged Care facilities to the emergency department

Griffiths, D., Jones, T., Morphet, J., Williams, A. & Morey, J.

Australian College of Nursing

1/01/13 → 31/12/13

Project: Research