Projects per year
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
Network
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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
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.
The 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.
1/01/13 → 31/12/13
Project: Research
Research Output 2002 2019
Managers’ experiences of prevention and management of workplace violence against health care staff: A descriptive exploratory study
Morphet, J., Griffiths, D., Beattie, J. & Innes, K., 1 May 2019, In : Journal of Nursing Management. 27, 4, p. 781-791 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Scope of practice and workforce issues confronting Australian Enrolled Nurses: A qualitative analysis
McKenna, L., Wood, P., Williams, A., O'Connor, M., Moss, C., Griffiths, D., Della, P., Endacott, R. & Cross, W., Feb 2019, In : Collegian. 26, 1, p. 80-85 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
The trouble with reporting and utilization of workplace violence data in health care
Morphet, J., Griffiths, D. & Innes, K., Apr 2019, In : Journal of Nursing Management. 27, 3, p. 592-598 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Workplace violence perpetrated by clients of health care: A need for safety and trauma-informed care
Beattie, J., Griffiths, D., Innes, K. & Morphet, J., Jan 2019, In : Journal of Clinical Nursing. 28, 1-2, p. 116-124 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Endeavoring to Contextualize Curricula Within an EBP Framework: A Grounded Theory Study
Malik, G., McKenna, L. & Griffiths, D., 1 Dec 2018, In : Western Journal of Nursing Research. 40, 12, p. 1765-1784 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Activities 2013 2013
- 1 Thesis Examination
Honours supervision - Thesis title: Gaps in transfer documentation between residential aged facilities and emergency departments. Supervisors: Dr Debra Griffiths (joint), Ms Julia Morphet (joint) - Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash Univers
Debra Griffiths (Supervisor)1 Feb 2013 → 1 Feb 2014
Activity: Examination types › Thesis Examination