My nursing career exceeds 20 years in clinical practice that has been predomniantly within the Critical Care areas. The primary areas of my clinical roles have been in General Intensive Care, and Perioperative (PACU), with considerable time also working in Emergency Department, Coronary Care and High Dependency units. After completing a  Mastser of Clinical Education through Research, I am now employed as a lecturer with Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University.

I currently enjoy the role of Year 2 coordinator of the Bachelor of Nursing program at Clayton campus. I have  a strong teaching comittment to the year 2 clinical units as lecturer and unit coordinator. IN the post graduate space, I also enjoy working in the post graduate space as Perioperative nursing Stream Lead in the Master of Advanced Clinical Nursing (MACN) program, and am involved in a number of undergraduate interprofessional education programs within Monash University.

My research interests are in undergraduate and post graduate nursing education, nurses professional identity, workplace integration, and improving the patient experience and outcomes. Current research projects include students conceptions and experiences of assessment and feedback, and developing undergraduate nursing students for paediatric nursing. I also currently co supervise research projects in perioperative nursing practice.    

 I am fortunate to work in a volunteer capacity for the Australian Medical Assistance Teams (AUSMAT), where I assist in the development of educational material for online learning modules.