Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Patient experiences in the emergency department
Workforce preparation and management
Education and preparation of nurses for practice
Simulation in teaching and learning
Workplace violence in healthcare; incidence and intervention
Supervision interests
Julia is an accredited PhD supervisor and has experience supervising local and international students in PhD, Masters and Honours studies, using mixed, quantitative and qualitative methods.
Topics of interest include:
- Care of patients in the emergency department
- Preparation of novice nurses for practice
- Health workforce issues and economic analysis
Current Supervision:
PhD: The exploration of frequency of vital signs assessments, factors associated with changes in frequency of vital signs assessments and patient safety outcomes in Emergency Departments
PhD: Nursing-sensitive indicators in the emergency department – development and validation of a tool: An exploratory sequential mixed methods study
PhD: Factors predicting health outcomes among patients sustaining moderate to severe injuries in Thailand
PhD: Interplay between emotion and learning during simulation-based education
PhD: The role and impact of higher education and health service partnerships to teach pre-registration health professional students Quality Improvement
PhD: Nurses role in the management of patients with fractured neck of femur
PhD: The impact of an evidence-based scheduling system on medical error rates in a large metropolitan intensive care unit
Masters Research: Emergency Clinical Nurse Specialist practice in Victoria and New South Wales: a cross-sectional study
Honours: Experiences of emergency nurses caring for dying patients throughout the COVID-19 pandemic
Completed Supervisions
PhD: : Exercise rehabilitation in people with heart failure
PhD: Social media and nursing student retention
PhD: Ventilator associated events in the intensive care unit
PhD: Exploring clinical competency of the new graduate in the Emergency Department in Saudi Arabia
Masters Research: The impacts of nursing informatics on the patients’ safety in the critical care setting: a systematic review protocol
Masters Research: Ecstasy and related drugs and emergency department resource use
Masters Research: How does a nurse’s triage assessment impact the goals of sepsis care in the ED?
Honours: Examining occupational lumbar movement in ICU nurses
Masters Research: Barriers and enablers to the safe use of manual handling techniques in the emergency department.
Masters Research: High-fidelity simulation and new graduate nurses in Saud Arabia
Masters Research: Saudi Arabian postgraduate students’ perceptions of a virtual simulation program developed for nursing education
Honours: Efficacy of frusemide in acute pulmonary oedema: A systematic literature review
Masters Research: The role of the Clinical Nurse Specialist in Australian emergency departments
Honours: Exploration of transition to specialty practice programs in intensive care units
Honours: Quality of life in patients following a total knee joint replacement
Honours: Emergency nurses attitudes to continuing professional development
Masters Research: Emergency nurses perceptions of emergency department preparedness for an ebola outbreak: A qualitative descriptive study
Honours: The effectiveness of paracetamol versus ibuprofen administration in febrile children: A systematic literature review
Masters Research: Disaster preparedness in Saudi Arabia
Masters Research: Prevention of central line associated blood stream infections in adult intensive care units: A systematic review
Masters Research: An exploration of emergency nurses’ perceptions, attitudes and experience of teamwork in the emergency department
Masters Research: Enteral nutrition prioritisation and education in Australian intensive care units
Honours: Examination of transfers of people from residential aged care facilities to the emergency department
Masters Research: Triage consistency in Western Australian Country Health Service
Masters Research: Barriers, enablers and attitudes to reporting violence in the emergency department
Masters Research: Improving end of life care in the emergency department
Masters Research: An analysis of the triage system in emergency departments in Indonesia
Masters Research: Donation after cardiac death: Australian emergency nurse knowledge and attitudes
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Transition to specialty practice programs in Australian emergency nursing, Deakin University
2011 → 2014
Award Date: 15 Apr 2015
Graduate Diploma in Health Economics and Policy, MONASH UNIVERSITY
2017 → 2018
Master of Nursing (Education), The impact of the Career Development Year on recruitment and retention of nursing staff in emergency nursing, MONASH UNIVERSITY
2006 → 2007
Graduate Certificate in Health Professions Education, MONASH UNIVERSITY
2002 → 2003
Graduate Diploma in Emergency Nursing, Australian Catholic University
2000 → 2001
Bachelor of Nursing, MONASH UNIVERSITY
1992 → 1994
External positions
Emergency Triage Education Kit Project Advisory Group Member, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) (Australia)
2022 → …
Council Member, Coalition of National Nursing and Midwifery Organisations
2022 → …
Scientific Advisory Board, Cabrini Health Limited
2021 → …
Low Back Pain Clinical Care Standard Working Group, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) (Australia)
2020 → 2022
National Opioid Analgesic Stewardship Program Topic Working Group, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) (Australia)
2020 → 2022
National President, College of Emergency Nursing Australasia Ltd (trading as CENA Ltd)
2017 → 2022
Chair, CENA Research Committee, College of Emergency Nursing Australasia Ltd (trading as CENA Ltd)
2016 → …
National Board Director, College of Emergency Nursing Australasia Ltd (trading as CENA Ltd)
2015 → 2023
Ethics Committee member, Monash Health
2015 → …
Research area keywords
- Emergency Nursing
- Workforce and Education
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or
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Review of Enrolled Nurse Standards for practice
Morphet, J., Griffiths, D., Innes, K., Dix, S., Koutoukidis, G., Palermo, C., Jones, T., Beattie, J. & Team, V.
2/08/23 → 1/09/24
Project: Research
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Reaching out: A new pipeline for Australian mental health workforce training and development.
Maloney, S., Haines, T., Morphet, J., Najm, D., Harvey, P., Bullock, S., Lawrence, K., Wilson Rajaratnam, S., Shlonsky, A., Fossey, E., Kent, F., Brown, A., Petrakis, M., Bevilacqua, M. & Gullifer, J.
12/06/23 → 30/09/25
Project: Research
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A-PRECISE: Implementing consumer and workforce empowerment and engagement strategies to enhance safety and quality by building capacity to prevent and manage infections in residential aged care homes
Rawson, H., Russo, P., Morphet, J., Griffiths, D., Brand, G., Dix, S., Shimoinaba, K., Team, V., Sevenhuysen, S., Mitchell, B., Stewardson, A., Long, K., Russell, G. & Lynch, C.
3/10/22 → 28/03/25
Project: Research
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Giving patients an EPIC-START: An evidence based, data driven model of care to improve patient care and efficiency in emergency departments
Curtis, K., Dinh, M., Shetty, A., Fry, M., Shaw, T. J., Lung, T., Murphy, M., Li, L., Alkhouri, H., Considine, J., Kourouche, S., Hughes, J., Shaban, R. Z., Varndell, W., Aggar, C., D'Amato, A. & Morphet, J.
1/04/22 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
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A snapshot of Australian primary health care nursing workforce characteristics and reasons they work in these settings: A longitudinal retrospective study
Nguyen, V. N. B., Brand, G., Gardiner, S., Moses, S., Collison, L., Griffin, K. & Morphet, J., Aug 2023, In: Nursing Open. 10, 8, p. 5462-5475 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Clinical Blindness: Co-designing interprofessional simulation- based education with consumers to uncover and address cognitive bias in healthcare
Sevenhuysen, S., Brand, G., Morphet, J., Dix, S., Davis, J., Molloy, R., Sinni, S., Watts, A., Daniel, M., Challis, H., Bonnamy, J. & D'Astoli, P., 2023. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Clinician's Blind Spot: Co-designing simulation infused with lived experience to address cognitive bias in healthcare
Dix, S., Davis, J., Sevenhuysen, S. L., Morphet, J., Molloy, R., Watts, A., Daniel, M., Challis, H., Bonnamy, J., D'Astoli, P. & Brand, G., 2023. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Introducing Australia's clinical care standard for low back pain
Maher, C. G., Archambeau, A., Buchbinder, R., French, S. D., Morphet, J., Nicholas, M. K., O'Sullivan, P., Pirotta, M., Yelland, M. J., Zeller, L., Saad, N., Marles, E., Bhasale, A. L. & Lane, C., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia. 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Other › peer-review
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Introducing Australia's clinical care standard for low back pain
Maher, C. G., Archambeau, A., Buchbinder, R., French, S. D., Morphet, J., Nicholas, M. K., O'Sullivan, P., Pirotta, M., Yelland, M. J., Zeller, L., Saad, N., Marles, E., Bhasale, A. L. & Lane, C., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: ANZ Journal of Surgery. 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
Open Access
Prizes
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12th International Conference for Emergency Nurses, 2014
Morphet, Julia (Recipient), 11 Oct 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Annie M Sage PhD Scholarship
Morphet, Julia (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Betty Jeffrey Award and PhD scholarship
Morphet, Julia (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Julie Finucane OAM Medal for Leadership in Emergency Nursing
Morphet, Julia (Recipient), Oct 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Supporting novice nurses’ transition to the Emergency Department
Samantha Dix (Supervisor) & Julia Morphet (Supervisor)
2020Activity: Other Teaching Engagements and non-HDR Supervisions › Non-HDR Supervisions
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Using Nursing's Diverse Expertise During COVID-19 webinar provides insight into nurses’ experience of the pandemic
Debra Griffiths (Speaker), Vanessa Clothier (Speaker), Helen Rawson (Organiser), Julia Morphet (Speaker) & Philip Russo (Speaker)
22 Oct 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
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Ecstasy and related drugs and emergency department resource use
Tamsin Jones (Supervisor), Julia Morphet (Supervisor) & John Thompson (Supervisor)
2018Activity: Other Teaching Engagements and non-HDR Supervisions › Non-HDR Supervisions
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High-fidelity simulation and new graduate nurses in Saud Arabia
Julia Morphet (Supervisor) & Samantha Dix (Supervisor)
2018Activity: Other Teaching Engagements and non-HDR Supervisions › Non-HDR Supervisions
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Examining occupational lumbar movement in ICU nurses
Julia Morphet (Supervisor) & Kelly Bowles (Supervisor)
2018Activity: Other Teaching Engagements and non-HDR Supervisions › Non-HDR Supervisions