University of Tasmania

Flinders University

CQUniversity 

Central Queensland University (Rockhampton North)

I have worked in the area of Mental Health Nursing for over 9 years. The past four years my work has been focused on transitional care planning (discharge planning) from the acute psychiatric inpatient setting.

AHPRA

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation

Mental Health care

Reducing the stigma regarding Mental Health - both towards consumers and professionals working in the sector

Improving the consumer experience

Combining the need for best practice and research with the need to maintain the human element of nursing care

I was the first transitional care nurse in Mental Health Nursing in Tasmania.  As a result I have been invited to speak at a number of conferences regarding the principles of transitional care planning and the ways in which we apply the principles of patient-centered care to this area.

I have completed a Bachelor of Nursing with Honours by Research looking at staff perspectives of transitional care planning in psychiatry.