Dr Jen Mulvogue is the Head of Course of the postgraduate mental health nursing course.
Jen works in undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Jen's background is in mental health nursing and she has vast experience in many different environments and settings. Jen came to CQUniversity as a nursing clinician, having worked in leadership and managment roles in mental health inpatient and community settings, psychogeriatric areas, community development and prison work. This wide exposure to people with diverse experiences and care needs has contributed to her broad understanding and compassion for the mental health nursing discipline and those supported by this care. Jen has completed training in Peer Supported Open Dialogue and is a proud member of the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses.
Jen's research interests are in mental health, mental health nursing, feminist discourse, critical discourse analysis and language and its use in education.
Clinical background
Jen has varied experience in various settings prior to her work with CQUniversity. She has worked extensively with a regional hospital in Victoria and had the opportunity here to lead various teams in mental health areas. She managed a Mental Health Professional Development team and the postgraduate mental health nursing program. She has also managed a Drug and Other Drug Program in a Victorian prison. Jen has also worked in regional areas of Queensland and is currently living in Brisbane.
Previous Head of Course roles
- Head of Course Hospital and Health Services Management
- Head of Course Gerontology
- Head of Course Postgraduate Mental Health Nursing (Current)
New South Wales School of Psychiatry
RMIT Melbourne
QUT
CQUniversity
CQUniversity
People’s choice award (first place) and Aged Care Category award (first place). CQU Health Workforce Academy presentation in the delivery of Research into the continued use of restraint in Residential Aged Care Facilities. Mulvogue, J (2021). A presentation on the thematic analysis of a survey. hwac-conference-program.pdf (cqu.edu.au).
Media – radio
2024 - News Townsville on restraint in aged care facilities
2024 – ABC Sunshine Coast discussing restraint in aged care facilities
2017 – News Townsville on Hospital and Health Services course.
Head of Course Hospital and Health Services Management
Course Manager Mental Health Nursing Postgraduate Program
Head of Course Gerontology
Head of Course Mental Health Nursing (current)
Manager of acute mental health and community mental health teams
Managed a mental health community development program
Manager of a Residential Aged Care Facility
Manager of an Alcohol and Other Drug program in a prison
· A member of the Australian College of Mental Health Nursing (membership number 14338)
· A member of the Australia & New Zealand Mental Health Association.
· A member of the International Mental Health Collaborating Network .
Continual Professional Development (CPD) workshops Clinical Teachers Supporting Distressed Students. A micro credential offered through CQU’s Centre for Professional Development. Ryan, C., & Mulvogue, J. (2023).
I am currently accredited for supervision in the following:
Other Education - Other education not elsewhere classified
Mental health nursing. Language and its use in research higher degrees
Health services and systems - Health systems
Mental health nursing
Health services and systems - Mental health services
University student mental health