Julie Considine
Role and profile
Julie is a Professor of Nursing at Deakin University and Chair in Nursing at Eastern Health where she leads the Eastern Health - Deakin University Nursing and Midwifery Research Centre. Julie is an internationally respected clinician, educator and researcher whose expertise spans both industry and academic sectors. Through a commitment to a research-teaching-practice nexus, she improves the quality and safety of health care by optimising clinical decision-making, increasing the use of research evidence in practice, and ensuring effective models of service delivery. Julie’s clinical background is emergency nursing and she has held clinical, education, and research roles in emergency nursing over the last 2 decades. She is a Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing, Founding Fellow of the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia and is Deputy Editor of the Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal. Julie represents the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia on the Australian Resuscitation Council, as Basic Life Support Convenor she also holds a position on their National Executive, and she represents the Australian and New Zealand Resuscitation Councils on the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) Basic Life Support Taskforce. Teaching responsibilities
Julie is an expert educator and holds a 2012 Australian Government Office for Teaching and Learning Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning, 2011 Deakin University Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Teaching and 2011 Deakin University Award for Teaching Excellence. She is an expert in the development, implementation, and evaluation of nursing education programs aimed at increasing workforce capacity and research use in clinical practice. Julie teaches in the Master of Nursing Practice courses in Emergency Nursing, Critical Care Nursing, and Nurse Practitioner specialities and also supervises a number of BN(Hons), Masters and PhD students.
Research interests
Julie’s research is aimed at improving the quality and safety of patient care by optimising clinical decision-making, use of research evidence in practice, and ensuring effective models of service delivery. She leads two programs of research. The first program is focused on Clinical Risk Management with a particular emphasis on the relationships between educational preparation, personal characteristics and decision context on clinical practice behaviours and the accuracy of clinical decisions. The second program is focused on Workforce Development and Service Delivery Models, in particular advanced nursing practice and nurse practitioner roles, transition to speciality practice, and emergency department service delivery models such as fast track and rapid assessment roles. Julie is also a foundation member of Deakin University’s Quality and Patient Safety Strategic Research Centre
Awards and prizes
2012 Australian Government Office for Teaching and Learning Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning awarded for "commitment to a teaching-evidence-practice nexus in specialist and advanced nursing courses to develop clinical excellence and enhanced quality and safety of healthcare"2011 Deakin University Award for Teaching Excellence, Deakin University 2011 Vice-Chancellors Award for Distinguished Teaching, Deakin University 2008 Myrtle Ivy Quicke Memorial Scholarship (for doctoral or postdoctoral studies in nursing), Royal College of Nursing, Australia: National Research and Scholarship Fund 2008 Highly Commended Certificate, Deakin University Leadership in Nursing and Midwifery 2006 Emergency Nurse of the Year, College of Emergency Nursing Australasia 2003 Annie M Sage Scholarship (for post registration research studies in nursing), Royal College of Nursing, Australia: National Research and Scholarship Fund 1994 Dame Mabel Coles DBE Prize for the Best Examination Paper on Midwifery, Royal Women's Hospital 1993 Margaret Black Memorial Medal for the highest academic achievement in Midwifery, Royal Women's Hospital Memberships
College of Emergency Nursing AustralasiaAustralian College of Nursing Australian Resuscitation Council Nurses Memorial Centre The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand Australian Lung Foundation International Society for Quality in Health Care Service to the University, discipline or community
Professor Considine is involved in a wide range of Departmental, Faculty and University committees:• School of Nursing Research and Research Training Committee • Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research She is A Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing and Founding Fellow of the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia. Professor Considine is the Deputy Editor of the Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal and reviews for a number of medical and nursing journals. She is the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia representative and Basic Life Support Convenor for the Australian Resuscitation Council and a member of the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Basic Life Support Taskforce. Conferences
Considine J. June 2012. Basic Life Support: Understanding BLS practice from an evidence-based perspective. Australian Resuscitation Council Victorian Branch State Conference. Royal Melbourne Hospital: Melbourne. [invited keynote address]Considine J. May 2012. Rapid response in the emergency department. 7th International Conference on Rapid Response Systems and Medical Emergency Teams. Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia. [invited presentation Considine J. April 2012. Strengthening emergency, trauma and disaster nurses’ collaboration: the way forward 2012 International Conference on Trends in Emergency, Trauma, and Disaster Nursing: Using evidence to guide decision-making and improve nursing care. Bangkok Private Hospital: Phuket, Thailand. [invited keynote address] Considine J. April 2012. Competency management in emergency and disaster nursing. 2012 International Conference on Trends in Emergency, Trauma, and Disaster Nursing: Using evidence to guide decision-making and improve nursing care. Bangkok Private Hospital: Phuket, Thailand. [invited keynote address] Considine J. April 2012. Predictors of deterioration and emergency nurses’ role in patient safety. 2012 International Conference on Trends in Emergency, Trauma, and Disaster Nursing: Using evidence to guide decision-making and improve nursing care. Bangkok Private Hospital: Phuket, Thailand. [invited keynote address] Considine J, Botti M & Thomas S. November 2012. Emergency Department management of exacerbation of COPD: how evidence-based is care delivery? 8th Biennial Joanna Briggs International Colloquium: Channelling the Rivers of Knowledge to Improve Global Policy and Practice. The Empress Hotel: Chiang Mai, Thailand. Considine J, Wunderlich B & Lucas E. November 2012. An evidence-based approach to recognising and responding to deteriorating emergency department patients. 8th Biennial Joanna Briggs International Colloquium: Channelling the Rivers of Knowledge to Improve Global Policy and Practice. The Empress Hotel: Chiang Mai, Thailand. Considine J, Martin R, Currey J, Williamson S. November 2012. Using Team-Based Learning to expanding nurse initiated x-rays in emergency care. 8th Biennial Joanna Briggs International Colloquium: Channelling the Rivers of Knowledge to Improve Global Policy and Practice. The Empress Hotel: Chiang Mai, Thailand Considine J, Botti M & Thomas S. October 2012. Descriptive analysis of Emergency Department oxygen use in Victoria. 9th International Conference for Emergency Nurses. Hotel Grand Chancellor: Hobart, Australia. Considine J, Lucas E & Wunderlich B. April 2012. An Emergency Department early warning system for deteriorating patients: a feasibility study. 2012 International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare. Le Palais des Congrès de Paris: Paris, France [poster] |
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