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Sage Hay
MN, GradCert(Paeds), RN
Nurse Consultant, Nursing Research
Sage joined the RCH team as a graduate nurse after completing her Bachelor of Nursing at Monash University. Sage has also completed her Masters of Advanced Nursing Practice (research pathway) at the University of Melbourne. Sage’s research interests surround qualitative research and understanding the information needs and preparation required for children, young people, and their parents’ undergoing procedures, this includes the pivotal area of procedural holding. In 2022 Sage completed a Nursing Research Fellowship, undertaking a qualitative study looking at both parent and nursing experiences of procedural holding. At the completion of her fellowship Sage joined the nursing research team as a Nurse Consultant. Sage also works clinically within cardiology department as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in the cardiology outpatient and pre-admission clinic.
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Associate Professor Sharon Kinney
PhD, MN, PICU Nursing Cert, Cardiothoracic Cert
Nurse Consultant, Nursing Research
After many years as an Academic at the Department of Nursing, Sharon retired from the University in 2021. She retains an Honorary Principal Fellow appointment and continues her Nurse Consultant role in the Nursing Research Department at the Royal Children’s Hospital. Sharon is passionate about supporting clinical nurses to engage with evidence-based practice and to conduct clinically relevant research where the findings can be readily translated into practice. She worked for many years in paediatric critical care settings and has held clinical and educational appointments within the area. A pivotal aspect of her work has focused on translating research evidence into practice, with a key goal of improving the safety and quality of care of hospitalised children. She was the Nurse Lead of the Victorian Children's Tool for Observation and Response (ViCTOR) program of work which was funded by the Victorian Paediatric Clinical Network and Safer Care Victoria. The ViCTOR team have developed and implemented standardised tools and processes to support clinicians to better recognise and manage patients in both the neonatal and paediatric sector across Victoria.
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Stacey Richards
MN, BN
Nurse Consultant, Nursing Research
Stacey joined the RCH team as a graduate nurse after completing her Bachelor of Nursing at the Australian Catholic University. She worked across the surgical wards at RCH specialising in orthopaedics, burns, trauma, plastics and general surgery. After completing her Masters of Nursing (Paediatrics) at Monash University, Stacey has worked in several clinical, education and facilitation roles across RCH and the University of Melbourne. Throughout this time she has actively contributed to advancing nursing outcomes through evidence based practice and research initiatives. Stacey has extensive experience in the development of evidence based clinical guidelines and research supervision of Masters of Nursing Science completing clinically based research projects.
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Tania's research and clinical innovation work focuses on improving outcomes and experiences for children and families undergoing surgery and anaesthesia. In 2018, she was awarded the Dame Elisabeth Murdoch Nursing Development Scholarship, which supported her work to improve the assessment and management of emergence delirium through the development of clinical guidelines and parent resources. Her research experience includes involvement in the multi-centre Core Outcomes in Children Undergoing Anaesthesia and Surgery (COCAS) study and current work aimed at optimising perioperative fasting practices, enhancing patient-centred care, and translating evidence into sustainable clinical practice.
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Nursing Research Fellows
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Amy Carle
RN, BSc
Nursing Guideline Fellow, Nursing Research
Clinical Nurse Specialist, Day of Surgery Unit
Amy graduated from Colorado State University with a bachelor’s degree in psychology. In 2005, she moved to Melbourne where she completed her nursing degree from the University of Melbourne. At the completion of her studies, Amy began her nursing career at Peter MacCallum on the surgical ward. In 2008 Amy joined the RCH in the Day Surgical Unit where she has gained extensive preoperative and postoperative paediatric nursing experience.
Amy is passionate about providing evidence- based care and is a strong patient and family advocate. Her interest in improving patient care and outcomes led her to complete her BEST Practice Project with the RCH nursing research team. Her work focused on researching nurses’ experiences, concerns, and support needs when pregnancy screening adolescent patients, and has led to the implementation of pre-operative pregnancy screening for the Day of Surgery Unit and standardized the use of pregnancy tests. Amy’s research experience includes working for the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute as an Emergency Department Research Nurse. Amy’s interest in evidence-base practice has led her to join the Nursing Research team as the Clinical Guideline Fellow. Amy’s role will oversee the updating and review of nursing guidelines as well as supporting nurses working in the RCH with guideline development.
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Current PhD Candidates
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Ingrid Sutherland
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Jessica Taranto
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Honorary Team Members
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Professor Denise Harrison PhD, RM, RN
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Dr Emma Jeffs PhD, MPH, RN
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Dr Naomi Brockenshire PhD, PGDip (Mental Health), MNsc, MA, DipArts, BSc
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Dr Sacha Petersen
PhD, MadvNursPrac, PGdipACN, BN, RN
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Dr Sally Lima
PhD, MNS, Grad Dip Adv Nsg, RN
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Associate Professor Stephen McKeever
PhD, PGCE, ENB 415, BSc(Hons), Dip.Trop.Nurse, RN (Child), RGN
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Dr Mercy Thomas PhD, MSc, GC-TERTCH, BSc
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