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Welcome Our vision, mission and values ���� 2 The facts ����������������������������������� 3 A career in nursing ��������������������� 4 Why Sydney Nursing School �������� 5 Our history of leadership ����������� 6 Pathways to nursing ������������������� 8
Contact us sydney.edu.au/nursing 1800 864) SYD UNI 793 (1800 1444 (outside Australia) 2 8627 +61 Clinical simulation and placements ������������������������10
Our courses Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Studies) ��������������������11 Post-registration Bachelor of Nursing (Singapore) ����������������11 Combined degrees ������������������� 12 Master of Nursing (Graduate Entry) ����������������������� 13 Advanced learning master’s programs �������������������� 14
How we stand out Scholarships and exchange ������� 17 Research ���������������������������������� 18 International collaborations ����� 22 Philanthropy ���������������������������� 24 Cover image: The Anderson Stuart Building, Cover image: The Anderson Stuart Building, where students study anatomy and histology. Sydney Nursing School
The facts
−− Sydney Nursing School is ranked 1st in Australia and 13th in the world for nursing research and education excellence (2016 QS World University Rankings by Subject). −− We were awarded the highest possible score: ‘well above world standard’ in
sydney.edu.au/nursing both the 2012 and 2015 Excellence in Research for Australia audits by the Australia Research Council. −− Nearly 2000 students are currently
enrolled in our nursing programs. Sydney Nursing School
−− Around 90 percent of nursing graduates −− We recently extended our presence who completed their degrees in 2014 into Western Sydney with the first had found full-time employment by 2015. cohort of Sydney Nursing School −− 30 coursework scholarships are graduate entry students commencing allocated annually to domestic at Westmead in Semester 1 of 2016. and international undergraduate, −− In 2015, we received the largest- postgraduate and rural entry students, ever gift to an Australian nursing Artist's impression of the proposed new facility to co-locate including four PhD scholarships. school from the Susan and Isaac health disciplines on the Camperdown Campus. −− Since 1995, Sydney Nursing School has Wakil Foundation. This was followed worked with the Singapore Institute in 2016 by a $35 million gift to the Our vision Welcome to Sydney of Management to educate nurses University of Sydney that will enable To creatively sustain a vibrant, respectful in Singapore. In 2016, 171 students construction of Stage 1 of the University Nursing School – excellence environment in which staff and students were studying nursing with Sydney of Sydney’s proposed Health Precinct in nursing education collaboratively engage in quality nursing
Sydney Nursing School Nursing School in Singapore. on the Camperdown Campus. We will and midwifery education and research relocate to this new building in 2019. and research. that impacts on national and international policy and practice to improve the health −− Nurses are in increasing demand of all people and their communities. in Australia, with a further 85,000 In this booklet we explain needed by 2025 (see Australia's Future Health Workforce Report, 2014). our vision for a healthier Our mission To be known in Australia and internationally
world, and present some of for our collaborative and interdisciplinary approach to achieving excellence in the achievements that have education and research; and for improving seen us become the leading and maintaining health in partnership with nursing school in Australia. people, their families and communities. Our values −− Collaboration The University of Sydney −− Creativity −− Respect −− Scholarship
Page 2 Caption? Page 3 A career in nursing Why Sydney Nursing School?
Nurses make a genuine difference to You will also find nurses in other services The world is opening up to different possibilities people’s lives. As highly trained and and industries such as health insurance, valued professionals, nurses have great media, travel, pharmaceuticals and in health and healthcare through new treatments, career opportunities all over the world. bioethics. Nurses work in positions new ways to deliver care, and new approaches to In clinical settings and as researchers, of influence and innovation, policy nurses contribute to health research development, education and research disease prevention and health promotion. and health policy – continuously leading and at the highest levels of government
sydney.edu.au/nursing improvements to healthcare practices. across the world.
People in Australia have rated nurses the Nurses also work in areas of conflict such most ethical and honest profession each as war zones, and in famine, disease and Partnership and participation are now interstate and overseas. We aim to prepare
year for 21 years in a row.* disaster management. In all of these significant features of reimagining health our students for professional practice Why Sydney Nursing School? places, you will find graduates of Sydney for the future. However, healthcare through evidence-based clinical learning Nurses are in high demand by a wide range Nursing School. systems across the world are increasingly and research-led teaching. of employers, with the opportunity to challenged by the economic and social care for people and their families in many Our students have an excellent record of costs of care. We share close affiliations with the hospital and community settings, including: obtaining their new-graduate transition University of Sydney’s clinical schools based −− general practices program place of choice. In the 2015 Sydney Nursing School produces graduates at Royal Prince Alfred, Royal North Shore, Australian Graduate Survey, 85 percent who have the critical thinking skills and Concord, Nepean and Westmead hospitals, −− health centres and clinics of our bachelor's degree graduates and nursing knowledge to provide the best with academic leads across Sydney based at −− Aboriginal and Torres Strait 92 percent of our pre-registration Master care for people, wherever they are. We the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, Royal Hospital Islander health services of Nursing graduates were reported as expect our graduates to engage with and for Women, St Vincent’s Hospitals, Royal −− hospices being employed full time. contribute to important decisions about Rehab, the Charles Perkins Centre and at −− aged-care facilities trends in treatment, patient care and a number of medical research institutes. disease prevention. −− in people's homes Student life at Sydney Nursing School is
Sydney Nursing School −− in rural and remote communities. Our students learn from leading clinical vibrant, active and dynamic. Our students experts and academics who are active contribute to University decision-making, researchers in the areas in which they join community volunteering programs and teach. Their research aims to improve meet people from across the University patient experience, inform clinical practice through the 200 clubs and societies and education and influence health and facilitated by the University of Sydney health policy. Union, including the Sydney University Nursing Society (SUNS). Many of our staff also work in frontline healthcare services, making a real From 2019, enabled by a generous gift from difference to the healthcare landscape the Susan and Isaac Wakil Foundation, we in Australia and internationally. will be moving to the University of Sydney’s Health Precinct on the Camperdown Our students gain practical, hands-on Campus. Purpose-built, co-located experience in dedicated clinical simulation facilities will enable multiple disciplines to
The University of Sydney facilities at both the Mallett Street and increase their collaboration in education Westmead Precinct campuses of the and research in health and healthcare. University. Our students also attend clinical placements within the Sydney metropolitan area, in rural and remote areas of NSW,
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Page 4 Survey, 2015 Page 5 Our history of leadership
Since the Cumberland College of Nursing amalgamated 1989 2011 with the University of Sydney in 1991, the University has Sydney CAE ceases as a corporate The faculty adopts the name body and the Institute of Nursing ‘Sydney Nursing School’ been committed to producing, supporting and inspiring Studies is amalgamated with the in line with University leaders in nursing and midwifery. University of Sydney. branding conventions.
sydney.edu.au/nursing 1991 2012 The federal government decides The new Bachelor of Nursing to transfer all nursing education in (Advanced Studies) program Our researchers, students, alumni 1973 1978 Australia to the higher education is introduced.
and staff are leaders in their fields Our history of leadership Cumberland College of Health Cumberland College moves to sector by 1991. Cumberland who use their knowledge and skills Sciences offers the first tertiary the current site of the Faculty College of Nursing becomes to change lives in Australia and 2016 institution-based programs to of Health Sciences, Lidcombe. the Faculty of Nursing at the around the world. nurses in New South Wales. The University of Sydney. The first cohort of Master college teaches diploma programs of Nursing (Graduate Our points of distinction are 1984 in Nursing Administration, Nursing Entry) commences at the the University’s reputation, the 2000 Education and Community The Institute of Nursing Studies Westmead Precinct. breadth of health disciplines Health Nursing. at Sydney College of Advanced The Faculty of Nursing moves from within the University, the energy, Education (CAE), located adjacent Cumberland College in Lidcombe 2019 dedication and talent of our to the University’s Camperdown to Mallett Street, Camperdown, 1977 staff, the design and strength Campus, begins working with offering a full suite of programs Sydney Nursing School will join of our programs and our strong The NSW government mandates Royal Prince Alfred (RPA) Hospital including research degrees, post- the University of Sydney Health student focus. that the Ministry of Education, to offer elements of their pre- registration specialty courses Precinct at the Camperdown not the Ministry of Health, be registration nursing program. and midwifery. Campus, alongside the Faculty responsible for educating nurses. of Health Sciences. Sydney Nursing School 1985 2004 The New South Wales Government Midwifery is recognised in determines that all pre- legislation as a separate registration nursing education discipline. The faculty changes in NSW will be carried out in the its name to the Faculty of Nursing higher education sector. and Midwifery. 1986 2006 The Master of Applied Science The pre-registration Master of (Nursing) by Research is Nursing program is introduced. introduced – the first master's level nursing program offered in NSW. The University of Sydney Page 6 Page 7 Pathways to nursing Inside view Professor Kate White Research area: Cancer
“Cancer is life changing. A diagnosis can bring a range of We offer three pathways to becoming a nurse. emotions, new priorities and challenges, and the need to Upon graduation, our students are eligible navigate complex treatments. As to apply for registration as a nurse with the health professionals, we tend to focus our efforts on the physical Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. manifestations of illness and the management of symptoms. But
sydney.edu.au/nursing cancer does not occur in a vacuum, that is why the major focus of my work is supportive care for those with cancer as well as their family, friends and colleagues.” Pathways to nursing
For those who do not already have a Pathways to nursing degree, there are two options: −− Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Studies) Bachelor of Nursing Combined degrees Master of Nursing −− Master of Nursing/combined degree (Advanced Studies) (Graduate Entry) (choose one of three bachelor’s degrees Registered nurse combined with a Master of Nursing). Specialty areas: aged care, infectious diseases, clinical nursing, cancer and haematology, child and family health, clinical trials, community health and rehabilitation, emergency and trauma, health technology, intensive care, mental health, neurosciences, operating theatres, paediatrics, palliative care and more. For those who have a degree in any field, we have a postgraduate option:
−− Master of Nursing (Graduate Entry). Further career options
Following successful graduation with a International Frontline Higher education Management Clinical Pathways Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Studies), health intervention leadership to research Sydney Nursing School students from the University of Sydney — International — Australian — University — Nurse unit — Nurse — Bachelor and other universities can apply for our aid agencies, Defence Force lecturer manager practitioner of Nursing eg, Médecins — Royal Flying — Program director — Director of — Nurse educator (Honours) one-year Bachelor of Nursing (Honours) Sans Frontières, Doctor Service — Research nursing — Clinical nurse — Masters program, opening the door to a future International — Emergency assistant — Area director consultant (Advanced research degree. You can study this Red Cross and disaster — Research fellow of nursing — Clinical nurse Learning) — World Health response teams — Education — Health services specialist specialty program in full-time or part-time mode. Organization — Remote Area management manager — Clinical degrees — UNESCO Health Corps — Research — Chief executive, trials manager — Master of — UN expert professor Health Services/ — Clinical Philosophy Doctor of advisory panels Department academic — — International of Health Philosophy Council — Chief nursing of Nurses and midwifery officer The University of Sydney Page 8 Page 9 Clinical simulation and placements Our courses Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Studies) Post-registration Bachelor of Nursing (Singapore)
The study of nursing involves undertaking supported clinical placements in health facilities (both public and private) and practical training in clinical laboratories that simulate nursing environments. sydney.edu.au/nursing
Before each clinical placement, Clinical placement settings include students practise skills in our clinical emergency departments, intensive care Our courses laboratories and high-fidelity simulation units, paediatric units, mental health areas. Our nursing laboratories contain facilities, community health centres and the latest equipment, including many more. Most placements take place computerised manikins, that enable within the Sydney metropolitan area, our students to develop and practise but we can also arrange rural, remote skills in communication, assessing interstate and international placements. physical and psychological status and delivering individualised care.
For example, students practise recording vital signs, listening to breath, heart and bowel sounds, performing wound dressings, preparing and administering medications, conducting interviews, Bachelor of Nursing (Advanced Studies) Post-registration Bachelor
Sydney Nursing School charting progress, and accurately of Nursing (Singapore) documenting patient information. Graduates are eligible to apply for registration as a nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board We offer a transition from diploma to of Australia and to work as a registered nurse in degree program in partnership with the Australia. Our graduates are highly sought after Singapore Institute of Management in for new graduate transition positions in public Singapore. This one-year, full-time program and private hospitals. is also available in part-time mode and is delivered in Singapore to registered nurses Our students learn to care for individuals, families, by Sydney Nursing School academics. groups and communities. By studying within a philosophy of care that focuses on people and their We are working to establish the Master individual health and healthcare needs, students of Philosophy and PhD programs Inside view engage with the social contexts of people's lives in with the Singapore Institute of both community and acute healthcare settings. Management from 2018. Professor Sally Tracy Research area: Healthy beginnings – midwifery and women’s health We use case studies from real situations to The University of Sydney challenge students’ clinical and decision-making “Women deserve a better experience in childbirth. Our skills. The advanced studies element of this degree research has shown that for women at any level of obstetric risk, is woven into a focus on leadership, using research caseload midwifery is safe and cost effective. Such an approach to make evidence-based decisions, conducting can strengthen the health and wellbeing of women, the start of care in partnership and enhancing our students’ the early years of a child’s life, and the capabilities of women to understanding of the international health landscape. take care of their families and themselves.” Page 10 Page 11 Our courses Our courses Combined degrees Master of Nursing (Graduate Entry)
Bachelor of Health Sciences/Master of Nursing Bachelor of Arts/Master of Nursing Bachelor of Science/Master of Nursing sydney.edu.au/nursing Combining two degrees is another way our students can explore a The Master of Nursing (Graduate Entry) diverse range of subjects at undergraduate level while taking a more is delivered at two locations: our career‑specific path through a master’s degree in nursing. Mallett Street Campus in Camperdown, and the Westmead Health Precinct in Year one of the four-year combined degree program is fully focused on Western Sydney. Our courses units within the undergraduate degree – either arts, health sciences or science. Years 2 and 3 are split equally between both degrees. Year 4 Our academics encourage students to draw is entirely focused on nursing. upon their previous skills and experience to thrive in the complex health environment. Students gain an understanding of how Bachelor of Health Bachelor of Arts/ Bachelor of Science/ to work with other health professionals Sciences/Master of Nursing Master of Nursing Master of Nursing to provide the highest quality person- centered care. This program allows students to This program gives students This program is designed for This two-year course builds on develop expertise in nursing and a broader knowledge of the students who want to develop a students’ previous undergraduate Students develop a strong theoretical allied health and apply knowledge humanities along with the deeper understanding of science understanding of health and illness and about health and health systems skills to become a registered as well as develop expertise in education, in preparation for study areas such as human biology, in their nursing career. In addition nurse. Students choose from nursing. More than 29 areas of work as registered nurses in pharmacology, research and evidence- to nursing, career options upon more than 40 humanities science are available, including based practice, illness experiences, Sydney Nursing School graduation include: subjects, including languages, biology, chemistry, neuroscience, local, national and international healthcare systems, leadership and legal −− project management psychology, performance studies, pharmacology and psychology. healthcare settings. and ethical issues in healthcare. social policy, government and Graduates have a wide range of −− health promotion international relations, Indigenous career choices, such as: Students undertake more than 800 −− health administration Australian studies and film studies. −− clinical trials design clinical placement hours in varied settings −− health technology Upon graduation, students are −− health management including emergency departments, −− specialisation highly employable in: intensive care units, paediatric units, −− biotechnology −− research. −− hospitals, mental health and oncology units, mental health facilities Master of Nursing (Graduate Entry) community health facilities −− treatments that shape and community health centres. personalised healthcare −− media and communications −− research in microbiology Upon graduation, our students are eligible −− government and epidemiology to apply for registration as a nurse with the −− community and international −− product development Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. aid organisations and pharmaceuticals −− management The University of Sydney −− forensic science −− teaching and research. −− environmental science. Page 12 Page 13 Advanced learning master’s programs Intensive care nursing Intensive care nurses deliver complex care to critically ill patients, such as those experiencing single or multiple organ dysfunction due to serious Our advanced learning master’s programs are Cancer and haematology nursing designed for registered nurses. Our courses offer illness or injury. They work in complex the flexibilty of completion at either graduate Cancer is the single largest cause of environments that often demand rapid, certificate, graduate diploma or master's degree premature death in Australia, and sophisticated judgments to be made in level. These courses build on the knowledge represents nearly one-fifth of the total high-pressure situations. It is the intensive registered nurses have gained through clinical burden of disease in the health system. care nurse’s role to help patients and practice. They solidify the theoretical foundations With increasing trends towards both home- their families to understand their illness sydney.edu.au/nursing of practice and build confidence to use the latest based care and intensive treatments such and to deliver care and treatment in the evidence to inform clinical decision making and as stem-cell transplantation, this course intensive care environment. This course prepare nurses to become leaders in their fields. explores the broadening roles of nurses in integrates and builds on the students’ cancer and haematology care. Emergency nursing existing clinical experience in intensive or critical care nursing. Advanced nursing practice/clinical nursing Advanced learning master’s programs We explore nursing interventions to reduce Emergency nursing is an exciting specialty that requires the application of advanced Students who study this course gain the leadership the impact of cancer and its treatment, Mental health nursing skills and confidence to advance their clinical drawing on research and the theoretical knowledge and skills to a challenging practice in a range of areas and move towards senior underpinnings of cancer and haematology and diverse group of patients who are About 45 percent of people in Australia roles in various health settings. Advanced nursing care. Students in this course learn to make experiencing acute and sometimes life- will experience a mental illness during * practice explores the ways in which nurses work evidence-based decisions using research threatening conditions. Emergency nurses adolescence or adulthood. Nurses make within clinical environments with a focus on patient generated at our Cancer Nursing Research work closely with patients and families who up the largest sector of the mental health safety and the provision of quality care. Unit – an innovative collaboration between may be confronted by trauma, accidents or workforce in Australia and lead the way in Sydney Nursing School and the Sydney acute and unexpected illness. the prevention, planning and delivery of Local Health District. mental health care across all settings. Students of the emergency nursing program learn how to deliver specialist This course focuses on current issues in Clinical trials practice care; managing emergency presentations; mental health, as well as therapeutic skills The role of clinical trials in testing new supporting the patient and family at a time and role development. Students undertaking treatments is now well recognised. Clinical of great vulnerability and assisting their the mental health nursing program learn Sydney Nursing School trials are used extensively across every journey either to hospital admission or safe how to work with people experiencing field of health and, with the increasing discharge to home. a range of conditions who are seeking complexity of clinical research and its specialist assessment and treatment. regulation, a greater level of knowledge This learning spans a variety of healthcare and expertise is required for all nurses and environments in which clients present with health professionals involved in clinical mental illnesses, mental disorders and trials management. psychological distress.
The clinical trials practice program was developed to offer those involved in clinical trials further experience to improve trial data quality, manage information systems effectively, project manage and interpret clinical trial data. The University of Sydney
Page 14 *SANE Australia, 2015. Page 15 Scholarships and exchange Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) Nurse practitioners work autonomously Scholarships recognise the immense talent of our and collaboratively in a variety of students and open doors to new opportunities. healthcare settings across Australia to diagnose, manage and treat specific We currently offer scholarships that range in value health conditions. from $2500 to $87,500 (over three years).
This course, which is offered at master’s level only, equips registered nurses to assess, plan, implement and evaluate sydney.edu.au/nursing integrated care, with the aim of optimising Coursework scholarships and prizes Research scholarships outcomes for both recipients and systems of care. In May 2015, the Susan and Isaac Wakil Our generous donors have allowed us to offer a Foundation donated an unprecedented range of other scholarships for the purpose of
As part of delivering care, students $10.85 million to Sydney Nursing School growing and developing nursing and midwifery Scholarships and exchange are taught the process of ordering and for coursework scholarships. This was the research. These include the Skellern, Beth Spence Primary health care nursing interpreting diagnostic investigations largest-ever donation to a nursing school in and Royal Freemasons Benevolent Institution as well as planning and self-monitoring With the rising incidence of complex, Australia and enabled the establishment of scholarships for PhD students. the initiation, titration or cessation of chronic diseases and an ageing population, awards to assist a range of students with their medications. Upon graduation, students the need for skilled primary healthcare study, tuition and accommodation costs. Summer scholarships program are eligible to apply for authorisation as a nursing leaders is greater than ever. nurse practitioner in Australia. Up to 12 Susan Wakil Scholarships are Each year, Sydney Nursing School offers up to 10 Students in this course learn about chronic offered annually by Sydney Nursing School summer scholarships worth $2000 each to give disease prevention and management, to help educate deserving students who currently enrolled undergraduate and postgraduate including relevant evidence-based, show a high level of ability and potential. students an opportunity to learn about nursing and decision-making processes and practices, midwifery research, to develop research skills and to concepts of self-management and These scholarships are available to encourage exploration into further research studies. coordinated, quality care. undergraduate and postgraduate nursing Summer scholars will work on a project under the students who are either based in Sydney, supervision of one of our leading researchers for
Sydney Nursing School There is an emphasis on the determinants are from rural or regional areas of Sydney, up to four weeks full-time over summer (140 hours of health, community needs assessment, or are from an Aboriginal or Torres Strait between January and February). community participation, health promotion Islander background. models, health education and health International student exchange programs literacy and how these inform and underpin We offer other coursework and merit- Students of pre-registration nursing programs may primary healthcare in the community. based scholarships to nurses studying at apply for an international exchange experience the University of Sydney, including from the through any one of a range of recognised Australian True to the philosophy of primary Sisters of Charity Foundation, the Women's Government programs or through our international healthcare, this course encourages Plans Foundation and the John and Diana exchange partnerships. interdisciplinary work through electives Hutchison Merit Prize. and opportunities for collaboration across Our student exchange program currently includes the University’s School of Public Health and Han University in the Netherlands; the Karolinska the Charles Perkins Centre. Institute in Sweden; and others as available.
Học Mãi scholarship recipients gain international The University of Sydney experience by undertaking an exchange experience in Vietnam. Page 16 Page 17 Isaac and Susan Wakil Research
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we live and work in it. The In 2015, research into the cause of heart attacks University is a member conducted by one of Sydney Nursing School's researchers gained international media reach of of Australia’s prestigious more than 100 million people. Inside view Group of Eight network and We encourage our students who have an interest in Associate Professor Tom Buckley Research area: Injury and acute illness the Association of Pacific pursuing research to go on to further study in our Rim Universities. higher degree research programs: the Master of “My research into preventative cardiology Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy. has determined that people are eight-and-a- half times more likely to suffer a heart attack The research we conduct at Sydney Nursing School after an acute episode of anger. Two-thirds is closely aligned with the research activities of of episodes are related to arguments – the
The University of Sydney the University’s health faculties and schools, and other third of cases are related to driving with the broader strategic research directions anger or workplace stress. Anger can of the University. Our multidisciplinary approach potentially increase our heart rate, raise allows our researchers to conduct high-impact, our blood pressure and tighten the blood translatable research in a variety of areas using a vessels in the body, which can result in a broad range of methods. heart attack.” Page 18 Page 19 Our strategic research priorities
Injury and acute illness In every community, there is a need for nurses and other healthcare professionals to evaluate and treat acutely ill or severely injured people, and to help manage the social and emotional costs associated with their care. Our researchers in injury and acute illness conduct work focused on identifying the causes of major injury, sydney.edu.au/nursing the appropriate care of acutely ill people and those with long-term disabilities, and the costs associated with their care. Inside view Our researchers work collaboratively Inside view
with clinicians, clients and their families Our strategic research priorities People, their families and Professor Yun-Hee Jeon Professor Kate Curtis Research area: Chronic disease and ageing to conduct meaningful research that is Research area: Injury and acute illness communities are at the centre of translated into health policy and practice. “I am researching ways to improve the health “I am passionate about research that everything we do. Our research and wellbeing of older people with dementia, Cancer improves the trauma patient’s quality of extends across the lifespan: depression and other chronic illnesses. I life. It is my vision to substantially increase am particularly interested in the notion There are about 2000 cancer and palliative efficiency in trauma and emergency care from healthy beginnings at birth, of ‘social health’ and how people affected care nurses currently working in Australia. and improve outcomes for patients, their throughout life to end‑of‑life care. by dementia are able to relate to others and These nurses have high-level expertise families, and the health system.” enjoy a meaningful life. I believe person- in coordinating and managing the care We recognise the strong position of centered, re-ablement approaches to care of people affected by cancer through diagnosis, treatment and recovery, and in nurses and midwives to coordinate make a difference in optimising the social health of people living with dementia, as maintaining quality of life in acute care, and implement evidence-based care, well as their caregivers.” home or community settings. Our research is aimed at increasing nurses' specialist
Sydney Nursing School and translate research into practice knowledge to support people and their and policy to improve health services. families during and after cancer treatment.
Mental health Good mental health is associated with a sense of wellbeing, confidence and Infection and immunity Chronic disease and ageing self-esteem. It enables us to fully enjoy The impacts of infection, inflammation and In Australia, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and appreciate other people, day-to-day immunity on acute and chronic conditions are obesity, renal failure, dementia, and other life and our environment. Nurses are the Inside view not fully understood and are areas of increasing conditions of ageing are leading causes of largest professional group in the mental research interest across the globe. The mortality and comprise a substantial health health workforce, which places them at the Professor Niels Buus Research area: Mental health management of infections, infectious diseases, burden. With an ageing population, the role forefront to lead the way in improving and antimicrobial resistance and the immune health of nurses in lifestyle and chronic disease providing effective mental health care. “I am developing peer and family support of the community are important considerations management is more important than ever. systems to facilitate more holistic care
The University of Sydney for nurses and an area of emerging research At Sydney Nursing School, we work with solutions for those affected by mental interest for Sydney Nursing School. Sydney Nursing School researchers collaborate clients, their families, nurses, psychologists illness in the community. Through with the University’s Charles Perkins Centre and other services to conduct research multidisciplinary frameworks, I aim as part of a team that shares a determination that will support recovery from mental to support the development of new to ease the burden of chronic diseases and health disorders. models of mental health care.” ageing in Australia. Page 20 Page 21 International collaborations
Sydney Nursing School works with many different international collaborators.
Singapore Tonga Inside view
For more than 20 years, the University of Sydney Sydney Nursing School has been working with Tonga’s Dr Amelia Latu Afuha'amango Tu'ipulotu has partnered with the Singapore Institute of Ministry of Health since 2012 to develop nursing Tonga's first Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Management to graduate more than 3500 students education in the areas of prevention, detection sydney.edu.au/nursing with nursing and health science degrees. and management of non-communicable diseases Dr Amelia Latu Afuha'amango Tu'ipulotu was the such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes, which first Tongan to receive a nursing PhD when she Our bachelor-level course has enabled registered are some of the leading causes of morbidity and completed her doctorate in 2012. nurses in Singapore to obtain a degree that mortality in Tonga.
allows them to expand their career opportunities Dr Tu'ipulotu was working as a nurse in Sydney International collaborations with a qualification from Australia's number one The non-communicable disease nursing course when she decided she could make a difference in her nursing school. is accredited by the Tonga National Qualification home country by undertaking further study. and Accreditation Board. It was developed by the We are excited to expand educational and research Ministry of Health with assistance from Sydney “I knew I needed to gain a better understanding of the opportunities with the Singapore Institute of Nursing School and local medical practitioners. reality of nursing practice in Tonga and study both the Management and other health partners in enablers and challenges within the Tongan nursing Singapore in the near future. The first group of registered nurses graduated with context,” Dr Tu'ipulotu said. advanced nursing diplomas in 2014. These nurses “I found that policies in the Tongan hospitals often China now work in health centres and diabetes centres across Tonga, including all outer island groups. Their did not fit the reality of nursing practice due to lack Staff and affiliates of Sydney Nursing School role is to identify patients at high risk of developing a of basic resources. The policies we were using were contribute to teaching in the nursing undergraduate non-communicable disease, provide advice, and help more appropriate to nursing practice in a developed and research programs at Shanghai Jiao Tong those with an already diagnosed condition to manage world context.” University in Shanghai. They regularly participate their illness.
Sydney Nursing School in the annual Sino-Australian Research event. Dr Tu'ipulotu is now Chief Nursing Officer for Tonga. She is responsible for the majority of the country's Vietnam Our academics collaborate through many teaching nurses who work in four hospitals either on the and research exchanges with colleagues in China, Sydney Nursing School staff have made a number main island Tongatapu, or the islands of Vava'u, including with Peking Union Medical College (Beijing) of contributions to health and welfare education Eua, Haapai and Niua. and Chongqing Medical University (Chongqing); in Vietnam. In collaboration with the Vietnamese in Hong Kong with Hong Kong University and the government and the United Nations Population “Improving the health of the Tongan people is my top Chinese University of Hong Kong; and in Taiwan Fund (UNFPA), the faculty has developed a three- priority and that of the Tongan government. Tonga's with Taiwan Medical University and National year course in midwifery now offered at around nurses are at the frontier of strategies to improve the Taiwan University. 50 colleges and universities across Vietnam. This overall healthcare of the community.” course is supported by a textbook and curriculum framework documents.
A collaboration with the UBS Optimus Foundation developed and implemented the 'Safe Children
The University of Sydney Vietnam' project. The goal of this project, led by a Sydney Nursing School researcher and coordinated by a PhD student, was to implement legislation to protect children from abuse and neglect. The project engaged doctors and nurses in children's hospitals across Ho Chi Minh City in research into childhood injury. Page 22 Page 23 Achieving our vision through philanthropy
Philanthropy has played a critical role You can find out more about our research in the evolution and growth of Sydney priorities at: Nursing School and the University of Sydney −− sydney.edu.au/nursing/research generally, and we are consistently building on this foundation to ensure we remain a For further information or to support the great public university. University, please contact us. sydney.edu.au/nursing Philanthropy allows us to explore new Division of Alumni and Development research initiatives, take advantage of +61 2 8627 8818 opportunities as they arise, allocate the [email protected] necessary discretionary funds to launch −− inspired.sydney.edu.au/giving programs, enable the most talented students to join us, and recruit world-class researchers to address the real-world challenges we face today.
Philanthropic contributions from our alumni and friends have helped us to: −− fund 12 annual scholarships in perpetuity to both undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students from Sydney, rural and regional areas and students of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background −− establish a large, national research initiative investigating paediatric critical injury that aims to reduce the incidence Sydney Nursing School and impact of a child’s critical injury −− establish multiple PhD scholarships that are empowering nurses and midwives to develop more evidence-based research to inform and influence best practice and ultimately improve the coordination of care −− recognise and reward high-achieving students through annual prizes and awards that encourage our students to realise their potential. The University of Sydney Page 24 Sydney Nursing School
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