Patrick CrookesProfessor Patrick Crookes

PhD, BSc (Nursing), RGN (UK), RN (NSW), RNT, CertEd

Position:
  • Dean, Faculty of Health & Behavioural Sciences, and Head, School of Nursing, Midwifery & Indigenous Health
Teaching:
  • Research Appreciation and Application Skills
    Reflective Practice
  • Critical Appraisal
  • Grief and Bereavement
Research Interests:
  • Aged and Dementia Care
  • Clinical Leadership
  • Evidence Based Practice, in particular, mechanisms for translating research findings into practice.
  • Grief and Bereavement.
Affiliations:
  • Member Australian Council of Deans of Nursing
  • Member Royal College of Nursing Australia
  • Visiting Research Fellow, University of Sheffield
  • Associate Editor, Nurse Education in Practice (International Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Recent Publications:

Searchable RIS publications from 2000 to date.

Crookes, PA & Davies, S 2004, 'Research Into Practice: Essential Skills for Reading and Applying Research in Nursing and Health Care'. Second Edition (Book).

Crookes, PA 2005, 'Pathophysiology. Applied to Nursing Practice'. Authors: Esther Chang, John Daly, Doug Elliott.

Crookes, PA 2001, 'NEP: supporting the brave new world of university based nurse education', Nurse Education in Practice, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 1-4.

Shorten, A, Wallace, MC & Crookes, P 2001, 'Developing information literacy: a key to evidence-based nursing', International Nursing Review, vol. 48, no. 2, pp. 86-92.

Crookes, PA & Davies, S (eds) 1998, Research into care: essential skills for interpreting and applying research in nursing and health care, Bailliere-Tindall, Edinburgh, UK. (NB. As well as editing this text, I was major/sole contributor to 4 of the 13 chapters)

Crookes, PA, McDonnell, A, Davies, S& Shewan, J 1997, 'Practice nurses and the prevention of cardiovascular disease and stroke: a literature review to promote evidence-based practice. Part 2: hypertension, raised blood cholesterol, lack of exercise and obesity', Clinical Effectiveness in Nursing, vol. 1, pp. 198-205.

Crookes, PA 1996, 'The nature of grieving', The Journal of Cancer Care, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 57-59.

Interests:

  • Soccer, Music, Reading, Happy Families!
Email:  Patrick_Crookes@uow.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 4221 4208
Office: B41.237

 

 

Last reviewed: 16 November, 2009

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