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Dr. Janette Curtis

RN, cert tutor, Cert IV Frontline Management, BA, Grad Dip Public Health, PhD

Position:

• Associate Professor / HBS Faculty International Advisor / Director, Mental Health Nursing

Teaching:

• Mental Health
• Alcohol and other drug issues
• Community Health
• Research appreciation

Research Interests:

• Substance use
• Mental health
• Collaborative practices
• Nurses decisions in medication administration
• Horizontal violence
• Power and control

Affiliations:

• FRCNA
• MANZCMHN
• DANA Member
• Nurses and Midwives Board New South Wales Impaired Nurses Panel
• Nurses Tribunal NSW

Recent Publications:

Searchable RIS publications 2000 to date.

Curtis, J, Baker, J & Reid, A 2006, 'An exploration of therapeutic interventions which accompany the administration of p.r.n. ('as Required') psychotropic medication within acute mental health settings: a retrospective study', International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, accepted for publication 12 September 2006.

Curtis, J 2006, 'Working together: A joint initiative between academics and clinicians to prepare undergraduate nursing students to work in mental health setting', International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. Accepted for publication 15 Aug 2006.

Curtis, J, Bowen, I & Reid, A 2006, 'You have no credibility: nursing students' experiences of horizontal violence', Nurse Education in Practice, in press.

Curtis, J 2005, 'Substance related disorders and dual diagnosis', in R Elder, K Evans & D Nizette (eds), Psychiatric and mental health nursing, pp. 304-323.

Curtis, J, Karpik, S & Patterson, K 2004, 'Mental health nursing: creative partnerships', ANZCMHN International 30th Conference, Mental Health Nursing: A Changing Landscape, 20-24 September, Canberra.

Interests:

• Bonsai, reading, gardening

Email: jcurtis@uow.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 4221 5056
Office: B41.219