Dr Janette Curtis

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

Position

• Associate Professor

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 2007, '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, vol. 16. no. 5, pp. 318-326.
• 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, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 285-293.
• Curtis, J, Bowen, I & Reid, A 2006, 'You have no credibility: nursing students' experiences of horizontal violence', Nurse Education in Practice, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 156-163.
• 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.

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