Mrs Rebekkah Middleton

RN, Dip. App. Sc (Nursing), BN, Grad Cert Emergency Nursing, Grad Cert Clinical Management, MN (Research)

Position:

• Postgraduate Coordinator (Coursework)
• Lecturer

Teaching:

• NMIH106 Essentials of Care A
• NMIH201 Principles of Episodic Care
• NMIH202 Developing Nursing Practice 1
• NMIH204 Reflective Practice
• NMIH307 Leadership in Health Care Practice
• GHMB925 Effective Leadership in Health
• GHMB926 Coaching for Healthcare Leaders

Research Interests:

• Leadership development
• Practice development
• Emergency nursing issues

Community Engagement:

• Co-facilitator – Effective Leadership in Practice in conjunction with South Eastern Sydney Local Hospital Network and Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Hospital Network
• Expert reviewer HCCC
• IPDC member
• Lead facilitator action learning group with South Eastern Sydney Local Hospital Network and Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Hospital Network

Publications and Conference Presentations:

Searchable RIS publications from 2000 to date

• Brown, R. A., Brown, A. M. & Middleton, R. (2011). Utilising PD Principles in preparing the new RN for Professional Practice. Practice Development Conference: Transforming Culture, Transforming Care.
• Brown, R. A., Brown, A. M. & Middleton, R. (2010). Preparation for professional practice: enhancing practice. In R. A. Brown (Eds.), Enhancing Practice 10 (pp. 53-53). Belfast.
• Panel member (2009). ‘Not for CPR but for active treatment’, Wollongong Hospital Acute Care Conference.
• Masso, M. R., Bezzina, A. J., Siminski, P. M., Middleton, R. & Eagar, K. M. (2007). Why patients attend emergency departments for conditions potentially appropriate for primary care: Reasons given by patients and clinicians differ. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 19 (4), 333-340.
• Middleton, R. (2006). Suturing as an advanced skill for Registered Nurses in the emergency department. The Australian journal of rural health, 14 (6), 258-262.
• K. M. Eagar, L. P. Lago, M. R. Masso, J. P. Green, A. J. Bezzina, P. M. Siminski, D. Cromwell, J. K. Marthick & R. Middleton (2006). Primary Care: Where and Why. University of Wollongong: Centre for Health Service Development.
• Siminski, P. M., Cragg, S., Middleton, R., Masso, M. R., Lago, L. P., Green, J. P. & Eagar, K. M. (2005). Primary care patients' views on why they present to Emergency Departments - inappropriate attendances or inappropriate policy?. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 11 (2), 87-95.

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Email:      rebekkah_middleton@uow.edu.au
Phone:    +61 2 4221 3724
Office:     B41.218