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Ms Sadie Geraghty

Lecturer, Nursing

Telephone:  
Email: s.geraghty@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO21.420  

 

Current Teaching

  • Master of Midwifery (Research)
  • Master of Midwifery Practice
  • Master of Midwifery by Coursework

Background

  • Sadie has a background in clinical midwifery, primarily in drug and / or alcohol use in antenatal, intrapartum and postnatal care. She also has experience sociology and anthropology.

Professional Memberships

  • Registered Midwife with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia
  • Australian College of Midwives
  • Adjunct Teaching Fellow Curtin University
  • Member of Drug and Alcohol Nurses of Australia
  • Member of the Midwifery Workforce Planning Committee
  • Associate member of the Drug & Alcohol Council of Australia

Awards and Recognition

National and International Awards

  • 2010-2011: Nurse/Midwife of the Year in Western Australia
  • 2010: Finalist in the Western Australian Health Awards
  • 2010: Metropolitan Midwife of the Year in Western Australia
  • 2005: King Edward Memorial Hospital Preceptor Award
  • 2004: Edith Cowan University Clinical Preceptor Award
  • 2003: Curtin University Clinical Preceptor Award
  • 2000: General Award from the Iolanthe Midwifery Trust

Research Areas and Interests

  • Substance use in pregnancy
  • Drug and/or alcohol use in childbirth
  • Midwifery education
  • Stress and coping behaviours of labour and birth suite midwives

Staff Qualifications

  • M (Master Degree), The University of Western Australia, 2009 .
  • Dip (Diploma), Other WA higher ed institution, 2008 .
  • GradCert (Graduate Certificate), Curtin University of Technology, 2007 .
  • GradCert (Graduate Certificate), Edith Cowan University, 2006 .
  • M (Master Degree), Curtin University of Technology, 2005 .
  • B (Bachelor Degree), England, 2001 .
  • B (Bachelor Degree), England, 1998 .

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Journal Articles

  • Geraghty, S., Dixon, C., (2012), The use of naltrexone in pregnancy in opiat-dependent mothers. British Journal of Midwifery, 20(7), 503-506, United Kingdom.
  • Geraghty, S., McLaurin, R., (2012), Placenta praevia, placental abruption and amphetamine use in pregnancy: A case study. Women and Birth, 25(4), 174-179, Australia, DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2012.11.002.
  • Harding, D., Yap, S., Vine, L., Geraghty, S., Nazareth, S., Hamilton, D., Cheng, W., (2011), Hepatitis C in Pregnancy in Western Australia: a cross-sectional study. Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 26(4), 104-105, Sydney, Australia.
  • Geraghty, S., Bell, L., McLaurin, R., Bayes, S., (2010), The Wonderful WANDAS of WA. Australian Midwifery News, 10(3), 17-19, Australia.
  • Geraghty, S., Bayes, S., (2009), An Australian Perspective: The Art of Being With Students. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 40(1), 33-37, United States of America.

Conference Publications

  • O'Conner, A., Geraghty, S., (2011), Are women who misuse drugs and alcohol in pregnancy deficient in Vitamin D?. Are women who misuse drugs and alcohol in pregnancy deficient in Vitamin D?, 1-2.
  • Geraghty, S., Henderson, C., (2009), Women and Newborn Drug and Alcohol Service King Edward Memorial Hospital, Perth, WA. Women and Newborn Drug and Alcohol Service, 1.

Creative Works

  • Geraghty, S., (2012), Outback Angel., 126, Australia.
  • Harding, D., Geraghty, S., Nazareth, S., Hamilton, D., Cheng, W., (2011), Hep C in Pregnancy in Western Australia - poster. Gastroenterology Society of Australia Conference, Brisbane Conference & Exhibition Centre.