Ms Vicki Cope

Coordinator Nursing Pathway Program

Telephone: (61 8)  6304 3509  
Email: v.cope@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO21.440  

 

Current Teaching

Vicki is currently teaching units and coordinating units within the following courses:

  • Master of Clinical Nursing
  • Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner)
  • Enrolled Nurse Registration Program
  • Master of Nurse Education

Background

  • 2008-current: Nursing Pathways Coordinator
  • 2007-2008: Lecturer and Coordinator Postgraduate Midwifery
  • 2002-2007: Manager Practice Nurses Board of Western Australia

Professional Memberships

  • HERDSA
  • Royal College of Nursing Australia – Chapter Chair Western Australia 2005-2010

Awards and Recognition

Other

  • Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing Australia
  • Winner of the inaugural Servier Prize for a presentation at the Australian Nurses Cardiac and Hypertension Association (ANCHA) conference held in Melbourne in 1997

Research Areas and Interests

  • Professional issues in nursing
  • Community engagement
  • The Multigenerational workforce
  • Interprofessional leadership education
  • Safety leadership
  • Resilience in nurses
  • Managing multigenerational workforce issues

Staff Qualifications

  • Master of Arts, Charles Sturt University, 1998 .
  • Post Grad Dip of Nursing, Edith Cowan University, 1994 .
  • Graduate Diploma in Education, Other WA higher ed institution, 1981 .
  • Bachelor of Arts, The University of Western Australia, 1981 .

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Book Chapters

  • Hendricks, J., Cope, V., (2010), Nurse Practitioner Programs: the need for giving good advice. Nurse Practitioner Series, 30-34, Western Australia.
  • Hendricks, J., Cope, V., Harris, M., (2008), Pragmatic Truths-When Ritual Meets the reality of Community Engagement. Sustainability at Universities- Opportunities, Challenges and Trends, 31(1), 37-49, Berlin.

Journal Articles

  • Cohen, L., Chang, P., Hendricks, J., Cope, V., Harman, B., (2011), Enhancing psychology students' experiences: The development of an undergraduate leadership programme. Psychology Learning and Teaching, 10(2), 164-169, DOI: 10.2304/plat.2011.10.2.164.
  • Hendricks, J., Cope, V., Harris, M., (2010), A leadership program in an undergraduate nursing course in Western Australia: Building leaders in our midst. Nurse Education Today, 30(3), 252-257, UK, DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.12.007.