Dr Gilly Smith
Senior Lecturer
| Telephone: | (61 8) 6304 3490 |
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| Mobile: | 0439091504 |
| Email: | v.smith@ecu.edu.au |
| Campus: | Joondalup |
| Room: | JO21.441 |
Current Teaching
- PhD and Master of Nursing (Research)
- Master of Clinical Nursing
- Master of Nursing by Coursework
- Undergraduate nursing critical care, law and ethics and communications.
- Coordination of postgraduate nursing courses
Background
Gilly has a background in clinical critical care nursing, primarily in cardio-thoracic and general intensive care units. She also has experience in health administration, complaints management and clinical governance.
Professional Memberships
- College of Nursing
- Australian Nurses Federation
- New South Wales Nurses Registration Board
- West Australian Nurses Registration Board
- Sigma Theta Tau
Research Areas and Interests
- End of life care in tertiary hospital facilities
- Advanced care directives
- Organ donation engagement
- Health ethics
- Health privacy
- Impediments to registration with Australian Organ Donation Register
- Implementation of Advanced Health Directives in the West Australian context
- Implementation of Patient Safety Teams in decreasing adverse events
Staff Qualifications
- Doctor of Business Administration, Southern Cross University, 2008 .
- Graduate Diploma in Psychology, Charles Sturt University, 2001 .
- Graduate Certificate in Nursing, UNKNOWN, 1997 .
- Bachelor of Nursing, University of Western Sydney, 1997 .
Research
Recent Research Grants
- Evaluating the Feasibility and Impact of Implementing Ward-based Patient Safety Teams to Improve Patient Outcomes, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, SCGH - Centre for Nursing Research - Grant, 2011, $20,000.
Recent Publications (within the last five years)
Books
- Smith, G., (2009), Managing end-of-life care in the Intensive Care Unit: End-of-life care in the ICU., 278, Germany.
Journal Articles
- Smith, G., (2010), A study of clinical behaviour in Intensive Care Unit. International Journal of Research in Nursing, 1(1), 21-24, United States of America.