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Senior Lecturer

Telephone:	(61 8)  6304 3482
Facsimile:	(61 8)  6304 2323
Email:	c.vafeas@ecu.edu.au
Campus:	Joondalup
Room:	JO21.417

 

Current Teaching

• NNI1102 Health and Health Challenges in Older Adults
• NSP2208 Beginning Nursing Competencies
• Post Graduate Certificate in Dementia Studies
• Post Graduate Diploma in Dementia Studies
• Post Graduate Certificate in Gerontology
• Post Graduate Diploma in Gerontology
• Supervisor for Masters by Course Work
• Course Coordinator for the Post Graduate Diploma in Dementia Studies

Background

• 2011-present: Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, ECU
• 2007-2011: Lecturer, School of Nursing Midwifery & Post Graduate Medicine, ECU
• 2006: Staff Development Educator, Royal Perth Hospital
• 2003-2006: Silver Chain
• 2001-2003: Senior Lecturer University of Brighton, UK
• 1988-2001: District Nursing Sister, Eastbourne & County Community Trust, UK

Professional Memberships

• Royal College of Nursing Australia

• Nurse Migration
• Precetorship and Mentorship
• Mentoring Undergraduate Student Nurses

Staff Qualifications

• Certificate, Other WA higher ed institution, 2006 .
• Certificate, Other WA higher ed institution, 2003 .
• Master of Arts, England, 2002 .
• Bachelor of Science, England, 1996 .

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Conference Publications

• Vafeas, C., Lauva, M., Beament, T., (2011), Cultivating care: Nurturing nurses for a new tomorrow. Developing student skills for the next decade. Proceedings of the 20th Annual Teaching Learning Forum, 1-4, Perth WA .
• Vafeas, C., (2009), The experiences of UK registered nurses in Perth, Western Australia. The experiences of UK registered nurses in Perth, Western Australia, 26, Perth Western Australia.
• Vafeas, C., (2009), The lived experience of United Kingdom Migrant Nurses in Western Australia. The lived experience of United Kingdon Migrant Nurses in Western Australia, 7, Perth, Western Australia.