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Associate Professor Deborah Kirk

Deborah Kirk, DNP, FNP-BC, NP-C, AOCN, FAANP is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Edith Cowan University, School of Nursing and Midwifery.

Background

Deborah has practiced for more than 25 years as a Nurse with her last 21 as a Nurse Practitioner in oncology, recently managing patients with breast cancer and lymphoma. As a practitioner, she developed and expanded a mobile application for community resources for clinical practice. As an educator, she has developed course work for nurse practitioners interested in oncology and has interest in expanding cancer/palliative nursing in sub-Saharan Africa.

Professional Associations

  • American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.
  • Australian College of Nurse Practitioners.
  • Australian College of Nursing.
  • Cancer Nurses Society of Australia.
  • Clinical Oncology Society of Australia.
  • International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care.
  • Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Oncology.
  • Oncology Nursing Society
  • Clinical Lead, Survivorship. Cancer and Palliative Care Network, WA Health Department.

Awards and Recognition

National and International Awards

  • 2017 Fulbright Specialist Program Grantee, US Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affair, Namibia, Africa
  • 2017 Fellow American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Philadelphia, PA
  • 2016 American Cancer Society, Lane Adams Quality of Life Award
  • 2014 Fulbright Specialist Program Grantee, Council for International Exchange of Scholars, Fulbright Specialist Program, Malawi, Africa
  • 2014 Oncology Nurse Excellence Award Finalist (1 of 4), Academy of Oncology Nurse and Patient Navigators, Orlando, FL
  • 2014 Excellence in Nursing 2014 - BMetro, The B Metro Excellence in Nursing Program, Birmingham, AL.

University and National Teaching Awards

  • 2015-2016 AACN's Excellence and Innovation in Teaching Award, American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Naples, FL.

Research Areas and Interests

  • Oncology
  • Survivorship
  • Supportive Care
  • Psycho oncology
  • Palliative Care
  • Mobile Applications for Practice
  • Chronic Disease.
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