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Associate Professor Rebecca Jarden

Associate Professor

Staff Member Details
Email: r.jarden@ecu.edu.au

Dr. Rebecca Jarden (she/her) is an Associate Professor within the ECU School of Nursing and Midwifery and a registered critical care nurse. Rebecca’s PhD was a mixed methods study investigating intensive care nurse wellbeing, her post-doctoral research continues a workforce and healthcare quality and safety focus.

Current Teaching

  • RES5115 -  Research Preparation: Principles and Approaches

Background

  • 2026 Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia
  • 2020 Austin Health, Australia
  • 2018 The University of Melbourne, Australia
  • 2014 AUT University, NZ
  • 2004 Wellington Hospital, NZ
  • 2002 St.Marys Hospital, London UK
  • 2000 Auckland Hospital ICU, NZ

Professional Associations

  • Journal of Advanced Nursing Editorial Board
  • Australian Critical Care Editorial Board
  • Austin Health Human Research Ethics Committee
  • Australian College of Critical Care Nursing - member
  • Australian College of Critical Care Nursing Workforce Advisory Panel

Awards and Recognition

  • 2025 Research Excellence Award - Melbourne School of Health Sciences
  • 2020 Partnership / Engagement Award – Melbourne School of Health Sciences

Research Areas and Interests

  • Workforce
  • Work wellbeing
  • Clinical Supervision
  • Falls
  • Safewards
  • Reviews
  • Mixed methods

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, New Zealand, 2019.
  • Mater of Nursing, New Zealand, 2010.

Research Outputs

Journal Articles

  • Sandham, M., Roche, M., Carey, M., Seigert, R., Jarden, R. (2025). Decolonising outcome measurement: a systematic review of health and wellbeing measures for Māori. AlterNative: an international journal of indigenous peoples, 21(2), 350-363. https://doi.org/10.1177/11771801251334176.

Journal Articles

  • Sandham, M., Carey, M., Hedgecock, E., Jarden, R. (2022). Nurses' experiences of supporting patients requesting voluntary assisted dying: A qualitative meta-synthesis. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 78(10), 3101-3115. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15324.
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