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Dr Natasya Raja Azlan (Tash)

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Email: r.rajaazlan@ecu.edu.au
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1838-8559

Tash is a Lecturer, Unit Coordinator and Course Coordinator at the School of Nursing and Midwifery.

Current Teaching

Undergraduate and postgraduate units.

Background

Tash is a nurse, educator and researcher with extensive clinical experience in the Emergency Department, the Quality and Risk Department and as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Acute Pain Service. She has built a broad research portfolio covering clinical practice and healthcare education, with her work presented at national and international conferences and supported by competitive research grants.

Tash teaches in simulation-based education, leadership, governance and health equity, creating engaging, practical learning experiences that equip students for real-world challenges. Drawing on her hands-on clinical experience, she collaborates across disciplines to translate research into improvements in patient care and healthcare education, making evidence meaningful and actionable.

Professional Associations

College of Emergency Nurses Australasia (CENA)

Research Areas and Interests

  • Technology in Healthcare and Education (including AI and virtual reality)
  • Critical Care Nursing (Emergency Department)
  • Acute Pain Assessment and Management
  • Planetary Health
  • Nursing Education
  • Quality and Clinical Risk
  • Mixed Methods Research

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Notre Dame Australia, 2024.
  • Master of Nursing, University of Notre Dame Australia, 2016.
  • Graduate Diploma of Critical Care Nursing, University of Notre Dame Australia, 2015.
  • Graduate Certificate in Clinical Nursing, University of Notre Dame Australia, 2012.

Research Outputs

Journal Articles

  • Raja Azlan, T., Bulsara, C., Monterosso, L., Bulsara, M., Ross-Adjie, G. (2024). Clinician's perspectives on the feasibility of patient controlled analgesia in emergency departments: A qualitative descriptive study. International Emergency Nursing, 76(2024), article number 101505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ienj.2024.101505.

Research Projects

  • Understanding of palliative care decision-making process for chronically ill patients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, St John of God Health Care, St John of God - Grant, 2024 ‑ 2025, $5,401.
  • An effective-implementation pilot study to improve pain assessment for hospitalised older adults with cognitive impairment using a technology-driven pain assessment tool, WA Nurses Memorial Charitable Trust, Grant, 2024 ‑ 2025, $14,750.
  • The Development of an Interprofessional Education Intervention for the Recognition of Maternal Deterioration: A Participatory Action Research Study, WA Nurses Memorial Charitable Trust, Grant, 2024 ‑ 2025, $5,000.

Research Student Supervision

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Using Virtual and Mannequin-Based Simulation to Improve Nursing Students’ Clinical Reasoning in Identifying Patient Deterioration:A Mixed Method Feasibility Randomised Crossover Trial.
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