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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, Quality and Risk, and as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Acute Pain Service. Her research spans clinical practice and healthcare education, with a focus on translating evidence into practice. Her work has been presented at national and international conferences and supported through competitive research funding.

Tash teaches in simulation-based education, leadership, governance, and health equity, with an emphasis on developing practical, high-impact learning experiences for health professionals. Grounded in her clinical background, she works collaboratively across disciplines to embed research findings into patient care and healthcare education. She holds an appointment as Adjunct Research Nurse at Sir Charles Gairdner Osborne Park Health Care Group.

Professional Associations

College of Emergency Nurses Australasia (CENA)

Research Areas and Interests

  • Technology (including Ai) in Healthcare
  • Critical Care Nursing (Emergency Department)
  • Acute Pain
  • Nursing Education
  • Quality and Clinical Risk
  • Mixed Methods Research
  • Planetary health and environmental sustainability

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., Massey, D., Andrew, L., Barnard, M., Ang, M., Crevacore, C., Costello, M., Alejandro, A., Liu, W., Zaman, N., Zimmerman, P. (2025). Time to hang up the gloves: A scoping review of evidence on non-sterile glove use during intravenous antimicrobial preparation and administration. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2025(Article in press), 17 pages. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.70197.

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

  • 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 ‑ 2026, $5,000.
  • 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 ‑ 2026, $14,750.
  • 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.

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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