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Sachini Thennakoon

Lecturer

Sachini is a lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at ECU.

Current Teaching

  • NUR1402 Older adult Health
  • NUR616 Contemporary Care of the Older Person 1
  • NUR617 Contemporary Care of the Older Person 2

Background

Sachini is a registered nurse with clinical and research experience spanning Australia, Sri Lanka and Japan. With a strong background in aged care, she is passionate about advancing workforce development for registered nurses and nurse practitioners working in the aged care sector. Sachini is also a doctoral candidate in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at ECU, where her research focuses on developing a structured career framework to strengthen career pathways and enhance gerontological nursing competencies for registered nurses and nurse practitioners.

Professional Associations

  • Australian Association of Gerontology
  • Centre for Research in Aged Care
  • Gerontological Alliance of Nurses Australia
  • Golden Key International Honours Society

Awards and Recognition

  • 2022-Deputy Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Leadership Scholarship for PhD| Edith Cowan University
  • 2017-JASSO scholarship for research, Japanese Government

Research Areas and Interests

  • Mixed-methods research
  • Delphi
  • Integrative literature reviews
  • Gerontological nursing
  • Aged care
  • Nurses’ professional development
  • Nursing workforce development

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