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Dr Melanie Baker

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 3479
Email: melanie.baker@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO21.414  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3671-0253

Melanie is a Lecturer in Nursing and an Early Career Researcher within the school of Nursing and Midwifery.

Current Teaching

  • NUM1205 Legal and Ethical Requirements in Nursing and Midwifery Practice
  • NCS6101 Fundamentals of Nursing (Semester 1 only)

Background

Current position since 2010. Registered nurse since 1990. Commenced career in the UK working in surgical, ENT and major head and neck oncology within the hospital setting and then specialising in Community Health from 1998 to 2004. Migrated to Australia in 2004 working for Silver Chain initially and then as Clinical Skills Facilitator in the School of Nursing Midwifery and Post Graduate Medicine from 2006 -2010.

Professional Associations

  • APHRA
  • Australian Nursing Federation
  • Golden Key International Honours Society
  • Centre for Research in Aged Care

Research Areas and Interests

  • Application of evidence based practice in nursing
  • Clinical implementation of policy and procedure
  • Quality and safety in health care
  • Quality in end-of-life care
  • Community health care

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2020.
  • Bachelor of Science 2nd Class Honours in Community Health, England, 2002.

Research Outputs

Journal Articles

Journal Articles

  • Gray, M., Baker, M., De Leo, A. (2023). What do we know about midwives’ transition from clinical practice to higher education teaching roles? A scoping review. Nurse Education in Practice, 67(Feb 2023), article number 103531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2022.103531.
  • McCullough, K., Baker, M., Bloxsome, D., Crevacore, C., Davies, H., Doleman, G., Gray, M., McKay, N., Palamara, P., Richards, G., Saunders, R., Barnard, M., Coventry, L. (2023). Clinical deterioration as a nurse sensitive indicator in the out-of-hospital context: A scoping review. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2023(Article in press), 16 pages. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16925.

Journal Articles

  • Graf, A., Baker, M., Geraghty, S. (2017). Is faculty practice valuable? The experience of Western Australian nursing and midwifery academics undertaking faculty clinical practice- A discussion paper. Nurse Education in Practice, 26(2017), 91-95. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2017.07.005.

Journal Articles

  • Geale, S., Beament, T., Gibson, N., Graf, A., Baker, M., Smith, G. (2015). International Practicum: Not just another overseas jaunt - Supporting learning objectives and the development of graduate attributes. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice, 5(11), 96-102. https://doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v5n11p96.

Research Projects

  • Creating an evidence base for the timely introduction of the 'No One Dies Alone' programme in Residential Aged Care , Aged Care Research & Industry Innovation Australia, Grant Program, 2023 ‑ 2024, $60,212.
  • The Application of Evidence Based Practice in the Acute Care Hospital Setting in Perth, Western Australia: A Grounded Theory Study of the Perspective of Nurses, WA Nurses Memorial Charitable Trust, Grant, 2016 ‑ 2018, $9,560.
  • Development of Simulation Resources, Department of Health WA, Simulated Learning Environments Research Grants 2016, 2016, $86,039.

Research Student Supervision

Associate Supervisor

  • Master of Nursing (Research), A mixed methods study exploring the experience of undergraduate nursing students undertaking clinical placement during the COVID-19 pandemic: A Western Australian perspective
  • Master of Nursing (Research), Consumer experiences short peripheral intravenous and midline catheters in acute healthcare: A mixed method systematic review and meta-analysis
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Developing Workstation-on-Wheels in Home Care: An Innovative Approach for Promoting High Quality Safe Care in Home Settings
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