Liz Halcomb was appointed as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery in 2007 and promoted to Associate Professor in 2011. Prior to this she was employed within the Nursing Research Units within the Sydney West and Sydney South West Area Health Services and as a Trauma Data Manager at Liverpool Hospital. Liz has worked in a range of medical and surgical clinical areas as well as the Intensive Care Unit of a major metropolitan hospital. Liz was awarded a PhD in 2006, and since that time her teaching and research interests have focused on general practice nursing, chronic disease management, cardiovascular disease, ageing, mixed methods research and evidence based practice. Liz was appointed Head of Program for the Graduate Diploma/Master of Nursing course in 2008. Phone: +61 42213329 Address: University of Wollongong
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General Practice Nursing is the first Australian textbook written specifically for practice nurse... more General Practice Nursing is the first Australian textbook written specifically for practice nurses, a milestone in the development of practice nursing as a specialty.
This textbook offers practice nurses information on a range of clinical and professional topics in a concise, easy to read format. General Practice Nursing offers evidence based, contextual information supported by case studies to assist nurses in applying theory to practice. Clinical topics such as immunisation, triage, mental health, wound management, pharmacology and chronic disease management will be coupled with more broad, general topics such as the role of the practice nurse, the Australian health system, the scope of general practice, building research capacity, evidence based practice, continuing professional development and nurse led care.
To encourage reflective practice, each chapter will include questions throughout the text, testimonials and reflection questions. General Practice Nursing uses a similar format to the highly successful textbook John Murtagh?s General Practice, with colourful, easy to read headings and photographs (taken from McGraw-Hill website)
To explore how reciprocity is achieved through a method of self-disclosure, namely story sharing.... more To explore how reciprocity is achieved through a method of self-disclosure, namely story sharing. Self-disclosure through story sharing promotes trusting relationships between researchers and participants that support the collection of high quality data, particularly when participants are members of a marginalised group and may feel especially vulnerable when sharing sensitive information. A qualitative study that examined the experiences of lesbian mothers. Strategies were carefully and deliberately implemented to engage in story sharing with the participants. Participants said that it made a positive difference to how safe and comfortable they felt once they knew at least some of the researcher's story. The collection of rich data is improved by using story sharing as a means of establishing reciprocity in qualitative research. Story sharing has the potential to improve the quality of the data collected in qualitative studies. However, strategies that promote the emotional safety of the researcher in this context will need further exploration.
Foster carers have a significant responsibility in caring for vulnerable children. In order to su... more Foster carers have a significant responsibility in caring for vulnerable children. In order to support and facilitate foster carers it is important to understand how they perceive and fulfil this responsibility. A qualitative story-telling study, informed by feminist perspectives, was used to conduct in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 20 women providing long-term foster care in Australia. Thematic analysis revealed these women characterised themselves as mothers, rather than paid carers, to the long-term foster children in their care. Using this maternal self-perception as the starting point, this paper reveals some of the challenges and difficulties participants encountered when mothering within the confines of the child protection system. Implications for nursing practice are discussed. These implications focus on ways that nurses can effectively support foster carers, thus optimising the health and well-being of the vulnerable children in their care.
Significant discussion and debate in contem-porary health care systems focuses on work-force issu... more Significant discussion and debate in contem-porary health care systems focuses on work-force issues, particularly addressing the shortage of personnel and the access scope, setting and models of practice of health care workers. Although the popular media portray the acute hospital ...
General Practice Nursing is the first Australian textbook written specifically for practice nurse... more General Practice Nursing is the first Australian textbook written specifically for practice nurses, a milestone in the development of practice nursing as a specialty.
This textbook offers practice nurses information on a range of clinical and professional topics in a concise, easy to read format. General Practice Nursing offers evidence based, contextual information supported by case studies to assist nurses in applying theory to practice. Clinical topics such as immunisation, triage, mental health, wound management, pharmacology and chronic disease management will be coupled with more broad, general topics such as the role of the practice nurse, the Australian health system, the scope of general practice, building research capacity, evidence based practice, continuing professional development and nurse led care.
To encourage reflective practice, each chapter will include questions throughout the text, testimonials and reflection questions. General Practice Nursing uses a similar format to the highly successful textbook John Murtagh?s General Practice, with colourful, easy to read headings and photographs (taken from McGraw-Hill website)
To explore how reciprocity is achieved through a method of self-disclosure, namely story sharing.... more To explore how reciprocity is achieved through a method of self-disclosure, namely story sharing. Self-disclosure through story sharing promotes trusting relationships between researchers and participants that support the collection of high quality data, particularly when participants are members of a marginalised group and may feel especially vulnerable when sharing sensitive information. A qualitative study that examined the experiences of lesbian mothers. Strategies were carefully and deliberately implemented to engage in story sharing with the participants. Participants said that it made a positive difference to how safe and comfortable they felt once they knew at least some of the researcher's story. The collection of rich data is improved by using story sharing as a means of establishing reciprocity in qualitative research. Story sharing has the potential to improve the quality of the data collected in qualitative studies. However, strategies that promote the emotional safety of the researcher in this context will need further exploration.
Foster carers have a significant responsibility in caring for vulnerable children. In order to su... more Foster carers have a significant responsibility in caring for vulnerable children. In order to support and facilitate foster carers it is important to understand how they perceive and fulfil this responsibility. A qualitative story-telling study, informed by feminist perspectives, was used to conduct in-depth, semi-structured interviews with 20 women providing long-term foster care in Australia. Thematic analysis revealed these women characterised themselves as mothers, rather than paid carers, to the long-term foster children in their care. Using this maternal self-perception as the starting point, this paper reveals some of the challenges and difficulties participants encountered when mothering within the confines of the child protection system. Implications for nursing practice are discussed. These implications focus on ways that nurses can effectively support foster carers, thus optimising the health and well-being of the vulnerable children in their care.
Significant discussion and debate in contem-porary health care systems focuses on work-force issu... more Significant discussion and debate in contem-porary health care systems focuses on work-force issues, particularly addressing the shortage of personnel and the access scope, setting and models of practice of health care workers. Although the popular media portray the acute hospital ...
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This textbook offers practice nurses information on a range of clinical and professional topics in a concise, easy to read format. General Practice Nursing offers evidence based, contextual information supported by case studies to assist nurses in applying theory to practice. Clinical topics such as immunisation, triage, mental health, wound management, pharmacology and chronic disease management will be coupled with more broad, general topics such as the role of the practice nurse, the Australian health system, the scope of general practice, building research capacity, evidence based practice, continuing professional development and nurse led care.
To encourage reflective practice, each chapter will include questions throughout the text, testimonials and reflection questions. General Practice Nursing uses a similar format to the highly successful textbook John Murtagh?s General Practice, with colourful, easy to read headings and photographs (taken from McGraw-Hill website)
This textbook offers practice nurses information on a range of clinical and professional topics in a concise, easy to read format. General Practice Nursing offers evidence based, contextual information supported by case studies to assist nurses in applying theory to practice. Clinical topics such as immunisation, triage, mental health, wound management, pharmacology and chronic disease management will be coupled with more broad, general topics such as the role of the practice nurse, the Australian health system, the scope of general practice, building research capacity, evidence based practice, continuing professional development and nurse led care.
To encourage reflective practice, each chapter will include questions throughout the text, testimonials and reflection questions. General Practice Nursing uses a similar format to the highly successful textbook John Murtagh?s General Practice, with colourful, easy to read headings and photographs (taken from McGraw-Hill website)