Staff profile

Dr Amanda Kenny RN Midwife PhD

Associate Professor

Faculty of Health Sciences

La Trobe Rural Health School
Department of Rural Nursing and Midwifery

Bendigo

 

Qualifications

RN Midwife BN Grad Cert Higher Ed Post Grad Dip Mid MN PhD

Membership of professional associations

RCNA

Area of study

Nursing

Brief profile

Dr Mandy Kenny holds a PhD in rural health policy. She is an Associate Professor in Rural and Regional Nursing. In her previous role as Head of School, she led the establishment of the La Trobe Rural Health School, and played a major role in the successful bid for 62.7 million dollars of funding through the Commonwealth Education Investment Fund and the Diversity and Structural Adjustment Fund.  Mandy is widely published internationally and is frequently invited as a key speaker at national and international conferences. As an active researcher, her current research focuses on models of rural health service delivery and workforce development.  She has a strong interest in consumer participation in health care and health service design.  Mandy has conducted extensive research and consultancies for Government, with an emphasis on service design, funding models and workforce development.  She has sat on major Government committees. Her community involvement is broad and she is currently a Director of Bendigo Community Health and the Bendigo Primary Care Centre.  Her role in learning and teaching has been significant, particularly through her involvement on University wide major committees and projects. She has been the recipient of a La Trobe University Excellence in Teaching Award.

Research interests

Community Nursing

- Please contact me to discuss a topic.

Consumer participation

- Please contact me to discuss a topic.

Health Services and policy reform

- Please contact me to discuss a topic.

Rural and Regional Health

- Community Participation, Innovative and Locally-Responsive Service Models, Rural Health Workforce

Recent publications

Chapters in books

McCabe, P., &  Kenny, A.,  (2003) Complementary Therapies. In Palliative Care Nursing A Guide to Practice, ed. O’Connor, M & Aranda, S.  Melbourne, Ausmed

Papers in refereed journals

Kenny,A., Hyett,N., Sawtell,J., Dickson-Swift,V., Farmer,J., O’Meara,P. (2013) Community participation in rural health: a scoping review. BMC Health Services Research 13,64.

Kirkman, L., Kenny,A., Fox, C. (2013) Evidence of absence: Midlife and older adult sexual health policy in Australia, Sexuality Research and Social Policy 1-14.

Bish, M., Kenny, A., Nay, R. (2013) Using participatory action research to foster nurse leadership in Australian rural hospitals: identification of underlying issues. Nursing and Health Sciences

Guzys, D., Kenny, A., & Bish, M. (2013) Sustaining secondary school nursing practice in Australia: A qualitative study. Nursing and Health Sciences

Kenny,A., Allenby, A. (2012) Barriers to nurses providing psychosocial care in the Australian rural context. Nursing and Health Sciences. 

Bish, M., Kenny,A., Nay,R. (2012) Perceptions of structural empowerment: nurse leaders in rural health services. Journal of Nursing Management.

Bish, M., Kenny,A., & Nay,R. (2012) A scoping review identifying contemporary issues in rural nursing leadership.  Journal of Nursing Scholarship. doi: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2012.01471.x. [Epub ahead of print]

Kenny, A. & Allenby A. (2012) Implementing clinical supervision for Australian rural nurses.  Nurse Education in Practice.

Phillips,C., Esterman, A., Kenny, A., & Smith,C. (2012) Predictors of successful transition to registered nurse. Journal of Advanced Nursing

Kenny, A., Nankervis,K., Kidd., T & Connell, S (2012) Models of nursing student employment: An Australian action research study. Nurse Education Today doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2011.08.005

Phillips, C., Kenny, A., Smith, C., & Esterman, A. (2012) Pre-registration paid employment choice: the views of newly qualified nurses. Nurse Education Today.

Kidd, T., Kenny, A., Meehan-Andrews, T. (2012) The experience of general nurses in rural Australian emergency departments. Nurse Education in Practice. 12 (1) 11-15.

Kenny, A., Kidd,T., Nankervis, K., Connell, S (2011) Mature age students access, entry and success in nurse education: An action research study. Contemporary Nurse, 38(1-2):106-18.

Knight K., Endacott, R., Kenny A.  (2010) Ambiguous and arbitrary: the role of telephone interactions in rural health service delivery. Australian Journal of Primary Health 16,2 126-131

Kenny A., McConnachie, S., Petrie, E., & Farrell G. (2009) Preparing nurses with enhanced mental health knowledge and skill: A major in mental health Collegian 16, 3, 139-146

Boelen M., Kenny A. (2009) Enrolled nurse conversion course – the supporting role of a compulsory bridging program Nurse Education Today 29, 5, 533-537.   Nankervis K., Kenny A., & Bish M. (2008) Enhancing scope of practice for the second level nurse. A change process to meet growing demand for health services Contemporary Nurse 29, 2, 159-173.

Kenny A., Endacott R., Botti M., Watts R. (2007) Emotional toil : providing psychosocial care to patients with cancer in the rural setting Journal of Advanced Nursing 30, 5, 1073-1079. 

Kidd S., Kenny A. & Endacott R. (2007) Consumer advocate and clinician perceptions of consumer participation in two rural mental health services International Journal of Mental Health Nursing., 16, 214-222.

Botti M., Endacott R., Watts R., Cairns J., Lewis K. & Kenny A (2006) Barriers in providing psychosocial support for patients with cancer, Cancer Nursing., 29 (4) 309-316.

Kenny A., Kidd S., Jarvis,M., Tuena, J. & Robertson, A (2006) Falling through the cracks: Supporting young people with dual diagnosis in rural and regional Victoria, Australian Journal of Primary Health 12,3 12-19. 

Kenny A. (2005) Interaction in cyberspace : An online focus group, Journal of Advanced Nursing., 49, 4, 414-422.

Kenny A., and Duckett S. (2005) An online study of Australian enrolled nurse conversion, Journal of Advanced Nursing., 49, 4, 423-431.

Kenny A., Carter L., Martin S., and Williams S. (2004) Why four years when three will do? Enhanced knowledge for rural practice, Nursing Inquiry., 11, 108-116.

Kenny A. (2004) Medical dominance and power : A rural perspective, Health Sociology Review., 13, 2, 158-165.

Kenny A., Duckett S. (2004), A question of place: medical power in rural Australia. Social Science and Medicine, 58,6 1059-1073.

Kenny A., Duckett S. (2003) Educating for rural nursing practice. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 44, 6 613-622.

Kenny A. (2002) Online learning: enhancing nurse education, Journal of Advanced Nursing., 38, 2 127-135.

Kenny A., Kendall S. (2001) Serving two masters: quality teaching and learning versus economic rationalism, Nurse Education Today., 21, 648-655.

Kenny A. (2000) Untangling the Web ... barriers and benefits for nurse education ... an Australian perspective, Nurse Education Today., 20, 5, 381-388.

Duckett S., Kenny A.(2000) Hospital outpatient and emergency services in rural Victoria, Australian Health Review., 23, 4, 115-125.