Staff profile

Professor Gerald Farrell

Professor of Nursing

Faculty of Health Sciences

School of Nursing and Midwifery
Department of Nursing

Room 301, George Singer Building, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

RN, DN (Uni. of Lond.), Cert Ed (Garnett Coll., Lond.), MSc (Uni. of Surrey), PhD (UTAS)

Membership of professional Associations

Fellow ACMHN Inc. Member RCNA

Area of study

Nursing

Brief Profile

My research focuses on staff relationships at work and staff-client interactions around ‘challenging behaviours’, including occupational violence in general and mental health settings. I am also interested in research and teaching around clinical communication skills, and policy and practice in respect to mental health nursing.

 

Research interests

Mental Health Nursing

- Staff/patient interactions around challenging behaviours;Staff relationships;

Teaching Units

Leadership and Management, and Introduction to Research

Consulting

Aggression in the clinical setting, staff relationships, communication skills, program evaluation

Recent Publications

Journal article:  

Shafiei, T., Gaynor, N. & Farrell, G. (2011).The characteristics, management and outcomes of people identified with mental health issues in an emergency department, Australia. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental health Nursing, 18, 9-16.

Nicholls, D., Gaynor, N., Shafiei, Bosnac, P. & Farrell, G. (2011) Mental health nursing in emergency departments: the case for a nurse practitioner role. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 20,530-536.

Farrell, G. & Salmon, P. (2010) Challenging Behaviour: An action plan for education and training . Contemporary Nurse. 34(1), 110-119.

Farrell, G., Shafiei, T. & Salmon, P. (2010) Facing up to ‘challenging behaviour’: a model for training in staff-client interaction. Journal of Advanced Nursing.66,70, 1644-1655.

Provost, Stephen C. , Hannan, Greg , Martin, Frances H. , Farrell, G. , Lipp, Ottmar V. , Terry,Deborah J. , Chalmers, Denise , Bath, Debra and Wilson, Peter H.(2010) 'Where should the balance be between “scientist” and “practitioner” in Australian undergraduate psychology?', Australian Psychologist, 45, 4, 243 — 248.

McCann, T., Moxham, L., Farrell, G., Usher, K., & Crooks, P. (2010) Mental health content of Australian pre-registration nursing curricula: Summary report and critical commentary. Nurse Education Today. 30, 393-397.

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, 139-146.

McCann, T. Moxham, L. Usher, K. Crookes, P & Farrell, G. (2009) Mental health content of comprehensive pre-registration nursing curricula in Australia. Journal of Research in Nursing. 14(6) 519-530.

Farrell, G., Cubit, K., Bobrowski, C & Salmon, P. (2007) Using the www to teach undergraduate nurses clinical communication. Nurse Education Today. 27, 427-435.

Cubit, K., Farrell, G., Myhill, M. & Robinson, A. (2007) A survey of the frequency and impact of behaviours of concern in dementia on residential aged care staff. Australasian Journal of Ageing. 26,2: 64-70.

Cubit, K. & Farrell, G. (2006) Opinion Piece, Aggression in nursing: A time to look closely at aged care. Advances in Contemporary Nursing and Interpersonal Violence, Contemporary Nurse, May. 21, 2, 264-266.  

Farrell, G., Bobrowski, C. & Bobrowski, P. (2006) Scoping workplace aggression in nursing: findings from an Australian study. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 55,6: 778-787.  

Farrell, G. & Cubit, K. (2005) Nurses under threat: A Comparison of content of 28 Aggression Management Programs. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 14, 44-53.    

Older Publications

Books

Farrell, G. & Gray, C. (1992) Aggression: A Nurses' Guide to Therapeutic Management. London, Scutari Press/Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.     Refereed Shorter Monographs  

Farrell, G. (1997) Getting Up to Speed with Evidence-Based Practice. Sydney, Australian and New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses Inc.   Hazelton, M. & Farrell, G.A. (1998) Evaluating the Outcomes of Mental Health Care: An Introduction. Sydney, Australian and New Zealand College of Mental Health Nurses Inc.  

  

 

 

Research projects

 Current research:

  • Relationships at work (RAW): Occupational Violence in Nursing and Midwifery in Victoria, Australia 
  • Patient safety and medication errors in the community mental health setting