Staff profile

Ms Melissah Burnett

Lecturer in Neonatal Nursing, Course Coordinator Masters Of Nursing (Neonatal Care)

Faculty of Health Sciences

School of Nursing and Midwifery
Department of Nursing

Room 304, George Singer Building, Melbourne (Bundoora)

 

Qualifications

2001 MNursSci - University of Western Sydney 1996 GradDipAdvNurs (Neonatal Intensive Care) – La Trobe University 1993 BAppSci(Nurs) – La Trobe University

Membership of professional Associations

Australian College of Neonatal Nurses, NPCHN Journal Management Board, PSANZ member

Area of study

Nursing

Brief Profile

Melissah Burnett has a clinical, management and education background in Neonatal Nursing both NICU and SCN. She is currently the Course Coordinator of the Masters of Nursing (Neonatal Care) and lecturer in neonatal nursing and midwifery with the School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University. Melissah also works as a clinical nurse in NICU at the Mercy Hospital for Women.

She holds the current position of President of the Austalian College of Neonatal Nursing and is a member of the Journal Management Board of the NPCHN Journal. 

Recent Publications

 

Publications in refereed journals   Jarvis, M. R. and Burnett, M. (2009) Developmentally supportive care for twins and higherorder multiples in the NICU: a review of existing evidence. Neonatal Paediatric and Child Health Nursing 12(3) 2-5   Publications in conference proceedings   Burnett, MK and McGregor, JA Offering flexible pathways to postgraduate neonatal nursing education in Victoria. Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (ed(s)), Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand, Sydney,Australia, March 2012. AO20.   Burnett, MK. Birth Defects in Victoria – what is the impact on neonatal nursing? Victorian Association of Neonatal Nurses 4th Annual Symposium, Melbourne, October 2011.   Burnett, MK Neonatal Special Care Education: trying to meet the needs of all Victorian Neonatal Nurses and Midwives. Victorian Association of Neonatal Nurses 3rd Annual Symposium, Melbourne, October 2010.   Burnett, M Investing time and effort to evaluate and develop guidelines on assessing and supporting Neonatal Intensive Care nursing students in the clinical setting? Australian College of Neonatal Nurses Annual Conference, Canberra, April 2010.   Burnett, M. Review of the fully online core subject in neonatal comprehensive health assessment. Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand (ed(s)), Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand, March 2010. AO84.

Burnett, MK Evaluation of the 1st Offering of the single subject Special Care of the Neonate. Victorian Association of Neonatal Nurses 2nd Annual Symposium, Melbourne, October 2009.

Burnett, MK Streamlining neonatal nursing education in Victoria. Australian College of Neonatal Nurses Annual Conference, Darwin, 2009.

Burnett, MK Developing an on-line Neonatal Comprehensive Health Assessment Unit in an Adult Core Model in Postgraduate Nursing Education. Australian College of Neonatal Nurses Annual Conference, Darwin, 2009.

Burnett, MK Neonatal Nursing Education – Investing in our Future Australian College of Neonatal Nurses Annual Conference, Melbourne, 2007.