Dr Joan Deegan
Room 313, George Singer Building, Bundoora Campus
Ph: +61 3 9479 5805
Fx: +61 3 9479 5988
Email: j.deegan@latrobe.edu.au
Qualifications
PhD, M.Ed., Melb. Post Graduate Diploma Ed. Studies. Melb. B.Ed., R.N Vic. & WA, RGN UK & Rep. of Ireland
Background
Fifteen years experience in nurse education at the tertiary level and over twenty years experience as a registered nurse in a diverse range of clinical settings.
Nursing:
A diverse nursing career in a variety of acute care, rehabilitation and extended care settings in Victoria, Western Australia and the Republic of Ireland
Academic:
My teaching experience is broad in scope and combines teaching on campus and in the clinical environment predominantly in acute care settings.
Areas of Teaching
- Acute Care
- Research
Research
Areas of Interest
- Cultural and linguistic diversity in the health care workforce
- Skill mix in the health care workforce
- Quality in clinical education
Past Research
- Co-Investigator: Funded research (2008) Review of the current cultural and linguistic diversity and cultural competence reporting requirements, minimum standards and benchmarks for Victorian health services, arising from the 2006 Cultural Diversity Plan Victoria.
- Principal Investigator: PhD: Experiences of culturally & linguistically diverse nurses in competency based programs in Victoria
Supervision of Higher Degree Students
PhD
- Pain management strategies used by elderly people with chronic pain in rural areas in Northern Thailand (2008/9)
- How elderly people maintain their identity during periods of hospitalisation in Victoria (200)
Honours
- Experiences reported by first year graduate nurses of support available in the clinical environment (2007)
Responsibilities within the Division
- Lecturer Acute Care
- Subject Development
- Clinical Liaison and Clinical Educator Support
- Mentoring
- Grant Writing
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
McCann, T. Lu, S. & Deegan, J. (2009). Bachelor of Nursing Students’ beliefs about prognosis and outcomes for people with schizophrenia: A longitudinal study. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing)
Deegan, J. (2008). Discipline-specific learning initiative: How increasing diversity affects the teaching experience in the Bachelor of Nursing at Victoria University. Nursing Review: May.
Conferences
Deegan, J. (2009). A view of the cost of failure to identify and utilize professional expertise in nursing practice. Oral presentation, Royal College of Nursing Conference (Refereed): "A Sound Investment for Healthier Futures" Melbourne September 2-4.
Deegan, J. (2009). A Model to facilitate the contextualization of the professional knowledge and skills of non-English Speaking nurses in Australia through reflective dialogue and engagement amongst stakeholders in tertiary education and clinical practice. Conference Presentation (Refereed): Transforming & Leading Practice through Reflective Dialogue & Engagement University of Limerick Ireland June 25-26.
Deegan, J. & Simkin, K. (2008). Professional Adaptation in Nursing: Challenges reported by non-English speaking nurses in Melbourne Australia. Conference Presentation (Refereed): Transforming Health through Research, Education and Technology Trinity College Dublin. November 5-7
Professional Affiliations
Member: Royal College of Nursing Australia