Dr Les Fitzgerald
Senior Lecturer
Health Sciences Bendigo, Rm 2.22
Ph: +61 3 544 7856
Fx: +61 3 544 7977
Email: l.fitzgerald@latrobe.edu.au
Qualifications:
Current Responsibilities:
Master Degree Course Coordinator
Past Responsibilities:
2006- current Postgraduate Courses Coordinator, Division of Nursing & Midwifery.
2005 – 2006 Deputy Head, School of Nursing & Midwifery (Bundoora Campus), La Trobe University (6 months).
2004 – 2005 Deputy Head, Department of Nursing, Bendigo, La Trobe University.
1998 – 2004 Head of the Discipline of Nursing/Department of Nursing, Bendigo, La Trobe University
Teaching areas:
- Acute medical and surgical nursing
- Art & Science of Nursing & Midwifery
- Caring in Nursing
- Love in Nursing - Evidenced Based Practice
- Law & ethics
- Qualitative research
- Teaching & Learning
International Teaching:
Recent:
- Establishing evidence for clinical practice, Singapore, February 2008 & 2009.
- Establishing evidence for clinical practice, Thimpu, Bhutan 26 November – 2 December 2007.
Research
Hospital discharge & clinical practice, human caring in nursing & midwifery and teaching & learning in clinical practice.
- 2007 - current Alzheimer's Australia Grant $20,000: Improving hospital discharge preparation and support for families of patients with dementia. Bauer, M., Fitzgerald, L. Koch, S. ($20,000). Alzheimer's Australia Research.
- 2007 - current A Book: Men in nursing in Australia post WWII to 2000
- 2004 - current La Trobe Industry Collaborative Grant - The Comparative Effect of Temazepam and Sleep Hygiene After Discharge from Acute Hospital. n=300 a Randomised Control Trial, La Trobe University and Mount Alvernia Mercy Hospital
- 2004 La Trobe University Grant: The Comparative Effects of Temazepam and Sleep Hygiene After Discharge from Acute Hospital - a pilot study. (Randomised Control Trial), LaTrobe University and Mount Alvernia Mercy Hospital
- 1998 - 2005 'The metaphysics of love as moral responsibility in nursing and midwifery’, Philosophical dissertation.
Research Supervision (current only)
2008 – current. The influence of nurse managers on clinicians job satisfaction & retention. Master degree.
2008 – current. The impact of a child’s death on the paediatric nurse. Master degree.
2008 – current. How do ICU nurses acquire their skill base in caring for the family of a dying patient’s. Master degree.
2008 – current. International nurses experience of clinical practice. Master degree.
Clinical Project Supervision
Preceptorship program for nurses in Bhutan, 2008-2009.
Specialist breast nurses: evidence-based strategies to support clinical practice and professional development. 2007-2008.
Orientation programme for hospital in the home. 2007-2008.
Professional Consultancies
'Assessment of collaborative hospital linkage between Mt Alexander Hospital and Kundiawa General Hospital', Kundiawa, Chimbu Proviance, New Guinea. 2002.
Publications
Bauer, M. ; Fitzgerald, L.; Koch, S. & King, S. (2009) Improving hospital discharge preparation and support for families of patients with dementia: Final report. Alzheimer's Australia.
Bauer, M. ; Fitzgerald, L.; Haesler, E.; & Manfrin, M. (2009) Hospital discharge planning for frail older people and their family. Are we delivering best practice? A review of the evidence. Journal of Clinical Nursing.
Lee, G & Fitzgerald, L (2008) ‘A clinical internship model for the Nurse Practitioner programme’. Nurse Education in Practice. 8(6), pp397-404.
Fitzgerald,L & Koch, B (2008) Getting the most out of the library. In Borbasi, S., Jackson,D., & Langford,R (Eds.) Navigating the maze of nursing research 2e. (pp29-46). Sydney: Mosby.
Koch,B., Fitzgerald,L., Evans,D., O'Donnell, M., & McAuliffe, L. (2008) Use it or lose it: putting research into action. In In Borbasi, S., Jackson,D., & Langford,R (Eds.) Navigating the maze of nursing research 2e. (pp29-46). Sydney: Mosby.
Fitzgerald, Les (2007) Love is at the heart of professional carers' practice. Nursing Review, Sep-2007, pp19.
Fitzgerald, Les (2007) Love makes for better treatment. Coffs Coast Advocate, 28-Aug-2007.
Fitzgerald, Les (2007) Love clue to caring nurses. Newcastle Hearld,27-Aug-2007.
Fitzgerald, Les (2007) Little TLC can go a long way. Northern Daily Leader, 25-Aug-2007.
Fitzgerald, Les (2007) Love helps for nurses. Townsville Bulletin, 25-Aug-2007.
Fitzgerald, Les (2007) Love makes for better treatment. Western Advocate, 25-Aug-2007.
Fitzgerald, Les (2007) Fed: Check Up Column - Love makes for better treatment. AAP Newswire, 24-Aug-2007.
Fitzgerald, Les (2007) Study finds nursing staff care with love. Bendigo Advertiser, 23-Aug-2007.
Fitzgerald, Les (2007) Love plays a part in nursing. Bendigo Advertiser, 20-Mar-2007.
Price, Michelle, Fitzgerald, Les & Kinsman, Leigh (2007) Quality improvement: the divergent views of managers and clinicians. Journal of Nursing Management 15, 43-50.
Fitzgerald, Les (2006) A report on Singapore nurses answers to the question of ‘what is love in nursing?’. Singapore Nursing Journal, 33 (4) Oct-Dec 47-54.
Reed, F and Fitzgerald, L (2005) The mixed attitudes of nurses’s to caring for people with mental illness in a rural general hospital. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 14, 249-257
Fitzgerald, Les and van Hooft, Stan. (2000) `A Socratic Dialogue on the question: What is love in nursing?' Nursing Ethics 7 (6) pp481-491.
Fitzgerald, L. (1998) 'Is it possible for the caring practices of registered nurses to be an expression of human agape in the 21st century?' International Journal for Human Caring. Vol. 2 No. 3 pp 32-39.
Fitzgerald, L. (1995) 'Culturing a 'Male Nurse' Role', in Gray. G and Pratt. R. Issues in Australian Nursing. 4th Ed. Melbourne: Churchill Livingstone: pp 191-205.
Fitzgerald, L. R. (1993) 'The Experience of Men in Clinical Nursing Practice' Unpublished thesis for the Degree of Master of Nursing Studies, Melbourne: LaTrobe University.
Radio Interviews
Love and Nursing. ABC Radio: Life Matters, 23-Aug-2007 (Duration: 12mins 10 secs)
Conference Presentation
Bauer, M, Fitzgerald, L., Koch, S. & King, S. (June 2009) Family carers’ perceptions of hospital discharge preparation for an older person with a dementia. 9th International Family Nursing Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland. June 2009.
Fitzgerald, L., Bauer, M., Koch, S., & King,S. 'Hospital discharge planning for older people with Alzheimer's disease or demential and their family carer'. 13th Alzheimer's Australia National Conference. 2-5 June 2009., Adelaide, Australia.
Koch, S., Bauer, M, Fitzgerald, L., & King, S. 'Improving hospital discharge preparation and support for families of patients with dementia'. 24th Conference of Alzheimer's Disease International., March 2009. Singapore.
‘Neo-Socratic dialogue and Social constructionism: a framework for the collection of cancer nurses tacit knowledge of love’. The Third Pan-Pacific Nursing Conference & Fifth Hong Kong Nursing Symposuim on Caner Care. 11-12 November 2005, Hong Kong.
'Revealing the realities of clinical practice through Socratic dialogue' International conference on traditions, evidence and innovations in nursing, 21 - 23 March. 2002. Phuket, Thailand.
'University and industry - a collaborative approach in developing better nursing practice (mental health initiative)' International conference on traditions, evidence and innovations in nursing, 21 - 23 March. 2002 Phuket, Thailand.
'Maternity as an authentic figure of responsibility: The moral sate of self and other', 23rd International Association for Human, Caring Conference: Creating communities of caring: Global initiatives, 5 - 7 June, 2001, Stirling Scotland.
'Flexible Learning - 400 Students and Academic Staff go online', La Trobe University Online Day 2001, March.
'What is love in nursing', International Association for Human Caring Conference July 2nd, 3rd, and 4th 2000, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Seminars
Bauer, M., Fitzgerald L., & Koch, S. Hospital discharge planning for older people with dementia and their family carer- Austin Health, September 2009.
Fitzgerald, L., Bauer, M., & Koch, S. Hospital discharge planning for older people with dementia and their family carer- Echuca Regional Health, August 2009.
Fitzgerald, L., Bauer, M., & Koch, S. Hospital discharge planning for older people with dementia and their family carer- Castlemaine Health, July 2009.
Workshops
Recent
- ‘Using Problem Based Learning in Bhutan undergraduate Curriculum’ Thimpu, Bhutan, November 23, 2007.
- 'A Socratic Dialogue on what is love in nursing?' Singapore, April 8, 2004.
- 'A Socratic Dialogue on what is love in nursing?' Thimpu, Bhutan November 13 2003. A Socratic Dialogue on what is love in nursing?' Singapore, April 8, 2004.