Health Sciences

Faculty of Health Sciences, Bendigo

School of Nursing & Midwifery

Helen Aikman Lecturer in Nursing, Course Coordinator Room 2.23 Health Building Ph: 5444 7586 Fx: 5444 7977 E:h.aikman@latrobe.edu.au

Teaching Responsibilities:
Nursing Research
Tertiary Nursing
Advanced Medication Management
Cardio-vascular nursing
Nursing therapeutics and Practice: acute and chronic illness A
Cardiac rehabilitation
Comprehensive Nursing (Acute Care)
Complex Care I
Critical care I

Research Interests:
Arthritis and the Weather
Cardiac Rehabilitation
Gender differences and symptoms of myocardial infarction (current PhD topic)

Publications:
Bunker S, McBurney H, & Aikman H (1998) "Cardiac rehabilitation: the extent, reasons and predictors of patient non-attendance", 13th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, "Health Management: Building partnerships for Success", Denver, Colorado USA, Oct 15-18. Abstract published in Journal of CardioPulmonary Rehabilitation.

Aikman H (1997) " The Association Between Arthritis and the Weather", International Journal of Biometeorology, Vol. 40, No. 4, pp 192-199.

Aikman H (1995) The Association Between Arthritis and the Weather,unpublished thesis.

Aikman H (1994) "The Possible Effects of the Weather on the Symptoms of Rheumatoid and Osteo Arthritis", Towards the Third Millennium, National Conference of Flinders Nurses Educatiorn and Research Fund Inc, 25-26 July,p.191-9, Adelaide.

Seminars:
"Gender differences in the symptoms of myocardial infarction."(2000) 10th Annual conference of the Australian Cardiac Rehabilitation Association,August 4-5th, Melbourne.

Aikman H and McBurney H (1996) "Practical Research in Cardiac Rehabilitation", 6th national Meeting of Australian Cardiac Rehabilitation Association, Brisbane.

Aikman H, McBurney H and Bunker S (1996) "Cardiac Rehabilitation: the Extent Reasons and Predictors of Patient Non-attendance", 6th National Meeting of Australian Cardiac Rehabilitation Association, Brisbane.

Aikman H, McBurney H and Bunker S (1996) "Cardiac Rehabilitation: the Extent Reasons and Predictors of Patient Non-attendance", 6th national Meeting of Australian Cardiac Rehabilitation Association, Brisbane, New Research Award.

Aikman H, McBurney H and Bunker S (1996) "Cardiac Rehabilitation: the Extent Reasons and Predictors of Patient Non-attendance", VI World Congress of Cardiac Rehabilitation, Buenos Aires.