Health Sciences

Faculty of Health Sciences, Bendigo

Division of Nursing & Midwifery

Dr Amanda Kenny RN Midwife BN Grad Dip Mid Grad Cert Higher Ed MN PhD Director, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bendigo Senior Lecturer in Nursing Room 2.07, Health Building Ph: 5444 7545 Fx: 5444 7420 E: a.kenny@latrobe.edu.au

Teaching Responsibilities:
Health Assessment
Aged Care
Acute Care
Information Literacy
Health Care Management
Palliative care
Research Interests
Rural Health including service delivery, health policy and rural workforce
Women's Health
Nursing Education

Doctoral thesis:
Kenny,A (2003) Place, People and Politics: Victoria's Rural Hospitals

Current research grants:
Mona Menzies Postdoctoral Grant Nurses Board of Victoria with Dr Ann Allenby. An investigation of a rural psychosocial model of care.

Windermere Foundation Special Grant with Professor Ruth Endacott, Associate Professor Mari Botti, Dr Rosemary Watts. Psychosocial support of patients with cancer in rural areas.

Research supervision
Current students:
Ms Sonia Martin candidate Doctor of Philosophy The health needs of rural women and the relationship to current models of health service delivery.

Ms Melanie Bish candidate Doctor of Philosophy Professional transition from Division Two to Division One of the nursing register.

Ms Tracy Kidd candidate Master of Nursing Science Emergency nurses role as patient educators.

Ms Kaye Knight candidate Master of Nursing (Research) Rural nurses and telephone triage.

Ms Melanie Jarvis candidate Bachelor of Nursing Science (Honours) Paediatric Pain Assessment by rural nurses

Ms Jennifer Tuena candidate Bachelor of Nursing Science (Honours) Rural nurses role in the delivery of palliative care

Completed students:
Ms Sari Williams (H1 Bachelor of Nursing Science Honours) Endometriosis: From symptoms to diagnosis.

Ms Alana Byron (H1 Bachelor of Nursing Science Honours) Generalist rural nurses caring for patients with mental health related problems.

Ms Melanie Bish (Master of Nursing) Women’s self perception post breast reconstruction

Ms Susan Kidd (Master of Nursing Science) Health professional and consumer advocate perceptions of consumer participation in programs treating people diagnosed with eating disorders.

Mr Tim Lenten (Master Master of Nursing Science) Opportunity for transformation: Rurally based psychiatric/mental health nurses understanding of the concept of clinical supervision

Recent Publications:
Kenny A. (2005) Interaction in cyberspace : An online focus group, Journal of Advanced Nursing., 49, 4, 414-422

Kenny A., and Duckett S. (2005) An online study of enrolled nurse conversion, Journal of Advanced Nursing., 49, 4, 423-431

Kenny A., Carter L., Martin S., and Williams S. (2004) Why four years when three will do? Enhanced knowledge for rural practice, Nursing Inquiry., 11, 108-116

Kenny A. (2004) Medical dominance and power : A rural perspective, Health Sociology Review., 13, 2, 158-165

Kenny A., and Duckett S. (2004), A question of place: medical power in rural Australia. Social Science and Medicine, 58,6 1059-1073

Kenny A., and Duckett S. (2003) Educating for rural nursing practice. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 44, 6 613-622

Kenny A. (2002) Online learning: enhancing nurse education, Journal of Advanced Nursing., 38, 2 127-135

Kenny A., and Kendall S.,(2001) Serving two masters: quality teaching and learning versus economic rationalism, Nurse Education Today., 21, 648-655

Kenny A. (2000) Untangling the Web ... barriers and benefits for nurse education ... an Australian perspective, Nurse Education Today., 20, 5, 381-388

Duckett S., and Kenny A.(2000) Hospital outpatient and emergency services in rural Victoria, Australian Health Review., 23, 4, 115-125

Kenny A.(1998) Self directed learning ...an appropriate model for nursing education? AEJNE., 4, 1 Major Government Reports

Major Government Reports:
Duckett, S & Kenny, A (2000) Hospital Outpatient and Emergency Services in Rural Victoria, Department of Human Services Melbourne

Major Awards:
2004 Association of Commonwealth Universities (United Kingdom) Dr Anastasios Christodoula International Award.

2003 Public Health Association of Australia (Vic Branch) Travel Award.

2002 Excellence in Teaching Award (Undergraduate Teaching) La Trobe University