Health Sciences

Faculty of Health Sciences, Bendigo

School of Nursing & Midwifery

Leigh Kinsman Lecturer in Critical Care & Acute Nursing Postgraduate Course Coordinator

Location:
La Trobe Unviversity/Bendigo Health Nursing Clinical School,
Level 5, East Wing, Anne Caudle Campus,
Bendigo Health Care Group
Ph: 5454 7025
E: l.kinsman@latrobe.edu.au

Teaching Responsibilities:
Postgraduate Critical Care, Emergency and Acute Courses

Research Interests:
Cardiac rehabilitation
Cardiovascular disease
Evidence-Based Practice

Research Activities:
"Chart Audit of an AMI Clinical Pathway" - Minor thesis for Master of Health Science, completed June 2000.

"Are Best Practice Guidelines for Heart Attacks Used?" - collaborative project between LaTrobe University, Bendigo, and Bendigo Health Care Group 2001.

"An Evaluation of AMI Best Practice Guidelines Implementation in the Loddon Mallee Region" 2003.

Conference Presentations:
Invited Speaker: "Evidence Based Practice Needs Evidenced Based Implementation", Evidence Based Reflection Conference, Bendigo, February 2005.

"Using Evidence to Improve Clinical Practice : The Importance of Collaborative Planning and Implementation" Global Evidence for Local Decisions: 5th International Conference on the Scientific Basis of Health Services, Washington DC, September 2003.

Poster Presentation : "Can a Clinical Pathway Reduce the Evidence-Theory Gap for Phase One Cardiac Rehabilitation?" ACRA International Conference, Sydney, May 2002.

Invited Speaker : "Unblocking the Path to Thrombolysis" Bendigo Regional Critical Care Conference, Bendigo, November 2001.

"Clinical Pathways: Are They the Evidence to Practice Link for Phase One Cardiac Rehabilitation?" ACRA National Conference, Melbourne, August 2000.

"Bridging the Theory Practice Gap A Model" at Australian College of Critical Care Nurse State Conference 1999.

Publications:
Kinsman, L. James, E and Ham, J (2004) An inter-disciplinary, evidenced-based process of clinical pathway implementation increases pathway usage. Lippincott's Case Management. 9:(4) 184-196

Kinsman, L. (2004) Clinical pathway compliance and quality improvement. Nursing Standard. 18: (18) 33-35

Nugent, C. & Kinsman, L. (2003) Diabetes knowledge levels in medical and surgical nursing. Journal of Diabetes Nursing. 7:(10) 367-371

Kinsman, L. & James, E. (2001) Evidence-based Practice Needs Evidence-Based Implementation. Lippincott's Case Management. 6:(5) 208-219

Professional Affiliations:
Member of Australian College of Critical Care Nurses.
Member of the Australian Cardiac Rehabilitation Association
Accredited Heart Foundation CPR Instructor