Sharon has dual appointments, as a senior lecturer/research fellow at The University of Melbourne and as a nurse consultant in the Nursing Research Department at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. She coordinates the Master of Advanced Nursing Practice program and oversees the Graduate Certificate programs in paediatrics, paediatric intensive care and neonatal intensive care.
She worked for many years in paediatric critical care and has held clinical and educational appointments within the area. Her program of research focuses on improving the safety and quality of care of hospitalised children with a particular focus on improving the detection and response to paediatric clinical deterioration. She is the nursing lead on the Victorian Children’s Tool for Observation and Response (ViCTOR) projects in Victoria. Sharon is passionate about supporting clinical nurses to engage with evidence-based practice and to conduct clinically relevant research where the findings can be readily translated into practice.
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Multifaceted interventions for healthcare-associated infections and rational use of antibiotics in a low-to-middle-income country: Can they be sustained?
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch Nursing Development Scholarship
Murdoch Children’s Research Institute Training Research Scholarship
School of Nursing, The University of Melbourne Scholarship
Credentials
Positions
Associate Professor (Nursing)
Nursing
Member
Member of the Australian College of Nursing
Member
Australian College of Critical Care Nurses
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Melbourne
Nursing
Deakin University
Bachelor of Nursing
La Trobe University
Diploma in Nursing
Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology