Ms Margaret Mcallister School of Nursing and Midwifery

2012          Outstanding Reviewer at the Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2012, for reviews in 2011 for “The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice”

2012        with colleagues, awarded high commendation for the paper “Teaching ideas for generating critical and constructive insights into well-functioning multidisciplinary mental health teams” at the   the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2012 (only 3 awarded).

2011          with colleagues, awarded Best Poster (Peer reviewed) at Learning and Teaching Week USC - Let’s go STAR!: A travel guide for educators to help them apply transformative learning theory to prepare students for the steep and challenging journey into nursing 

2010          Australian Learning and Teaching Council Citation for outstanding contributions to student learning for the creation and development of Solution focused nursing, an innovative and internationally recognized model for student learning that develops high level caring skills ($10,000)

2005        Teaching Citation, Griffith University, awarded for outstanding contribution to quality learning and teaching by developing an innovative and distinctive approach to student learning through Solution Focused Nursing ($2,000)

2000         Certificate of Commendation, Individual Teaching Award Category, Griffith Awards for Excellence in Teaching

1999          Certificate of Commendation with honourable mention, Individual Teaching Award Category, Griffith Awards for Excellence in Teaching

1987          The Prince Charles Hospital, Medal for excellence in psychiatric nursing

1984                Centaur Memorial Fund for Nurses, Medal for excellence in undergraduate nursing

Fellow of the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses

Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing

Member of the Sigma Theta Tau, International Nursing Organisation

Member, Australian and New Zealand Association of Health Profession Educators

Credentialed mental health nurse (to 2013)

Registered Nurse (AHPRA, 2012)

Nizette, D., McAllister,M. & Marks, P. (in press). Stories in mental health. Sydney. Elsevier.

McAllister, M. & Lowe, J. (2011).The resilient nurse: Empowering your practice. New York: Springer. *

Martin, G., Hasking, P., Swannell, S.,& McAllister, M. (2010). Seeking solutions to self-injury: A guide for parents and families. Centre for suicide prevention studies. Discipline of Psychiatry. The University of Queensland. ISBN 978-0-9808207-4-4. Available in softcover or downloadable in .pdf format at www.suicidepreventionstudies.com

Martin, G., Hasking, P., Swannell, S., McAllister, M. & Kay, T. (2010). Seeking solutions to self-injury: A guide for young people. Centre for suicide prevention studies. Discipline of Psychiatry. The University of Queensland. ISBN 978-0-9808207-2-0. Available in softcover or downloadable in .pdf format at www.suicidepreventionstudies.com

McAllister, M. (Ed) (2007). Solution Focused Nursing: Rethinking Practice.  London: Macmillan- Palgrave.

In last 10 years

McAllister, M. (1 Aug, 2012). The STAR framework: A transformative learning approach to curriculum development, learning and teaching. 23rd International Nursing Research Conference, Sigma Theta Tau International, 30 July-3 August, Brisbane, Australia.

McAllister, M., Wong, T. & Zoucha, R. (1 Aug, 2012).Towards justice, hope and recovery: How transformative approaches in nursing practice, teaching and research are contributing to a healthy, equitable society. Symposium. 23rd International Nursing Research Conference, Sigma Theta Tau International, 30 July-3 August, Brisbane, Australia.

McAllister, M. (2 Aug, 2012). Belonging and connecting: The importance of nursing history for today’s students. History comes alive for students. 23rd International Nursing Research Conference, Sigma Theta Tau International, 30 July-3 August, Brisbane, Australia.

McAllister, M. (2012, 18 June). STAR: An empowering educational framework to sensitise, equip and guide students of nursing towards committed action. NETNEP 2012 - the 4th International Nurse Education Conference, 17-20 June., Baltimore. USA.

McAllister, Happell, Bradshaw. (2010, 14 Sept). Persistence, courage, humour and kindness: Stories of grassroots leaders of Mental Health Nursing in Queensland, Australia. International perspectives in the history of nursing, London, 14-16 September.

McAllister, Madsen, Godden & Greenhill. (2010, 14 Sept). Moving forward by looking back: An Exploration of History Teaching in Nursing Curricula across Australia. International perspectives in the history of nursing, London, 14-16 September.

McAllister, McClenaghan, Estefan, Hasking & Lowe (2009, 1 Oct). Riding the turbulent tides of adolescence: A program for school based nurses to empower young people on self harm. Mind to Care: 35th  International Conference of the Australian College of Mental Health Nursing. 29 September -2 October, Sydney.

McAllister, M., Morrissey, Davidson, McAulife, McConnell, & Reddy (2009, 29 Sept). Developing leadership capacity for enhancing the professional education of multidisciplinary mental health practitioners. Mind to Care. 35th  International Conference of the Australian College of Mental Health Nursing. 29 September, Sydney.

McAllister, Madsen, Godden & Greenhill (2009, 15 April). History in motion? Tensions and possibilities of teaching the history of nursing in Australia. Government of the self in the clinic and the community. 3rd international In sickness and in health Conference, April 15-17, Victoria, Canada.

McAllister, Moyle, Billett and Zimmer-Gembeck. (2008, 8 Oct). Developing solution-focused clinical reasoning in nurses using the Think-Aloud Procedure. 8th International Practice Development Conference, the Netherlands, 8-10 October.

McAllister, Allan, Barnes, Doyle, Gray, John. (2008, 9 Oct). Nurses Strengthening Communities Down Under: Introducing nursing degree programs to the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. 8th International Practice Development Conference, the Netherlands, 8-10 October.

McAllister, M. (2008). From crisis management to turning point: An education intervention on self-harm and the emergency nurse’s role. 29th International congress of psychology. Berlin, 20-25 July.

McAllister, M., Moyle, W., Billett, S., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. (2007, 28 Dec). A little bit of understanding. A heap of benefit. Solution focused nursing and the care of young people who self-injure. Working together for mental health: World Psychiatry Association International Congress. Melbourne, 28–1 Dec.

Last 10 years

McAllister,Talaei-Khoei, Jones,Oprescu, AuDA Foundation, E-nexus: Creating and Examining an Internet-based Community of Practice for Nurses that inspires, informs, connects and disseminates innovations       2012-3   $23,000

Oprescu, McAllister, Jones, Katsikitis, USC Faculty Seed Research Grant, Hello Sunday Morning: A content analysis of an online community designed to reduce alcohol misuse and improve health and wellbeing              2012       $5,000

Jones, Katsikitis, Muscat , McAllister, Statham, Innes, Gibbs, White, Terton, Stieler-Hunt, Rolfe, USC Faculty seed funding, Engage Research lab: Computer Games, Young People and Wellbeing             2011-14                $150,000

McAllister, Schmidt, Statham, Downer, Lyons, Prass, Oprescu, USC and Sunshine Coast TAFE, Implementation, extension and evaluation of an inter-professional education module that prepares health students for collaborative mental health practices (MHIPE)            2011-12                 $11,000

Churchouse, Anderson, McAllister & Kardong-Edgren, Edith Cowan University, Prevention, Early Intervention, and Action: Developing a simulation learning module for clinical educators   2011-12                 $15,000

Katsikitis, McAllister, Faithful-Byrne, Priaulx, Wishlist Foundation, Professional Development in Nursing:  Current Awareness, Practice and Future Directions          2011-12                $22,000

Hoey, Happell, McAllister, Koehn, Steele, Leerentveld, Office of the Chief Nurse, Qld Health, Physical health of people diagnosed with mental illness    2011       $34,900

McAllister, Madsen, Holmes, Morrissey, Queensland Nursing Council, 2020 vision: The View from Queensland stakeholders on the changes affecting nursing              2009-12                $29,553

McAllister, Taikato, Munday, Waterhouse, Dunn, Ross, Wishlist Foundation, A study to determine the research priorities in the Sunshine Coast and Wide Bay District Mental Health               2009       $21,000

McAllister and Allan, Department of Health and Ageing, Mental health in undergraduate pre-registration nursing degrees                2009       $50,000

Morrissey, Davidson, Reddy, McAulife, McAllister & McConnell, Australian Learning and Teaching Council, Developing Cross-Disciplinary Leadership Capacity for Enhancing the Professional Education of Multidisciplinary Mental Health Care Workers               2008-10                $218,925

McAllister, Lowe, Hasking and Estefan, USC internal research, Empowering young people on self harm program: A pilot study     2008       $5,000

McAllister, Happell, Bradshaw, USC internal research,  Making History: Noteworthy people and achievements in Queensland mental health nursing          2008       $5,000

McAllister, Moyle, Billett & Zimmer-Gembeck, QNC & Griffith, Implementing a solution-focused model of care to improve nursing management of young people who self-injure  2007-8   $25,000

Kellett, Moyle, McAllister, Griffith University Industry Collaborative Grant, Family Biography Workshop: A Program for Supporting the Development of Participatory Approaches to Dementia Care in Long-Term Aged Care.    2007-8   $20,000

Moyle, Cheek McAllister, Venturato & Francis, ARC Linkage, Enhancing moral care and Quality of Life in people with dementia            2007-9   $496,233

Martin, McAllister, Hasking, Swannell, DoCs, Deliberate self-injury: Development of a Best-Practice CD Training Tool for Australian Professionals.              2006-9   $34,442

Moyle, McAllister, Shum, Maas, ARC linkage, A comparative study of an education intervention to promote family involvement in residential dementia care             2005-7   $87,444

In last 10 years

McAllister, M., Statham, D., Schmidt, T., Downer, T., Lyons, M., Prass, N., Oprescu, F. (under review). Mental Health Interprofessional Learning in health professional students: Bridging the Gaps. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice.

McAllister, M., Downer, T., Hanson, J., & Oprescu, F. (under review).Transformers: changing the face of nursing and midwifery in the media. Journal of Nurse Education in Practice.

Moyle, W., Murfield, J., Venturato, L., Griffiths, S., Grimbeek, P., McAllister, M., & Marshall, G. (In Press). Dementia and its influence on quality of life and what it means to be valued: Family members’ perceptions. Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research & Practice. (1/6/12)

Oprescu, F., Barr, N., McAllister, M. (under review). Professional advancement and the role of the new Paramedic: lessons in the light of the Queensland floods. Journal of Emergency Primary Care.

Brown, R., Guinea, S., Crookes, P., McAllister, M.,Levett-Jones, T., Kelly, M., Reid-Searl, K., Churchouse, C., Anderson, P., Chong, N., Smith, A.(2012). Clinical simulation in Australia and New Zealand: Through the lens of an advisory group.Collegian, 19, 177-186.

McAllister, M., Oprescu, F., Downer, T., Lyons, M., Pelly, F., Barr,N. (in Press). Evaluating STAR – a transformative learning framework: Interdisciplinary action research in health training. Educational Action Research.(accepted 20/5/12)

McAllister, M., Taikato, M., Munday, J., Waterhouse, B., & Dunn, P. (2012). Determining mental health research priorities in a Queensland region: An inclusive and iterative approach with mental health service clinicians, consumers and carers. Advances in Mental Health (Accepted 27/11/11)

McAllister, M. (2012). Challenges facing nursing education in Australia: two solutions. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice. 2(1), 20-27.

McAllister, M. (2012). STAR: A transformative learning framework for nursing education. Journal of Transformative Education.9, 42-58.

McAllister, M. (2011). Assessment following self-harm: nurses provide comparable risk assessment to psychiatrists but are less likely to admit for in-hospital treatment. Commentary on: Murphy E, Kapur N, Webb R, et al. Risk assessment following self-harm: comparison of mental health nurses and psychiatrists. J Adv Nurs 2011;67:127–39..Evidence Based Nursing, 14(3), 83-4.

Moyle, W., Venturato, L., McAllister, M. Griffiths,S. (2011). Factors influencing QOL for people with dementia: a qualitative perspective. Aging and Mental Health, 1-8 DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2011.583620

McAllister, Mosel Williams, Gamble, T., Malko-Nyhan, K., Jones, C. (2011). Steps towards empowerment: an examination of the needs of Australian nurse educators working in training colleges, health services and universities. Contemporary Nurse Journal Special Issue: Advances in Contemporary Nurse Education, 38(1-2), 6-17.

McAllister, M., Williams, L.,Hope, J., Hallett, C., Framp, A., Doyle, B. McLeod, M. (2011). In my day II: Reflecting on the transformative potential of incorporating celebrations into the nursing curriculum. Nurse Education in Practice, 11(4), 245-249.

McAllister, Morrissey, McAuliffe, Davidson, McConnell, Reddy, (2011). Teaching ideas for generating critical and constructive insights into well-functioning multi-disciplinary mental health teams. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice. 6(3), 117 – 127. (Awarded High commendation in the Literati awards 2012).

Happell, B., Platania-Phung, C., Gray, R., Hardy, S., Lambert, T., McAllister, M., Davies, C., (2011). A role for mental health nursing in the physical health care of consumers with severe mental illness. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 18(8), 706-711.

McAllister, M., Hasking, P., Estefan, A., Mc,Clenaghan, K., Lowe, J. (2010) A strengths-based group program on self harm: A feasibility study. Journal of School Nursing. 26, (4): 289-300, Doi: 1059840510368801v1

McAllister, M., Happell, B., & Bradshaw, J. (2010). Making us what we are: Noteworthy people and achievements in Queensland Mental Health Nursing. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing.19(4),250-56.

McAllister, M., Madsen, W., Godden, J., Greenhill, J. & Reed, R. (2010). Teaching Nursing’s History: A national survey of Australian Schools of Nursing and Midwifery, 2007-2008. Nurse Education Today 30 (2010) 370–375. 10.1016/j.nedt.2009.09.010

Hasking, P., Trewavas, C., & McAllister, M. (2010). Representations of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Motion Pictures. Archives of Suicide Research, 14(1), 89-103.

Kellett, U., Moyle, W., McAllister, M., King, C., & Gallagher, F. (2010). Life stories and biography: a means of connecting family and staff to people with dementia. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 19(11-12), 1707-15.

McAllister, M., Johns, T., Gray, M., Williams, L., Barnes, M., Allan, J., & Rowe, J. (2009). Adopting narrative pedagogy to improve the student learning experience in a regional Australian university. Contemporary Nurse 32 (1-2), 156-165.

McAllister, M. (2010). Solution focused nursing: a fitting model for mental health nurses working in a public health paradigm. Contemporary Nurse , 34 (2), 149-157.

McAllister, M., Greenhill, J., Madsen, W., & Godden, J., (2009). Generating ideas for the teaching of nursing’s history in Australia. Collegian. 17 (1), 13-22.

Madsen, W., McAllister, M. Godden, J., Greenhill, J., & Reed, R. (2009). Nursing’s orphans: how the system of nursing education in Australia is undermining professional identity. Contemporary Nurse, 32 (1), 9-18.

McAllister, M., Johns, T., & Gray, M. (2009). In my day: Using lessons from history, ritual and our elders to build professional identity. Nurse Education in Practice, 9(4), 277-283.

McAllister, M., Billett, S., Moyle, W., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. (2009). Use of a think-aloud procedure to explore the relationship between clinical reasoning and solution-focused training in self-harm for emergency nurses Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, 16, 121-128.

McAllister, M., & McKinnon, J. (2009). The importance of teaching and learning resilience in the health disciplines: A critical review of the literature. Nurse Education Today. 29, 371–379. *

McAllister, M., Moyle, W., Billett, S., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. (2009). “I can actually talk to them now”: Qualitative results of an educational intervention for emergency nurses caring for clients who self-harm. Journal of Clinical Nursing.18(20), 2838-2845.

McAllister, M., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. Moyle, W., & Billett, S. (2008). Working effectively with clients who self-injure using a solution focused approach. Journal of International Emergency Nursing, 16, 272-79.

Walker, R., Cooke, M., & McAllister, M. (2008). The meaningful experiences of being an RN buddy. Nurse Education Today, 28, 760-767.

Johnston, A., & McAllister, M. (2008). Back to the future with Hands-on Science: Perceptions of Nursing students learning Anatomy and Physiology. Journal of Nursing Education, 47(9), 417-421.

McAllister, M. (2008). Looking Below the Surface: Developing Critical Literacy Skills to Reduce the Stigma of Mental Disorders. Journal of Nursing Education, 47(9), 426-430.

Walker, R., Cooke, M., & McAllister, M. (2008). A neophyte’s journey through qualitative analysis using Morse’s cognitive processes of analysis. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 7(1), 81-93.

McAllister, M., & Moyle, W. (2008). An Examination of Mental Health Nursing Models of Care in a Queensland Psychiatric Hospital. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 17(1), 18-26.

McAllister, M. (2008). Thank-you cards: Reclaiming a nursing student ritual and releasing its transformative potential. Nurse Education in Practice, 8(3), 170-176.

• Mental health and wellbeing
• Mental health nursing
  
• Therapeutic interventions
• Multi-disciplinarity
• Transformative education