Mr Nicholas Ralph School of Nursing and Midwifery

Winner - Hesta Australian Nurse of the Year (Innovation in Nursing) 

• Scrub/Scout
• Anaesthetics
• Recovery Nursing
• Critical Care

• Learning and Teaching Education Research Centre
  
• Australian College of Nursing
  
• Australian Council of Operating Room Nurses
  
• Institute of Health and Social Science Research
  
• American Association for the History of Nursing
  

Course Coordinator for NURS13118: Maternal, Child & Family Health; NURS12149 Advanced Physical Assessment Skills

Acting Project Manager: R4N Research Project 

Project Manager: Enhancing teaching delivery and learning using hi-fidelity clinical simulation

Project Member: Beginning students in nursing: Implementing coordination positions across all campuses

I am a Registered Nurse with extensive experience in the perioperative environment in addition to the critical care setting. My previous role as a member of the general surgery team at a major trauma hospital in Brisbane provided me with extensive exposure to organ transplants, major trauma and complex general surgical cases on a daily basis.

My interests in nursing are focused on improving the understanding of anatomy, physiology and pharmacology among nurses, promoting the nursing profession and nursing professionalism, and exploring ways of delivering the undergraduate nursing curriculum in newer and brighter ways.

Ralph, N. (1-2 August, 2012) "The Influence of Professional Nursing Standards on the Establishment of Pre-Service Nursing Curricula throughout History.", Rising Stars of Scholarship Poster Presentation, Sigma Theta Tau International's 23^rd International Nursing Research Congress, Brisbane, Australia

Ralph, N. (2013) Letter to the editor - comment on: Thompson D.R., and Darbyshire, P. "Is academic nursing being sabotaged by its own killer elite?" Journal of Advanced Nursing, no.69 (1):1-3

Ralph, N., Birks, M., Chapman, Y., Muldoon, N., & McPherson, C.  From EN to BN to RN: A exploration and analysis of the literature. Contemporary Nurse (February 2013).

Ralph, N., Birks, M., & Chapman, Y. The accreditation of nursing education in Australia. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing (submitted January 2013)

Birks, M., Chapman, Y., Ralph, N., McPherson, C., Eliot, M., & Coyle, M. (under review). Undergraduate nursing studies: The first year experience. Journal of Institutional Research (submitted January 2013).

Birks, M., Chapman, Y., Ralph, N., McPherson, C., Cheney, K., Bradshaw, J., Heidke, P., McLellan, S. & Mann, G. (under review). Establishing a First Year Experience Coordinator role to assist the transition to baccalaureate nursing studies.  Journal of Academic Language and Learning (submitted October 2012).

Ralph, N. Welch, A. Norris, P. and Irwin, R. (under review). Reflections on power, conflict and resolution for the perioperative environment, ACORN Journal (submitted January 2013)

Ralph, N., Birks, M., Chapman, Y., Muldoon, N., & McPherson, C.  From EN to BN to RN: A exploration and analysis of the literature. Contemporary Nurse (submitted February 2012).

Al-Kofahy, L., Welch, A., Meng Lim, L. and Ralph, N. The lived experience of post-traumatic stress disorder as described by motor vehicle accident victims in Jordan, Journal of Transcultural Nursing (submitted April 2012).

Ralph, N. & Norris, P. Using OSCAs in the clinical assessment of graduate perioperative nurses. ACORN Journal (submitted May 2012).

Ralph, N., Birks, M., & Chapman, Y. The methodological dynamism of grounded theory. Qualitative Research (Submitted October 2012).

Al-Kofahy, L., Welch, A., Meng Lim, L. and Ralph, N. The aftermath of Motor Vehicle Accidents: Living with the consequences of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Jordan, International Journal of Nursing Practice (Submitted October 2012)

Ralph, N. & Birks, M. (13 September 2012). Using simulation as a recruitment tool for the health workforce. Presented at SimHealth Conference, Sydney. 

International Nursing Review

Ralph, N. (19 April 2012). How to throw an enema: Insights into a 17th century Spanish Nursing text. Presented at the Nursing Research Forum, University of the Sunshine Coast, Kawana.

Ralph, N. Learning and Teaching Education Research Centre [LTERC] ($2000) - Translating a 17th Century Spanish Nursing Document.

Ralph, N., Welch, A., Chapman, Y., Birks, M. & Davis, J. CQUniversity Faculty of Science, Engineering and Health Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program ($142,276.00) - Enhancing teaching delivery and learning using hi-fidelity clinical simulation

Chapman, Y., Birks, M., Ralph, N. & McPherson, C. CQUniversity Faculty of Science, Engineering and Health Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program ($173,169) - Beginning students in nursing: Implementing coordination positions across all campuses.

Chapman, Y., Birks, M., McPherson, C., Muldoon, N. & Ralph, N. CQUniversity Faculty of Science, Engineering and Health Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program ($50,000) - Student-centred academic support programs to increase the participation and retention of students in selected FSEH Schools

Ralph, N., Birks, M., & Chapman, Y. (2013) Philosophy and the application of essential methods in grounded theory research, Paper presented at International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry May 13-18, 2013, Urbana Champaign, USA

Ralph, N., Birks, M., & Chapman, Y. (2013) Using documents as data in grounded theory research, Paper presented at International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry May 13-18, 2013, Urbana Champaign, USA

Ralph, N., Birks, M., & Chapman, Y. (2013) The methodological dynamism of grounded theory, Paper presented at International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry May 13-18, 2013, Urbana Champaign, USA

Ralph, N., & Welch, A. (2012, 23-26 May 2012). Living in a world of tension: Exploring resilience among perioperative nurses. Paper presented at the Territorial Boundaries: Dare to be diverse. ACORN 2012 Fifteenth National Conference, Darwin

• Quality patient outcomes in bowel disease
  
• Quality of nursing education
• Grounded theory methodology
• Quantitative methods