A/Pr Melissa Taylor

Name | A/Pr Melissa Taylor |
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Email Address | melissa.taylor@unisq.edu.au |
Job Title | Associate Professor (Nursing) |
Qualifications | BNurs QUT, GDipHlthPr QUT, MHlthSc QUT, PhD USQ |
Department | School of Nursing and Midwifery |
Affiliations | Institute for Resilient Regions |
Centre for Health Research | |
ORCID | https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2255-3859 |
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Biography
An experienced registered nurse researcher and academic with a focus on older persons, ageing, and end of life care through respectful citizenship research that improves workforce directions, health literacy and care. Proficient in qualitative and mixed methodology research that focuses on research translation in practice for staff, consumers, and carers.
Employment
Position | Organisation | From | To |
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Senior Lecturer | University of Southern Queensland | 2009 | 2023 |
Associate Professor | University of Southern Queensland | 2023 | 2023 |
Expertise
older persons, dementia, ageing, health equity, end of life care, and associated workforce directions
Teaching
Transition to practice
Health ethics and law
Leadership and management
Gerontology and dementia
Fields of Research
- 390110. Medicine, nursing and health curriculum and pedagogy
- 420302. Digital health
- 420502. Aged care nursing
- 420599. Nursing not elsewhere classified
Professional Membership
Professional Membership | Year |
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Australian College of Nursing | |
Australian Association of Gerontology | |
Registered with the Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Authority |
Supervision Interests
Nursing roles and service delivery, aged care, health literacy and seniors innovation in primary care. Chronic illness and nursing innovation or workforce directions
Future workforce planning and student engagement
Current Supervisions
Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Commenced |
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Designing a Values-Based Care at the End of Life Collaborative for the Australian Context through a Mixed Methods Case Study and Expert | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2025 |
Economics of Mental Health Inequality in Australia: Social Determinants and Interventions/Policy Responses from a Life Course Perspective | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2025 |
Psychotropics in Residential Aged Care: Tools for Informed Consent, Advocacy and Literacy (PRACTICAL) | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2025 |
Career Life Cycle Planning and the Impact of Employee injury in Residential Aged Care Workers | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
Completed Supervisions
Research Title | Supervisor Type | Level of Study | Completed |
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Measuring the Outcomes and Experiences of Carers and their Residents admitted to a Palliative Care Hospital in the Home Program in Residential Aged Care | Associate Supervisor | Masters | 2025 |
Nurse Graduates - the influence of mentorship on the development of professional values and self-efficacy within a Nurse Navigator program during the transition year | Principal Supervisor | Masters | 2025 |
The interpretation of peer group supervision in nursing: A Gadamerian philosophical hermeneutic study | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2024 |
REPATTERNING: A MIDDLE RANGE THEORY OF THE PROCESS OF TRANSITON TO BECOMING A REGISTERED NURSE FOR ENROLLED NURSES AND INTERNATIONALLY QUALIFIED NURSES | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
The Role of the Hospital in the Home Registered Nurse: A Phenomenological Study | Principal Supervisor | Doctoral | 2023 |
Exploring Modifiable Factors Towards COPD Guideline Non-concordance and Development of an Electronic Integrated COPD Proforma to Improve Emergency Department Interdisciplinary Staff Concordance: Mixed Methods and Modified Delphi Study | Associate Supervisor | Doctoral | 2022 |
Project title | Details | Year |
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West Moreton and Darling Downs Primary Health Network. Care at End of Life and Older Person Collaborative Project | The West Moreton Region Care Collaboratives bring together like-minded government and non-government services and community to optimise systems, processes, and outcomes in social care activities and research with the community. Success is dependent on member networks, links, and a co-designed, participatory approach to achieve Action Plan implementation and evaluation with health and community organisations and consumers of care. | 2022 |