Department of Nursing

Department of Nursing & Midwifery Research & Practice Development

The Department of Nursing & Midwifery Research & Practice Development (DNMRPD) was established in 1996 as a joint initiative between Women’s & Children’s Hospital (now CYWHS), University of South Australia and Flinders University with a remit to initiate and develop clinical-focused research and practice development especially related to nursing and midwifery.

The Department assists and supports nurses and midwives from the WCH and other organisations on matters such as:

Providing information such as names and contact organisations, current literature, how to find and access information, monies available for research and projects
Providing advice on undertaking a particular study, research methods and approaches and the actual process of beginning research
How best to submit abstracts to conferences in order to have papers accepted, applying for scholarships and awards, and writing articles for publication
How to create a research, evidence and inquiry culture in practice.

Research Projects & Practice Development

Key personnel

Research staff

Professor Philip Darbyshire
Chair of Nursing/Head of Department
Phone (08) 8161 6468
E-mail philip.darbyshire@adelaide.edu.au


Dr Jennifer Fereday
Management Facilitator - Research & Practice Development
Phone (08) 8161 6434
Email jennifer.fereday@cywhs.sa.gov.au

Susan Schulz
Management Facilitator - Research & Practice Development
Phone (08) 8161 7881
Email susan.schulz@cywhs.sa.gov.au

Administrative staff

Emilia Duggan
PA/Department Secretary
Phone (08) 8161 6468
Email cywhs.duggane@cywhs.sa.gov.au

Other Staff

Susan Dyer
Kids' Cancer Research Trust Nurse
Phone (08) 8161 6041
Email susan.dyer@cywhs.sa.gov.au

Students

Postgraduate students

Aoife Moran : "Parents' experiences of renal dialysis"

Julian Grant : "An exploration of the communication between child health professionals and first time parents experiencing parenting in a new cultural environment"

Edith Reddin : "GRABS: Graduate midwives and breastfeeding support"

Roslyn Donnellan-Fernandez : "A five year retrospective analysis of the capacity of a public sector all risk Midwifery Group Practice service to deliver cost effective reductions in health inequities for suburbs in Adelaide identified in the Social Health Atlas: years 2004-2008"

Recent publications

Collins C, Fereday J, Pincombe J, Oster C & Turnball D (In press 2008) An evaluation of the satisfaction of midwives working in Midwifery Group Practice. Midwifery.

Fereday J, Collins C, Oster C, Pincombe J & Turnball D (In press 2008) An evaluation of Midwifery Group Practice: Part II - women's satisfaction. Women and Birth Journal.

Bugge KE, Helseth S, Darbyshire P (In press 2008) Parents’ experiences of a Family Support Program when a parent has incurable cancer. Journal of Clinical Nursing.

Bugge KE, Helseth S, Darbyshire P (In press 2008) Children’s experiences of participation in a Family Support Program when their parent has incurable cancer. Cancer Nursing.

Fereday J & Oster C (In press 2008) Managing a Work-life Balance: the Experiences of Midwives Working in a Group Practice Setting. Midwifery Journal.

Darbyshire, P (In Press 2008) Children’s nurses’ research involvement: making practice-focused research happen. Journal of Clinical Nursing

Sweet, L., Darbyshire, P. (In Press 2008), Fathers and breastfeeding very low birth weight preterm infants. Midwifery

Fereday, J., Darbyshire, P. (2008), Making the wait easier – Evaluating the role of organized play in a surgical admission area. Neonatal, Paediatric and Child Health Nursing. 11:1, 4-9.

Darbyshire, P. (2008), ‘Never mind the quality, feel the width’: The nonsense of ‘quality’, ‘excellence’, and ‘audit’ in education, health and research. Collegian. 15:1, 35-41.

Reddin, E., Pincombe, J. Darbyshire, P. (2007), Passive resistance: Early experiences of midwifery students/graduates and the Baby Friendly Health Initiative 10 steps to successful breastfeeding. Women and Birth. 20, 71-76.

Darbyshire, P. (2007), ‘Childhood’: are reports of its death greatly exaggerated? Journal of Child Health Care, 11:2, 85-97.

Jackson, D. & Darbyshire, P. (2007), Adolescent health: We have a long way to go. Contemporary Nurse. 23(2):342-344.

Jackson, D. & Darbyshire, P. (2007), Parenting in Public: ‘Watching the directives’. Contemporary Nurse. 23(2):224-227.

Falleiros de Mello, D., Darbyshire, P., Scochi, C.G.S., Leite, A.M. (2007), Community nursing in Brazil and child care in the family context. Contemporary Nurse. 23(2):216-223.

Jackson, D. & Darbyshire, P. (2007), Life in the ‘family friendly’ 21st Century: Finding the balance between work and family. Contemporary Nurse. 23(2):v-vi.

Darbyshire, P., Muir-Cochrane, E., Fereday, J., Jureidini, J., Drummond, A. (2006) Engagement with health and social care services: Perceptions of homeless young people with mental health problems. Health & Social Care in the Community. 14(6), 553-562.

Darbyshire, P (2006), Response to DeZarn ‘Commentary’. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 15:2, 237.

Darbyshire, P., Oster, C., Henning, P. (2006) Children’s and young people’s experiences of chronic renal disease: a review of the literature, methodological commentary and an alternative proposal. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 15:751-760 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01510.x

Muir-Cochrane, E., Fereday, J., Jureidini, J., Drummond, A., & Darbyshire, P. (2006 In press), Self-management of medication for mental health problems by homeless young people. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing.

Thorne, S., Darbyshire, P. (2005) Landmines in the Field: A Modest Proposal for Improving the Craft of Qualitative Health Research. Qualitative Health Research, 15:8, 1105-1113.

Grant, J, Luxford, Y, Darbyshire, P (2005), Culture, Communication and Child Health. Contemporary Nurse 20:2, 134-142.

Hiller, J., McDonald, H., Darbyshire, P., Crowther, C. (2005), Antenatal screening for Group b Streptococcus: A diagnostic cohort study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 5:12 doi:10.1186/1471-2393-5-12.

Darbyshire, P., Schiller, W., MacDougall, C. (2005), Extending new paradigm research: meeting the challenges of including younger children. Early Childhood Development and Care Journal. 175:6, 467-472.

Schiller, W., MacDougall, C., Darbyshire, P. (2005) (Guest Editors), Directions, Dilemmas and Dialectics: Children’s Perspectives in Research. Special Issue, Early Childhood Development and Care Journal. 175:6.

Darbyshire, P., MacDougall, C., Schiller, W. (2005, Multiple methods in qualitative research with children: more insight or just more? Qualitative Research. 5:4, 417-436.

Darbyshire, P. (2005) Message from Australia to UK: Think about what you are really gambling with. Journal of Child Health Care. 9:1, 5-7.

Darbyshire, P. (2005) Commentary on Hallstrom and Elander. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 14, 130-131.

Darbyshire, P., Gordon S. (2005). Exploring popular images and representations of nurses and nursing, IN Professional Nursing, Concepts, Issues, and Challenges, (Eds.) J. Daly, S. Speedy, D. Jackson, V. Lambert & C. Lambert. Springer Publishing Company, New York, USA.

Darbyshire, P., Collins, CT., Downs, M., Dyer, S. An entrepreneurial approach to creating a funded joint research-practice initiative. (2004 In Press Journal of Clinical Nursing).

Darbyshire, P., Jackson, D. (2004). ‘Children, families and nursing: spotlights, shadows and places in between’. Contemporary Nurse Journal. 18:1-2, viii-xii

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Tanner, L., Agius, A., Darbyshire, P. (2004). ‘Sometime they run away, that’s how scared they feel’: the paediatric hospitalisation experiences of indigenous families from remote areas of Australia. Contemporary Nurse Journal. 18:1-2, 3-17.

Bricher, G., Darbyshire, P. (2004). ‘I know my body, I’ve lived in it all my life’: therapy, surgery and remediation experiences of young people with disabilities. Contemporary Nurse Journal. 18:1-2, 18-33.

Jackson, D., Darbyshire, P. (2004). Using a strengths approach to understand resilience and build health capacity in families. Contemporary Nurse Journal. 18:1-2, 211-212.
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Darbyshire, P. (2004) Qualitative Research in the Grant-Funding Jungle. Collegian. 11:3, 8-11.

MacDougall, C., Schiller, W. & Darbyshire, P. (2004) 'We have to live in the future'. Early Child Development and Care, 174:4,369-387.

Darbyshire, P. (2004) 'Rage against the machine?': nurses' and midwives' experiences of using Computerised Patient Information Systems for clinical information. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 13:1, 17-25.

Darbyshire, P. (2003) Mothers' experiences of their child's recovery in hospital and at home: a qualitative investigation. Journal of Child Health Care., 7:4, 291-312.

Darbyshire, P. Collins, CT., McDonald, HM. and Hiller, J. (2003) Taking antenatal GBS seriously: women's experiences of screening and perceptions of risk. Birth, 30:2, 116.

More publications........

Refereed Papers

Non-refereed papers

Books and book chapters

Published conference papers

Reports