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Published on: 7/29/2006
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Dr Maureen BoughtonSenior Lecturer; Pro-Dean and Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching)RN RM, M'CraftCert.BEd (Nursing) UNE PhD USYD DipNursEd ADCHN Cumb, FRCNA MACM NSW MA
Maureen is a registered nurse and certified midwife and she has been engaged in nurse education since the mid 1970s, firstly in clinical midwifery settings and later within the tertiary sector.She has been an academic at the Faculty of Nursing for the past nineteen years and has held various portfolios.She was the Associate Dean (Postgraduate) for several years, Head of Department for Family and Community Nursing for two years and she is currently the Pro Dean and Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching) for the Faculty.Her roles include representation of the Faculty on Academic Board and she contributes to the University through membership of a number of committees of Academic Board.
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Maureen is a recipient of the 2006 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research Student Supervision, an award that recognises her contribution to research supervision.She has supervised students to successful completion in BN (Honours), Master of Nursing (Research) and PhD degree awards.All the research projects have involved qualitative methodological approaches, in particular Phenomenology and Grounded Theory.Two of her BN (Honours) students have been recipients of University medals, awarded for their excellent academic work.These are the only medals to be awarded from the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery.
Research interests and areas of expertiseMaureen has research interests in illness experience and embodiment, women's health and midwifery and menopause, particularly premature menopause.She has expertise in qualitative methodologies.
Current projectsAt present Maureen is working on the following projects: A study of shiftwork and mid-life female nurses; The effects of nursing practice on community cancer care: a pilot study of patient and nurse perceptions; and The effects of nursing practice on personal experiences of cancer care in rural and remote settings.
Recently funded research2006 McKenzie, H., Kwok, C., Boughton, M., Hayes, L., Forysth, S. & Moreau, E., ,Exploring the relationship between community nurses and Chinese cancer patients in Sydney.' University of Sydney, Faculty of Nursing, Development Grant, $49,905.
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Maureen teaches in all research units of study in the Bachelor of Nursing, Bachelor of Nursing (Honours), Master of Nursing (Graduate Entry), Master of Nursing Graduate Diploma in Midwifery and Master of Midwifery courses.The courses are a blend of quantitative and qualitative approaches to research design and application to nursing/midwifery practice.One graduate unit of study specifically focuses on clinical qualitative research methods and the issues related to conducting this type of research.
Maureen has primary responsibility for the development of the midwifery curriculum and its implementation in the Graduate Diploma of Midwifery.
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