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Professor Karen FrancisRN, PhD, MHlth Sc, Nsg, MEd, Grad Cert Uni Teach/Learn/BHlth Sc, Nsg,
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Phone:+61 3 9902 6763Fax:+61 3 9902 6527Email:karen.francis@monash.edu |
Professor Francis is a recognised nationally and internationally for her contribution to the development of the discipline of rural nursing. Her research and publication agendas have focused on exploring the realities of nursing in rural environments, health workforce, preparation for practice, emergent contexts of practice, and rural populations’ health issues. Professor Francis has shared her understandings of rural nursing through presentations as an invited speaker at a number of international conferences and as a delegate in numerous international forums convened to discuss rural nursing and advanced nursing practice. Professor Francis has expertise in nursing leadership and management and has presented a series of workshops on Thailand and Malaysia on these issues.
Professor Francis contributes to the development of nursing, in particular rural nursing, through her role as an executive member of the Australian Rural Nurses and Midwives Association, and as an executive member of the International Council of Nurses Rural and Remote Nurses Network. Professor holds a ministerial appointment with the Nurses Board of Victoria which is responsible for the regulation of nursing in Victoria. She has also been a member of the Nurses and Midwives Board of New South Wales Nurse Practitioner Advisory Committee and a panel member for the endorsement of nurses as Nurse Practitioners in this jurisdiction. Professor Francis has served on many state/national committees and participated in forums examining and developing policy and/or guidelines on nursing education and practice.
2008 Francis K, Mills J, Birks M. Review of the Remote Area Nurse (RAN) Role. Queensland Health ($89,170).
2008 Keleher H, Parker R, Francis K. Preparation of nurses for primary health care reforms, . Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute, Stream Ten ($40,033).
2008 Francis K, Sellick K, Chapman Y, Grant J, K James A. ‘Breaking the rules’ sometimes: A study of compliance and non-compliance with mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect by four professional groups in rural Victorian communities. Gippsland Small Grant Research Support Scheme ($19,905).
2008 Francis K, Mills J, Birks M. Development and delivery of an e-learning training package to support Medicare Item 10997. Royal College of Nursing Australia ($27,500)
2008 Francis K, Mills J, Miles M, Jones J. Antenatal Professional Development Program Select Tender Submission, Royal College of Nursing Australia ($49,496)
Birks, M., Chapman, Y. & Francis, K. (2009). Becoming different: perspective transformation through post-registration baccalaureate nursing studies. In R. V. Nata (Ed)., Progress in Education Vol 17 (pp61-78). Nova Science Publishers Inc., New York.
Francis, K., Chapman, Y., Hoare, K. & Mills, K. (2008). Australia and New Zealand Community as partner: Theory and Practice in Nursing, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Broadway. ISBN: 9781920994044.
Francis, K. & Chapman, Y. (2008). Rural and Remote Community Nursing in Kralik D, Antonia van Loon D. Community Nursing in Australia. Context, Issues and Applications. Blackwell Publishing, Carlton. ISBN: 978-1-4051-5173-3.
Drury, V., Francis, K. & Chapman, Y. (2008). Grounded Theory in Lees J, Freshwater D (eds). Practice-based evidence for healthcare practitioners.(in press)
Birks, M., Chapman, Y. & Francis, K. (2007). Grounded theory methodology in action: Transforming method in exploring outcomes for baccalaureate nursing graduates in Malaysian Borneo in Morales A V. Distance Education Issues and Challenges. Nova Publishers, USA. ISBN: 1-60021-829-6.
Chong, M.C., Sellick, K., Francis, K. & Abdullah, K.L. (2011). What Influences Malaysian Nurses to Participate in Continuing Professional Education Activities? Asian Nursing Research, 5(1), 38-47.
Mills, J., Birks, M., Francis, K. (2011). Educational Leadership in Nursing: Supporting cultural change to develop research capacity in novice nurse academics. Academic Leadership: the online Journal, 9(1), 1-3.
Miles, M., Francis, K., Chapman, Y. (2010). Challenges for midwives: pregnant women and illicit drug use. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 28(1), 83-90.
Francis, K., Birks, M., Mills, J., Miles, M. & Jones, J. (2010). Australian rural and remote registered nurses' experiences of learning to provide antenatal services in general practice: A pilot study. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 16(4), 319-325.
Birks, M., Mills, J., Francis, K., Coyle, M., Davis, J. & Jones, J. (2010). Models of health service delivery in remote or isolated areas of Queensland: a multiple case study. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 28(1), 25-34.
Keleher H. Parker R. Francis K. (2010). Preparing for primary health care futures: how well do Australian nursing courses perform? Australian Journal of Primary Health, 16(3), 211-16.
Birks M, Chapman Y, Francis K. (2010). Becoming professional by degrees: A grounded theory study of nurses in Malaysian Borneo. Singapore Nursing Journal, 37(3), 31-42.
al-Motlaq M, Mills J, Birks M, Francis K. (2010). How nurses address the burden of disease in remote or isolated areas in Queensland. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 16, 472-77.
Birks M, Mills J, Francis K, Coyle M, Davis J, Jones J. (2010). Models of health service delivery in remote or isolated areas of Queensland: a multiple case study. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 28(1), 25-34.
Mills, J., Francis, K., Birks, M., Henderson, S., & Jones, J. (2010). Registered nurses as members of interdisciplinary primary health care teams in remote or isolated areas of Queensland: Collaboration, communication and partnerships in practice. Journal of Inter-professional Care, 24(5), 587-596.
Coyle, M., Mills, J., Birks, M. & Francis, K. (2010). An integrative review of the role of registered nurses in remote and isolated practice. Australian Health Review, 34(2), 239-245.
Hassankhani, H., Taleghani, F., Mills, J., Birks, M., & Francis, K. (2010). The experiences of Iranian war veterans living with chemical warfare poisoning: A descriptive, exploratory study. Scandinavian Journal of Caring in Nursing, 24(2), 290-298.
Ibrahim, K., Songwathana, P., Boonyasopun, U. & Francis, K. (2010). The HIV/AIDS epidemic in Indonesia: Does primary health care as a prevention and intervention strategy work? International Journal of Nursing Practice, 16(2), 87-91.
McConnell-Henry, T., James, A., Chapman, Y. & Francis, K. (2009). Researching with people you know: issues in interviewing. Contemporary Nurse, 34(1), 2- 9.
Clark, G., Chapman, Y. & Francis, K. (2009). Surveying health professionals' satisfaction with the Integrated Management of Adult and Adolescent Illness Chronic HIV Care training programme: The Papua New Guinea experience. International Journal of Nursing Practice. Epub-published online Nov 26, 2009, 15(5), 519-524. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2009.01780.x
Corbett, A., Francis, K., Chapman, Y. (2009). Addressing service deficits for the physically disabled in New Zealand: An action research study. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 15(4). 334-340.
Miller-Rosser, K., Robinson-Malt, S., Chapman, Y. & Francis, K. (2009). Analysing oral history: A new approach when linking method to methodology. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 15(5), 475-480.
Birks, M., Mills, J., Francis, K., & Chapman, Y. (2009). A thousand words paint a picture: The use of storyline in grounded theory research. Journal of Research in Nursing, 14(5), 405-417.
McConnell-Henry, T., Chapman, Y., & Francis, K. (2009). Unpacking Heideggerian Phenomenology. Southern Online Journal of Nursing Research, 9(1), Online.
Farrelly, T., & Francis, K. (2009). Definitions of suicide and self-harm behaviour in an Australian Aboriginal community. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behaviour: the official journal of the American Association of Suicidology. 39(2), 182-189.
Keleher, H., Parker, R., Abdulwadud, O. & Francis, K. (2009). Systematic review of the effectiveness of primary care nursing. International Journal of Issues in Nursing, 15(1), 16-24.
Miller-Rosser, K., Chapman, Y. & Francis, K. (2009). The use of oral testimony when reconstructing nursing history: A Saudi Arabian experience. Singapore Nursing Journal, 36(1), 23-34.
Francis, K., Chapman, Y., & Birks, M. (2009). Nursing in Australia and Malaysia: Framing a shared history and future. Singapore Nursing Journal, 36(2), 18-26.
Parker, R.M., Keleher, H.M., Francis, K., Abdulwadud, O. (2009). Practice nursing in Australia: A review of education and career pathways. BMC Nursing, 8(5), Online.
Lee,S., O'Connor, M., Chapman, Y., Hamilton, V. & Francis, K. (2009). Very Public Death: Dying of Mesothelioma and Asbestos-Related Lung Cancer (M/ARLC) in the Latrobe Valley. The International Electronic Journal of Rural and Remote Health. 9 (on-line) 1183. Available from: http://www.rrh.org.au
Francis, K., Parker, R., Kelleher, H. (In Press) Directing the evolution of practice nursing: An Australian perspective. International Journal of Nursing Practice.
Parker, R., Keleher, H., Francis, K., Abdulwadud, O. (2009). Systematic review of the effectiveness of primary care nursing. International Journal of Nursing Practice. Vol 15(1). pp16-24.
Birks, M., Chapman, Y., Francis, K. (2009). Unspoken status: women and nursing in Malayasia. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. Vol 20(1), pp116-123
Drury,V., Francis, K., Chapman, Y. (2009). Where have all the young ones gone: implications for the nursing workforce. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing. Vol 14(1)
Grant, J., Francis, K., Lone, B., Cheers, B. & Schill, W. (2008). Closed doors and culture wars: contemporary challenges for human services delivery in rural and regional Australia. Rural Social Work and Community Practice Journal, 13(1), 46-54.
Allen, S., Francis, K., O’Connor, M. & Chapman, Y. (2008). Gaining human ethics approval: a strategy for refining research studies. Monash Bioethics Review, 27(3), 54-60.
Allen, S., Francis, K., Chapman, Y. & O’Connor, M. (2008). The evolution of palliative care and the relevance to residential aged care: Understanding the past to inform the future. Collegian, 15(4), 165-171.
Allen, S., Chapman, Y., Francis, K. & O’Connor, M. (2008). Supporting nurses to make ethically sound decisions when nursing aged care residents at the end-of-life: Using the DECIDE model. Singapore Nursing Journal, 35(2), 4-11.
Birks, M., Chapman, Y., Francis, K. & Abdullah, B. (2008). From traditional healers to telemedicine: a history of nursing in Malaysia. Singapore Nursing Journal, 35(2), 14-25.
Drury, V., Francis, K. & Chapman, Y. (2008). The crusade – a metaphorical explication of the journey made by rural mature female undergraduate nursing students. The International Electronic Journal of Rural and Remote Health Research. Vol 8(3), pp. 1-12
Drury, V., Francis, K. & Chapman, Y. (2008). Letting go and moving on: a grounded theory analysis of disengaging from University and becoming a registered nurse. Nurse Education Today. Vol 28(7) pp. 783-789.
Allen, S., O’Connor, M., Chapman, Y. & Francis, K. (2008). Discourses associated with nursing aged people who are dying in the Australian context: a review of the literature. International Nursing Review, 55(3), 349-354.
Allen, S., O’Connor, M., Chapman, Y. & Francis, K. (2008) Funding regimes and the implications for delivering quality palliative care within residential aged care units. The International Electronic Journal of Rural and Remote Health. 8(903) online pp.1-7.
Beasley-Smith, C., Sellick, K., Chester, J. & Francis, K. (2008) Treatment content in child and adolescent mental health services: Development of a CAMHS treatment recording sheet. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research. Vol 35(5). pp423-435.
Allen, S., O’Connor, M., Chapman, Y. & Francis, K. (2008) The implications of policy on delivering a palliative approach in residential aged care: rhetoric or reality? Contemporary Nurse. 29(2), pp.174-183.
Allen, S., Chapman, Y., Francis, K. & O’Connor, M. (2008). Examining the methods used for a critical ethnographic inquiry. Contemporary Nurse, 29(2), 227-235.
Francis, K., Chapman, Y., Doolan, G., Sellick, K. & Barnett, T. (2008). Using overseas registered nurses to fill employment gaps in rural health services: quick fix or sustainable strategy. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 16 (3), 164-169.
Sullivan, E., Francis, K., & Hegney, D. (2008). Small rural health services in Victoria: How does the nursing-medical division of labour effect patient access to emergency care. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 17(12), 1543-1552. Impact Factor 1.376 12/60 Nursing.
Barnett, T., Bird, B., Francis, K. & Pinikahana, J. (2008). Measuring nursing work: report of a patient dependency system in Victorian hospitals in Australia. Asian Journal of Nursing, 28(11), p.41-46.
Birks, M., Chapman, Y. & Francis, K. (2008). Memoing in qualitative research: probing data and processes. Journal of Research in Nursing, 13(1), 68-75.
Mills, J., Francis, K. & Bonner, A. (2008). Walking with another: rural nurses’ experiences of mentoring. Journal of Research in Nursing, 13(1), 23-35.
Drury, V., Francis, K. & Chapman, Y. (2008). Taking the first step. A Grounded theory study of the first stage of becoming a registered nurse. Singapore Nursing Journal, 35(1), 4-10.
Allen, S., Francis, K. & Chapman, Y. & O’Connor, M. (2007). Multi-purpose services and palliative care – emerging challenges and possible solutions. Asia-Pacific Journal of Health Service Management, 2(3), 51-55.
Allen, S., Chapman, Y., O'Connor, M. & Francis, K. (2007). The importance of language for nursing: does it convey commonality of meaning and is it important to do so. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 24(4), 47-51.
Mills, J. & Francis, K. (2007). The accidental mentor: Australian nurses developing supportive relationships in the workforce. Rural and Remote Health, 7(4), 842 Epub.
Mills, J., Francis, K. & Bonner, A. (2007). Getting to know a stranger: Rural nurse’s experiences of mentoring. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 45(4), 599-607.
Birks, M., Chapman, Y & Francis, K. (2007). Breaching the wall: interviewing people from other cultures. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 18(2),150-156.
McConnell-Henry, T., Chapman, Y., & Francis, K. (2009). Unpacking Heideggerian Phenomenology. Southern Online Journal of Nursing Research, 9(1), Online.
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