Dr Jane Mills

RN, PhD (Monash), MN (UTas), BN (UTas), Grad. Cert. Edu. Tert. Teach (JCU), FRCNA

Senior Research Fellow

Phone: +61 3 9902 6631 Fax: +61 3 9902 6527 Email: jane.mills@med.monash.edu.au

Teaching

• NUR 4546 Nursing Research and Practice
• GHS 9850 Nursing Practice and Management

Research Interests

• Australian Practice Nurses: Constructions and utilisation of evidence 
• Practice nurses as providers of antenatal care: A pilot project 
• Australian Practice Nurses: Constructions and utilisation of evidence

Preferred Research Methodoligies

• Grounded theory
• Action research
• Multiple Case Study

Accredited Level 1 Supervisor

Grants and Awards

• 2007/2011 National Health and Medical Research Council Primary Health Care Fellowship
• 2006/07 Monash University, Postgraduate Writing Scholarship
• 2006 James Cook University, School of Medicine/School of Nursing Sciences Primary Health Care Research, Evaluation and Development Fellowship
• 2004/06 Monash University, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Scholarship
• 2005 Queensland Nursing Council Scholarship
• 1998. Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers’ Association. Rural Leadership Program
• 1994. Master of Nursing Grant. The Leonie Sidebottom Award, Royal College of Nursing, Australia

Professional Affiliations

• 2009 – Present, Chair of the Faculty Advisory Committee, Rural Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Royal College of Nursing Australia
• 2009 – Present, Member Advisory Committee, Royal College of Nursing Australia
• 2008 – Present, Counsellor National Rural Health Alliance
• 2007 – 2009  National President Australian Rural Nurses and Midwives
• 1995 – Present: Member of Australian Rural Nurses and Midwives
• 1994 – Present: Fellow of The Royal College of Nursing, Australia
• 2000 – Present Friend of the Rural Health Alliance
• 2005 –  2008 Member Australian Mentor Centre
• 2006 –  2008  Member Australian Practice Nurses Association
• Registered with the Queensland Nursing Council
• Registered with the Victorian Nurses Board

Journal Reviewer

• Online Journal of Rural and Remote Health
• Journal of Nursing Management
• Australian Family Physician

Publications

Journal Articles

2009

Mills, J. (2009) The trajectory of cultivating and growing Australian rural nurses: Findings from a constructivist grounded theory study. Social Theory and Health. 7 (1) pp. 39-54.

Hassankhani, H., Taleghani, F., Mills, J., Birks, M., & Francis, K. (2009). The Experiences of Iranian War Veterans Living with Chemical Warfare Poisoning: A descriptive, exploratory study Scandinavian Journal of Caring in Nursing, Accepted for Publication 6th February, 2009.

2008

Clark, G., Chapman, Y., & Mills, J. (2008). HIV/AIDS Education Management - Meeting the Challenge of Universal Access in Papua New Guinea. Contemporary PNG Studies: DWU Research Journal. 9, 98-113.

Mills, J. (2008). ARNM: Give us a voice and you will reap the rewards. Australian Journal of Rural Health. 16, p185.

Mills, J. (2008). The Trajectory of Cultivating and Growing Rural Nurses: Findings from a constructivist grounded theory study. Social Theory & Health, 7 (1): pp39-54.

Mills, J. (2008). Professional Portfolios and Registered Nurses Requirements for Licensure: Developing an essential tool. Nursing and Health Sciences, Accepted for Publication 18th December 2008.

Mills, J.,  & Fitzgerald, M. (2008). Renegotiating Roles as Part of Developing Collaborative Practice: Australian nurses in general practice and cervical screening. Journal of Multidisciplinary Health Care, 1, 35-43 Online.

Mills, J.,  & Fitzgerald, M. (2008). The changing role of practice nurses in Australia: an action research study. Australian Journal Of Advanced Nursing, 26(1), 16-20.

Mills, J., Francis, K., Bonner, A. (2008). Getting to Know a Stranger - rural nurses' experiences of mentoring: A grounded theory. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 45 (4), 599-607.

Mills, J., Francis, K., & Bonner, A. (2008). Walking with another: rural nurses' experiences of mentoring. Journal of Research in Nursing, 13 (1), 23-35.

Mills, J. (2008). ARNM: Future directions for Australian Rural Nurses and Midwives. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 16, 49-50.

2007

Mills, J. (2007). ARNM: On voice, views and valuing rural nurses and midwives: Strength in collaborations. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 15, 341.

Mills, J., Chapman, Y., Bonner, A., & Francis, K. (2007). Grounded Theory: The spiral between positivism and postmodernism. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 58 (1), 72-79.

Mills, J., Francis, K., & Bonner, A. (2007). Live my work: rural nurses and their multiple perspectives of self. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 59 (6), 583-590.

Mills, J., Francis, K., & Bonner, A. (2007). The Accidental Mentor: Australian rural nurses developing supportive relationships in the workplace. Rural and Remote Health, 7 (842).

Mills, J., Lennon, D., & Francis, K. (2007). Contributing to a Culture of Learning: A Mentor Development and Support Project for Rural Nurses. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 13 (6).

2006

Mills, J., Bonner, A., & Francis, K. (2006). Adopting a Constructivist Approach to Grounded Theory: Implications for Research Design. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 12 (1), 8-13.

Mills, J., Bonner, A., & Francis, K. (2006). The Development of Constructivist Grounded Theory. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 5 (1), Article 3.

Mills, J., Francis, K., & Bonner, A. (2006). The problem of workforce for the social world of Australian rural nurses: a collective action frame analysis. Journal of Nursing Management, 14, 1-11.

Mills, J., Lennon, D., & Francis, K. (2006). Mentoring Matters: developing rural nurses knowledge and skills. Collegian, 13 (3), 32-36.

2005

Mills, J., Francis, K., & Bonner, A. (2005). Mentoring, clinical supervision and preceptoring: clarifying the conceptual definitions for Australian Rural Nurses. A review of the literature. Rural and Remote Health, 5 (410), Online.

Mills, J. (2001). Rural Nurses: have we bureaucratised ourselves out of the running with regard to collaborative practice? The Australian Journal of Rural Health, 9 (4), 2000.

Book Chapter

Mills, J. (2009 In Press). Developing the Spectrum of Supportive Relationships Including Mentoring. In M. Keel (Ed.), Mentoring: Program Development, Relationships and Outcomes: Nova Publishers.

Edited Books

Francis, K., Chapman, Y., Hoare, K., & Mills, J. (Eds.). (2007). Community as Partner Theory and Practice in Nursing. Broadway, NSW: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Pty Ltd.

Online Multimedia

McIntyre, E., & Mills, J. (2009). Mentoring Matters 3rd Ed., from http://www.phcris.org.au/publications/pdfs/Fsheet05_Mentoring.pdf

Reports

Mills, J., & Birks, M. (2008). Development and Delivery of an E-Learning Training Package to Support Medicare Item 10997. Churchill: Monash University, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Gippsland Campus.

Mills, J., Birks, M., Francis, K., Coyle, M., & Al-Motlaq, M. (2008). Nursing in Remote or Isolated Areas of Queensland: A multiple case study. Churchill: Monash University, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Gippsland Campus.