Katrina Recoche

MN. Grad. Dip. BusMgt. BA. BSocSci. RN Div1

Lecturer

Phone: + 61 3 99044376 Fax: +61 3 9904 4655 Email: katrina.recoche@monash.edu

Teaching

Semester 1

• NUR1001 - Professional communication  
• NUR2007 - Introduction to Palliative Care

Semester 2

• NUR2007 - Introduction to Palliative Care

Research

Research Interests

• Palliative care generally
• Nursing practice knowledge in palliative care
• Terminal restless and nursing management
• Education in palliative care
• Evaluating continuing professional education
• Interprofessional education

Research methodology:

Mixed methods (quantitative and qualitative)

Current research commitment:

Chief investigator on a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) funded project exploring the interface between paramedic and palliative services in care of people with a palliative prognosis.

Accredited Level 1 Supervisor

Current Student supervison

Masters Student Topics

• Community palliative  care caseload management tool pilot study
• Caring for families: a hidden dimension of nursing workload.
  

Committees

• Peninsula SoN&M Research Committee
• Peninsula Health and Wellbeing Committee
• Palliative Care Nurses Australia

Publications

Book Chapter

Recoche, K. (2010). End-of-life-care. In M. Farrell & J. Dempsey (Eds.). Smeltzer & Bare's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing. (2nd Ed.). (pp350-381). NSW: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Pty. Ltd.

Recoche, K., O'Connor, M., Lee, S., Tan, H. & Griffiths, D. (2009). Death, Dying and Loss. In J. Dempsey, J. French & S. Hillege (Eds.), Fundamentals of Nursing & Midwifery: A person-centred approach to care (pp484-509). Broadway, NSW: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

Journal Articles

Lord, B., Recoche, K., O'Connor, M., Yates, P. & Service, M. (2012). Paramedics' perceptions of their role in palliative care: Analysis of focus group transcripts. Journal of Palliative Care, 28(1), 36-40.

Iacono, T., Lewis, B., Tracy, J., Hicks, S., Morgan, P., Recoche, K. & McDonald R. (2010). DVD-based stories of people with developmental disabilities as resources for inter-professional education. Disability and Rehabilitation. 18(7), 815-821. 

O'Connor, M., Abbott, J., Recoche, K. (2010). Getting the message across: Does the use of drama aid education in palliative care. Advances in Health Sciences Education, published on-line March 30, 2010.

Recoche, K., O'Connor, M., & Lee, S. (2007). Mock interdisciplianry team meetings as a forum for undergraduate education in palliative care. Focus on health profesional education: a multi-disciplinary journal, 8(3), 79-86.