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Ms Mollie Burley - Lecturer and Doctoral Student

Telephone: +61 3 5128 1025
Facsimile: +61 3 5128 1080
Email: mollie.burley@med.monash.edu.au

Mollie comes from an extensive background in rural nursing. She has worked in a variety of clinical settings, been a nurse educator, project officer, quality manager, community health manager and academic.  She has been a clinical teacher, preceptor and mentor to several nurses during their career development. The main focus of Mollie’s research work has included small rural communities, urgent care services, rural, remote and bush nursing, advanced nursing practice and more recently Advanced Practice Nursing / Nurse Practitioner research. She has a strong background in qualitative research and has broad experience in conducting Focus Groups. She is currently a Masters by Research Candidate exploring the Nature and Scope of the Bush Nursing Role.

Academic Qualifications

  • Masters by Research (Candidate)
  • G.Dip.Bus. (Management)
  • B.App.Sci.(Adv.Nsg)
  • RN

Organisational Affiliations

Mollie’s professional affiliations include secretary of the ICN International Nurse Practitioner /Advanced Practice Nursing (INP/APNN) network, a member of the Core Steering Group for the ICN Rural & Remote Nurses network (ICN RRNN) and secretary of the Association for Australian Rural Nurses (AARN) Victorian Network. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing (FRCNA) and a member of Sigma Theta Tau International (Alpha Chi Chapter).

Teaching Commitments

Currently I do not have a teaching load due to my study commitments but I am part of the team developing a new Post Graduate Multi-Disciplinary Unit for 2006.  I am also a member of the Advisory and Management Committee’s for the Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Rural Nursing Practice or Double Degree.

Current Supervisor

  • Dr Janice Chesters (75%) and
  • Dr Karen Francis (25%)

Research Interests

  • Advanced Nursing Practice
  • Rural & Remote Nursing
  • Rural & Remote Mentorship / Preceptorship

Details of Thesis

This study (VRNP2) was an extension of the original study into the Victorian Rural Nursing Workforce (VRNP1).  VRNP2 looked at the rural nursing environment and was called the Victorian Rural Nurse Project Advanced Practice Nursing: a Bush Nursing Perspective.  This was an Action Research study involving bush nurses and their communities in East Gippsland.  The study explored client satisfaction, bush nurse satisfaction, bush nursing clinical practice categories and competencies, bush nurses experiences, client health outcomes and the nature and scope of the bush nursing role.

Research Projects

2004 -Greene, P. and Burley, M., (2004). Quality Care in the Bush – Clinical Practice Guidelines, Victorian Nurse Practitioner Project, Department of Human Services Victoria, Monash University School of Rural Health. ($32,000)

2003 -Greene, P., Duffy, E. and Burley, M., (2003). Quality Care in the Bush, Victorian Nurse Practitioner Project, Department of Human Services Victoria, Monash University School of Rural Health. ($36,000)

2003 -Ristevski, E., Burley, M, Robinson, A., (2003). An Evaluation of the Gippsland Breast Services Enhancement Program, Monash University School of Rural Health, Traralgon, Victoria. ($30,000).

2002-3 -Mills J, Francis K, Armstrong W, Burley M, van Harren, Knight S. Mentor program for the support of new recruits to rural and remote nursing practice:(CUGRRSC funded by RCNA 1st yr funding $150,000 Commonwealth, $25,000 from RCNA Mentor Project & OATSIH ($50,000) plus application to RHSET $75000 (Pending).

2002 -O’Meara, P., Burley, M., Pendergast, C. and Kirkbright, S. (2002). Transforming Rural Health Care Systems, Monash University School of Rural Health, Traralgon. ($126,000).  Ongoing funding for two pilot programs from DHS Victoria ($74,000)

2002 -Burley, M, Duffy, E., McMcGrail, M. and Siegloff, L.  Victorian Rural Nurse Project – Part 2.  Advanced Nursing Practice: The Bush Nursing Perspective, Department of Human Services Victoria ($60,000).

2001 -O’Meara, P. & Burley, M., (2001).  Feasibility of extending and improving urgent care in Lakes Entrance, Monash University School of Rural Health, Traralgon. ($10,000)

2001 -Lindsay, D., Francis, K., Malko-Nyan, K., Burley, M., Spencer, J., Drew, L. & Mills, J. Funding Application for Association of Australian Rural Nurses Secretariat. Department of Health and Ageing ($403,150)

Selected Publications

Refereed Journal Articles

  • Burley, M. (Submitted August 2005). A pilot study - Exploring Health Outcomes the Australian Bush Nurse Experience, Journal of Nursing Scholarship.
  • McGrail, M., Jones, R., Robinson, A., Rickard, C., Burley, M. and Drysdale, M. (Submitted, undergoing review, 2005). The planning of rural health research: rurality and rural population issues.  eJournal of Rural and Remote Health, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia.
  • Robinson, A., Burley, M., McGrail, M., Drysdale, M., Jones, R., and Rickard, C. (Submitted, undergoing review, 2005). The conducting and reporting of rural health research: rurality and rural population issues. eJournal of Rural and Remote Health, Deakin University, Victoria, Australia.
  • Greene, P. and Burley, M. (Submitted 2005 for publication 2006). The changing role of bush nurses in East Gippsland, Victoria. Rural Society.

  • O’Meara, P., Burley, M. and Kelly, H. (2002) ‘Rural urgent care models: what are they made of?’ Australian Journal of Rural Health, 10:45-51.

Refereed & Published Conference Papers

  • Francis, K., Cross & Burley, M. (2004). Preparation for Rural Practice: An Innovative Approach to Undergraduate Nursing Education, 5th Canadian Rural Health Research Society Conference & the 4th International Rural Nursing Congress, 21-23 October 2004, Sudbury, Canada.
  • Burley, M. (2004). Clinical Practice Realities: Stories from the Australian Bush, 5th Canadian Rural Health Research Society Conference & the 4th International Rural Nursing Congress, 21-23 October 2004, Sudbury, Canada.
  • Burley, M., (2004). Do common health outcomes exist in the Australia Bush? 3rd International Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice Nurse Network Conference: Critical Pathways in a Global Context. 29th June – 2nd July 2004, Groningen, Holland
  • Burley, M., (2003). ‘Growing our own’: Developing nurses for future rural practice.  Australasian Nurse Educators Conference ‘Action for Excellence’, 24-26th September 2003, Rotoroua, New Zealand.
  • Burley, M. (2002) ‘The Role of Australia Bush Nurses and their Impact on Small Rural Communities’, 3rd International Congress of Rural Nurses, 3-5 October 2002, Binghamton, New York, USA.
  • Burley, M., (2001). ‘Advanced Nursing Practice: Experiences of Clients and Multidiscipline Health Workers in Bush Nursing Centres in Rural Victoria’, Good Health ~ Good Country: 6th National Rural Health Conference –Incorporating In-front Outback, 4-7 March 2001, Canberra.

Conference Papers and Presentations (Non-refereed) - International

  • Burley, M. (2002) ‘Clinical Governance and Bush Nursing Practice: Where’s the link and what is the potential impact?’ 2nd International Nurse Practitioner /Advanced Nursing Practice Network Conference, 31 October – 2nd November 2002, Adelaide, Australia.
  • Burley, M., Duffy, E. (2001) ‘Advanced Nursing Practice in Rural Victoria, Australia.  Experiences of Clients, Multidiscipline Health Workers and Nurses with Bush Nursing Centres’, The Inaugural International Nurse Practitioner /Advanced Nursing Practice Network Conference, Dublin, Ireland, 3-5 August 2001.
  • O’Meara, P., Strasser, R., Burley, M. and Kelly, H. (2001) ‘Urgent care in small rural communities’, 2nd New Zealand / Australia Health Services Research and Policy Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, 2-4 December 2001.

Conference Papers and Presentations (Non-refereed) - Australia

  • Burley, M. (2002). ‘Bush Nurses – What makes their role different? Re-thinking Nursing Roles in Rural Communities: 10th National Association for Australian Rural Nurses Conference, Sydney, Australia, 15-16th February 2002.
  • Burley, M., (2001). ‘Advanced Nursing Practice in Rural Victorian Bush Nursing Centres’, The Face of Rural Nursing: 9th Association for Australian Rural Nurses Conference, Canberra, Australia, 2-3 March 2001.
  • Burley, M., (2000). ‘Advanced Nursing Practice: Rural and Bush Nurses making a difference’, Conference Presentation:Going for Gold, Victorian Peri-operative Nurses Group, Melbourne, August. (Invited paper).
  • Burley, M., (2000). ‘An integrated Health Education and Promotion Model that works’, Conference Proceedings, Reeling in the Rewards: National Conference of the Australian Association for Quality in Health Care, Darwin, 10 – 12th June 2000.
  • Burley, M., (2000). ‘Measuring Health Outcomes: Using the SF-36 in a Community Setting’, Quality Improvement Community Standards Association (QICSA) Workshop, Melbourne, 17 March 2000.

Reports

  • Greene, P. and Burley, M., (2004). Quality Care in the Bush – Clinical Practice Guidelines, Victorian Nurse Practitioner Project, Department of Human Services Victoria, Monash University School of Rural Health.
  • Greene, P., Duffy, E. and Burley, M., (2003). Quality Care in the Bush, Victorian Nurse Practitioner Project, Department of Human Services Victoria, Monash University School of Rural Health.
  • Ristevski, E., Burley, M, Robinson, A., (2003). An Evaluation of the Gippsland Breast Services Enhancement Program, Monash University School of Rural Health, Traralgon, Victoria.
  • Burley, M, Duffy, E., McMcGrail, M. and Siegloff, L. (2002).  Victorian Rural Nurse Project – Part 2.  Advanced Nursing Practice: The Bush Nursing Perspective (VRNP2), Department of Human Services Victoria. ISBN 0 7326 0962 3
  • O’Meara, P., Burley, M., Pendergast, C. and Kirkbright, S. (2002). Transforming Rural Health Care Systems, Monash University School of Rural Health, Traralgon.
  • O’Meara, P. & Burley, M., (2001).  Feasibility of extending and improving urgent care in Lakes Entrance, Monash University School of Rural Health, Traralgon.  ISBN 0 7326 0949 6
  • O’Meara, P. and Burley, M. (2000) Immediate Care Service Model for Lakes Entrance: a co-ordinated approach to urgent care services for Lakes Entrance, Monash University Centre for Rural Health, Traralgon.

Newsletters & Bulletin Publications

  • Burley, M., (2004). ‘Nurse practitioners in Australia. Nurse Practitioner Education - where are we at? International Council of Nurses, Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice Nursing Network Bulletin.
  • Burley, M., (2003). ‘News from Downunder’. International Council of Nurses, Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice Nursing Network Bulletin.
  • Burley, M., (2002). ‘Flynn’s Outback Angels – Casting the Mantle’, Book Review for Rural Nurse, Vol 10 No, 1, April 2002.
  • Burley, M., (2000). ‘Australian Nurse Practitioners – Where are we at?’, Bulletin – Monash University Centre for Rural Health, Vol.7, No.2, pp.1-2.
  • O’Meara, P., Burley. M. & Kelly, H., (2000).  ‘Urgent Care for Victorian Rural Towns’, Bulletin – Monash University Centre for Rural Health, Vol.7, No.1, pp.1 & 3.