Helena Sanderson
Lecturer, Clinical Coordinator, School of Health
Qualifications
MN(Advanced Clinical Education), BHSc, ICU Cert, RN, MCN
Contact
| Email: | hsanders@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Tamworth Clinical School |
| Phone: | 02 6766 9973 (or +61 2 6766 9973 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6766 9974 |
| Mobile: | 0408 978 737 |
Helena is a half-time Lecturer/Clinical Coordinator of the University of New England. Helena is a Registered Nurse and has completed an Intensive Care Certificate. She received a Bachelor of Health Science from the University of New England (UNE) and has completed the Master of Nursing, Advanced Clinical Education at UNE. Helena is the Unit Coordinator for critical care units at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Helena also holds a part time position as a Clinical Nurse Educator in the Intensive care Unit at Tamworth Hospital.
She lectures in Nursing,
Areas of Teaching
Helena's teaching interests include:
- Critical Care Nursing
- Cardiac Nursing
- Clinical Teaching and Practice
- Reflective Practice
Research interests
Helena's research interests include:
- Critical Care Nursing
- Undergraduate Clinical Nursing Education: in particular evaluation of clinical placements and preparing Registered Nurses for their role as clinical teacher of undergraduate nursing students
- Simulation
- Interprofessional education
- Multiple births: twins
Research grants
| Year | Grant | Title |
| 2004 | Internal research grant for Faculty of Education, Health and Professional Studies |
An exploration of transfer anxiety in acute care patients, family and ward nurses: A pilot study
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Research projects
2009: Exploration of the Clinical Facilitation Model of clinical education from both student and clinical Facilitator perspective.
2005 - Collaborative research project with the nursing course team at the School of Health UNE: An investigation of the impact of rural clinical placement has on the career intentions of final year nursing students at UNE.
2004 Sanderson H, Hanson B, Gilligan E, Constable T. An exploration of the transfer process of Acute care patients, family and ward staff: a pilot study. This project was successful in obtaining a 2004 University Internal Research Grant.
Conference Papers
Sanderson, H., Lea, J. & Wilson, R. 2010, 'An evaluation of Clinical Education within a rural undergraduate nursing Curriculum: Insights into the clinical Facilitation model', NETPET 2010 3rd International Education Conference: Continuing education in a global community : Collaboration and networking for the future, Sydney Australia 11-14th April.
Sanderson, H., Lea, J. & Wilson, R. 2010, 'An evaluation of Clinical Education within a rural undergraduate nursing Curriculum: Insights into the clinical Facilitation model', NET 2010 21st International Networking Education in Health Care Conference Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge UK 7-9th September 2010.
Sanderson, H., Hines, J., Stehr, B., Rowsell, D., Thompson, D. 2007, Telling their story: the experiences of first year post graduate registered nurses in a Rural Acute Care Unit. A Critical Care and Trauma Conference in the Vineyards, Pokolbin, April 26th-27th
Thomas, G., Pittman, R., Kerr, J., Hanson, B. & Sanderson, H. 2005 'Improving rural access to quality cardiac care: an insight into the establishment of a Rural Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory'. The 12th Annual Heartbeat Nursing Conference, Sydney, March, 4-5.
Sanderson, H. 2004, Preparing Registered Nurses for their role as clinical teachers for undergraduate nursing students. 11th National Nurse Education Conference, Hepburn Springs, Victoria, November. 24-25.
Sanderson, H. 2003, 'Preparing Registered Nurses for their role as clinical teachers for undergraduate nursing students', Proceedings from the Royal College of Nursing, Australian Conference, Gold Coast, July.
Sanderson, H. & Thornberry, P. 2001, The experiences of feeding multiple birth babies, A narration with a rural perspective, Contesting conversations in practice, education, Research and Policy, Adelaide, South Australia, November 4-7.
Sanderson, H., Thornberry, P. & Dennison, S. 2000, 'Community Based Nursing Practice: A Golden Experience', New England Area Health Service Inaugural Rural Health Conference, May.
Posters
Sanderson, H., Lea, J. & Wilson, R. 2010,'“An evaluation of Clinical Education within a rural undergraduate nursing Curriculum: Insights into the clinical Facilitation model' International Clinical Research Conference Knowledge to action Research in Nursing in the 21st Century, Ottawa, Canada 14-16th June 2010.
Paliadelis, P. & Sanderson, H. 2004, 'Going bush': The Challenges for cardiac Nurses in Rural NSW. 11th Heart Beat Conference, Sydney, March 5-6.
Barac, B. & Sanderson, H. 2004, 'Saving lives' a Rural Experience and Application of Clinical Simulation with SimMan, 11th National Nurse Education Conference, Hepburn Springs, Victoria, November. 24-25.