Nursing research snapshot
Assoc Prof Mary Finlayson - Nursing - The University of Auckland
m.finlayson@auckland.ac.nz
My areas of research expertise
- Health services research
- Health policy
- Primary health care
- Nurse practitioner
- Nurse and patient outcomes
- Building research capability in nursing
My favoured methodology / methodologies
- Qualitative methods
- Mixed methods
Areas that I am currently researching
- Improving performance in NZ health care
- Hospital outcomes
- Evaluation of the implementation of the Primary Health Care Strategy
- Longitudinal study of the implementation of the Nurse Practitioner role in NZ
- The NZ Cost of Nursing turnover study
- Building Nursing Research Capability in NZ
Areas of research that are of emerging interest to me
- Human Factors in the health services
- Nurse migration and its impact on Pacific countries
The area in which I wish to undertake a visiting scholarship
- Human Factors
Resources/facilities currently available to me that I would like to highlight
- The Vice-chancellor Strategic Development Fund for new initiatives
- Research Committee twice yearly staff grants
- Seed funding for international collaborations
- Distinguished Visitor Awards
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