Nursing research snapshot
Desley Hegney - Nursing - The University of Queensland
d.hegney@uq.edu.au
My areas of research expertise
- Rural nursing
- Rural health
- Health of older people
- Nursing models of care
- Nursing workforce
My favoured methodology / methodologies
- Mixed method focusing more on qualitative research methods
- Usually critical or interpretative paradigms
Areas that I am currently researching
- Nurse-led models of care
- Nursing workforce
- Mental health in seniors in retirement villages
- Resilience in rural communities
- Prescribing practice
Areas of research that are of emerging interest to me
- Health of seniors and older people
I am interested in collaborating with U21 colleagues in the following areas of research
- Nursing workforce
- Health of older people
- Nurse-led models of care
The area in which I wish to undertake a visiting scholarship
- Rural nursing
- Rural health
- Nurse-led models of care
- Health of older people
Resources/facilities currently available to me that I would like to highlight
- The University of Queensland has visiting scholarships available if we know in advance who wished to come
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