Dr Lisa Conlon

• Qualifications

  Doctor of Nursing (The University of Adelaide)

  Master of Clinical Nursing

  Bachelor of Science (Nursing)

• Awards & Achievements

   

  Australian Active Service Medal (AASM) - For her military service in East Timor
  United Nations Peacekeeping Medal - For her service in East Timor
  Australian Operational Service Meda - For her military service in the Southern Ocean
  Australian Service Medal - For her military service

• Teaching Interests

  Dr Conlon is an experienced academic with over 20 years in the higher education sector. She focuses on utilising a participative student engagement model in her teaching and learning strategies. This teaching and learning is embedded in curriculum design and ensures that engagement with the student is at the heart of their learning. This focus of student engagement has resulted in exceptionally strong feedback by students in the courses Dr Conlon leads and teaches in across the academic year.

  Teaching collaborations

  • World Health Organisation - Development and implementation of Emergency and Disaster for nurses programs in China, Papua New Guinea and Samoa
  • International Council of Nurses - Development and implementation of Emergency and Disaster for nurses programs in Sri Lanka and The Bahamas

   

   

   

• Research Interests

  Dr Conlon's research interests are Emergency and Disaster preparedness of nurses and this is combined with nurses educationally for their clinical roles in hospitals, primary care and war and disaster zones. She currently supervisors two HDR students and continues to support early career researchers within the higher education sector.

  Research collaborations

  § Dr David Stewart - Deputy Director International Council of Nurses, developing, expanding and updating international evidence based competencies for Emergency and Disaster Nursing

  § Professor Alison Hutton - University of Newcastle - exploring the experiences of nurses in disasters to develop a deeper understanding of critical issues and context for this area of nursing.

  § Associate Professor Tomiko Toda, Faculty of Global Nursing, Otemae University, Japan - Exploring education courses on disaster nursing - Scoping review.

  § Aalborg University, Denmark / The University of Adelaide School of Nursing collaboration.

• Publications

  Journal Publications

  Hutton, A., Conlon, L., Kako, M., Wilson, R.L., Hammad, K., Olson, S., Stewart, D., & Ranse, J. (2023). Exploring advanced nursing practice during Australian disasters: A scoping review. Health Emergency and Disaster Nursing, 10, 5 - 17.

  Kardosod, A., Bawarnthip, P., & Conlon, L. (2023). Effectiveness of Self-management eHealth Intervention for Psychological adjustment for Health-Related quality of Life in Cancer Survivors: A systematic Review. Pacific Rim International Journal of Nursing Research, 27(2), 351 - 367.

  Gullick, J., Wu.J., Reid, C., Tembo, A.C., Shishehgar, S., & Conlon, L. (2020). Heideggerian structures of Being-with in the nurse – patient relationshop: modelling phenomenological analysis through qualitative meta-synthesis. Medicine Health Care and Philosophy, 23, 645 – 664.

   Al-Maaitah, Conlon, L. Gebbie, K. Hutton, A. Langan, J. Loke, A. McClelland, A. Oweis, A. Quereshi, K. Stewart, D. Teinila, Goodwin Veenema, T. Vlasich, C. Yamamoto. A. International Council of Nurses, Core Competencies in Disaster Nursing , Version 2.0, (2019) http://www.icn.ch/sites/default/files/inline- files/ICN_Disaster-Comp-Report_WEB.pdf 

  Conlon, L., Wiechula, R., & Garlick, A. (2019). Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study of Military Nursing Officers. Nursing Research, 68(4), 267-274.

  Malm, D., Rolander, B., Ebefors, E-M., Conlon, L., & Ngardh, A. (2016). Reducing the prevalence of catheter-related infections by quality improvement: Six-Year following-up study. Open Journal of Nursing, 6, 79 -87. Doi: 10.4236/ojn.2016.62008.

  Haraldsson, L., Christensson, L., Conlon, L., & Henricson, M. (2015). The experiences of ICU patients during follow-up sessions - A qualitative study. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 31(4), 223-231.

  Kelly, M., Forber, J., Conlon, L., Roche, M., & Stasa, H. (2014). Empowering the nurses of tomorrow: Students’ perspective of a simulation experience and managing a deteriorating patient. Nurse Education Today,34(5),724-729.

  Ekblad, H., Malm, D., Fridlund, B., Conlon, L., & Ronning, H. (2014). The well-being of patients with atrial fibrillation: A critical incident  technique analysis. The Open Nursing Journal, 8, 48 – 55.

  Conlon, L., & Wiechula, R. (2011). Preparing nurses for future disasters – The Sichuan experience. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 14(4), 246 – 250.

  Duffield, C., Conlon, L., Kelly, M., Catling-Paul, C., & Stasa, H. (2010). The emergency department nursing workforce: Local solutions for local issues. International Emergency Nursing, 18(4), 181 – 187.

  Smith, H., & Conlon, L. (2001). Composition and performance of a small resuscitation team in a deployed military hospital. Seminars in Perioperative Nursing, 10(1), 141 – 148.

  Book chapters

  Conlon, L., Clements, A., & Willison. (2019). Major Incident Preparedness and Management. In Kate Curtis, Clair Ramsden, Ramon Z. Shaban, Margaret Fry, & Julie Considine (Eds.), Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics 3e, (pp. 201 – 242). Sydney, Elsevier.

  Hamlin, L., Jenkins, M., & Conlon, L. (2009). Patient Safety. In Marilyn Richardson-Tench and Meena Davies (Eds.), Perioperative Nursing, (pp. 70 – 98). Sydney: Mosby Elsevier.

   

• Professional Associations

  Adelaide Nursing School Alumni Network - Vice President

  Asia Pacific Emergency and Disaster Nursing Network (Core member)

  Torrens Resilience Initiative (Affliate Member)

  The World Health Organisation

  International Council of Nurses 

  Australian College of Nursing

• Professional Interests

  Dr Conlon's professional interests revolve around research in disaster and emergency nursing, preparadeness of nurses and student centred engagement within curriculum design.

   

• Community Engagement

  Dr Lisa Conlon is an education specialist and is an internationally recognised researcher in Emergency and Disaster preparedness of nurses. She hold degrees in Bachelor of Nursing, Master of Clinical Nursing and Doctor of Nursing. Lisa's initial research developed during her time working at the Royal Military College, Schrivenham, United Kingdom, in the Disaster Preparedness Centre. From this exposure of disaster preparedness, she has developed a number of research projects which sought to prepare nurses for emerging disaster events. During this time, it was essential that Lisa built her educational career which enables a strong commitment to future generations of nurses and researchers. To enable the training of nurses and the ability to respond to next international event. 

  As an educational leader, Dr Conlon's strong commitment to mentoring is evident through her supporting and mentoring of multidisciplinary early career educationalists and her ability to develop and implement curriculum to national and international standards. 

  Dr Conlon was an core member of the Asia Pacific Emergency and Disaster Nursing Network and has consulted for The World Health Organisation on disaster nursing and continues to be a consultant for The International Council of Nurses.

   

Entry last updated: Monday, 29 Jul 2024

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