RN, Dip ASc (Nursing), BN, Grad Cert Oncological Nursing, Cert Haematology & Haemopoetic Stemcell, Cert IV Workplace Training, MN (Palliative Care), MN (NP), PHD Melissa’s nursing career spans over 40years in both acute and community-based settings having worked extensively within oncology, radiation-oncology, haematology and palliative care. Melissa is a Nurse Practitioner within these disciplines. Awarded in 2015, Doctor of Philosophy, Melissa’s PhD explored the lived experience of venous access. Melissa has presented her PhD findings at 7 international conferences, which led to international collaborations, as an expert reviewer for National Health Service - UK Royal College of Nursing, Infusion Therapy Practice. Melissa commenced her academic career in 2015, with the focus on NP education, including new platforms for education provision. During her academic career, Melissa continues her career path as a nurse academic and nurse practitioner, mentoring others to achieve their goals. Melissa’s philosophy is grounded in attaining skills, “continue to learn to enable quality care”. As a nursing leader, Melissa previously held the NSW Chair - Australian College of Nurse Practitioners. Melissa strives to achieve excellence in teaching in a range of delivery modes, which have included virtual/online teaching, face to face, reviewing teaching and assessment, including clinical viva voce at postgraduate level. Melissa has supported nursing students within the CSU Embedded Tutors program. This aimed to enhance student learning and increase understanding of the subject content for their assessments. It was an opportunity to encourage students to be independent in their study and encourage autonomy in developing academic skills in writing assessments, referencing, and sourcing evidence-based literature. Prior to joining CSU, Melissa actively contributed to collaborative processes to design, deliver and continually improve high quality courses and learning experiences for students with the introduction of Telehealth for Nurse Practitioners (NP) in 2019, prior to the pandemic, and lobbied to quarantine clinical postgraduate courses specific to nurse practitioner students. Melissa’s research interests include telehealth, simulation, cancer care, nurse practitioners, and is a member of the CSU Ageing Well – Research Group. Melissa is a co-investigator with Mid North Coast Cancer Institute Collaborative research - “Investigating health literacy of Stage 4 breast cancer women in rural NSW: approaches to self-empowerment”. This research involves the NSW Health State strategic priories to address and improve the patient, Stage 4 breast cancer, experience. It will integrate the approach to end of life and palliative care by embedding quality improvement and redesign to ensure safer patient care. The endpoint is to meet the needs of more disadvantaged people, and to avoid widening inequalities.
Nursing
Melissa Robinson-Reilly
Lecturer in Nursing
Port Macquarie
Building 802 Room 2230