Ms Karen Missen - Researcher Profile

Biography

Since April 2007, Karen has been employed full-time as a lecturer at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Monash University, where she currently teaches high acuity clinical skills and community nursing to third year undergraduate nursing students.  Her clinical background is varied but she has post graduate qualifications as an Intensive Care Nurse, with significant expertise in critical care nursing and clinical education.   She has worked in both metropolitan and rural hospitals as well spending time as a district nurse in the rural community.

Over the last five years whilst Karen has been employed at Monash University she has been a co-researcher on numerous research projects taking on various aspects of research including; writing ethics and grant applications, interviewing participants, data analysis, coding and thematic analysis, writing final reports and papers, liaising with industry partners, video elicitation, feedback, auditing and many other aspects of research.  Karen is currently enrolled in her PhD focusing on the work-readiness of graduate nurses.

 

Qualifications

MASTER OF HEALTH SCIENCE ( NURSING )

Institution: Charles Sturt University

Year awarded: 2007

GRADUATE DIPLOMA OF NURSING

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1999

BACHELOR OF HEALTH SCIENCE

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1995

Publications

Journal Articles

Jacob, E.R., Barnett, T., Missen, K.L., Cross, D.M., Walker, L.E., 2012, Australian clinician's views on interprofessional education for students in the rural clinical setting, Journal of Research in Interprofessional Practice and Education [E], vol 2, issue 2, Simon Fraser University * Canadian Centre for Studies in Publishing Press (CCSP), Canada, pp. 219-229.

Missen, K.L., Sparkes, L.M., Porter, J., Cooper, S.J.R., McConnell-Henry, T.E., 2012, Developing team based acute care scenarios: a rural hospital experience, International Emergency Nursing [P], vol epub, Elsevier Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 1-4.

Buykx, P., Missen, K.L., Cooper, S.J.R., Porter, J., McConnell-Henry, T.E., Cant, R.P., Kinsman, L., Endacott, R., Scholes, J., 2012, Emergency training boosts confidence, Australian Nursing Journal [P], vol 19, issue 7, The Australian Nursing Federation, Melbourne, Australia, p. 43.

Barnett, T., Walker, L., Jacob, E., Missen, K., Cross, D.M., Shahwan-Akl, L., 2012, Expanding the clinical placement capacity of rural hospitals in Australia: displacing Peta to place Paul?, Nurse Education Today [P], vol 32, issue 5, Churchill Livingstone, United Kingdom, pp. 485-489.

Endacott, R., Scholes, J., Cooper, S., McConnell-Henry, T., Porter, J., Missen, K., Kinsman, L., Champion, R., 2012, Identifying patient deterioration: using simulation and reflective interviewing to examine decision making skills in a rural hospital, International Journal of Nursing Studies [P], vol 49, issue 6, Elsevier Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 710-717.

Missen, K., Jacob, E., barnett, t., Walker, L., Cross, D.M., 2012, Interprofessional clinical education: clinicians' views on the importance of leadership, Collegian: Journal of the Royal College of Nursing Australia [P], vol 19, issue 4, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 189-195.

Cooper, S.J.R., Cant, R.P., Porter, J., Missen, K.L., Sparkes, L.M., McConnell-Henry, T.E., Endacott, R., 2012, Managing patient deterioration: assessing teamwork and individual performance, Emergency Medicine Journal [P], vol E, BMJ Publishing Group, United Kingdom, pp. 1-5.

Kinsman, L., Buykx, P., Cant, R.P., Champion, R., Cooper, S.J.R., Endacott, R., McConnell-Henry, T.E., Missen, K.L., Porter, J., Scholes, J., 2012, The FIRST2ACT simulation program improves nursing practice in a rural Australian hospital, Australian Journal of Rural Health [E], vol 20, issue 5, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Richmond, Australia, pp. 270-274.

Cooper, S., McConnell-Henry, T., Cant, R., Porter, J., Missen, K., Kinsman, L., Endacott, R., Scholes, J., 2011, Managing deteriorating patients: Registered nurses' performance in a simulated setting, The Open Nursing Journal [E], vol 5, Bentham Open, Netherlands, pp. 120-126.