Ms Debra Griffiths - Researcher Profile

Debra Griffiths

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School of Nursing and Midwifery
Monash University, Penninsula Campus

Biography

Dr Debra Griffiths is a senior lecturer and Deputy Head of Campus at Monash, Peninsula campus. Debra is a registered nurse, midwife and lawyer with many years clinical experience in acute care nursing and then midwifery, working in Australia and overseas. Debra practised law in Melbourne and upon joining the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Monash has further developed her passion for law as it relates to, or influences everyday clinical practice.

 

Debra teaches students of nursing and midwifery, medicine, paramedic studies, physiotherapy and occupational therapy. Debra’s PhD explored the experiences of nurses and medical practitioners when patients decided to forgo acute care treatment.

Debra is currently engaged in research projects examining end of life decisions-making, violence against staff working in the emergency department, documentation gaps of elderly residents transferred to hospital, the establishment and evaluation of an intro-professional simulation laboratory and associated educational strategies and competency standards of enrolled nurses. Debra supervises local and international research students in the area of patient safety: midwives and complementary therapies: chronic illness. nursing and midwifery.

Debra was an inaugural Director of the Nursing and Midwifery Health Program Victoria, which provides assistance for nurses, midwives and students with drug, alcohol and mental health problems. She is also a member of Peninsula Health’s Human Ethics and Research Committee.

 

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Institution: Victoria University
Year awarded: 2008
MASTER OF LAWS
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 2001
BACHELOR OF LAWS
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 1986
BACHELOR OF ARTS
Institution: Monash University
Year awarded: 1986

Publications

Books

Forrester, K., Griffiths, D.L., 2010, Essentials of law for health professionals, Elsevier Australia, Sydney Australia.

Book Chapters

Griffiths, D.L., 2012, Ethical decision-making in palliative care, in Palliative care nursing: a guide to practice, eds Margaret O'Connor, Susan Lee, Sanchia Aranda, Australia, pp. 43-53.

Delany, C., Griffiths, D., 2009, Physiotherapy and litigation: implications for practice and education, in Contexts of Physiotherapy Practice, eds Joy Higgs, Megan Smith, Gillian Webb, Margot A Skinner, Anne Crocker., Elsevier, Australia, pp. 204-218.

Journal Articles

Hall, H.G., McKenna, L.G., Griffiths, D.L., 2013, Contextual factors that mediate midwives' behaviour towards pregnant women's use of complementary and alternative medicine, European Journal of Integrative Medicine [P], vol E, issue In Press, Urban und Fischer Verlag, Germany, pp. 1-7.

Hall, H.G., Griffiths, D.L., McKenna, L.G., 2013, Navigating a safe path together: A theory of midwives' responses to the use of complementary and alternative medicine, Midwifery [P], vol In Press, Churchill Livingstone, United Kingdom, pp. 1-8.

Williams, A.F., Griffiths, D.L., Darbyshire, P., 2013, When is it our time to die?, Journal of Clinical Nursing [E], vol 22, issue 1-2, Blackwell Publishing, United Kingdom, pp. 1-3.

Hall, H.G., McKenna, L.G., Griffiths, D.L., 2012, Applying grounded theory to midwifery research problems, International Journal of Childbirth [P], vol 2, issue 2, Springer Publishing Company, United States, pp. 136-141.

Hall, H., McKenna, L., Griffiths, D., 2012, Complementary and alternative medicine for induction of labour, Women and Birth [P], vol 25, issue 3, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 142-148.

Hall, H.G., Griffiths, D.L., McKenna, L.G., 2012, Complementary and alternative medicine in midwifery practice: managing the conflicts, Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice [P], vol 18, Churchill Livingstone, United Kingdom, pp. 246-251.

O'Brien, A., O'Connor, M., Griffiths, D., Bloomer, M., 2012, Development and measurement of palliative care cultural standards using clinical indicators, Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology [E], vol 8, issue 1, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 3-9.

Hall, H., McKenna, L., Griffiths, D., 2012, Midwives' support for complementary and alternative medicine: a literature review, Women and Birth [P], vol 25, issue 1, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 4-12.

Bloomer, M., Morphet, J., O'Connor, M., Lee, S., Griffiths, D., 2012, Nursing care of the family before and after a death in the ICU - An exploratory study., Australian critical care : official journal of the Confederation of Australian Critical Care Nurses [P], vol epub, Elsevier, Singapore, pp. 1-8.

Hall, H., McKenna, L., Griffiths, D., 2011, Complementary medicine for nausea and vomiting in pregnancy: A review of the evidence, Evidence Based Midwifery [P], vol 9, issue 2, Ten Alps Publishing, UK, pp. 128-132.

Hall, H., Griffiths, D., McKenna, L., 2011, The use of complementary and alternative medicine by pregnant women: A literature review, Midwifery [P], vol 27, issue 6, Churchill Livingstone, UK, pp. 817-824.

Hall, H.G., McKenna, L.G., Griffiths, D.L., 2010, Complementary and alternative medicine: Where's the evidence?, British Journal of Midwifery [P], vol 18, issue 7, Mark Allen Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 436-440.

O'Connor, M.M., O'Brien, A.P., Griffiths, D.L., Poon, W.H., Chin, J., Payne, S., Nordin, R.B., 2010, What is the meaning of palliative care in the Asia-Pacific region?, Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology [P], vol 6, issue 3, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 197-202.

Griffiths, D., Forrester, K., 2002, Enrolled Nurses and the Administration of Medications: To Give or not to Give?, Journal of Law and Medicine, vol 10, issue 2, Lawbook Company/Thomson Company, Australia, pp. 158-162.

Conference Proceedings

Griffiths, D.L., 2004, Legislative models and frameworks: do they assist or hinder the delivery of palliative care? The Australian perspective, Incontro Internazionale - Exploring Connections Conference Proceedings, 8 June 2004 to 10 June 2004, School of Nursing & Midwifery Monash University, Frankston Vic Australia, pp. 1-15.

Griffiths, D.L., 2003, Disciplining nurses in the name of public protection - An impossible balancing act?, 6th International Conference on the Regulation of Nursing and Midwifery, 26 October 2003 - 28 October 2003, Nurses Board Victoria, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1-12.

Other

Griffiths, D., 1998, The Inferface of Nursing and the Law, Conference Paper, Melbobourne Vic Australia.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:
(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).
Thesis Title:
Role of nursing academics in teaching evidence-based practice in the baccalaureate nursing curriculum.
Supervisors:
Griffiths, D (Joint), Mckenna, L (Joint-co).

Completed Supervision

Student:
Hall, H.
Program of Study:
Midwives and complementary and alternative medicine: a grounded theory study. (PHD) 2012.
Supervisors:
Mckenna, L (Main), Griffiths, D (Associate).
Student:
Rubeli, S.
Program of Study:
. 2011.
Supervisors:
Griffiths, D (Joint), Mccauley, K (Joint).