Voices from the bush: remote area nurses prioritise hazards that contribute to violence in their workplace

Dr Kylie McCullough

qualifications: BSc(Hons)

contribution: original concept

position: Research assistant

Australia

Anne Williams

qualifications: PhD

contribution: supervised data collection

position: Associate professor

Australia

Anne is currently the Co-Director of the Clinical Nursing and Midwifery Research Centre and the Coordinator for Research and Higher Degrees and Honours at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia. She also works as a Research Consultant for the Centre for Nursing Research, Innovation and Quality, and the SolarisCare Foundation, at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Her key research areas are: Psychosocial nursing and midwifery care and the use of complementary therapies; Cancer nursing; Safety and quality in nursing and midwifery.

Assoc Prof Sue Lenthall

qualifications: MPH & TM

contribution: supervised data collection

position: Senior Lecturer

Australia

Sue Lenthall is an academic with practice background as a remote area nurse. She was one of the first teachers with the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Education Program in Queensland, was the Executive Officer for the Council of Remote Areas Nurses of Australia before working as the education coordinator with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in Townsville. She was the foundation course coordinator of the Remote Health Practice program at the Centre for Remote Health and has developed curriculum for a variety of health professionals in rural and remote Australia. She has completed numerous evaluations and research projects related to remote health practice. She completed a PhD in ‘’reducing occupational stress among nurses in very remote Northern Territory and is currently the director of Katherine Campus, Flinders NT. Sue has won a number of awards, including two national teaching awards, a CRANAplus Research and Education award and the Aurora Award for leadership and outstanding contribution to remote area health in Australia.