The crusade - a metaphorical explication of the journey made by mature female undergraduate nursing students

Vicki Drury

qualifications: PhD

contribution: original concept, designed the project, collected data, literature review, wrote the first draft

position: Postgraduate student

Australia

My research interests include men's health, mental health rural health and nurse education. My academic expertise is in health promotion, mental health, psycho-social nursing and adult education. I currently live in regional western Australia where I have worked as a clinican, nurse educator and nurse reseracher for over twenty years.

Karen Francis

qualifications: PhD

contribution: supervised data collection, contributed to drafts

position: Professor of rural nursing

Australia

Rural nursing, nursing workforce, men's health, community practice, community development, health history

Ysanne Chapman

qualifications: PhD

contribution: supervised data collection, contributed to drafts

position: Associate professor

Australia

Ysanne is an Associate Professor of Nursing at Monash University. She currently holds the portfolio of teaching and learning. She has worked in Australia and the Middle East and has a keen interest in creative educational development. She has researched in the following areas of nursing: recruitment and retention, mandatory reporting, end of life care, rural nursing and curriculum development.