Qualifications Doctor of Philosophy - Griffith University Intensive Care Certificate - Royal Newcastle Hospital Registered Nurse - Armidale and New England Hospital Master of Nursing Class 1 Honours - University of New England Bachelor of Arts - University of New England Associate Professor Patricia Johnson combines many years of clinical practice as an intensive care nurse and healthcare manager, with extensive experience as an educator and researcher. Prior to joining Bond University in 2007, Dr Johnson lectured at Griffith University and the University of New England, developing and delivering a range of programs at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. At the same time, she has consistently maintained her clinical expertise working in a variety of acute care settings; enabling her to bring an intensely practical element to her lectures and tutorials. Completing her PhD in 2003, Dr Johnson achieved a perfect score for her thesis which highlighted 'The Experience of Long-Term Mechanical Ventilation in a Critical Care Unit'. She has also received several research grants, publishing her findings in peer reviewed journals and has presented numerous conference papers here in Australia and overseas.
Articles
Manikins across the lifespan: Intertwining scenarios with hi-fidelity simulation to teach medical students clinical skills, ANZAME 2010 (2010)
General surgical patients' perspectives of the adequacy and appropriateness of discharge planning to facilitate health decision-making at home (with Anne McMurray, Marianne Wallis, Elizabeth Patterson, and Susan Griffiths), Journal of clinical nursing (2007)
Aim: To investigate general surgical patients’ perspectives of the adequacy and appropriateness of their discharge...
Long-term mechanical ventilation in a critical care unit: Existing in an everyday world (with Winsome St John and Wendy Moyle), Journal of advanced nursing (2006)
Aim: This paper reports a study to describe and interpret the meaning of being on...
Embedding evidence-based practice in a nursing curriculum: A benchmarking project (with Wendy Chaboyer, Ania Willman, and Lynette Stockhausen), Nurse education in practice (2004)
The development of a new nursing curriculum in one Australian university provided the opportunity for...
Reclaiming the everyday world: How long-term ventilated patients in critical care seek to gain aspects of power and control over their environment, Intensive and critical care nursing (2004)
Critical care nurses are increasingly seeking to base patient care on evidence derived from research...