Ms Grimes is a registered nurse who has worked in varied hospital settings. She has a Masters of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and a post graduate certificate in Nurisng Education.

She has a keen interest in a broader aspect of health inlcuding the public health related to disaster situations and infectious diseases outbreaks. 

Andrea manages both the Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Research and the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Education and Research Capacity Building. in this role she coordinates research projects for both centres and assists with grant writing, ethic submission and manuscripts.

Andrea's keys skills are in project management, education and research coordination

 

Teaching

• HS5381: Health Education and Self Management (Level 5; ONL)
• HS5555: Infection Prevention and Control in Health Care Settings (Level 5; TSV)
• NS5380: Foundations of Clinical Diabetes (Level 5; ONL)
• NS5382: Applied Clinical Diabetes Education (Level 5; ONL & SIN)
• NS5383: Diabetes Education Professional Practice (Level 5; TSV)

Experience

• 2015 to 2020 - Research Officer, James Cook University (Cairns)
• 2017 to 2018 - Conference organiser, James Cook University (Cairns)
• 2014 to 2017 - Research Assistant, James Cook University (Cairns)

Research Disciplines

• Nursing (4205)

Other

• 2018 - Staff Award for Excellence

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Journal Articles

• Grimes A, Sparke V, Rouen C and West C (2020) Preparedness and resilience of student nurses in Northern Queensland Australia for disasters. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 48.

Book Chapters

• West C, Casella E and Grimes A (2017) The role of nurses in disaster management in Asia Pacific Cyclone Yasi: Far North Queensland, Australia. In: The Role of Nurses in Disaster Management in Asia Pacific. Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 11-23

Other research outputs

• Grimes A, Rouen C and West C (2019) Measuring student nurses' preparedness and resilience for a disaster setting. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 34 (s1). p. s148
• West C, Grimes A, Yates K and Rouen C (2019) Climate change: we have a greater responsibility than we think. Links magazine, June. p. 8

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