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

• Co cordinates NS2216 Rural and Remote Nursing 
• Co cordinates NS3363 Mental Health for Nursing and Midwifery
• Marks into HS 5555 Infection Prevention and Control
• Marks into NS1555 Culturally safe healthcare for Australia's First Peoples
• Manages Graduate Certificate of Diabetes Education

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)
• NS2216: Rural and Remote Nursing (Level 2; TSV)
• NS3363: Mental Health for Nursing and Midwifery (Level 3; CNS & TSV)
• NS5380: Foundations of Clinical Diabetes (Level 5; ONL)
• NS5382: Applied Clinical Diabetes Education (Level 5; ONL)
• NS5383: Diabetes Education Professional Practice (Level 5; TSV)

Experience

• 2021 to present - Lecturer, James Cook University (Cairns)
• 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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