Dr Narelle Biedermann ~ Adjunct Senior Lecturer

My PhD research, awarded in 2001, explored the nature of nursing work in the Vietnam war, as experienced by Australian Army nurses who were deployed to Vietnam between 1967 and 1971. Since then, I have had a book published by Random House/Penguin, entitled Tears on my pillow: Australian nurses in Vietnam, and was script consultant for a documentary screened on SBS in 2005, entitled Vietnam Nurses, along with numerous papers in scholarly journals on the topic of military nursing in war and historical research methodology. My research interests include the experience of women in the military, innovative research methods in the digital age, and nursing (both civilian and military) history. 

Interests

Research

• Military nursing and health care / Military nursing history / Nursing history / Military family health and welfare / Social media and healthcare research

Experience

• 2023 to present - Adjunct Senior Lecturer, James Cook University
• 2020 to 2022 - Deputy Director (Postgraduate) - Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Research, James Cook University (Townsville)
• 2020 to 2022 - Program Coordinator, Postgraduate Nursing Online, James Cook University (Townsville)
• 2017 to 2022 - Equity Contact Officer, James Cook University (Townsville)
• 2017 to 2022 - Master of Nursing Course Coordinator, James Cook University (Townsville)
• 2017 to 2019 - Academic Lead - Blended Learning, James Cook University (Townsville)

Research Disciplines

• Nursing (4205)
• Curriculum and pedagogy (3901)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Teaching and curriculum (1603)

Awards

• 2017 - Winner - Staff Award for Excellence
• 2006 - Australian Defence Medal

Memberships

• 2017 - Member of Australian College of Nursing

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Ahern T and Biedermann N (2022) Nursing and midwifery educators teaching postgraduate online courses: a cross-sectional survey. Teaching and learning in nursing, 17 (2). pp. 185-190
• Harerimana A, Wicking K, Biedermann N and Yates K (2022) Nursing informatics in undergraduate nursing education in Australia prior to COVID-19: a scoping review. Collegian, 29 (4). pp. 527-539
• Harerimana A, Wicking K, Biedermann N and Yates K (2021) Integrating nursing informatics into undergraduate nursing education in Africa: a scoping review. International Nursing Review, 68 (3). pp. 420-433
• Langtree T, Birks M and Biedermann N (2020) Risky business? Addressing the challenges of historical methods in the ‘digital age’. Collegian, 27 (6). pp. 589-594
• Langtree T, Birks M and Biedermann N (2020) “What a nurse suffers”: care left undone in seventeenth -century Madrid. Nursing philosophy, 21 (1).
• Langtree T, Birks M and Biedermann N (2019) Separating "fact" from fiction: strategies to improve rigour in historical research. Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 20 (2).
• Biedermann N (2018) The use of Facebook for virtual asynchronous focus groups in qualitative research. Contemporary Nurse, 54 (1). pp. 26-34
• Birks M, Budden L, Biedermann N, Park T and Chapman Y (2018) A 'rite of passage?': bullying experiences of nursing students in Australia. Collegian, 25 (1). pp. 45-50
• Ramage E, Porter J and Biedermann N (2018) Family presence during resuscitation (FPDR): a qualitative study of implementation experiences and opinions of emergency personnel. Australasian Emergency Care, 21 (2). pp. 51-55
• Biedermann N (2017) The experiences of Australian military spouses on overseas postings: a qualitative study. Australian Defence Force Journal, 202. pp. 53-62
• Biedermann N (2017) Australian military nursing from ANZAC to now: embracing the ghosts of our nursing ancestors. Advances in Historical Studies, 6. pp. 65-77
• Biedermann N (2007) Courage when it really counts: observations from the modern ADF. Australian Defence Force Journal, 172. pp. 73-82

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 33+ research outputs authored by Dr Narelle Biedermann from 2000 onwards.

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Coaching of Clinical Nurses in a Mental Health Setting: A Case Study (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• The Relationship Between Workplace Incivility and Perceptions of Patient Safety in Australian Hospitals: Mechanisms Underlying the Relationship and Intervention/Prevention (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Analysing the integration of nursing informatics into undergraduate nursing curricula: A holistic multiple case study (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Contemporary Australian Army Nursing Officers in Armed Conflict: A Grounded Theory of Caring under Fire (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• A history of nursing in North Queensland from 1910-1925. (Masters , Secondary Advisor)

Completed

• Notes on pre-Nightingale nursing: what it was and what it was not (2020, PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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