About

Dr Ylona Chun Tie is a senior academic and experienced registered nurse specialising in critical care, research, and nurse education. Dr Chun Tie is the Associate Dean, Research Education for the College of Healthcare Sciences at JCU. Dr Chun Tie travelled extensively internationally to broaden her understanding of the cultural context of healthcare delivery and to promote international collaboration. Dr Chun Tie represents the nursing profession across state, national, and international jurisdictions, and an Executive Director on international and national boards. Dr Chun Tie is a peer reviewer for a number of International peer refereed journals and textbooks, and a ECR Editorial Advisory Board member of the Journal of Clinical Nursing.

Dr Chun Tie's PhD identified processes registered nurses and internationally qualified nurses from diverse educational, cultural and/or linguistic backgrounds use to work together collaboratively in the Australian context. Dr Chun Tie constructed the grounded theory Playing the game which advances understanding of integration leading to relevant, implementable and impactful findings for regulators and nurse-workforce sustainability. Dr Chun Tie has been appointed to AhpraNMBA RNEC and Chief Examiner for IQRNs.

Dr Chun Tie is a recipient of the Dean's Award for Research Higher Degree Excellence 

Dr Chun Tie is a recipient of the JCU 2020 Award for Excellence in the category of Leadership 

Graduate of the Australian Company of Institute Directors

Advisory Accreditation: Advisor Mentor

Teaching
  • NS5384: Diabetes Studies Capstone (Level 5; ONL)
Interests
Professional
  • Leadership development, strategy, clinical and corporate governance, Teaching and learning, diversity and inclusion
  • International nurse workforce integration
  • Curriculum design, policy development
  • Multidisciplinary collaboration in research projects
  • Equity Contact Officer
Research
  • Grounded Theory, Epistemological, Q methodology, Qualitative research methodology and methods
  • Internationally qualified nurses and healthcare professionals
  • Science content in nursing curriculum, Teaching Science content
  • Qualitative data analysis
  • Mental health, Psychology
  • Evidence-Based Practice, translational research
  • The influence of culture and inter-generational difference on student learning styles
Teaching
  • Higher education learning and teaching innovation
  • Indigenous Health Studies, communication
  • Online learning technologies in tertiary education
  • Post Graduate Research
Research Disciplines
Socio-Economic Objectives
Honours
Awards
  • Australian Postgraduate Award
  • University Convocation Medal
  • RCNA High Achiever Award
  • GKNHS Scholarship
  • Pam McAllister Memorial Prize
  • TGH Research Prize Years 1 & 2
  • Prize in Nursing Excellence
  • 2023 - Awarded Life Membership of ACCCN
  • 2023 - Graduate Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD)
  • 2020 - Dean's Award for Research Higher Degree Excellence awarded for demonstrated excellence in the completion of the research degree of Doctor of Philosophy
  • 2020 - Appointed to Ahpra NMBA RN OSCE Examination Committee of the Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Committee
  • 2020 - Certified Course Reviewer as recognised by the Higher Education Leadership Institute
  • 2020 - JCU Award for Excellence in recognition of outstanding achievement in the category of Leadership for the contribution and commitment to JCU's Strategic Intent and particularly the contribution to Nursing and Midwifery Covid-19 Response.
Fellowships
  • 2019 - Fellow of the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN)
Memberships
  • 2024 - The Asian Association of Social Psychology
  • 2023 - Appointment to the Global Nursing Faculty Leadership Team, Australian College of Nursing (ACN).
  • 2023 - Higher Education Services’ Academic Quality Forum
  • 2023 - Australasian Nursing and Midwifery Clinical Trials Network (ANMCTN)
  • 2023 - Clinical Psychedelic Research Lab, JCU
  • 2023 - Diversity Council of Australia
  • 2023 - Australian Institute of Company Directors
  • 2022 - AUSASIAN Mental Health Research Group
  • 2022 - ACCCN Global Health Advisory Panel
  • 2022 - ASCILITE (Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education).
  • 2022 - ANZICS/ACCCN Joint Executive Committee member
  • 2021 - ACCCN representative to the World Federation of Critical Care Nurses
  • 2021 - Equity Contact Officer CHS
  • 2021 - Independent Reviewer: Peer Review Portal HEA
  • 2021 - Communication Coordinator, The Global Nursing Faculty ACN
  • 2021 - ECR Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Clinical Nursing
  • 2020 - World Federation of Critical Care Nurses
  • 2020 - Australian College of Nursing -Secretariat Support of the International Nursing Community of Interest
  • 2020 - ANMAC: Registered Nurse Assessment Team member, Academic position
  • 2020 - Australian College of Educators
  • 2019 - Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine
  • 2018 - National Representative QLD ACCCN Committee
  • 2017 - Vice President Qld Management Committee ACCCN
  • 2015 - National ACCCN Workforce Advisory Panel
  • 2014 - WHO Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Education and Research Capacity Building
  • 2012 - International Council of Nurses (ICN) Research Network
  • 2012 - Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Research (CNMR)
  • 2009 - Australian College of Nursing (ACN)
  • 2008 - Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN)
Other
  • 2023 - Executive Board Director, Company Secretary, Financial Director, World Federation of Critical Care Nurses (WFCCN).
  • 2023 - Appointed to the Board World Federation of Critical Care Nurses (WFCCN)
  • 2020 - Honorary Lecturer, International Institute of Health Sciences (IIHS), Sri Lanka
  • 2019 - National Board Secretary ACCCN
Publications

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Other research outputs
Supervision

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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
  • Becoming a Defence member: A Qualitative Study into Construction of the Defence Identity and its impact on Mental Health (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
  • Transitions of Retiree Migrants in Thailand from an Occupational Perspective (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
  • A Single Centre comparison of Efficacy and user experience of Open-source do-it-yourself Artificial PancreasSystems against commercially available Hybrid-closed Loop Insulin Pump Systems in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
  • Caring Under Fire: A Grounded Theory of Contemporary Australian Army Nursing Officers in Armed Conflict (PhD , Advisor Mentor)
  • Online Postgraduate Nursing Programs in Australia - Impact on Professional Practice (PhD , Advisor Mentor)
  • Clubfoot in the Northern Territory (PhD , Advisor Mentor)
  • Psilocybin and Self Compassion: Is self-compassion focused integration therapy more effective than non-directive integration approaches? A randomized control trial study (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
Collaboration

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  • 5+ collaborations
  • 4 collaborations
  • 3 collaborations
  • 2 collaborations
  • 1 collaboration
  • Indicates the Tropics (Torrid Zone)

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