Dr Ylona Chun Tie - Research Portfolio

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About

Dr Ylona Chun Tie is an experienced registered nurse specialising in intensive care, coronary care, research, and nursing education. Ylona is a senior lecturer and the Deputy Head Academic Group in Nursing and Midwifery in the College of Healthcare Sciences at JCU Townsville campus. Ylona has travelled extensively internationally to broaden her understanding of the cultural context of healthcare delivery and to promote international collaboration. Ylona represents the nursing community at both state and national levels.

Ylona’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. Ylona constructed the grounded theory Playing the game which advances understanding of integration leading to relevant and implementable findings for regulators and nurse-workforce sustainability.

Dr Chun Tie is a recipient of the Dean's Award for Research Higher Degree Excellence 2020.

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

Advisory Accreditation: Primary Advisor or Secondary Advisor

Teaching

HS2101: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing (Level 2; CNS & TSV)
NS1771: Introduction to the Professions (Level 1; CNS & TSV)
NS2220: Specialisation Project (Level 2; TSV)

Interests

Professional

Leadership and clinical governance
Multidisciplinary collaboration in education in clinical practice settings
International collaboration in nursing education
SDGs
International nurse workforce integration

Research

Grounded Theory
Nurse migration
Internationally qualified nurses
Nursing education
Curriculum design
Qualitative research methods
Policy development
Science content in nursing curriculum
Teaching Science Content

Teaching

Higher education learning and teaching innovation
Nursing
Communication
Specialist Nursing Practice
Indigenous Health Studies for Nursing and Midwifery
Online learning technologies in tertiary education
The influence of culture and inter-generational difference on student learning styles

Research Disciplines

Socio-Economic Objectives

Honours

Awards

University Convocation Medal
GKNHS Scholarship
Pam McAllister Memorial Prize
Prize in Nursing Excellence
RCNA High Achiever Award
Australian Postgraduate Award
TGH Research Prize Years 1 & 2
2020 - Certified Course Reviewer as recognised by the Higher Education Leadership Institute
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 - 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

2020 - Australian College of Nursing -Secretariat Support of the International Nursing Community of Interest
2020 - Australian College of Educators
2020 - World Federation of Critical Care Nurses
2019 - Australian Institute of Tropical Health & Medicine
2019 - National Board Secretary ACCCN
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 - Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Research (CNMR)
2012 - International Council of Nurses (ICN) Research network
2009 - Australian College of Nursing (ACN)
2008 - Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN)

Publications

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Journal Articles

Chun Tie Y, Birks M and Francis K (2019) Grounded theory research: a design framework for novice researchers. SAGE Open Medicine, 7, pp. 1-8, DOI:10.1177/2050312118822927.
Chun Tie Y, Birks M and Francis K (2019) Playing the game: a grounded theory of the integration of international nurses. Collegian, 26, pp. 470-476, DOI:10.1016/j.colegn.2018.12.006.
Birks M, Ralph N, Cant R, Chun Tie Y and Hillman E (2018) Science knowledge needed for nursing practice: a cross-sectional survey of Australian registered nurses. Collegian, 25 (2), pp. 209-215, DOI:10.1016/j.colegn.2017.05.005.
Chun Tie Y, Birks M and Mills J (2018) The experience of internationally qualified registered nurses working in the Australian healthcare system: an integrative literature review. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 29 (3), pp. 274-284, DOI:10.1177/1043659617723075.
Ralph N, Birks M, Cant R, Chun Tie Y and Hillman E (2017) How should science be taught to nurses? Preferences of registered nurses and science teaching academics. Collegian, 24 (6), pp. 585-591, DOI:10.1016/j.colegn.2017.01.004.
Birks M, Ralph N, Cant R, Hillman E and Chun Tie Y (2015) Teaching science content in nursing programs in Australia: a cross sectional survey of academics. BMC Nursing, 14 (24), pp. 1-9, DOI:10.1186/s12912-015-0074-x.

Supervision

Advisory Accreditation: I can be on your Advisory Panel as a Primary or Secondary Advisor.

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

Quality Improvement in Healthcare: Australian Nurses' and Midwives' Perspective during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Masters , Primary Advisor)

Collaboration

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