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Ms Jessica Stewart

Lecturer in Nursing

Areas of expertise: intensive care nursing; nursing education; critical care

Phone: +61 3 9953 3831

Email: Jessica.stewart@acu.edu.au

Location: ACU Melbourne Campus

Jessica Stewart is a Lecturer in Nursing at ACU in Melbourne. She has worked as a nurse in a range of settings in Victoria and internationally. Her specialty area is Intensive Care Nursing and she completed a Post Graduate Diploma of Nursing (Critical Care) in 2009.

Jessica is passionate about nursing education (she completed a Master of Education in 2017) and has a focus on supporting Bachelor of Nursing (BN) students who are Enrolled Nurses (EN).

Jessica was the lead in a Higher Education and Participation Program (HEPPP) project in that developed resources to support the transition of this cohort to ACU. She also completed a minor thesis exploring the impact of clinical EN experience on transition to a BN program.

When she is not working you can find her outside in the garden or exploring the country with her vintage caravan and young family.

Projects

• Developing and evaluating targeted programs to support the transition of students who enter the Bachelor of Nursing in the second year of the degree. May-Dec 2016 Higher Education and Participation Partnerships Program (HEPPP) $30,000

Appointments and Affiliations

• Lecturer in Nursing - Australian Catholic University 2015-current