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Dr. Sara Kathleen Geale

Senior Lecturer
SONMP FHS

Areas of expertise: innovations in higher education; disaster management

Phone: +61 2 97392739

Email: sara.geale@acu.edu.au

Location: ACU North Sydney Campus

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7070-3797

Sara Geale holds a PhD in Emergency and Disaster Management from Walden University. Sara's research and dissertation were put forward for dissertation of the year 2010 and has been published as a book. Sara has a Bachelor of Arts in Library and Information science from Wagga Wagga, CAE, A Postgraduate diploma of Applied Science Nursing form Sydney CAE, Australia. Sara completed a master's in Emergency and Disaster Management from Touro University, USA achieving Suma Cum Laude. Sara continues to engage with learning as a lifelong obsession.

Sara worked for nearly 30 years in Health care as a Staff Nurse, Senior Staff Nurse in ICU, and Supervisor of an Emergency Room, and has worked in Health Care Quality Improvement and Health care Education. Sara has taught ACLS, PALS, PHTLS, AHLS, BDLS, ADLS, and Decontamination. In addition to these practical courses Sara taught communication, leadership, teamwork, and other concepts required in delivering sound patient and family centered patient care. Some 20 of those 30 years have been in the Middle East working with some 60 different nationalities across a broad spectrum of roles that included hands on nursing care, quality improvement, education, and leadership.

Sara continues her work based on a passion for nursing and teaching. Sara enjoys passing her passion for healthcare on to her students. Her teaching and research at university level is directed at supporting the development of safe effective health care providers.

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• Mollart, L., Newell, R., Geale, S.K., Noble, D. Norton, C. O'Brien, A. P. (2021) Nursing undergraduate's educational preparedness using patient electronic medical records in clinical practice.: Surveying nursing students on patient electronic records. AJAN - The Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing ( recently accepted for publication)
• Geale, S. (2020) Literature Review: Donning and Doffing and Virtual Reality. JOJ Nurse Health Care. 2020; 11(5): 555821. DOI: 10.19080/JOJNHC.2020.11.555821
• Brewer, C.A., Hatton, A., Hammad, K.S., Geale, S.K., (2020) A feasibility study on disaster preparedness in regional and rural emergency departments in New South Wales: Nurses self-assessment of knowledge
• Mollart, L., Newell, R., Geale, S.K., Noble, D. Norton, C. O'Brien, A. P. (2020) Introduction of patient electronic medical records (EMR) into undergraduate nursing education: An integrated literature review. Nurse Education Today https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104517
• Smith, S., Maund, K., Hilaire, T., Gajendran, T., Lyneham, J., Geale, S. (2020) Enhancing discipline specific skills using a virtual environment built with gaming technology. International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning 21(3), 193-209 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340953512_Enhancing_discipline_specific_skills_using_a_virtual_environm ent_built_with_gaming_technology
• O'Brien, A. P., Bradley, K., & Geale, S. (2016). Clinical Support Handbook 2016 - Clinical Facilitators, Mentors, Lab Tutors (1 ed.). Callaghan: University of Newcastle.
• Ewens, B., Geale, S., Vafeas, C., Foxall,F., Loessl,B., Smyth, A., McCafferty, C. (2016/07/19). Humanising the curriculum: The role of a Virtual World. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice. 6(12) pp.80-88 http://jnep.sciedupres
• Geale, S.K, & Duffield, D. (2015) Nurses-are we disaster ready? Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal 23(1) pp.23 Retrieved from www.anf.org
• Wong, C. C. & Geale, S.K. (2015) The power of story: narrative inquiry as a methodology in nursing research.
• International Journal of Nursing Sciences DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnss.2015.04.014
• Geale, S.K. (2015) Men's health - it should be a feminist issue. Vol. 23 (5) pp.44 Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal Retrieved from www.anf.org
• Geale, S., Beament, T. Gibson, N., Fowler, A., Baker, M. Smith, G. (2015) International Practicum: Not just another overseas jaunt- Supporting learning objectives and the development of graduate attributes. Journal of Nursing Education and Practice. 5(11) pp.96 DOI: 10.5430/jnep.v5n11p96
• Mata, G., Oliver, K., Geale, S., Jacob, E.(2015). Infection Control- it's not just what you wear - it's how you take it off
• Geale, S., & Jacob, E. (2015) BP measurement: practice without evidence. Are we teaching it wrong? Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal 23(2) pp.34
• Mata, G., Geale, S. (2015). Teaching of safe practices to our undergraduates Australia Nursing Midwifery Journal. 2015
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• Geale, S. K. (2012) The ethics of disaster management, Disaster Prevention and Management, Vol. 21( 4), pp.445 - 462 Skills and preparation for disaster management. Australasian Emergency Care. Vol.23 (1) pp.29-30 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.auec.2019.12.005
• Geale, S.K, & Hargis, D. W. (2010) A Case Study of a Modular Logistical Systems Approach to Community Disaster Response Lambert Publishing
• Brady, Brewer, Byfield, Dyke, Geale, Hari, Mills, Sweeting, Tighe (2022) Medical Surgical Nursing For Australian Students, 1st Edition Print ISBN : 9780730391982 | Digital ISBN : 9780730391999

Projects

• Facilitating the development of clinical decision-making skill for prioritisation of care in undergraduate nursing students. Adam Burston, 905222, LTG 2022 Burston Clinical Decisions, NMP, Nursing

International journal review panels

• Ongoing reviewing for the following Journals:
• Dove Medical press who specializes in publication of Open Access peer-reviewed journals across the broad spectrum of science, technology and especially medicine.
• Collegian - The Australian Journal of Nursing Practice, Scholarship and Research is the official journal of the Australian College of Nursing.
• Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness