STAFF PROFILE
Professor Sonja Cleary
Position:
Dean of Students
College / Portfolio:
STEM College
Phone:
+61399257446
Email:
sonja.cleary@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Dr Sonja Cleary, Deputy Head of School Learning and Teaching Discipline Leader - Discipline of Nursing
Teaching responsibilities
- In all areas of the Acute Care stream in the Bachelor of Nursing
Research interests
- Acute care – cardiac nursing
- Whistleblowing – nursing ethics, governance and error reporting
- Practice Driven Simulated Learning
- Online learning communities
- 2014 Doctor of Philosophy, Deaking University
- 2003-2004 Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Education, University of Southern Queensland
- 1997-2001 Masters of Health Science (Research), Central Queensland University
- 1995-1996 Coronary Care Certificate , The Prince Charles Hospital, Chermside, Brisbane
- 1992-1993 Bachelor of Nursing - Conversion Course, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Bundoora Campus Melbourne, Victoria
- 1987–1989 Diploma of Applied Science –Nursing, Phillip Institute of Technology, Bundoora Campus Melbourne, Victoria.
Memberships
- Member of the Royal College of Nursing Australia. 2000-
- Member of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, Victoria Branch 1990-1994, 2007-
- Affiliate member of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) 1997-
- Zhao, F.,Kennedy, G.,Cleary, S.,Conduit, R.,Zhang, W.,Fu, Q.,Zheng, Z. (2023). Knowledge about, attitude toward, and practice of complementary and alternative medicine among nursing students: A systematic review of cross-sectional studies In: Frontiers in Public Health, 10, 1 - 41
- Cooper, Z.,Cleary, S.,Stelmach, W.,Zheng, Z. (2023). Patient engagement in perioperative settings: A mixed method systematic review In: Journal of Clinical Nursing, 32, 5865 - 5885
- Jansz, C.,Ross, A.,Cleary, S. (2022). Skin Tears in an aging population: Workforce empowerment - Evaluation of a First Responder Skin Tear Wound Management Pack In: Journal of Wound Management, 23, 60 - 69
- Law, R.,Wong Lit Wan, D.,Cleary, S.,Stelmach, W.,Mori, K.,Zheng, Z. (2022). Measuring surgical patient engagement: A scoping review In: Journal of Perioperative Nursing, 35, 38 - 49
- Walker, F.,Ball, M.,Cleary, S.,Pisani, H. (2021). Transparent teamwork: The practice of supervision and delegation within the multi-tiered nursing team In: Nursing Inquiry, 28, 1 - 10
- Zheng, Z.,Layton, J.,Stelmach, W.,Crabbe, J.,Ma, J.,Briedis, J.,Atme, A.,Bourne, D.,Hau, R.,Cleary, S.,Xue, C. (2020). Using patient self-checklist to improve the documentation of risk of postoperative nausea and vomiting: an implementation project In: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, 18, 65 - 74
- Cleary, S.,Duke, M. (2019). Clinical governance breakdown: Australian cases of wilful blindness and whistleblowing In: Nursing Ethics, 26, 1039 - 1049
- Doyle, K.,Sainsbury, K.,Cleary, S.,Parkinson, L.,Vindigni, D.,McGrath, I.,Cruickshank, M. (2017). Happy to help/happy to be here: Identifying components of successful clinical placements for undergraduate nursing students In: Nurse Education Today, 49, 27 - 32
- Vindigni, D.,Polus, B.,Cleary, S.,Doyle, K. (2017). Chiropractors' experience and readiness to work in Indigenous Australian Communities: a preliminary cross-sectional survey to explore preparedness, perceived barriers and facilitators for chiropractors practising cross-culturally In: Chiropractic and Manual Therapies, 25, 1 - 9
- David, A.,Holroyd, E.,Jackson, M.,Cleary, S. (2017). 'Being in the know': Nurses' perspectives on the role of 'end-of-shift' verbal handover In: International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, 15, 69 - 78
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
3 PhD Completions and 3 Masters by Research Completions3 PhD Current Supervisions and 1 Masters by Research Current Supervisions
Clinical governance, Health service policy, Acute care nursing, Nursing education and simulation, Management of chronic disease
- Emerging from the long shadow: optimising supportive consumer and provider care pathways through the post-acute sequelae of COVID-19. Funded by: MRFF Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 Streams 1-3 from (2024 to 2029)
- Engaging patients in the prevention and management of post-operative nausea and vomiting. Funded by: Northern Health Foundation - Scholarship from (2018 to 2021)