Associate Professor Elizabeth Patterson

RN, BSc, GradDipNursSt, MHSc (N), PhD

Head of School

Contact details for A/Prof Elizabeth Patterson

Research expertise

• Primary health care
  
• Practice nursing
  
• Disability
• Elizabeth's PhD explored the current and potential roles of practice nurses and she has continued to research and publish in this area.
• Currently research: Member of a research team comprising nursing and medical academics from three Queensland universities and currently practicsing general practitioners trialling a nurse-led model of chronic disease management in general practice.

Current teaching areas

• Health promotion
  
• Primary health care nursing
  
• Qualitative research
• Thesis supervision
  

Publications

• Halcomb, E., Davidson, P. & Patterson, E. Promoting leadership and management in Australian general practice nursing: What will it take? Journal of Nursing Management (in press).
• Ely, D., Hegney, D., Patterson.E., et al., Positive responses to involvement in a trial on a nurse-led collaborative model of chronic disease care: A qualitative study. Australian Family Physician (in press).
• Mahomed, R., Patterson, E., & St John, W. Factors influencing possible participation in chronic disease self-management courses. Australian Journal of Primary Health (in press).
• Stapleton, P., Henderson, A., Creedy, D., Cooke, M., Patterson, E., Alexander, H., Haywood, A. & Dalton, M. (2007). Boosting morale and improving performance in the nursing setting. Journal of Nursing Management 15: 811-816.
• Creedy, D., Mitchell, M., Seaton-Sykes, P., Cooke, M., Patterson, E., Purcell, C. & Weeks, P. (2007)  Evaluating a web-enhanced BN curriculum: Perspectives of third year students. Nurse Education Today 46 (10):460-467.
• Davidson, P., Halcomb, E. & Patterson, E. (Eds). 2007. Contemporary Nurse: Advances in General practice Nursing – Special Issue 26(1).
• Halcomb, E. J., Davidson, P. M., & Patterson, E. (2007). Exploring the development of Australian general practice nursing: Where we have come from and where to from here? Contemporary Nurse, 26(1), 145-53.
• McMurray, A., Johnson, P., Wallis, M., Patterson, E. & Griffiths, S. (2007). General surgical patients’ perspectives of the adequacy and appropriateness of discharge planning to facilitate health decision-making at home. Journal of Clinical Nursing 16: 1602-1609.
• Patterson, E., Halcomb, E. & Davidson, P. (2007). Guest Editorial - Practice Nursing in Australia: Whose responsibility? Collegian 14(4): 2-3.
• Patterson, E., Muenchberger, H. & Kendall, E. (2007). Coordinated care of people with chronic and complex conditions: The role of practice nurses. Australian Health Review 31(2):231-238.          
• Price, K., Patterson, E. & Hegney, D. (2006). Being strategic: Utilising consumer views to better promote an expanded role for nurses in Australian general practice. Collegian 13(4): 16-21.
• Hegney, D., Eley, R. Buikstra, E., Rees, S. & Patterson, E. (2006). Consumers’ level of comfort with an advanced practice role for registered nurses in general practice: A Queensland, Australia study. Australian Journal of Primary Health 12(3):55-62.
• Halcomb, E., Patterson, E. & Davidson, P. (2006). Evolution of practice nursing in Australia. Journal of Advanced Nursing 53(3): 376-390.
• Patterson, E. (2006). Commentary on Pascoe SW and Neal RD (2004) Primary Care: Questionnaire survey of alternative forms of patient and nurse face-to-face consultations. Journal of Clinical Nursing 15: 374-375.         
• Eley, D., Hegney, D., Patterson, E. (2005). Patient recruitment for a practice nurse study within general practice. Australian Family Physician 34(11): 991-992.
• Patterson, E., Price, K. & Hegney, D. (2005). Primary health care and general practice nurses: What is the nexus? Australian Journal of Primary Health 11 (1): 47-54.
• Patterson, E., Forrester, K., Price, K. & Hegney, D. (2005). Risk reduction in general practice and the role of the receptionist. Journal of Law and Medicine 12 (3): 340-347.
• Hegney, D., Price, K., Patterson, E., Martin-McDonald, K. & Rees, S. (2004). Australian consumers’ expectations for expanded nursing roles in general practice: Choice not gatekeeping. Australian Family Physician 33 (10): 845-848.
• Patterson,E. & McMurray, A. (2003). Collaborative practice between nurses and medical practitioners in Australian general practice: Moving from rhetoric to reality. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing 20 (4): 43-48.
• McVeigh, C., Moyle, K., Forrester, K., Chaboyer, W., Patterson, E. & St. John, W. (2002). Publication syndicates: In support of nursing scholarship. The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing 33 (2):63-66.
• Chaboyer, W. P., & Patterson, E. (2001). Australian hospital generalist and critical care nurses’ perceptions of doctor-nurse collaboration. Nursing & Health Sciences 3:73-79.
• Williams, G. F., Chaboyer, W. & Patterson, E. (2000). Australia’s nursing workforce in perspective. Journal of Nursing Administration 30 (6):304-308.    
• Patterson, E., Del Mar, C. & Najman, J. (2000). Medical receptionists in general practice: Who needs a nurse? International Journal of Nursing Practice 6(5):229-236.
• Patterson, E., Del Mar, C. & Najman, J. (1999). Nursing’s contribution to general practice: General practitioners’ and practice nurses’ views. Collegian 6(4):33-39.
• Patterson, E., Del Mar, C. & Najman, J. (1999). A descriptive study of nurses employed by general practitioners in south-east Queensland. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing 17(2):13-20.
• Chaboyer, W., McMurray, A., & Patterson, E. (1998). Unlicensed assistive personnel in critical care. International Journal of Nursing Practice 4(4):240-246.
• Patterson, E. & Cruickshank, D. (1996). Promoting purposeful partnerships. Contemporary Nurse 5(1):12-17.
• Patterson, E. (1996). Nursing children with disabilities: A conceptual framework for organising services. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing 13 (3):32-39. 
• Patterson, E. (1996). The analysis and application of peer assessment like beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Nurse Education Today 16:49-55.
• Hendricks-Thomas, J. & Patterson, E, (1995). A sharing in critical thought. Journal of Advanced Nursing 22:594-599. 

Book Chapters

• Patterson, E. Health Promotion. In St John, W., & Keleher, H. (eds). 2007. Community health nursing: Theory, skills and issues. Allen & Unwin (pp136-156).
• Patterson E. Health teaching. In St John, W., & Keleher, H. (eds). 2007. Community health nursing: Theory, skills and issues. Allen & Unwin (pp157-170).
• St John, W. Keleher, H. & Patterson E. Professional issues in community practice. In St John, W., & Keleher, H. (eds). 2007. Community health nursing: Theory, skills and issues. Allen & Unwin (373-390).