Griffith University

RN, RM, MCHN, BAppSc, GDipEd(HIE), MNS, PhD, FRNCA, STTI
Associate Professor
Contact Details for A/Prof Winsome St John

Summary

• Nursing experience has been gained in a broad range of acute and community settings including general medical/surgical nursing, coronary care, midwifery, maternal and child health, community health nursing, community health education.
• Teaching experience has been gained in the TAFE and University sectors.  Teaching areas have included: research, community nursing, family nursing, primary health care, health promotion, issues in nursing, general nursing, philosophy of nursing and child care studies.
• Research interests include: community health practice, community health, primary health care, health education, family, maternal and child health, fatherhood, continence care provision in the community

Research expertise

• Primary health care and community health nursing
• Urinary incontinence in community-dwelling populations
• Family nursing and fatherhood
• Interpretive, especially grounded theory, phenomenology
• In-depth interviewing
• Focus groups
• Use of technology in qualitative data analysis
• Survey methods
• Primarily qualitative research and the use of mixed methods
• Managing urinary incontinence in the community
• Current research supervision: boys' access to health services, fatherhood and occupational safety, families with a disabled child, use of health information for people with COPD, decision-making to self-manage chronic pain, satisfaction with nurse-led care in general practice, health promotion.

Current teaching areas or responsibilities

• Community health practice
• Family nursing
• Qualitative research
• Thesis and project supervision

Peer Reviewed Publications (Abridged)

• Mellor, G., & St John, W. (Accepted for publication 24-8-11). Fatigue and work safety behaviour in men during early fatherhood. American Journal of Men's Health.
• Hutchinson, L., & St John, W., & Patterson, E. (Accepted for publication, 8-6-11). Making connections: Strategies to improve adolescent boys’ access to school based health services. Contemporary Nurse.
• Huang, Y., Kellett, U., & St John, W. (Accepted for publication 23-1-11, in press). Barriers to care-giving of Taiwanese mother of a child with cerebral palsy: A hermeneutic phenomenological research. Journal of Clinical Nursing. (2010 IF 1.228; 23/85 in Nursing). Early view: doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03741.x.  Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03741.x/pdf
• Hutchinson, L., Mitchell, C., St John, W. (2011). The transition experience of endorsed enrolled nurses to a bachelor of nursing at an Australian University. Contemporary Nurse, 38(1-2), 191-197.
• Emmanuel, E., Creedy, D., St John, W., & Browne, C. (2011). Maternal role development: The impact of maternal distress and social support following childbirth. Midwifery. 27, 265–272.
• Ehrlich, C., St John, W., & Kendall, E. (2010). ‘Listening to my body’ to ‘Look after my body’: a theory of information use for self-management of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Journal of Nursing and Healthcare of Chronic Illness, 2, 262-270.
• Emmanuel, E., & St John, W. (2010). Maternal distress: A concept analysis. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 66(7), 2104-2115.
• Mellor, G., & St John, W. (2010). Work safety during early fatherhood. American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal, 58(7), 297-301.
• Huang, Y., Kellett, U., & St John, W. (2010). Experiences of Taiwanese mothers after learning their child is diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 66(6), 1213-1221.
• St John, W., Wallis, M., Griffiths, S., & McKenzie, S. (2010). Daily-living management of urinary incontinence: A synthesis of the literature. Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing, 37(1). 80-90.
• Grant, S., St John, W., Patterson, E. (2009). Recovery from total hip replacement surgery: It’s not just physical. Qualitative Health Research, 19(11), 1612-1620.
• St John, W., & Flowers, K. (2009). Working with families: From theory to clinical nursing practice. Collegian, 16(3), 131-139.
• Lin, F., St John, W., & McVeigh, C. (2009). Burnout among hospital nurses in China. Journal of Nursing Management, 17(3, Special issue on job satisfaction, work environment and burnout), 294-301.
• Mellor, G., & St John, W. (2009). Managers’ perceptions of the current and future role of occupational health nurses in Australia. American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal, 57(2), 79-88.
• Mahomed, R., Patterson, E., St John, W. (2008). Factors influencing possible participation in chronic disease self-management courses.  Australian Journal of Primary Health, 14(3), 19-26.
• Browne, G., Hemsley, M., & St John, W. (2008). Consumer perspectives on recovery: A focus on housing following discharge from hospital. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 17, 402-409.
• Emmanuel, E., Creedy, D., St John, W., Gamble, J. & Brown, C. (2008). Maternal role development following childbirth among Australian women. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 64(1), 18-26
• Flowers, K., St John, W. & Bell, J. (2008). The role of the clinical laboratory in teaching and learning family nursing skills. Journal of Family Nursing, 14(2), 242-267. (
• Mellor, G., & St John, W. (2007). Occupational health nurses’ perceptions of current and future areas of practice. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 58(6), 585-593.
• Johnson, P., St John, W., & Moyle, W. (2006). Existing in an uneveryday world: The experience of being on long-term mechanical ventilation in a critical care unit. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 53(5), 551-558.
• Mellor, G., St John, W., & McVeigh, C. (2006). Occupational health nursing practice in Australia: What occupational health nurses say they do and what they actually do. Collegian, 13(3), 18-24.
• Huang, Y., Kellett, U.M., St John, W., & Lee, S. (2006). Analysis phenomenology and application to nursing research [Chinese]. Journal of Nursing (China). 53(2), 49-58.
• St John, W., Cameron, C., & McVeigh, C. (2005). Meeting the challenge of new fatherhood during the early weeks. Journal of Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Neonatal Nursing, 34(2), 180-189.
• McVeigh, C., St John, W., & Cameron, C. (2005). Fathers’ functional status six weeks following the birth of a baby: A Queensland study. Australian Journal of Midwifery. 18(1), 3-6.

Books and Book Chapters (abridged)

• St John, W., Lin, F., Henderson, S., Fenwick, C., & Barry, R. (2008). Making connections: Communication with culturally and linguistically diverse undergraduate nursing students on clinical placement. Southport: School of Nursing and Midwifery.
• St John, W., & Keleher, H. (Eds). Community health nursing: Theory, skills and issues. Sydney: Allen & Unwin.
• St John, W., & Keleher, H. (2007). Chapter 5: Community assessment for health. In W. St John & H. Keleher (Eds). Community health nursing: Theory, skills and issues. Sydney: Allen & Unwin.
• St John, W. (2007). Chapter 7: Health screening. In W. St John & H. Keleher (Eds). Community health nursing: Theory, skills and issues. Sydney: Allen & Unwin.
• Wollin, J., & St John, W. Chapter 11: Research and evidence for community nursing practice
• Keleher, H., & St John, W. Chapter 12: Community projects and program planning
• St John, W., Fraser, K., & Bennett, E. Chapter 13: Home visiting
• Flowers, K., & St John, W. Chapter 14: Working with families
• de Crespigny, C., & St John, W. Chapter 15: Working with community groups
• Milnes, P., Fenwick, C., Truscott, K., & St John, W. Chapter 16: Working in a cross cultural setting
• Ryan, C., Shaban, R., & St John, W. Chapter 17: Working in a community-based organisation
• St John, W., & Shaban, R. Chapter 18: Self-management in community practice
• Seigloff, L., St John, W., Keleher, H., & Patterson, E. Chapter 20: Professional issues in community practice
• St John, W., Wallis, M., McKenzie, S., & Griffiths, S. (2007). … what now?: Helping clients live positively with urinary incontinence. Canberra: Australian Federal Government, Department of Health and Ageing. Available: http://www.bladderbowel.gov.au/doc/HelpingClients.pdf
• St John, W., Wallis, M., McKenzie, S., & Griffiths, S. (2007). Live better with urinary incontinence. Canberra: Australian Federal Government, Department of Health and Ageing. Available: http://www.bladderbowel.gov.au/doc/LiveBetter.pdf
• St John, W. (2005). Community-based nursing practice. In M. Farrell, Smeltzer, S.C., & Bare, B.G.. Smelzer & Bare’s Textbook on Medical Surgical Nursing. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
• St John, W. (2004). Focus group interviews. In: Minichiello, V., Sullivan, G., Greenwood, K. & Axford, R. (eds.).  Research methods for nursing and health sciences (2nd ed).  Frenchs Forrest, NSW: Pearson Education Australia.
• Wallis, M., McKenzie, S., Guyatt, S., Rayner, J. Ellem, F., Gass, E., St John, W. & Hughes, R. (2003). Best practice guidelines in the prevention and treatment of constipation in adults under 65 years. Canberra: Australian Department of Health and Ageing.

Other

• Paterson, J., St John, W., Watt, E., & Thorogood, C. (2007). Consultation, consensus and commitment to guidelines for including continence into undergraduate nursing and midwifery curricula. Australian and New Zealand Continence Journal, 13(4), 116.
• St John, W., & Minichiello, V. (2006). In-depth interviewing skills for qualitative research (abstract). International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 5(3), 58, http://www.ualberta.ca/~ijqm/english/engframeset.html.
• Huang, Y., Kellett, U., & St John, W. (2006). The experience of caregiving for a Taiwanese mother of a child with cerebral palsy. (abstract). International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 5(3), 21. http://www.ualberta.ca/~ijqm/english/engframeset.html.
• Brown, G., Hemsley, M., & St John, W. (2006). Focus: Housing support for people living with mental illness. Australian Nurses Journal.
• Paterson, J., St John, W., Thorogood, C., & Watt, E. (2006). Consultation, consensus and commitment to Guidelines for Inclusion of Continence into Undergraduate Nursing and Midwifery Curricula. National Continence Management Strategy. Final Report submitted to the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing.
• St John, W., Griffiths, S., Wallis, M., & McKenzie, S. (2004). ‘I want to be able to wear light-coloured trousers’: Bothersome and socially difficult aspects of urinary incontinence; clients’ goals for treatment and changes to bother over time. Australian and New Zealand Continence Journal, 10(4), 100.

Professional Memberships

• Fellow, Royal College of Nursing, Australia
• Member, Australian Nurses for Continence
• Member, Continence Foundation, Australia
• Member, Category: Nurse Leader. Queensland Honour Society of Nursing; Sigma Theta Tau International (Honour Society of Nursing)