Mary FitzGerald was appointed Professor of Nursing at CSU in 2012. She has a leadership role in research and post-graduate research studies. She is also charged with engaging with clinical partners and supporting practice development and evidence based practice.
Following her arrival in Australia as an experienced clinician in 1992, she completed her PhD at the University of New England. She worked as Deputy Head and subsequently as Acting Head of the Department of Clinical Nursing at The University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital.
In 2001 she joined the staff of the School of Nursing and Midwifery at The University of Newcastle as Professor of Nursing, where she facilitated practice development initiatives and created links between the health service and the international practice development community, before she was appointed in 2005 to James Cook University as Professor of Nursing and Director of Research.
She has supervised eight PhD candidates, two masters by research candidates, thirteen Master of Nursing Science and two Bachelor of Nursing (Hons) candidates through to successful completion. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing Australia.
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