Ms Sally-Anne Bessell
Lecturer
Adelaide Nursing School
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Sally-Anne Bessell is a Lecturer in the Adelaide Nursing, Examiner with the Nursing Midwifery Board Australia. She is a Critical Care Registered Nurse, with a background in Intensive Care and Emergency Department Nursing. Sally is a junior researcher and HDR student topics of interest include the impact of critical incidents on nurses well being and their ability to cope; the use of Virtual Reality, 360 video technology in nursing education and Undergraduate and clinical reasoning in practice.Sally is particularly interested in improving the work experiences of nurses and their job satisfaction.
Research interests include:
- Innovations in student learning
- The role of Virtual Reality in Clinical Simulation education
- promotion of newcomer nurse retention in critical care specialties and successful transition of the student nurse to clinician
- Junior nurse coping strategies in critical care area's
- Coping and stress for junior Registered Nurse's working in the Emergency Department
- Nurse Led Clinic functionality
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2019 - ongoing Level B Lecturer The university of Adelaide 2019 - ongoing Examiner Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency 2013 - ongoing Register Nurse Calvary Adelaide Hospital -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2022 Scholarship Careers Coaching Scholarship The University of Adelaide Australia - -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2017 The University of Adelaide Australia Masters of Critical Care Nursing 2000 The university of Adelaide Australia Graduate Diploma Intensive Care Nursing 1994 - 1996 University of South Australia Australia Bachelor of Nursing -
Certifications
Date Title Institution name Country 1996 Acute Care Nursing Certificate Ashford Hospital Australia -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2023 Donnelly, F., McLiesh, P., Bessell, S. A., & Walsh, A. (2023). Preparing students for clinical placement using 360-video. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 77, 34-41.
Scopus9 WoS12020 Donnelly, F. P., Mcliesh, P., & Bessell, S. -A. (2020). Using 360 degree video to enable affective learning in nursing education. Journal of Nursing Education, 59(7), 409-412.
Scopus14 WoS6 Europe PMC2
2023 Alumni Funding Scheme - Grant $3,000
2024 Alumni Funding Scheme - Grant $2,000
2018 Course Coordinator Semester 1: NURS 2004, Nursing Older People (Undergrad) and NURS 7100, Knowledge Translation (Post Graduate)
2018 Course Coordinator Semester 2: NURS 7100, Knowledge Translation (Post Graduate)
2019 Course Coordinator Semester 1: NURS 2004, Nursing Older People (Undergrad) and NURS 7100, Knowledge Translation (Post Graduate)
2019 Course Coordinator Semester 2: NURS 7100, Knowledge Translation (Post Graduate)
2020 Course Coordinator Semester 1: NURS 2007, Health Assessment and Clinical Nursing III (Undergrad) and NURS 7100, Knowledge Translation (Post Graduate)
2020 Course Coordinator Semester 2: NURS 7100, Knowledge Translation (Post Graduate)
2021 Course Coordinator Semester 1: NURS 2007, Health Assessment and Clinical Nursing III (Undergrad) and NURS 7100, Knowledge Translation (Post Graduate)
2021 Course Coordinator Semester 2: NURS 7100, Knowledge Translation (Post Graduate)
2022 Course Coordinator Semester 1: NURS 2007, Health Assessment and Clinical Nursing III (Undergrad)
2022 Course Coordinator Semester 2: NURS 1008 Professional and Ethical Nursing Practice (Undergrad)
2023 Course Coordinator Semester 1: NURS 2007, Health Assessment and Clinical Nursing III (Undergrad)
2023 Course Coordinator Semester 2: NURS 1008 Professional and Ethical Nursing Practice (Undergrad)
2024 Course Coordinator Semester 1: NURS 2007, Health Assessment and Clinical Nursing III (Undergrad)
2024 Course Coordinator Semester 2: NURS 2011, Health Assessment and Clinical Nursing IV (Undergrad) and NURS 1008 Professional and Ethical Nursing Practice (Undergrad)
2025 Course Coordinator Semester 1: NURS 2007, Health Assessment and Clinical Nursing III (Undergrad)
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2022 - ongoing Treasurer Adelaide Nursing School Alumni The Adelaide University - Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Australia 2021 - ongoing Board Member GEDI The University of Adelaide - Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences Australia 2021 - ongoing Member Interprofessional Learning COP The University of Adelaide Australia 2019 - ongoing Member Virtual Reality Community of Practice The University of Adelaide Australia 2015 - ongoing Member Discovery Learning Community of Practice The University of Adelaide Australia -
Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2021 - ongoing Member College of Emergency Nursing Australasia Australia 2020 - ongoing Member Australian College of Critical Care Nurses: ACCCN Australia
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