Welcome to my homepage. Vicky Visvanathan is a lecturer for the Bachelor of Nursing within Clinical and Health Sciences at the University of South Australia. She has extensive clinical experience of 35 years working as an acute care and critical care nurse in various disciplines within Australia and overseas. Vicky commenced her role as an academic 15 years ago after completing her Masters degree. Vicky teaches across all stages of program and have coordinated clinical courses (Experiential Learning Activity 3 - Acute Care placements for Stage II students and Experiential Learning Activity 5 - Transition to Practice Practicum for Stage III students).
She pursued her higher degree research study that investigated a specific cardiac condition in the critically ill patients admitted to the intensive care unit and developed a clinical pathway for frontline nurses to early recognise this condition. Vicky currently teaches in Evidence Based Nursing Practice course that focuses on the importance of providing holistic patient centred care and improved clinical practice informed by evidence based research and knowledge transalation.
Vicky has been an examiner for Honours thesis (2017) and confirmation of candidature of Masters research degree (2018).