Claire Verrall

Research Interests

Primary Health Care

Ms Claire Verrall

Lecturer

School of Nursing and Midwifery

College of Health

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Doctor of Philosophy (Completed 2023) -Health policy and reform in general practice and the role of the practice nurse

Missed opportunity and the role of the practice nurse

Policy reform and influences upon the role of the practice nurse

Primary Health Care workforce - mixed methods demographic data influencing scope of practice

Learning in Paramedicine 

Community paramedicine - A collaboration with Ambulance Victoria

Date Position Institution name
2022 - ongoing Lecturer The University of Adelaide
2009 - 2022 Lecturer Flinders University
2006 - 2008 Lecturer The University of South Australia
2003 - 2006 Program Manager Gp Partners Adelaide
1995 - 1998 Clinical Manager Ashford Hospital
1993 - 1995 Nurse management and development consultant Flinders Medical Centre
1986 - 1993 Nurse Manager Flinders Medical Centre
1985 - 1986 Clinical Nurse Flinders Medical Centre
1983 - 1985 Registered Nurse Flinders Medical Centre

Date Institution name Country Title
2017 Flinders University Australia Doctor of Philosophy
1995 - 1999 Deakin University Australia Masters of Nursing
1987 - 1988 Flinders University Australia Bachelor of Nursing
1981 - 1983 Sturt College of Advanced Education Australia Diploma Applied Science (Nursing)

Year Citation
2026 Thompson, J. (2026). The use of escape rooms to enhance resuscitation training. Journal of Paramedic Practice: the clinical monthly for emergency care professionals, 18(1), 8-14.
DOI
2026 Willis, E., Goble, E., Verrall, C., You, W., & Hills, D. (2026). General practice nurses: Generational differences in satisfaction, intention to stay and pursuit of further education. Australian Journal of General Practice, 55(4), 218-222.
DOI
2025 You, W., Verrall, C., Willis, E., & Hills, D. (2025). Sustaining the General Practice Nursing Workforce in Australia: Demographics, Job Satisfaction, and Professional Development Challenges. Nursing and Health Sciences, 27(2), e70130-1-e70130-15.
DOI Scopus3 WoS2
2024 Willis, E., Verrall, C., McInnes, S., & Pate, E. (2024). An integrative review of missed nursing care and the general practice nurse. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 30(1), PY23127-1-PY23127-12.
DOI Scopus6 WoS5 Europe PMC3
2024 Thompson, J., Verrall, C., Bogaardt, H., Thirumanickam, A., Marley, C., & Boyle, M. (2024). Responding to the real problem of sustainable resuscitation skills with real assessment. Mixed-methods evaluation of an authentic assessment programme. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 30(6), 989-999.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2024 Verrall, C., Willis, E., Gerrie, A., & Thompson, J. (2024). Missed care or missed opportunities in general practice nursing. Collegian: The Australian Journal of Nursing Practice, Scholarship and Research, 31(4), 188-194.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2023 Verrall, C., Willis, E., & Henderson, J. (2023). Practice nursing: A systematic literature review of facilitators and barriers in three countries. Collegian, 30(2), 254-263.
DOI Scopus4 WoS3
2022 Schrieber, C., Verrall, C., & Whitehead, D. (2022). Spiritual care in Australian general practice nursing: An interpretive descriptive study. Nursing and Health Sciences, 24(3), 670-678.
DOI Scopus8 WoS7 Europe PMC6
2022 Blackman, I., Shifaza, F., Mc Neil, L., Willis, E., Verrall, C., & Henderson, J. (2022). The presence of missed care: a staff development response.. J Nurs Manag, 30(7), 3568-3577.
DOI Scopus5 WoS4 Europe PMC4
2021 Bail, K., Willis, E., Henderson, J., Blackman, I., Verrall, C., & Roderick, A. (2021). Missed infection control care and healthcare associated infections: A qualitative study. Collegian, 28(4), 393-399.
DOI Scopus12 WoS11
2021 Henderson, J., Willis, E., Blackman, I., Verrall, C., & McNeill, L. (2021). Comparing infection control and ward nurses' views of the omission of infection control activities using the Missed Nursing Care Infection Prevention and Control (MNCIPC) Survey. Journal of Nursing Management, 29(5), 1228-1238.
DOI Scopus22 WoS44 Europe PMC15
2020 Fitzgerald, A., Verrall, C., Henderson, J., & Willis, E. (2020). Factors influencing missed nursing care for older people following fragility hip fracture. Collegian, 27(4), 450-458.
DOI Scopus12 WoS11
2018 Blackman, I., Lye, C., Darmawan, I., Henderson, J., Giles, T., Willis, E., . . . Verrall, C. (2018). Modeling missed care: implications for evidence-based practice. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 15(3), 178-188.
DOI Scopus37 WoS26 Europe PMC20
2016 Henderson, J., Willis, E., Xiao, L., Toffoli, L., & Verrall, C. (2016). Nurses' perceptions of the impact of the aged care reform on services for residents in multi-purpose services and residential aged care facilities in rural Australia. Australasian Journal on Ageing, 35(4), E18-E23.
DOI Scopus21 WoS17 Europe PMC13
2016 Harvey, C., Willis, E., Henderson, J., Hamilton, P., Toffoli, L., Verrall, C., . . . Abery, E. (2016). Priced to care: Factors underpinning missed care. Journal of Industrial Relations, 58(4), 510-526.
DOI Scopus24 WoS22
2016 Willis, E., Toffoli, L., Henderson, J., Couzner, L., Hamilton, P., Verrall, C., & Blackman, I. (2016). Rounding, work intensification and new public management. Nursing Inquiry, 23(2), 158-168.
DOI Scopus47 WoS41 Europe PMC28
2016 Henderson, J., Willis, E., Blackman, I., Toffoli, L., & Verrall, C. (2016). Causes of missed nursing care: qualitative responses to a survey of Australian nurses. Labour & Industry: a journal of the social and economic relations of work, 26(4), 281-297.
DOI Scopus18 WoS14
2016 Austen, S., Jefferson, T., Lewin, G., Ong, R., & Sharp, R. (2016). Work ability, age and intention to leave aged care work. Australasian journal on ageing, 35(1), 18-22.
DOI Scopus12 WoS12 Europe PMC11
2015 Willis, E., Henderson, J., Hamilton, P., Toffoli, L., Blackman, I., Couzner, L., & Verrall, C. (2015). Work intensification as missed care. Labour and Industry: a journal of the social and economic relations of work, 25(2), 118-133.
DOI Scopus51 WoS47
2015 Robinson, C., Verrall, C., Houghton, L., & Zeitz, K. (2015). Understanding the patient journey to the Emergency Department - A South Australian study. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 18(2), 75-82.
DOI Scopus12 WoS9 Europe PMC5
2015 Verrall, C., Abery, E., Harvey, C., Henderson, J., Willis, E., Hamilton, P., . . . Blackman, I. (2015). Nurses and midwives perceptions of missed nursing care - a South Australian study. Collegian : journal of the Royal College of Nursing Australia, 22(4), 413-420.
DOI Scopus35 WoS32 Europe PMC19
2015 Fuller, J., Koehne, K., Verrall, C. C., Szabo, N., Bollen, C., & Parker, S. (2015). Building chronic disease management capacity in General Practice: The South Australian GP Plus Practice Nurse Initiative. Collegian, 22(2), 191-197.
DOI Scopus19 WoS14 Europe PMC10
2014 Hamilton, P., Willis, E., Henderson, J., Harvey, C., Toffoli, L., Abery, E., & Verrall, C. (2014). Mapping social processes at work in nursing knowledge development. Nursing and health sciences, 16(3), 395-402.
DOI Scopus6 WoS4 Europe PMC5
2014 Blackman, I., Henderson, J., Willis, E., Hamilton, P., Toffoli, L. P., Verrall, C., . . . Harvey, C. (2014). Factors influencing why nursing care is missed. Journal of clinical nursing, 24(1-2), 47-56.
DOI Scopus145 WoS124 Europe PMC101
2014 Henderson, J., Koehne, K., Verrall, C., Gebbie, K., & Fuller, J. (2014). How is primary health care conceptualised in nursing in Australia? A review of the literature. Health and Social Care in the Community, 22(4), 337-351.
DOI Scopus27 WoS22 Europe PMC18

Year Citation
2024 Verrall, C., Willis, E., & Henderson, J. (2024). Health Care Homes and the role of the practice nurse.
2023 Verrall, C. (2023). Health Care Homes and the role of the practice nurse: an exploration using case study methodology.. (PhD Thesis, Flinders University).
2023 Verrall, C. (2023). Health Care Homes and the role of the practice nurse: an exploration using case study methodology.. (PhD Thesis, Flinders University).

2023 Adelaide Nursing School Grant Scheme - $4,000 - Missed care and the role of the practice nurse

2023 Post Doctoral Eleanor Harrald Fellowship grant - $10,000 - What are the demographic, organisational and work arrangements impacting of the enhancement and expansion of the scope of practice for the general practice nurse (GPN) in Australia?” A mixed methods collaboration with the Australian Primary Health Nurses Association

Teaching 

Course coordinator NURSING 3002: Primary Health Care Nursing (Undergraduate)

Course coordinator NURSING 5023: Primary Health Care (Post Graduate)

Course coordinator NURSING 5902: Clinical Nursing Practice (Post Graduate)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2024 Principal Supervisor Enhancing Healthy Aging in Community Settings: Perspectives and Practices of Geriatric Nurses Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Daham Alanazi
2024 Principal Supervisor Enhancing Healthy Aging in Community Settings: Perspectives and Practices of Geriatric Nurses Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Daham Alanazi

Date Institution Department Organisation Type Country
2023 - ongoing Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association Practice Nurses Health services and related Australia

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