Michelle Freeling is a Lecturer in Nursing at UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences. She completed her nursing degree at Flinders University in 2013 and pursued Honours in Nursing in 2014. Michelle's clinical expertise spans perioperative nursing and community nursing, complemented by her PhD, a mixed methods study exploring nurse presenteeism in high acuity settings.
Michelle is passionate about teaching and research, particularly in making pharmacology and pathophysiology accessible and enjoyable for nursing students. Her research interests encompass nurse well-being, mental health, workforce continuity, feminist issues in nursing, and nursing students' experiences of workplace violence. At UniSA, she coordinates and teaches courses NURS5170 Perioperative Nursing and NURS5171 Decision-Making for Midwifery and Nursing Practice, among others.
Michelle is passionate about integrating gamification into healthcare education, and the design of educational escape rooms, seeking innovative ways to enhance learning experiences in nursing education.