The Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre is a partnership between the University of South Australia and the Rosemary Bryant Foundation, which
 
aims to strengthen the nursing & midwifery workforce across the health system through the support and development of evidence-based
 
healthcare, fostering partnerships, informing health policy and building research capacity. The RBRC has developed a comprehensive research
 
program focused on advancing the discipline of nursing & midwifery and patient care related to population and public health, workforce reform,
 
safety and quality, clinical practice, patient outcomes, and integration into education. Its objective is to enhance innovative partnerships for
 
healthcare research, to inform strategies for: 1) Extending the capacity and capabilities of nurses and midwives to build a resilient, sustainable and
 
collaborative workforce, 2) health system planning, evaluation and resourcing, 3) clinical care outcomes, and 4) translation of evidence into practice.
 
Monica is a research assistant at the Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre (RBRC), within UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences. She has been
 
involved with curriculum development and teaching Indigenous health and Cultural Safety across the disciplines of nursing, midwifery, allied health
 
and medicine for the past 15 years.  Alongside her teaching role, Monica has worked as a remote area clinical nurse in numerous Aboriginal Primary
 
Health Care Clinics in the Northern Territory and Cape York Far North Queensland. Currently, she is program developer and mentor for the Deadly
 
Outstanding Workforce Leadership Research Program and recently submitted her PhD titled, Cultural Safety in clinical, teaching and research
 
practice in Australian Indigenous health. An auto-ethnography.