Dr Morgan Smith

School of Nursing and Midwifery

College of Health

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


Lecturer in Nursing, Adelaide Nursing School, The University of Adelaide.My main teaching and research expertise is in the areas of public health and nursing in the community. I am also committed to enhancing students' educational experiences by researching and evaluating innovations in nursing education.

My nursing research interests include nursing in the community and nursing education. I am experienced in conducting qualitative research using grounded theory methods.  I am particularly interested in understanding the experiences of health care consumers and students of nursing. I am committed to conducting research that produces findings with practical implications.

Date Position Institution name
2014 - ongoing Senior Lecturer - Nursing University of Adelaide, Adelaide

Date Institution name Country Title
Charles Sturt University, Bathurst Australia Master of Education
Griffith University Australia PhD

Year Citation
2025 Alghathayan, A., Smith, Z., & Smith, M. (2025). Nurses' Experiences and Perspectives of Conscientious Objection in Practice: A Qualitative Systematic Review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 19 pages.
DOI
2023 Adinew, Y. M., Kelly, J., Smith, M., & Marshall, A. (2023). Women’s perspectives on disrespect and abuse during facility-based childbirth in Ethiopia: a qualitative study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 23(1), 444-1-444-11.
DOI Scopus7 WoS9 Europe PMC7
2023 Douglas, C. A., & Smith, M. R. (2023). Family presence during resuscitation: Perceptions and confidence of intensive care nurses in an Australian metropolitan hospital.. Aust Crit Care, 37(2), 295-300.
DOI Scopus2 WoS3 Europe PMC3
2021 Cusack, L., & Smith, M. (2021). Using qualitative systematic reviews to enhance consumers' health care experiences. Jbi Evidence Synthesis, 19(3), 521-522.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2021 Al Gharash, H., Smith, M., & Cusack, L. (2021). Nursing students’ willingness and confidence to volunteer in a pandemic. Sage Open Nursing, 7, 1-7.
DOI Scopus10 WoS10 Europe PMC5
2021 Adinew, Y. M., Kelly, J., Marshall, A., & Smith, M. (2021). Care providers’ perspectives on disrespect and abuse of women during facility-based childbirth in ethiopia: A qualitative study. International Journal of Women's Health, 13, 1181-1195.
DOI Scopus10 WoS10 Europe PMC10
2020 Smith, M. R., Henderson, S., & Grealish, L. (2020). Implications for bachelor of nursing programs when using student experience survey findings as an indicator of course quality. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 37(4), 47-52.
DOI Scopus5 WoS4
2018 Smith, M. R., Grealish, L., & Henderson, S. (2018). Shaping a valued learning journey: Student satisfaction with learning in undergraduate nursing programs, a grounded theory study. Nurse Education Today, 64, 175-179.
DOI Scopus29 WoS24 Europe PMC13
2018 Jayasekara, R., Smith, C., Hall, C., Rankin, E., Smith, M., Visvanathan, V., & Friebe, T. -R. (2018). The effectiveness of clinical education models for undergraduate nursing programs: A systematic review. Nurse Education in Practice, 29, 116-126.
DOI Scopus92 WoS76 Europe PMC57
2017 Cusack, L., & Smith, M. R. (2017). Experiences of women discharged less than 24 hours post vaginal birth: a systematic review protocol. Jbi Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 15(11), 2599-2603.
DOI Scopus2 Europe PMC1
2015 Smith, M., Lloyd, G., Lobzin, S., Bartel, C., & Medlicott, K. (2015). Increasing quality and quantity of student placements in smaller rural health services: it can be done. Australian journal of rural health, 23(4), 243.
DOI Scopus9 WoS9 Europe PMC8
2014 Smith, M., & Rogers, J. (2014). Understanding nursing students' perspectives on the grading of group work assessments. Nurse Education in Practice, 14(2), 112-116.
DOI Scopus22 WoS16 Europe PMC8
2012 Warland, J., & Smith, M. (2012). Using online roleplay in undergraduate midwifery education: a case-study. Nurse Education in Practice, 12(5), 279-283.
DOI Scopus12 Europe PMC3
2012 Smith, M., Warland, J., & Smith, C. (2012). An innovative strategy in evaluation: using a student engagement framework to evaluate a role-based simulation. Journal of Nursing Education, 51(3), 151-154.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC2
2012 Warland, J., Smith, C., & Smith, M. (2012). Much ado about the flu: design and implementation of an e-role play for a large class of undergraduate students. Nurse Education in Practice, 12(2), 65-71.
DOI Scopus12 Europe PMC7
2011 Smith, M., Nayda, R., & Rankin, E. (2011). Assisting International Students' Adjustment to a New Culture. NURSE EDUCATOR, 36(3), 93-95.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2011 Smith, M. (2011). Community/Public Health Nursing: Promoting the health of populations, 5th edition. CONTEMPORARY NURSE, 37(2), 267.
2011 Rogers, J., & Smith, M. (2011). Demonstrating genuine interest in students' needs and progress: implications for student satisfaction with courses. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 3(1), 6-14.
DOI Scopus15 WoS11
2010 Rankin, E. R., Nayda, R. J., Cocks, S. L., & Smith, M. R. (2010). Students with disabilities and clinical placement : understanding the perspective of healthcare organisations. International journal of inclusive education, 14(5), 533-542.
DOI Scopus19 WoS22
2010 Cusack, L., & Smith, M. (2010). Power inequalities in the assessment of nursing competency within the workplace : implications for nursing management. Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 41(9), 408-412.
DOI Scopus9 WoS8 Europe PMC3
2007 Smith, M. (2007). Ordinary miracles in nursing. CONTEMPORARY NURSE, 24(1), 105.
DOI
2006 Smith, M., & Cusack, L. (2006). Commentary on Whitehead D (2004) Health-promoting hospitals: the role and function of nursing. Journal of Clinical Nursing 14, 20–27. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 15(2), 230–232.
DOI Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2006 Smith, M. R., & Flint, E. (2006). Project focused placements: enhancing students understanding of citizens' perspectives. Nurse education in practice, 6(2), 117-121.
DOI Scopus4 Europe PMC2
2004 Smith, M. R. (2004). The search for insight: clients' psychological experiences of alcohol withdrawal in a voluntary, residential, health care setting. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 10(2), 80-85.
DOI Scopus1
2004 Smith, M. R. (2004). Under the circumstances: the experiences of younger people living in residential aged care facilities. Contemporary Nurse: Health Care Across the Lifespan, 16(3), 188-198.
DOI
2004 Smith, M. (2004). Under the circumstances: the experiences of younger people living in residential aged care facilities.. Contemporary Nurse A Journal for the Australian Nursing Profession, 16(3), 187-194.
Scopus12
2000 Smith, M. R. (2000). Alcohol Misuse - Perspectives from the other side. Australian nursing journal, 7(9), 5.

Year Citation
2020 Cusack, L., & Smith, M. (2020). Portfolios for Nursing, Midwifery and other Health Professions.
DOI Scopus2

I have many years experience teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. I currently team teach in the areas of nursing research and nursing leadership with Associate Professor Lynette Cusack.

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2024 Co-Supervisor Exploring Conscientious Objection Among Critical Care Nurses in Saudi Arabia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Abdulrahman Khaled H Alghathayan
2024 Co-Supervisor Exploring Conscientious Objection Among Critical Care Nurses in Saudi Arabia - Doctorate Full Time Mr Abdulrahman Khaled H Alghathayan

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2021 - 2023 Co-Supervisor Disrespect and Abuse During Facility-Based Childbirth in Ethiopia: A Mixed-Methods Study Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Yohannes Mehretie Adinew

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