Miss Sally-Anne Bessell
Lecturer
School of Nursing and Midwifery
College of Health
Sally-Anne Bessell is a Lecturer in the Adelaide Nursing, Examiner with the Nursing Midwifery Board Australia. She is a Critical Care Registered Nurse, with a background in Intensive Care and Emergency Department Nursing. Sally is a junior researcher and HDR student topics of interest include the impact of critical incidents on nurses well being and their ability to cope; the use of Virtual Reality, 360 video technology in nursing education and Undergraduate and clinical reasoning in practice.Sally is particularly interested in improving the work experiences of nurses and their job satisfaction.
Research interests include:
- Innovations in student learning
- The role of Virtual Reality in Clinical Simulation education
- promotion of newcomer nurse retention in critical care specialties and successful transition of the student nurse to clinician
- Junior nurse coping strategies in critical care area's
- Coping and stress for junior Registered Nurse's working in the Emergency Department
- Nurse Led Clinic functionality
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 - ongoing | Level B Lecturer | The university of Adelaide |
| 2019 - ongoing | Examiner | Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency |
| 2013 - ongoing | Register Nurse | Calvary Adelaide Hospital |
| Date | Type | Title | Institution Name | Country | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Scholarship | Careers Coaching Scholarship | The University of Adelaide | Australia | - |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | The University of Adelaide | Australia | Masters of Critical Care Nursing |
| 2000 | The university of Adelaide | Australia | Graduate Diploma Intensive Care Nursing |
| 1994 - 1996 | University of South Australia | Australia | Bachelor of Nursing |
| Date | Title | Institution name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Acute Care Nursing Certificate | Ashford Hospital | Australia |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2023 | Donnelly, F., Mcliesh, P., Bessell, S., & Walsh, A. (2023). Preparing students for clinical placement using 360-video. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 77, 34-41. Scopus12 WoS11 |
| 2020 | Donnelly, F. P., Mcliesh, P., & Bessell, S. -A. (2020). Using 360 degree video to enable affective learning in nursing education. Journal of Nursing Education, 59(7), 409-412. Scopus18 WoS16 Europe PMC9 |
2023 Alumni Funding Scheme - Grant $3,000
2024 Alumni Funding Scheme - Grant $2,000
2018 Course Coordinator Semester 1: NURS 2004, Nursing Older People (Undergrad) and NURS 7100, Knowledge Translation (Post Graduate)
2018 Course Coordinator Semester 2: NURS 7100, Knowledge Translation (Post Graduate)
2019 Course Coordinator Semester 1: NURS 2004, Nursing Older People (Undergrad) and NURS 7100, Knowledge Translation (Post Graduate)
2019 Course Coordinator Semester 2: NURS 7100, Knowledge Translation (Post Graduate)
2020 Course Coordinator Semester 1: NURS 2007, Health Assessment and Clinical Nursing III (Undergrad) and NURS 7100, Knowledge Translation (Post Graduate)
2020 Course Coordinator Semester 2: NURS 7100, Knowledge Translation (Post Graduate)
2021 Course Coordinator Semester 1: NURS 2007, Health Assessment and Clinical Nursing III (Undergrad) and NURS 7100, Knowledge Translation (Post Graduate)
2021 Course Coordinator Semester 2: NURS 7100, Knowledge Translation (Post Graduate)
2022 Course Coordinator Semester 1: NURS 2007, Health Assessment and Clinical Nursing III (Undergrad)
2022 Course Coordinator Semester 2: NURS 1008 Professional and Ethical Nursing Practice (Undergrad)
2023 Course Coordinator Semester 1: NURS 2007, Health Assessment and Clinical Nursing III (Undergrad)
2023 Course Coordinator Semester 2: NURS 1008 Professional and Ethical Nursing Practice (Undergrad)
2024 Course Coordinator Semester 1: NURS 2007, Health Assessment and Clinical Nursing III (Undergrad)
2024 Course Coordinator Semester 2: NURS 2011, Health Assessment and Clinical Nursing IV (Undergrad) and NURS 1008 Professional and Ethical Nursing Practice (Undergrad)
2025 Course Coordinator Semester 1: NURS 2007, Health Assessment and Clinical Nursing III (Undergrad)
| Date | Role | Committee | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 - ongoing | Treasurer | Adelaide Nursing School Alumni | The Adelaide University - Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences | Australia |
| 2021 - ongoing | Board Member | GEDI | The University of Adelaide - Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences | Australia |
| 2021 - ongoing | Member | Interprofessional Learning COP | The University of Adelaide | Australia |
| 2019 - ongoing | Member | Virtual Reality Community of Practice | The University of Adelaide | Australia |
| 2015 - ongoing | Member | Discovery Learning Community of Practice | The University of Adelaide | Australia |
| Date | Role | Membership | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 - ongoing | Member | College of Emergency Nursing Australasia | Australia |
| 2020 - ongoing | Member | Australian College of Critical Care Nurses: ACCCN | Australia |
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