Zaneta Smith

Dr Zaneta Smith

Senior Lecturer

Adelaide Nursing School

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Dr Zaneta Smith is Senior lecturer and the Post Registration Program Coordinator within the Adelaide Nursing School at the University of Adelaide. Zaneta is a Registered Nurse with 27 years of professional nursing experience predominantly within the perioperative nursing specialty, working within both the Australian public and private sector undertaking various nursing roles within management, teaching and research. She is passionate about perioperative nursing with an interest in clinical research, risk management and education within the acute care clinical setting and the education of nurses within this fast paced and demanding field. Zaneta completed her PhD research examining the experiences of Australian perioperative nurses participating in multi-organ procurement surgery. To undertake her research Zaneta was awarded the 2008 Helen Bailey Scholarship by the Western Australian Department of Health and received other competitive scholarships in order to undertake her research. Zaneta has presented her research findings at local, national and international venues. Professionally, Zaneta has also held both Executive and Director roles within both the local and national perioperative organisations; The Operating Room Nurses Association of Western Australia & ACORN during 2010-2015. She has contributed to various professional Committee’s and is a Fellow of the Australian College of Perioperative Nurses. Zaneta has also worked in the education tertiary sector previously in WA, QLD and NSW and teaches across a broad range of nursing units in the postgraduate nursing programs at the Adelaide Nursing School. Zaneta is an active researcher and is available to supervise both Master and PhD students.

Broad Research Interests:

• Perioperative Nursing
• Policy, Practice and Standards
• Education, Curriculum & Pedagogy
• Organ Donation Procurement and Transplant Surgery
• Nursing Psychosocial Issues and Support Resources
• Health literacy and patient experiences

  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2022 - ongoing Senior Lecturer University of Adelaide
    2022 - ongoing Post Registration Program Coordinator University of Adelaide

  • Education
    Date Institution name Country Title
    2019 - 2021 University of Melbourne Australia Master of Tertiary Education (Management)
    2008 - 2012 Curtin University, Perth Australia Doctor of Philosophy
    2002 - 2003 University of Western Sydney Australia Master of Clinical Practice with Distinction
    1997 - 1998 University of Technology, Sydney Australia Graduate Diploma in Clinical Practice
    1993 - 1995 Charles Sturt University Australia Bachelor of Nursing

  • Research Interests
    Clinical Nursing: Tertiary Health Policy & Services Medicine, Nursing and Health Curriculum and Pedagogy Surgery

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2020 Smith, Z. (2020). Perioperative nurses’ experiences of caring for donation after cardiac death organ donors and their family within the operating room. Journal of Perioperative Practice, 30(3), 69-78.
    DOI
    2019 Smith, Z., Woods, C., Lea, J., & Usher Am, K. (2019). Australian perioperative nurses’ attitudes, levels of knowledge, education and support needs related to organ donation and procurement surgery: A national survey. Journal of Perioperative Nursing, 32(2), 5-19.
    DOI Scopus2
    2017 Smith, Z., Leslie, G., & Wynaden, D. (2017). Coping and caring: support resources integral to perioperative nurses during the process of organ procurement surgery. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(21-22), 3305-3317.
    DOI Scopus4 WoS2 Europe PMC2
    2017 Smith, Z. (2017). Duty and dilemma: Perioperative nurses hiding an objection to participate in organ procurement surgery. Nursing Inquiry, 24(3), e12173.
    DOI Scopus5 WoS4 Europe PMC2
    2015 Smith, Z., Leslie, G., & Wynaden, D. (2015). Experiential learning not enough for organ procurement surgery: implications for perioperative nursing education. Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), 25(4), 339-350.
    DOI Scopus9 WoS4 Europe PMC3
    2015 Smith, Z., Leslie, G., & Wynaden, D. (2015). Australian perioperative nurses' experiences of assisting in multi-organ procurement surgery: A grounded theory study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 52(3), 705-715.
    DOI Scopus23 WoS20 Europe PMC11

  • Book Chapters
    Year Citation
    2016 Smith, Z., & Gillespie, B. (2016). Perioperative Care. In J. Bloomfield, A. Pegram, R. Wilson, A. Pearson, N. Proctor, W. McGuiness, . . . K. Rushford (Eds.), Clinical Nursing Skills An Australian Perspective (pp. 361-386). Cambridge University Press.
    2016 Smith, Z., & Gillespie, B. (2016). Perioperative Care. In J. Bloomfield, A. Pegram, R. Wilson, A. Pearson, N. Proctor, W. McGuiness, . . . K. Rushford (Eds.), Clinical Nursing Skills An Australian Perspective (pp. 361-386). Cambridge University Press.

  • Conference Papers
    Year Citation
    2011 Smith, Z. (2011). Elevating the field of perioperative nursing ORNAC 22nd national conference: Regina SK, Canada, 8-13 May 2011. In ACORN Vol. 24 (pp. 20-24).
    2010 Smith, Z., Leslie, G., & Wynaden, D. (2010). Perioperative nurses participating in multi-organ procurement surgery. In ACORN Vol. 23 (pp. 6-13).
    Scopus7

  • Theses
    Year Citation
    2013 Smith, Z. (2013). Hiding behind a Mask : A Grounded Theory Study of Perioperative Nurses’ Experiences of Participating in Multi-organ Procurement Surgery. (PhD Thesis, Curtin University).

Title: Curtin University Research Scholarship 
Award Date: 2010
Total Awarded Amount: AUD 11,520

Title: Australia Postgraduate Award
Award Date: 2010
Funding Scheme: Higher Education Research
Total Awarded Amount: AUD 34,500

Title: Helen Bailey Scholarship
Award Date: 2008
Funder Name (Organisation): Western Australia  Department of Health
Total Awarded Amount: AUD 15,000

 

Teaching Activities:

2022

Master of Nursing Science Program

  • 7012/4301 Systematic Review of Research 
  • 7013 Systematic Review Project

Master of Clinical Nursing

  • 7203 Introducing Professional Nursing 

 

  • Other Supervision Activities
    Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name
    2021 - ongoing External Supervisor Nurses' perspectives, attitudes and experiences related to e-learning in Saudi Arabia University of New England PhD Doctorate Part Time Reem Hamdan Alfaleh
    2020 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Adult cancer survivors' health literacy skills and their management of chronic issues secondary to oncologic treatments in Australia University of New England Master of Nursing Master Part Time Manuela Malaguti

  • Memberships
    Date Role Membership Country
    2014 - ongoing Member ACORN Fellow Australia
    1999 - ongoing Member ACORN WA Australia
    1997 - ongoing Member Australia College of Perioperative Nurses Australia

  • Community Engagement
    Date Title Engagement Type Institution Country
    2020 - ongoing Reviewer Scientific Community Engagement International Journal of Mental Health Nursing —
    2019 - ongoing Reviewer Scientific Community Engagement Heart & Lung - The Journal of Acute and Critical Care —
    2019 - ongoing Reviewer Scientific Community Engagement International Archives of Nursing & Health Care —
    2019 - ongoing Reviewer Scientific Community Engagement Nursing and Health Sciences Journal —
    2016 - ongoing Reviewer Scientific Community Engagement AORN Journal —
    2016 - ongoing Reviewer Scientific Community Engagement International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship —
    2015 - ongoing Reviewer Scientific Community Engagement Australian Critical Care Journal —
    2012 - ongoing Reviewer Scientific Community Engagement ACORN —

  • Offices Held
    Date Office Name Institution Country
    2022 - ongoing Post Registration Program Coordinator The University of Adelaide Australia
    2022 - ongoing Member of School Executive Committee (Adelaide Nursing School) The University of Adelaide Australia
    2022 - ongoing Member of Programs Board Committee (Adelaide Nursing School) The University of Adelaide Australia

  • Presentation
    Date Topic Presented at Institution Country
    2016 - 2016 From Research to Practice: Perioperative Nurse Perspectives of Organ Procurement. DonateLife WA Perioperative Workshop on Organ Donation, Midland Hospital, Perth DonateLife Australia
    2015 - 2015 Australian perioperative nurses’ experiences in multi-organ procurement surgery. DonateLife WA Perioperative Workshop on Organ Donation, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth DonateLife Australia
    2014 - 2014 Achieving a Common Goal: Supporting perioperative nurses during the process of procurement surgery Australian College of Operating Room Nurses (ACORN), 16th National Conference, Melbourne Australian College of Operating Room Nurses (ACORN) Australia
    2013 - 2013 Perioperative nurses’: Finding meaning from their experiences in multi-organ procurement surgery Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada (ORNAC) & International Federation of Perioperative Nurses (IFPN), 23rd National & International Conference with International alliance for perioperative best practice (IFPN), Ottawa Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada (ORNAC) Canada
    2012 - 2012 Perioperative nurses: Finding meaning beyond the boundaries of multi-organ procurement surgery Australian College of Operating Room Nurses (ACORN) 15th National Conference, Darwin Australian College of Operating Room Nurses (ACORN) Australia
    2011 - 2011 Hiding behind a mask: the perioperative nurses’ experience in multi-organ procurement surgery HDR Research Review, Curtin University, Perth Curtin University Australia
    2011 - 2011 Multi-organ procurement surgery: An Australian perioperative nurses’ perspective ORNAC 22nd National Conference, Regina Operating Room Nurses Association of Canada (ORNAC) Canada
  • Position: Senior Lecturer
  • Phone: 83132848
  • Email: zaneta.smith@adelaide.edu.au
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Adelaide Health and Medical Sciences, floor 4
  • Org Unit: Nursing
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