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Dr Jane Warland
Position: Lecturer in Nursing Dr Jane Warland
Division/Portfolio: Division of Health Sciences
School/Unit: School of Nursing and Midwifery
Campus: City East Campus
Office: C4-34
Telephone: +61 8 830 21161
Fax: +61 8 830 22168
Email: Jane_dot_Warland_at_unisa_dot_edu_dot_au
URL for Business Card: http://people.unisa.edu.au/Jane.Warland

I am a registered nurse /midwife. I worked as a midwife from 1988-2007 in both Public and Private Sectors. I gained my Ph.D in medicine/health sciences from the University of Adelaide in 2007. I was appointed to a continuing Lecturer position at this university in Feb 2008.

Teaching interests

  • My teaching interests are wide ranging I teach in the nursing and midwifery programs.
    I enjoy teaching both online and in the class room. I have also been involved in curricula writing and was the course content developer for Normal Pregnancy and Childbirth 1 & 2 and also completed a major revision of NURS 3032 Systems and Organisation of Nursing care.
  • I am interested in innovation in teaching and learning. I have contributed to the University's VITAL blog (Valuable ideas in teaching and learning) click here to go to Blog

  • Teaching Awards and Grants

  • 2009: UniSA Division of Health Sciences quality in teaching and learning award.
  • 2008: UniSA Division of Health Sciences quality in teaching and learning award.
  • Division of Health Sciences:Teaching and Learning grants
    In 2009 I held a Division of Health sciences teaching and learning grant to develop an online role play in the undergraduate nursing program. I was also a team member for a T&L grant developing a resource for teaching the skill of clinical handover. See table below for details:
  • Title Investigators Funding Source Amount Period
    Online roleplay: learning the pedagogy Jane Warland Colleen Smith, Morgan Smith Divisional (HSc) T&L grant $9188 Jan-Dec 09
    Clinical Handover: An interactive learning tool to promote student engagement Tina Jenkins, Jane Warland , Liz Horrocks Divisional (HSc) T&L grant $9809 Jan-Dec 09

I teach the following courses

NURS 3040Psychological Perspectives of Pregnancy and Childbirth
NURS 1034Lifespan Development
NURS 1035Determining Australia's Health
NURS 2026Complications of Pregnancy and Childbirth

Professional associations

2009- present Australian nurse teacher's society (ANTS)

2008- present Australian and New Zealand Stillbirth Alliance (International Stillbirth alliance): member

1989- present Australian College of Midwives: member (Also Member of ACMI South Australia education sub-committee for the year 2000)

2003 -2009 Royal College of Nursing (RCN): member

2005-2006 Joanna Briggs Institute : Affiliate

1979-2006 Australian Nursing Federation : member

Qualifications

2009 Graduate Certificate Education (University Teaching)

2007 PhD (Medicine Health Sciences) University of Adelaide

October 1989-99 International Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC)

1988-1989: Midwifery at Queen Victoria Hospital (now Women’s and Childrens) (Registered Midwife)

1975-1977 Nursing at Sturt College of Advanced Education (now Flinders University ) (Diploma of Applied Science (nursing) awarded)

Research interests

  • Perinatal loss: causes of, grief responses to, family response to, and mental health issues surrounding. Health promotion in pregnancy.

  • Research students

  • Honours Supervision
  • 2009: Megan Cooper Prostaglandin induction of labour: what do women know?" (completed with first class honours)
  • Higher degree co-supervision
  • 2008 - present: Sue Johnson: DCounselling (c)
    Our baby died: adolescents' recollections of being raised in a family after the loss of a baby

  • Research Grants

  • Research Funding Active
  • 2010-2011 Australian Catholic University: Faculty Research Grant. (AUD $13,367) Ethically-sound knowledge translation in bedside clinical handover in the Catholic private sector: Perceptions of ACU third year undergraduate nursing students and their clinical nurses. Hofmeyer AT (PI) Randle R, Harding J, Cameron J, Warland J.
  • 2009-2011 Bendigo Bank Community Enterprise Grant (AUD $18,350-Category 3): Keeping safe in Pregnancy: brochure Warland J, (PI) in Partnership with SIDS and Kids SA.
  • Research Funding Complete
  • 2008 for 2009 UniSA Division of Health Sciences Research development grant: ( AUD $ 9190) Born after an infant sibling's death: Subsequent children's descriptions of their parenting Warland J, (PI) McCutcheon H, O'Leary J

Research publications

Warland J, O'Leary J, McCutcheon H, Born after infant loss: the experiences of subsequent children . Accepted for publication in "Midwifery" doi:10.1016/ j.midw.2010.06.019 ERA: A* Journal

Warland J, McCutcheon H, The 'quit' smoker and stillbirth risk: A review of contemporary literature in the light of findings from a case-control study. Accepted for publication in "Midwifery" doi:10.1016/ j.midw.2010.02.007 ERA: A* Journal

Warland J, O'Leary J, McCutcheon H, Williamson V, Parenting Paradox: Parenting after infant loss. In press for publication in "Midwifery" available online 13th April 2010 doi:10.1016/ j.midw.2010.02.004 ERA: A* Journal click here to link to a UNISA news release about this article

Warland J, McCutcheon H, Baghurst P, (2009) Placental position and late stillbirth: a case-control study Journal of Clinical Nursing 18 (11): 1602-1606 ERA: A * (at the time of publication) Journal

DeAnstiss, H., Ziaian, T., Procter N., & Warland, J., Baghurst P, (2009) Help-seeking for Mental Health Problems in Young Refugees: A Review of the Literature with Implications for Policy, Practice, and Research. 46 (4): 584-607 Transcultural Psychiatry)

Warland J, McCutcheon H, Baghurst P, (2008) Maternal blood pressure in pregnancy and third trimester stillbirth: A case-control study. American Journal of Perinatology 25(5):311-7.

Warland J, Ziaian T, Stewart H, Sawyer M, Procter N, Baghurst P. (2007) Challenges faced when conducting research with young Australians with refugee experiences. The Australian Community Psychologist 19 (2) 53-62 available online click here to link to article

Warland J and McCutcheon H (2002) Is there an association between maternal hypotension and poor pregnancy outcome?: a review of the literature. Australian Journal of Midwifery 15 (4) 22 - 26

Published Abstracts in Peer-Reviewed Journals

Ziaian T, Stewart H, Warland J, Procter N, Sawyer M, Baghurst P (2008). The impact of migration factors on the mental well being of refugee children in South Australia. Australian Journal of Psychology 60 (1): 206-7.

Stewart H, Ziaian T, Procter N, Warland J, (2007) Young refugees in Australia: Mental health status and help seeking. Australian Journal of Psychology 59 (1): 202.

Warland J, McCutcheon H. (2003). Challenging conventional belief: is hypotension benign in pregnancy? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 43: p. 552.

Other Publications

Esterman, A., Warland, J., Deuter, K., (2009) Using the right type of evidence to answer clinical questions. In Courtney, M & McCutcheon H, (eds) Using Evidence to guide nursing practice 2nd Ed, Elsevier, Sydney pp. 27-41.

Warland J (2007) Counselling across cultures: Therapeutic intervention models for problem gamblers from CALD backgrounds Relationships Australia (P.E.A.C.E.) Adelaide : SA [unpublished report]

Warland J (2006) Is maternal hypotension during pregnancy and/or posterior located placenta associated with increased risk of stillbirth? A case-control study , PhD thesis, Discipline of Nursing, University of Adelaide, SA
available online click here to link to thesis

Warland J (2000) The Midwife and the Bereaved Family. Melbourne: AUSMED Publications

Warland J with Warland M (1996) Pregnancy after Loss. Adelaide: Warland

Warland J (1994): Our Baby Died. Melbourne JBCE (Uniting Education)
Reprinted 2009 Mediacom Publications: Adelaide

Conference presentations: (2008-10)

Conferences with a focus on my research activity

O'Leary J, Warland J What About the Children? Helping Bereaved Parents Raise Emotionally Healthy Children Paper Accepted to 14th Annual Birth to Three Institute conference Washington Nov 2010

O'Leary J, Warland J Subsequent pregnancy and parenting Pre-conference workshop Accepted to International Conference on Perinatal and Infant Death. Washington Nov 2010

Warland J , O'Leary J What about the children? Paper Accepted to International Conference on Perinatal and Infant Death. Washington Nov 2010

Warland J, Keeping baby safe in Pregnancy Paper Accepted to ISA/ISPID conference Sydney Oct 2010

Warland J , O'Leary J What about the children? Paper Accepted to ISA/ISPID conference Sydney Oct 2010

Warland J , O'Leary J Parenting the subsequent child Poster Accepted to ISA/ISPID conference Sydney Oct 2010

Warland, J McCutcheon H Born after death: subsequent child's experiences of being raised in a bereaved family Paper to: Australian Psychological Society Conference (Darwin) Oct 2009

Warland, J O'Leary J, McCutcheon H The ripple effect- impact of perinatal loss Poster to: Australian College of Midwives Conference (Adelaide) September 2009

Warland J, O'Leary J Bereaved parents experiences in raising a subsequent child Paper to PLIDA conference (Florida) October 2008

Warland, J., McCutcheon H, Williamson V, O'Leary J Ripple effect of Perinatal loss . Paper to: Marce International Society conference (Sydney) Sept 2008

Conferences with a focus on my teaching and Learning activity

Warland J, Smith C, Smith M. Much ado about the flu: Delivery and evaluation of an e-simulation for a large class. Paper to HERDSA Conference, Melbourne, Vic. July, 2010

Jenkins T, Warland J, Horrocks L, Sarles A, Holm T. Clinical handover an interactive tool to promote student engagement: evaluating the tool Paper to NET/NEP international education conference, Sydney, April 2010.

Warland, J Using peer and self-assessment with academic moderation to assess performance in an undergradaute nursing simulation workshop Paper to ATN assessment conference (Melbourne) November 2009

Warland, J Smith C, Smith M, Much ado about the flu: the massification of an online roleplay Paper to E-Dayz'09 TAFE e-learning Conference (Adelaide) November 2009 more information available online click here to link to conference site

Warland, J Smith C, Smith M, Much ado about the flu: developing an online roleplay for a large class, challenges faced and lessons learnt Paper to ERGA (Educational Research Group Adelaide ) Conference (Adelaide) September 2009

Jenkins T, Warland J, Horrocks L, Sarles A, Holm T Clinical Handover an interactive tool to promote students engagement: developing the tool Paper to ERGA (Educational Research Group Adelaide ) Conference (Adelaide) September 2009

Community Service

Organisation Name:   SIDS and Kids
Section:   South Australia
Type of Organisation:   Community organisation
Organisation URL:   http://www.sidsandkids.org/sa/index.html
Level of involvement:   Board member
Year from:   2008

Organisation Name:   Australian and New Zealand Stillbirth Alliance
Section:   Public awareness and health promotion committee
Type of Organisation:   Community organisation
Organisation URL:   http://www.stillbirthalliance.org/anz/
Level of involvement:    Committee member
Year from:   2008

Organisation Name:   National Twin Loss Support
Organisation URL:   http://www.murraylandstwinloss.org.au/history.htm
Level of involvement:   Patron
Year from:   2009

Research Degree Supervisor

I am available to supervise students wishing to complete honours or higher degrees by research.

My areas of expertise are Perinatal loss: causes of, grief responses to, family response to, and mental health issues surrounding. As well as health promotion in pregnancy

I am able to supervise students wishing to utilise Quantitative, Qualitative or
Mixed methods.




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