Ms Terri Gibson

Welcome to my home page. I am the Program Director, International and Development in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Division of Health Sciences.

My research and teaching interests include social and political aspects of nursing and health care, quality use of medicines, mentoring, consumer participation in health care, acute care of older people, health policy, health workforce, the regulation of nursing and health care practices including development of standards and assessment of professional competence.I am particularly interested in qualitative approaches to inquiry including discourse analysis.

My current research includes a project to develop nursing competency standards and a competency assessment tool for an aged care provider.

I am currently a non executive Director of the Royal District Nursing Service of South Australia and the Royal District Nursing Service of South Australia Foundation.

Please contact me via email if you would like to communicate regarding research, teaching or professional interests.

• Nursing Knowledge
• Qualitative Research Methods
• Professional Issues in Nursing & Health Care
• Politics of Health Care and Health Policy
• The Nurse's Role in the Quality use of Medicines
• Nursing Regulation and Standards
• Care of older people in acute care settings

Fellow, Royal College of Nursing, Australia

Member, Australian Nursing Council Competency Standards Network

PhD (currently under examination) Thesis Title: Dangerous Liaisons? Enterprise Rationality, Nursing Practice and the Regulation of Hospital Care to Older People.

Master of Nursing Studies

Bachelor of Nursing (Education)

Diploma of Applied Science (Nursing)

• Qualitative approaches to health care analysis
• Social and political aspects of nursing & health care, in particular policy analysis and health workforce issues
• Regulation of nursing & health care including the development, assessment and critique of professional standards
• Nursing and health care of the older person in acute care, aged care and community settings
• Quality use of medicines including the construction of medication compliance
• Supervision, delegation and accountability in nursing and health care
• The role of the nurse in contemporary health care
• Mentoring

Heartfield M & Gibson T (2005) Australian enrolled nurses have their say- Part 1: teamwork and recognition. Contemporary Nurse 19 (1-2), pp. 115-125

Gibson T & Heartfield M (2005) Australian enrolled nurses have their say - Part 2: scope of practice. Contemporary Nurse 19 (1-2), pp. 126-136

Heartfield M & Gibson T. (2005) Mentoring for nurses in general practice: national issues and challenges. Collegian, 12 (2), pp. 17-21

Gibson T & Heartfield M. (2005) Mentoring for nurses in general practice: an Australian study. Journal of Interprofessional Care 19 (1), pp. 50-62.

Gibson T, Heartfield M. (2003) Contemporary Enrolled Nursing practice: opportunities and issues Collegian 10 (1):22-26

Cheek J & Gibson T (2003) Issues impacting on registered nurses providing care to older people in an acute care setting. NT Research 8 (2):134-149.

Heartfield M, Gibson T, Chesterman C & Tagg L ( 2003) Hanging From A String in the Wind: Mentoring for Nurses in General Practice, Final Report to the Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, Canberra.

Gibson T & Heartfield M (2002) Revised Standards for Medication Management & Restraint for South Australian Nurses, NBSA

Gibson T (2001) Nurses and medication error: a discursive reading of the literature, Nursing Inquiry, 8 (2), 108-117.

Gibson T & Heartfield M (1998) Standards for Restraint and Medication Management, Research Report, Nurses Board of South Australia.

Cheek J & Gibson T (1997) Policy matters: critical policy analysis and nursing. Journal of Advanced Nursing , 25, 668-672

Gibson T & Heartfield M (1996) Critical pathways: a critical analysis. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 2, pp 189-93.

Gibson T & Lawson D (1996) Credentialling of Advanced Nursing Practice and Accreditation of Continuing Education Programs. Discussion Paper 4, Royal College of Nursing Australia, Canberra.

Cheek J & Gibson T (1996) The discursive construction of the role of the registered nurse in medication administration: an exploration of the literature. Nursing Inquiry 3, 83-90.

Beattie J, Cheek J, Gibson T (1996) Nurses and Medications: Developing your Professional Practice. Self Directed Learning Package. Department of Human Services and Health.

Beattie J, Cheek J, Gibson T (1996) Curriculum Guide for Staff Development/ Education of Registered Nurses to facilitate The Quality Management of Medications. Department of Human Services and Health.

Gibson T, Heartfield M & Muir-Cochrane E (1996) Critically Reviewing the Literature. Self Directed Learning Resource. University of South Australia, Adelaide.

Gibson T & Heartfield M (1996) Documentation & Communication of Standards by the Nurses Board of South Australia. Research Report to the Nurses Board of SA

Beattie J, Cheek J, Gibson T (1996) Development of a Curriculum and Self Directed Learning Package to Facilitate Quality use of Medications by Registered Nurses, Research

Cheek J, Gibson T, Gilbertson J (1995) Competencies - Really or Merely Useful. In Gray G, & Pratt R (eds) Issues in Australian Nursing 4. Churchill Livingstone, Melbourne.

Beattie J, Cheek J, & Gibson T (1995) The politics of collaboration as viewed through the lens of a collaborative nursing research project. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 24 (2) 682-687.

Gibson T & Heartfield M (1995) Accreditation and Credentialling of Enrolled Nurse Education. Research Report to The Nurses Board of South Australia, Adelaide.

Cheek J, Gibson T, Heartfield M (1993) Holism care and nursing: points of reflection during the evolution of a philosophy of nursing statement. Contemporary Nurse vol 2 no 2, August 1993, 68-72.

Gibson T & Lawson D (1993) Using the ANRAC Competencies, an assessment Guide, volume I, ANRAC, Competencies Assessment Kit, Aust Nsg Council Inc, Australia.

Gibson T & Lawson D (1993) Using the ANRAC Competencies, an assessment Guide, Volume II, ANRAC, Competencies Assessment Kit, , Aust Nsg Council Inc,Aust

Cheek J & Gibson T (1999) A Communication Strategy to inform Medical Officers of their Obligations under the Nurses Act. Report to the Nurses Board of South Australia.

Gibson T, Heartfield M & Cheek J (2002) An Examination of the Role and Function of the Enrolled Nurse in Australia and Review of Competency Standards, Final Report to the Australian Nursing Council, Canberra