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DrPenelope (Penny) Casey

Research Fellow

Faculty of Health/School of Nursing & Midwifery

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  • Research Fellow
    Faculty of Health/School of Nursing & Midwifery
  • +61 3 924 68165 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

TEACHING EXPERTISE

Knowledge Areas

 

  • Delirium - prevention, recognition (screening 4AT, 3DCAM), non-pharmacological management, antipsychotic use, communicating about delirium with health professionals and consumers
  • Nursing Care (medical/surgical; acute,  sub-acute and community settings)
  • Change Management (Prosci Certified Practitioner [ADKAR]; Theoretical Domains Framework, Behaviour Change Wheel, COM-B). 
  • Nursing Education and Interprofessional Education
  • Clinical governance
  • Simulation
  • Interprofessional education

 

Supervision Topics

 

I primarily supervise research in the field of delirium care, and am connected with delirium experts and delirium researchers across Australia and internationally.

 

If you are interested pursuing research via in a Bachelor of Nursing (Hons), Masters of Advanced Nursing (Research), or PhD, or research project, do get in touch via my email: penny.casey@deakin.edu.au!

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

  • TEACHING AND LEARNING LEADERSHIP ROLE
    Foundations of Delirium Care in Palliative Care: Australasian Delirium Association & Palliative Care Nurses Australia
    10 Jun 2026 - 11 Jun 2026
    This workshop incorporated interactive group sessions in prevention, managing and detecting delirium in palliative care settings, and interprofessional simulations. Teaching faculty are: Dr Amy Montgomery (UTS), Professor Annmarie Hosie, (UNDA), Dr Penny Casey and Dr Emily Tomlinson (Deakin University), Professor Meera Agar (UTS), DR Frederick Graham (UQ), Sabina Clapham (PCOC Australia), Jylie Draper (UOW), Sarah Begley (PCNA)
  • TEACHING AND LEARNING LEADERSHIP ROLE
    Foundations in Delirium Care: Australasian Delirium Association
    23 Jul 2025 - 24 Jul 2025
    This workshop incorporated interactive group sessions in prevention, managing and detecting delirium, and interprofessional simulations. Teaching faculty were Professor Andy Teodorczuk (UQ), Professor Meera Agar (UTS), Dr Amyt Montgomery (UTS), Bridget Riggs (NT Health), Dr Penny Casey & Dr Emily Tomlinson (Deakin University), Dr Frederick Graham (UQ), Dr Ajay Macharouthu (Serenity Clinics FNQ).
  • COURSE DEVELOPED
    Clinical Governance (Masters Subject)
    Developer and coordinator of Clinical Governance (Masters subject) for Eastern Health that was ccredited with Deakin Univeristy
  • TEACHING EXPERIENCE
    Foundations in Delirium Care: Australasian Delirium Association
    8 Nov 2025 - 8 Nov 2024
    This workshop incorporated interactive group sessions on prevention, managing and detecting delirium, and interprofessioanl simulations, using a culturally safe lens for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Teaching faculty were Professor Andy Teodorczuk (UQ), Professor David Mitchell (NT Health), , Bridget Riggs (NT Health), Penny Casey (Deakin University), Dr Frederick Graham (UQ), Dr Ajay Macharouthu (Serenity Clinics FNQ).
  • TEACHER FOR
    Leading, Implementing, and Sustaining an Effective Delirium Quality Improvement Project
    1 Nov 2023 - 1 Nov 2025
    Pre-conference Workshop: DECLARED2021 Australasian Delirium Association Conference. Teaching Faculty were: Dr Leanne Boehme, Dr Brenda Pun, Melinda Webb-St Mart, and Penny Casey