Cate Nagle

OVERVIEW of KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

Project Lead on the development of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) Midwife standards for practice.

Received a total of over $5M external research funding as chief investigator/mentor, over 140 peer-reviewed publications,1,392 publication citations, h-index 20 (Google Scholar) and ResearchGate RIS  783.1

Research leadership and capability building at Townsville Hospital and Health Service, Western Health, Ballarat Health Service and with James Cook University & Deakin University, evidenced by growth in Higher Degree Research (HDR) numbers, increase in clinician led research, funding success, and the development of research professional development activities for clinicians.

Demonstrated a commitment to innovative translational research with impactful outcomes that include the development and evaluation of: 

§  a trial of an immersive sensory environment to improve maternal birth outcomes

§  an intervention study of an immersive a trial using Virtual Reality in a renal dialysis setting to improve attendance rates

§  a decision aid that was disseminated by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (RANZCOG) and is now freely available https://yourchoice.mcri.edu.au/dashboard

§  An intervention study testing the impact of robotics on health literacy

§  An animated video to explain the physiology of lactation

§  A resource to assist skill development in the assessment of the progress of labour using haptics and virtual reality.

§  the Virtual Maternity Clinic, a resource now integrated into midwifery programs

§  the ANEW training program, funded by the Department of Health, Victoria, for seven years as a state-wide training program for maternity care clinicians.

Cate Nagle is an Associate Professor within the School of Nursing and
Midwifery at Deakin University. She is a member of the Quality and Patient
Safety Strategic Research Centre and associate member of the Centre for Social
and Early Emotional Development. A registered midwife and nurse, Cate is
committed to improving the safety and quality of maternity care through
research and teaching. She also has a research position at Western Health
where she is focused on building research capacity within the organisation.

Qualifications
2007
PhD University of Melbourne, Parkville
"Development and Evaluation of a Decision Aid for Prenatal Testing of fetal
abnormalities'
2000
Master of Public Health, Monash University, Clayton
1995
Graduate Certificate of Diabetes Education, Deakin University, Waurn
Ponds
1995
Graduate Certificate of Midwifery, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton
1990
Bachelor of Applied Science, (Nursing Education), Phillip Institute of
Technology, Bundoora