Andrea Thawley has over 29 years of continued clinical nursing practice in Australia and the United Kingdom, specialising in Emergency and Critical care nursing for the last 28 years. She is currently an Associate Lecturer in Nursing at Fraser Coast Campus and is committed to providing the best educational opportunities for students and collegial support for colleagues.
Prior to commencing work with UniSC, she worked in the Emergency Department for 17 years at The Tweed Hospital, Northern NSW Local Health District, holding the positions as the Emergency Clinical Nurse Consultant and Clinical Nursing Unit Manager during her employment. As a Clinical Nurse Consultant, she developed, reviewed, and published multiple local emergency and operating department procedures/ guidelines with a major focus on triage models of care, education and me.ntal health.
Andrea presented her research findings, Rapid Assessment of Triage Processes (RAPIT) at the 17th International Conference for Emergency Nurses in 2019 and was awarded Best Novice Research. She published the 'educational needs of triage nurses' component in 2020.
Professional Memberships
- College of Emergency Nursing Australasia
- Australian College of Nursing
Awards/Fellowships
- Best Novice Research Paper (RAPIT), 17th International Conference for emergency Nurses, 2019
- Best Paper (RAPIT), Rural Research capacity Building Program, NSW Health, 2018 Cohort
- Individual Research Award (RAPIT), Northern NSW LHD Research Forum, 2019
- Health, Research & Innovation Quality Award Winner (RAPIT), Northern NSW LHD, 2021
- Best Poster (FastrackED Pandemic Education Program), Northern NSW LHD Research Forum, 2022
Research areas
- Triage Models of Care
- FastrackED Pandemic Education Program for non- Emergency trained nurses
Teaching areas
- Child Youth and Family
- Clinical Connections
- Preparation for Practice 2 and 4
- Practice Foundations