Flinders University
Dr Lily Xiao
Dr
Lily
Xiao
Flinders University
http://www.flinders.edu.au/people/lily.xiao
| Position/s: | Senior Lecturer School of Nursing and Midwifery |
| Phone: | +61 8 82013419 |
| Email: | lily.xiao@flinders.edu.au |
| Location: | Sturt North Wing (N310) |
| Postal address: | GPO Box 2100, Adelaide 5001, South Australia |
Biography
Lily's teaching and research interests include gerontological/geriatric nursing, nursing workforce development in aged care, cross-cultural studies in the care of older people, transcultural nursing and continuing nursing education. Methodologies Lily utilised in research projects covered qualitative studies, quantitative studies, critical ethnography and action research. Lily is a Fellow of Australian Royal College of Nursing, a member of Australian Association of Gerontology and a member of editorial board of 'Nursing and Health Sciences'.
Qualifications
RN, MNg Flin, PhD Flin, FRCNA
Teaching
Teaching interests
Teaching areas cover a nursing practicum topic and evidence for healthcare practice in undergraduate programs, and epidemiology, gerontological projects and nursing workforce development projects in postgraduate programs.
Topic Coordinator:
- NURS2107/2107A Evidence for health care practice 2
- NURS9621 Epidemiology for Nurses and Midwives
- NURS9710 The 3 Ds Dementia, Delirium and Depression
Topic Lecturer:
- NURS1101 Nursing 1
- NURS2107/2107A Evidence for health care practice 2
- NURS9014 Independent study in master of nursing
- NURS9614 Research project in master of nursing
- NURS9621 Epidemiology for Nurses and Midwives
Research and consultancy
Research interests
Research areas:
Dementia care including people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
Health care for older people
Workforce development
Transcultural nursing
Comparative studies of the care of older people in Australia and China
Comparative studies of nursing education in Australia and China
Methodologies used:
Qualitative research using hermeneutics, case studies and narratives
Quantitative studies using questionnaire survey
Ethnography
Critical theory
Action research
Past research projects:
- 2006-2008: Partnership in Aged Care Education, a research fellow employed in this collaborative project between Flinders University and five aged care organisations in South Australia including
- 2010: Exploring factors affecting the integration and utilisation of international nurses in acute care hospitals in South Australia; a chief investigator; Faculty Establishment Grants; $5000
- 2009-2010: Developing and evaluating a continuing gerontological nursing education program for registered nurses in Chongqing, China; a co-chief investigator in a collaborative project with Chongqing Medical University, China; RMB $100,000 (Aus$17,000); Funded by the Chongqing Municipal Government (Project No. 2009-1-53)
- 2010-2011: Family caregivers' perspectives of barriers to service utilisation when caring for older people with dementia from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in South Australia; a chief investigator, Faculty Seeding Grants $10,000
Current research projects:
- 2011-2012: Optimising the multicultural nursing workforce by facilitating transcultural nursing in an Australian public hospital; a chief investigator; Faculty Seeding Grants $16,000
- 2012: A comparative study of family caregivers' perceived challenges when caring for family members with dementia and expectations of dementia care services in Adelaide and Changsha, Aus $ 11,981 from Flinders University and RMB $88, 200 from Central South University in China
- 2012-2013: A partnership approach in developing clinical placements in aged care; Health Workforce Australia: Clinical training funding for student growth and expanding clinical training capacity; Project is managed by the University under the funding agreement.
Postgraduate research supervision
Lily Xiao is eligible to be a principal supervisor for PhD students and currently supervising two PhD students
Lily Xiao is a principal supervisor for master students in 18-unit research projects
completed research projects:
- PhD Project: Postnatal Urinary Incontinence in Kelantan, Malaysia: Prevalence, Perceptions and Experiences by Dr Dariah Mohd Yusoff, Co-supervisor, completed in 2011
- Master's project: Carers’ experience of caring for relatives with dementia in west Sumatra, Indonesia by Ms Yossie Susanti Eka Putri, Co-supervisor, completed in 2009
- PhD Project: Developing Self Care Guidelines of Bowel Management for Community-dwelling Older People in Indonesia by Mr. I Gede Putu Darma Suyasa, Co-supervisor, 2009 - present
- PhD Project: "Hall of Mirrors" - Making meaning of work – Integrated Learning experience in the final year of study, by Ms Moira Kelton, Co-supervisor, 2011- present
- Master’s project: Job satisfaction of overseas qualified registered nurses working in South Australia hospitals by Ms Kamal Timilsina, Principal supervisor, 2011- present
- Master’s project: Community nurses’ knowledge of dementia care in Indonesia by Ms Sri Mulyani, Co-supervisor, 2011 – present
Publications
Refereed journal articles
Shen, J. & Xiao, D., 2012. Factors affecting nursing students' intention to work with older people in China. Nurse Education Today, 32(3), 219-223.
Liu, H., Shen, J., & Xiao, D., 2011. Effectiveness of an educational intervention on improving knowledge level of Chinese registered nurses on prevention of falls in hospitalized older people - A randomized controlled trial. Nurse Education Today, online.
Xiao, D., Kelton, M.F., & Paterson, J.B., 2011. Critical action research applied in clinical placement development in aged care facilities. Nursing Inquiry.
Ranse, J., Lenson, S., Luther, M., & Xiao, D., 2010. H1N1 2009 influenza (human swine influenza): A descriptive study of the response of an influenza assessment clinic collaborating with an emergency department in Australia. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 13(3), 46-52.
Xiao, D., 2010. Continuing nursing education policy in China and its impact on health equity. Nursing Inquiry, 17(3), 208-220.
Yang, Y., Xiao, D., Cheng, H., Zhu, J., & Arbon, P.A., 2010. Chinese nurses' experience in the Wenchuan earthquake relief. International Nursing Review, 57, 217-223.
Xiao, D., Cox, J., Foster, L., Siebert, C., Smith, K.J., Fraser, H., Siegloff, L.M., Henderson, J.A., & Paterson, J.B., 2009. A pilot study of curriculum development for a graduate transition program for residential aged care. Geriaction, 27(1), 17-24.
Henderson, J.A., Xiao, D., Siegloff, L.M., Kelton, M.F., & Paterson, J.B., 2008. Older people have lived their lives': First year nursing students' attitudes towards older people. Contemporary Nurse, 30(1), 32-45.
Xiao, D., 2008. An understanding of nurse educators' leadership behaviors in implementing mandatory continuing nursing education in China. Nurse Education in Practice, 8(5), 321-327.
Xiao, D., Paterson, J.B., Henderson, J.A., & Kelton, M.F., 2008. Gerontological education in undergraduate nursing programs: An Australian perspective. Educational Gerontology, 34(9), 763-781.
Refereed journal articles
Shen, J. & Xiao, D., 2012. Factors affecting nursing students' intention to work with older people in China. Nurse Education Today, 32(3), 219-223.
Liu, H., Shen, J., & Xiao, D., 2011. Effectiveness of an educational intervention on improving knowledge level of Chinese registered nurses on prevention of falls in hospitalized older people - A randomized controlled trial. Nurse Education Today, online.
Xiao, D., Kelton, M.F., & Paterson, J.B., 2011. Critical action research applied in clinical placement development in aged care facilities. Nursing Inquiry.
Ranse, J., Lenson, S., Luther, M., & Xiao, D., 2010. H1N1 2009 influenza (human swine influenza): A descriptive study of the response of an influenza assessment clinic collaborating with an emergency department in Australia. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 13(3), 46-52.
Xiao, D., 2010. Continuing nursing education policy in China and its impact on health equity. Nursing Inquiry, 17(3), 208-220.
Yang, Y., Xiao, D., Cheng, H., Zhu, J., & Arbon, P.A., 2010. Chinese nurses' experience in the Wenchuan earthquake relief. International Nursing Review, 57, 217-223.
Xiao, D., Cox, J., Foster, L., Siebert, C., Smith, K.J., Fraser, H., Siegloff, L.M., Henderson, J.A., & Paterson, J.B., 2009. A pilot study of curriculum development for a graduate transition program for residential aged care. Geriaction, 27(1), 17-24.
Henderson, J.A., Xiao, D., Siegloff, L.M., Kelton, M.F., & Paterson, J.B., 2008. Older people have lived their lives': First year nursing students' attitudes towards older people. Contemporary Nurse, 30(1), 32-45.
Xiao, D., 2008. An understanding of nurse educators' leadership behaviors in implementing mandatory continuing nursing education in China. Nurse Education in Practice, 8(5), 321-327.
Xiao, D., Paterson, J.B., Henderson, J.A., & Kelton, M.F., 2008. Gerontological education in undergraduate nursing programs: An Australian perspective. Educational Gerontology, 34(9), 763-781.
Paterson, J.B., Xiao, D., Mitchell, P.F., Henderson, J.A., De Bellis, A.M., & Kelton, M.F., 2007. Nurses in aged care: developing educational links with the aged care industry. Geriaction, 25(1), 17-22.
Xiao, D., 2006. Nurse educators' perceived challenges in mandatory continuing nursing education. International Nursing Review, 53(3), 217-223.
Journal articles
Yang, Y., Xiao, D., Cheng, H., & Zhu, J., 2009. Qualitative study on nursing experiences Wunchuan earthquakes rescues. Nursing Journal of Chinese People's Liberation Army, 26(8A), 5-7, 13.
Xiao, D. & Condon, J.A., 2005. Learning needs in continuing nursing education. Modern Nursing Education and Research, 2(2), 78-85.
Conference publications
Suyasa, I.P., Xiao, D., Lynn, P.A., & Paterson, J.B., 2012. Developing a self-care guideline for community-dwelling older people with faecal incontinence in Indonesia. 1st World Congress on Healthy Ageing 2012.
Suyasa, I.P., Paterson, J.B., Xiao, D., & Lynn, P.A., 2011. Prevalence of constipation in community-dwelling older people in Indonesia. Australian Gastroenterology Week.
Suyasa, I.P., Paterson, J.B., Xiao, D., & Lynn, P.A., 2011. Prevalence of faecal incontinence in community-dwelling older people in Indonesia. 20th National Conference on Incontinence.
Xiao, D., De Bellis, A.M., Bond, M.J., & Habel, L.L., 2011. Family caregivers' perspectives of barriers to service utilisation when caring for older people with dementia from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in South Australia. Gerontology & Geriatrics 2011, Ninth Asia/Oceania Regional Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics.
Xiao, D., Shen, J., Wu, H., Ding, F., He, X., & Zhu, Y., 2011. An innovative continuing nursing education program targeting key geriatric conditions for hospitalised older people in China. Gerontology & Geriatrics 2011, Ninth Asia/Oceania Regional Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics.
Xiao, D., Willis, E.M., Parish, K.a., & Jeffers, L., 2011. Social-cultural factors affecting the transcultural nursing among international nurses in Australia. 37th Annual Conference of the Transcultural Nursing Society.
Mohd Yusoff, D., Paterson, J.B., Belan, I., & Xiao, D., 2010. Urinary incontinence and cultural practices among postnatal women in Kelantan, Malaysia. Book of Abstracts.
Ranse, J., Lenson, S., Luther, M., & Xiao, D., 2010. H1N1 2009 influenza (human swine influenza): A descriptive study of the response of an influenza assessment clinic collaborating with an emergency department in Australia. CENA 8th International Conference for Emergency Nurses.
Mohd Yusoff, D., Paterson, J.B., Belan, I., & Xiao, D., 2009. Urinary incontinence and cultural practices among post-natal women in Kelantan, Malaysia. Australian and New Zealand Continence Journal : Abstracts from the 18th national conference on incontenence, 15(4), 100-101.
Paterson, J.B., Xiao, D., Henderson, J.A., Siegloff, L.M., Parry, Y.K., & Kelton, M.F., 2009. Partnership in Aged Care Education (PACE): a strategy to recruit and retain qualified nursing staff in Residential Aged Care (RAC). Connecting the dots: geriatric nursing, education, and clinical simulation international conference.
Xiao, D., Paterson, J.B., Henderson, J.A., Siegloff, L.M., Parry, Y.K., & Kelton, M.F., 2009. A longitudinal study of factors affecting nursing students' preference of working with older people. Connecting the dots: geriatric nursing, education, and clinical simulation international conference.
Paterson, J.B., Xiao, D., Henderson, J.A., Siegloff, L.M., & Kelton, M.F., 2007. A critical perspective of challenges and opportunities in aged care education in an undergraduate program. 2007 Chengdu International Nursing Conference Abstracts, 91-91.
Xiao, D., 2007. Facilitating positive changes in mandatory continuing nursing education through a critical sphere. 2007 West China International Nursing Conference Abstracts, 57-58.
Xiao, D., Paterson, J.B., De Bellis, A.M., Mitchell, P.F., Henderson, J.A., & Kelton, M.F., 2007. Partnership in Aged Care Education. 8th Asia/Oceania Regional Congress of Gerontology and Geriatrics: Abstract Book, (YIC3-7), 187-187.
Professional and community engagement
A regular reviewer for 'International Nursing Review', an official journal of International Nursing Council
A member of Editorial Board of 'Nursing and Health Sciences' Journal, a primer international journal
Membership:
- A fellow of Australian Royal College of Nursing
- A member of Australian Association of Gerontology
- A member of Alzheimer's Australia SA Inc.
- A member of International Program Advisory Committee, School of Nursing & Midwifery at Flinders University
- A member of Centre for Clinical Change & Health Care Research ASRI at Flinders University
