Dr Anita De Bellis

Senior Lecturer in Nursing

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

+61 8 8201 3441

anita.debellis@flinders.edu.au

Sturt North

GPO Box 2100, ADELAIDE, SA, 5001

Extensive experience in nursing practice, education and research with a focus on care of the older person, dementia care and end of life care.

Qualifications

RN, DipN SACAE, BN (Man) Flin, MN Flin, PhD Flin

Honours, awards and grants

Roger Wurm Scholarship 2008-2009

Faculty Executive Dean's Teaching Excellence Award 2009

Life Membership Royal Adelaide Nurses' Association

Key responsibilities

Research on funded grants in aged care and dementia care. Teaching in undergraduate, postgraduate and research higher degree programs.

Teaching interests

Nursing practice, aged care, palliative care, dementia care, chronic disease management, mental health for elderly, sociology, student learning, curriculum development.
Nursing epistemology and nursing research methodology.
Development and production of 'Come Into My World'

De Bellis, A, Bradley, S, Wotherspoon, A, Walter, B, Guerin, P, Cecchin, M & Paterson, J 2009, Come Into My World - How to interact with a person who has dementia: an educational resource for undergraduate healthcare students on person-centred care, Workbook/DVD, Flinders University, Hyde Park Press, Adelaide.
http://nursing.flinders.edu.au/comeintomyworld/

Topic coordinator

NURS9219 Introduction to Research

AGES8024 Medication and Ageing

NURS9710 3 D's - Dementia, Delirium and Depression

NURS9220 Developing a literature review

NURS9708 The social context of health and ageing

Topic lecturer

NURS2001 Understanding people and the healthcare environment

NURS9219 Introduction to Research

NURS1003 Pschosocial Approaches to Health

AGES8024 Medication and Ageing

NURS9218 Research Approaches in Health