Associate Professor Deb O'Kane
Associate Professor (Teaching Specialist (Clin))
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Deb completed her Mental Health Nursing in Nottingham U.K. in the late 1980s. She has a career which has spanned the UK and Australia with a distinct focus on promoting mental health practice by collaborating with service users, carers and providers and fostering research partnerships. Deb holds a particular interest in the mental health of children and young people after working for several years in this area. Her research involvement has lead to a number of publications in peer reviewed journals.
- RMN (1989) Nottingham School of Nursing & Midwifery
- English National Board 998 Teaching and Assessing in Clinical Practice. Nottingham University
- English National Board 603 Specialist Practice in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Nottingham University
- English National Board 970 – Child Protection. University of Sheffield
- Graduate Diploma in Clinical Nursing (2002) University of Sheffield
- Diploma in Youth Work
- Diploma in Community Management
- Diploma in Workplace Training and Assessing
- Masters in Nursing (2009) Flinders University Adelaide
- Post Grad cert in Higher Education
All aspects of mental health practice though has a keen interest in therapeutic engagement, counselling and trauma informed care.
Peer Reviewer for several journals related to psychiatry and mental health nursing
ANMAC assessor for programs leading to registration, enrolment or endorsement as a nurse or midwife
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