Lecturer in Nursing
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Dr Anne Mette Adams (Mette) is an intensive care nurse, teacher and researcher. Drawing upon her extensive clinical background across diverse critical care settings in Denmark, Norway and Australia, she brings a wealth of practical experience that enriches her academic pursuits. Since joining Flinders University in 2016, Mette has shown a strong commitment to advancing nursing care and expanding the boundaries of nursing knowledge.
Mette's teaching interests include critical care nursing, fundamental care, clinical reasoning and clinical skills development. Central to her teaching philosophy is the cultivation of a student-centred environment where the content is meaningful and engaging, and students feel empowered and safe to speak up.
In her capacity as a researcher, Mette focuses on the provision of patient and family-centred care and support of ICU clinician wellbeing. She is particularly interested in guideline development, evidence-based practice and knowledge translation and has a close collaboration with the Centre for Clinical Practice Guidelines in Denmark. Her PhD focused on developing clinical practice guidelines for the non-pharmacological management of patient agitation in the intensive care unit. Mette has experience with Delphi, qualitative and mixed-methods designs.
Doctor of Philosophy (Flinders University)
Honours (nursing) (Flinders University)
Flinders Foundation of University Teaching Certificate (Flinders University)
Master of Nursing (Flinders University)
GradDip in Critical Care (Flinders University)
Bachelor of Nursing (University College Lillebaelt, Denmark - 2003)
2024: Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Doctoral Thesis Excellence
2023: Flinders University Impact Seeding Grant
2023: ACCCN Diane Chamberlain Research Seeding Grant
2020: Erik Elgaard Sørensen Scholarship
2020: ACCCN Research Seeding Grant
2020: Australian Government RTP Scholarship
2018: First Class Honours
2018: ACCCN SA Members Professional Fund Grant
2017: School of Nursing and Midwifery Honours Scholarship
Research, topic coordination, teaching
College of Nursing and Health Sciences Membership
- Athena Swan (2023 - ongoing)
- HDR Student Committee (2021 - 2023)
- Caring Futures Institute (2019- ongoing)
- Student Progress Committee (2019)
- Honours Programs Subcommittee (2017-2018)
- Postgraduate Subcommittee (2016-2019)
- Exam board (2016-2019)
Professional and Community Membership
- Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (SA/NT Board Vice President since 2020, National Representative since 2024)
- Australian College of Nurses (ACN)
- The International Learning Collaborative (ILC)
Other
Collaborators: Centre for Clinical Practice Guidelines, Denmark
Reviewer of the Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN)
Reviewer of Journal of Nursing Management