Caroline Nilson
Lecturer
School of Health Professions
Murdoch University
Australia
Biography
Caroline Nilson commenced her academic position with Murdoch University in October 2005 and her professional domain is nursing and midwifery. As a lecturer in the School of Health Professions, she has coordinated and taught units in both the Undergraduate Bachelor of Nursing program and the Postgraduate Master of Midwifery program. Her teaching is supported by thirty years of clinical nursing and midwifery experience, in Africa, England and Australia.
Research Interest
Health Promotion and Health Education in Aboriginal urban communities aimed at improving health and well being outcomes.
Publications
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Nilson, C., Morrison, P., Fetherston, C., & Kearing, G. (2016). ‘Yarning’ about health gives voice and promotes action amongst Aboriginal women in a community owned health promotion program. Worldwide Nursing Conference. ISSN: 2315-4330, E-Periodical ISSN: 2315-4349. doi: 10.5176/2315-4330_WNC16.55
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Nilson, C., Morrison, P., Fetherston, C., & Kearing, S. (2016). An ethnographic action research approach to investigate the experiences of Aboriginal women participating in the group fitness and walking component of a community owned health promotion program Aboriginal women participating in group fitness and walking. Worldwide Nursing Conference. ISSN: 2315-4330, E-Periodical ISSN: 2315-4349. doi: 10.5176/2315-4330_WNC16.38
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Nilson, C., & Hopkins, M. (In press). Integrating PebblePad throughout an undergraduate nursing curriculum to build student nurses’ beginning professional E-Portfolios. In A. Poot (Ed,), PebbleBash 2016 Conference Publication. Telford, UK: Pebble Learning Publishing. (ISBN In press).
