Staff Profile
Ms Hilary Gatward
Lecturer
RN RM, Neo Int Care Cert BN, MRCM
Hilary is a registered nurse and midwife currently completing the last semester of her Masters of Clinical Nursing program. She plans to enter the Masters Honours program.
Research interests and areas of expertise
Hilary has research interests in women’s health, experiences of induction of labour. Other interests include the relationship of anxiety levels and pain relief in labour, as well as self-esteem and breast-feeding problems and the ongoing problems that breast-feeding women experience once they leave hospital.
Current projects
At present Hilary is working on the following project:
- A qualitative phenomenological research project on women’s experiences of induction, based at Royal Women’s Hospital.
Recent presentations
Conference presentations
Gatward H, Woodhart L, Simpson M, Mathew J & Stainton MC (2006) Time’s Up! Women’s Experiences of Induced Labour for Post Maturity, Poster presented at the International Council on Women's Health Issues 16th Congress, Sydney, 15 – 18 November
Woodhart L, Gatward H, Simpson M, Mathew J & Stainton MC (2006) Time’s Up! Women’s Experiences of Induced Labour for Post Maturity, Paper presented at the NSW Midwives Association Annual State Conference: ‘Sowing the Seeds: Nurturing Growth,’ Wagga Wagga, 22 – 23 September
Neyle D, West S, Brown L & Gatward H (2006) Entry beliefs of undergraduate students about nurses and nursing as predictors of completion of nursing programs, Paper presented at the Royal College of Nurses Australia Annual Conference, Cairns, 12 – 14 July
Brown L, West S, Neyle D, Lawler J & Gatward H (2005) Clinical experiences for large cohorts of students: what works and what doesn’t, Paper presented at First International Clinical Skills Conference, Prato, Italy, 9 – 11 May
Areas of teaching and research supervision
Areas of teaching
Hilary teaches in the Master of Nursing Practice in 2 units: Observation in Nursing and Applied Nursing Practice.
Hilary has also taught 2 units of the old undergraduate course, Nursing Concepts and Applied Nursing practice, in Family Heath undergraduate course and units in Midwifery Graduate Diploma of Nursing
Community work
Hilary is involved in the Delta Society Pet partners program, which involves regular visits to a nursing home with her dog.