Staff Profile

Ms Lynne Brown
Lecturer and Director (Pre-registration Courses)
RN, BHSc(Nursing) Charles Sturt MN(Honours) UWS Nepean

Lynne has considerable experience working as a Registered Nurse in medical/surgical areas of several Sydney metropolitan hospitals, as well as a Coronary Care Unit where she was Nurse Unit Manager for a period of time. Subsequently Lynne worked in many and varied nursing homes where her appreciation for the older members of our society grew.

In addition, she has enjoyed the teaching and administrative roles that she has carried out in the tertiary sector over a number of years and she has a commitment to ensure, as much as possible, positive experiences of student nurses undertaking their pre-registration degree.

Research interests and areas of expertise

Lynne conducts research in the following areas:

• Students' perceptions and expectations of nursing;
• Clinical Experiences for students;
• General Aged Care Issues;
• Implications of nursing home placement for the carer.

Current projects

Lynne's current projects include Master of Nursing (Graduate Entry) student profiles and Student Experiences.

Recent publications

Fisher M, Brown L & King J (2002) The Impact of the Bachelor of Nursing Program on Students' Perceptions of Nursing, Focus on Health Professional Education: A Multi-Disciplinary Journal, 4(3): 21 - 32

Conference presentations
West S, Lawler J, Brown L, Boughton M, Neyle D & Glaw X (2006) Graduate entry nursing at the University of Sydney: Student learning styles & expectations, Paper presented at the 12th National Australian Nurse Teachers' Society Conference: Capital Issues in Education, Canberra, 13 - 16 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

Lawler J, West S, Brown L, Boughton M, Neyle, D & Glaw X (2006) Graduate Entry Nursing in Australia: Early insights into the first cohort at The University of Sydney in 2006, their demographics and motivation to study, Paper presented at the Royal College of Nursing Australia Annual Conference, 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 the First International Clinical Skills Conference, Prato, Italy, 9-11 May

Neyle D & Brown L (2003) The internationalisation of indigenous health content, Paper presented at EdHealth - College Education Development Committee Conference, University of Sydney

Neyle D & Brown L (2003) Curriculum for uncertainty, Paper presented at the Vice-Chancellor's Forum on Teaching, The University of Sydney

Neyle D & Brown L (2003) Indigenising the curriculum, Paper presented at the Vice-Chancellor's Forum on Teaching, University of Sydney

Brown L, Fisher M & King J (2002) Changes in First Year Nursing Students Perceptions and Expectations of Nursing, Paper presented at the Australian Nurse Teachers' Society 10th National Nurse Education Conference, Townsville, June

Brown L, Fisher M & King J (2002) Perceptions and Expectations of Nursing: Changes in the First Year Nursing Student Attitudes, ANZAME Conference, Sydney, July

King J, Brown L & Fisher M (2002) The Impact of the Bachelor of Nursing Program on Students' Perceptions of Nursing, 3rd Research Conference From Cell to Society Leura, October