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Qualifications  

My tertiary studies incuded psychology and anthropology (University of Otago, BA/Dip Grad), nursing (AUT University, BHSc Nursing; Thames Valley University of London, ENB249; Victoria University of Wellington, MN; current Registered Nurse in NZ & Australia) and tertiary teaching (AUT University, Certificate in Tertiary Teaching). My PhD (AUT University) was a mixed methods program of research focusing on conceptualising intensive care nurse work wellbeing.

Work roles

I've primarily nursed in cardio-thoracics and tertiary critical care across a range of roles including flight retrieval and associate charge nurse manager - largely at Wellington Regional Hospital ICU. In 2014 I transitioned into a formal teaching role at Auckland University of Technology as a nurse lecturer, then to the University of Melbourne. I maintain a passion for critical care nursing, leadership and management, quality improvement in healthcare, and creating positive workplaces.

Current Research and Projects

My research and practice interests include critical care nursing, quality in healthcare, student and workplace engagement and motivation, with a particularly focus on wellbeing, positive leadership and positive organisations.

Research in progress:
  • Jarden, R., Sandham, M., Siegert, R., & Koziol-McLain, J. (submitted). Paper: General wellbeing prototype analysis.
  • Jarden, A., Chin, T., & Jarden, R. (in press). Book chapter: Assessing wellbeing in school communities.
  • Jarden, R., Sandham, M., Siegert, R., & Koziol-McLain, J. (in progress). Research: Systematic review and quality appraisal of workers' wellbeing measures.
  • Jarden, R., Jarden, A., Weiland, T., Taylor, G., & Gerdtz, M. (Rosemary Bryant Foundation grant; 2019-2021; wrapping up). Grant: Nurse wellbeing, work wellbeing and mental health.
  • Jarden, R., & Jarden, A. (in progress). Book chapter: A systems pathway to self-care in academia: Me, We, and Us as avenues to integrated long-term self-care. 
  • ​Jarden, A., & Jarden, R. (submitted). Book Chapter: Wellbeing systems, processes, and change.
  • ​Ward-Stockham, K., Kapp, S., Jarden, R,, Gerdtz, M., & Daniel, C. (submitted). The Effect of Safewards on Reducing Conflict and Containment and the Experiences of Staff and Consumers: A Mixed-Methods Systematic Review.

Research outputs


2021
  • Macdiarmid, R., McClunie-Trust, P., Shannon, K., Winnnington, R., E Donaldson, A., Jarden, R. J., Lamdin-Hunter, R., Merrick, E., Turner, R., & Jones, V. (2021). What Motivates People to Start a Graduate Entry Nursing Programme: An Interpretive Multi-Centred Case Study. SAGE open nursing, 7, 23779608211011310. https://doi.org/10.1177/23779608211011310
  • Macdiarmid, R., Turner, R., Winnington, R., Donaldson, A., Shannon, K., Merrick, E., Jones, V., & Jarden, R. (2021). What motivates people to commence a graduate entry nursing programme: A mixed method scoping review. BMC Nursing, 20(1), 1-12.
  • Mohanna, Z., Jarden, R., Kusljic, S. (in press). Paper: Investigation of interventions to reduce nurses' medication errors in adult intensive care units: A systematic review
  • Aloufi, M., Jarden, R., Gerdtz, M., & Kapp, S. (2021). Paper: Reducing stress, anxiety and depression in undergraduate nursing students: A systematic review.
  • Jarden, RJ, Jarden, A, Weiland, TJ, Taylor, G, Brockenshire, N, Gerdtz, M. (2021). Registered nurses’ experiences of psychological well‐being and ill‐being in their first year of practice: A qualitative meta‐synthesis. J Adv Nurs. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14667
2020 2019
  • Jarden, R., Sandham, M., Siegert, R., & Koziol-McLain, J.  (2019). Conceptual model for intensive care nurse work wellbeing: A qualitative secondary analysis. Nursing in Critical Care​. https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.12485
  • Jarden, R. (2019). Conceptualising intensive care nurse work wellbeing: A mixed methods study, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) thesis. https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10292/12584/JardenRJ.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y
  • ​Jarden, R., Narayanan, A., Sandham, M., Siegert, R., & Koziol-McLain, J. (2019). Bibliometric mapping of intensive care nurses' wellbeing: Development and application of the new iAnalysis model. ​BMC Nursing, 18(21), 1-11. doi: 10.1186/s12912-019-0343-1
  • ​Jarden, R., Sandham, M., Siegert, R., & Koziol-McLain, J. (2019). Intensive care nurse wellbeing: A systematic review. Australian Critical Care. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2018.11.068
​2018

  • Jarden, R., Sandham, M., Siegert, R., & Koziol-McLain, J. (2018). Intensive care nurse conceptions of wellbeing: A prototype analysis. Nursing in Critical Care, 23(6), 324-331. doi: 10.1111/nicc.12379
  • Jarden, R., Sandham, M., Siegert, R., & Koziol-McLain, J. (2018). Strengthening workplace wellbeing: Perceptions of intensive care nurses. Nursing in Critical Care. doi:10.1111/nicc.12386
  • Jarden, R., Sandham, M., Siegert, R., & Koziol-McLain, J. (2018). Systematic review and quality appraisal of workers' wellbeing measures: A protocol. BMC Systematic Reviews, 7(240), 1-5. doi:10.1186/s13643-018-0905-4
  • Jarden, R, Sutton-Smith, L, Boulton, C. (2018). Oral intake evaluation in patients following critical illness: An ICU cohort study. ​Nursing in Critical Care. doi: 10.1111/nicc.12343  ​
  • Sutton-Smith, L, & Jarden, R. (2018) Why malnutrition is an issue for more than half of patients in intensive care. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/why-malnutrition-is-an-issue-for-more-than-half-of-patients-in-intensive-care-100880
2017
  • Jarden, R., Jarden, A., & Oades, L. (2017). Wellbeing policy in Australia and New Zealand. In M. Slade, L. Oades & A. Jarden. (Eds.), Wellbeing, Recovery and Mental Health (pp 207-214). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.​
  • Thin, N., Tarragona, M., Wong, P., Jarden, R., Bartholomaeus, J., & Jarden, A. (2017). Book review for International Journal of Wellbeing. Estes, Richard J., and M. Joseph Sirgy [eds] (2017), The Pursuit of Human Well-Being: The Untold Global History. International Journal of Wellbeing, 7(1), 84-91. doi:10.5502/ijw.v7i1.636
  • ​Invited book contribution: Shaw, S., Horne, W., Reid, D., & Reed, K. (2017). A guide to clinical skills for health students. Oxford University Press.
  • Invited conference presentation (presented by first author L. Sutton-Smith): ANZICS 2017 conference free paper presentation based on the 2016 publication: Improving the quality of nurse-influenced patient care in the intensive care unit (Sutton & Jarden, 2016).
2016
  • Jarden, A., and Jarden, R. (2016). Positive psychological assessment for the workplace. In L Oades et al. (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of  the Psychology of Positivity and Strengths-Based Approaches at Work. doi: 10.1002/9781118977620.ch22
  • Sutton, L., & Jarden, R. (2016). Improving the quality of nurse-influenced patient care in the intensive care unit. Nursing in Critical Care. doi: 10.1111/nicc.12266.
2015
  • ​Jarden, A., & Jarden, R. (2015). Applied positive psychology in higher education, (Ch 5). In M. Henning, C. Krägeloh, & G. Wong-Toi (Eds), Student Motivation and Quality of Life in Higher Education. NY: Routledge
  • Jarden, R. & Sutton, L. (2015). A practice change initiative to improve the provision of enteral nutrition to intensive care patients. Nursing in Critical Care, 20(5), doi: 10.1111/nicc.12107.
2010
  • Jarden, R., & Quirke, S. (2010). Improving safety and documentation in intrahospital transport: Development of an intrahospital transport tool for critically ill patients. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 26(2). 101-107.
2009

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