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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. In 2021, alongside my work with the University of Melbourne, I also joined the Austin Health team as Nursing Research Fellow. I maintain a passion for critical care nursing, leadership and management, research and 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., Jarden, A., Brockenshire, N., Weiland, T. (in progress). Health service evaluation.
  • Jarden, R. et al (in progress). Clinical supervision program evaluation.
  • Jarden, R. et al (in progress). Nurse leadership program evaluation.​

Research outputs

2023
  • Jarden, R., Siegert, R., Koziol-McLain, J., Bujalka, H. & Sandham, M. (2023). Wellbeing measures for workers: a systematic review and methodological quality appraisal, Frontiers in Public Health - Occupational Health and Psychology, 11.https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1053179. www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1053179/full
  • Sandham, M., Reed, K., Cowpertwait, L., Dawson, A., Jarden, R. (2023). Avoid falling down the glasshole: A qualitative metasynthesis of user experiences of wearable devices and smart technology in healthcare. Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Digital Health, 1(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mcpdig.2023.05.006
  • Jarden, R J., Scott, S., Rickard, N., Long, K., Burke, S., Morrison, M., Mills, L., Barker, E., Sharma, K., & Twomey, B. (2023). Factors contributing to nurse resignation during COVID-19: A qualitative descriptive study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 00, 1– 18. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15596
  • ​Mellerick, A., Akers, G., Tebbutt, N., Lane, T., Jarden, R., Whitfield. (2023). Nurse-led emergency department avoidance model of care for patients receiving cancer therapy in the ambulatory setting: a health service improvement initiative. BMC Health Serv Res 23, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09693-0
  • Cambridge, P., Brockenshire, N., Bridge, N., & Jarden, R. (2023). Entry to practice nursing students’ experiences of debriefing during clinical practice: A qualitative meta-synthesis. Nurse Education Today. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2023.105871
  • Winnington, R., Shannon, K., Turner, R., Jarden, R...Macdiarmid, R. (2023). Learning experiences of first year graduate entry nursing students in New Zealand and Australia: A qualitative case study. BMC Nurs 22, 74. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-023-01233-9​
  • Piano, M., Diemer, K., Hall, M.,...Jarden, R. (2023) A rapid review of challenges and opportunities related to diversity and inclusion as experienced by early and mid-career academics in the medicine, dentistry and health sciences fields. BMC Medical Education. 2023 Apr;23(1):288. doi.org/10.1186/s12909-023-04252-x 
  • Jarden, R., Rickard, N. (21 March 2023). Invited speaker. MACH Education and Workforce Symposium: Rethink, Renew, Retain. Presentation: Factors contributing to nurse resignation during COVID-19: A qualitative descriptive study.
  • Jarden, R. (2 March 2023). Invited speaker. University of Melbourne Facebook Live Academic Presentation. Presentation: Nurse wellbeing.
2022
  • Jarden, R.J., Jarden, A.J., Weiland, T.J., Taylor, G., Brockenshire, N., Rutherford, M., Carbery, C., Moroney, K., Joshanloo, M., & Gerdtz, M.F. (2022). Nurses' well-being during the coronavirus (2019) pandemic: A longitudinal mixed-methods study. Nursing Open, https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1275
  • Jarden, R. J., & Jarden, A. (2022). A systems pathway to self-care in academia: Me, We, and Us as avenues to integrated long-term self-care. In Reflections on Valuing Wellbeing in Higher Education (pp. 95-110). Routledge. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003213161-10/systems-pathway-self-care-academia-rebecca-jarden-aaron-jarden​
  • Heily, M., Gerdtz, M., Jarden, R., Darvall, J., & Bellomo, R. (2022). Anaesthetic emergence agitation after cardiac surgery: An intensive care staff survey. Australian Critical Care. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2022.08.081.
  • Rienecker, C., Kiprillis, N., Jarden, R. ., & Connell, C. (2022). Effectiveness of interventions to reduce ventriculostomy-associated infections in adult and paediatric patients with an external ventricular drain: A systematic review. Australian Critical Care, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2022.03.013.
  • Sandham, M., Carey, M., Hedgecock, E., & Jarden, R. (2022). Nurses’ experiences supporting patients requesting voluntary assisted dying: A qualitative metasynthesis. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 78(10), 3101–3115. doi.org/10.1111/jan.15324
  • Jarden, A & Jarden, R. (2022). Learn about yourself. In C. van Nieuwerburgh & P. Williams (Eds.). From Surviving to Thriving: A Student’s Guide to Feeling and Doing Well at University (Ch. 12, p127-138). Sage Publishing. https://au.sagepub.com/en-gb/oce/from-surviving-to-thriving/book274603#contents​
  • Guitard, J., Jarden, A., Jarden, R., & Lajoie, D. (2022). An evaluation of the psychometric properties of the Temporal Satisfaction With Life Scale. Frontiers in Psychology, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.795478
  • Jarden, R. J.,  Joshanloo, M., Weijers, D., Sandham, M. H., & Jarden, A. J. (2022). Predictors of life satisfaction in New Zealand: Analysis of a national dataset. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health19(9), https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095612
  • Mcclunie-Trust, P., Jones, V., Winnington, R., Shannon, K., Donaldson, A. E., Macdiarmid, R., Jarden, R. J., Turner, R., Merrick, E., & Andersen, P. (2022). Doing Case Study Research Collaboratively: The Benefits for Researchers. International Journal of Qualitative Methods. https://doi.org/10.1177/16094069221096296
  • Jarden, R., Scanlon, A., Bridge, N, McKeever S, Turner R, Prescott H, Thompson J, Cambridge P, Kinney S, Leong N, Gerdtz M. (2022). Coronavirus disease 2019 Critical Care Essentials course for nurses: development and implementation of an education program for healthcare professionals. Aust J Adv Nurs, 39(1). https://doi.org/10.37464/2020.391.423  
  • Dufton, P., Gerdtz, M., Jarden, R., & Krishnasamy, M. (2022). Methodological approaches to measuring the incidence of unplanned emergency department presentations by cancer patients receiving systemic anti-cancer therapy: a systematic review. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 22, 75 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-022-01555-3
  • Ward‐Stockham, K., Kapp, S., Jarden, R., Gerdtz, M., & Daniel, C. (2022). Effect of Safewards on reducing conflict and containment and the experiences of staff and consumers: A mixed‐methods systematic review. International Journal of Mental Health nursing, 31(1), 199-221. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12950
  • Jarden, R.J., McKeever, S. (2022). Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) & Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN) Annual Scientific Meeting. Conference free paper (oral) presentation: Coronavirus disease 2019 critical care essentials course for nurses: Development and implementation of an education program for healthcare professionals
  • Jarden, R.J., Jarden, A.J., Weiland, T.J., Taylor, G., Brockenshire, N., Rutherford, M., Carbery, C., Moroney, K., Joshanloo, M., & Gerdtz, M.F. (2022). European Congress of Positive Psychology. Graduate nurse wellbeing, work wellbeing and mental health (poster presentation).
  • Jarden, R., Bridge, N., McKeever, S., Scanlan, A., Turner, R., Prescott, H., ... & Gerdtz, M. (2022). ABSTRACT: Coronavirus disease 2019 Critical Care Essentials course for nurses: development and implementation of an education program for healthcare professionals. Australian Critical Care, 35, S7. https://www.australiancriticalcare.com/article/S1036-7314(22)00142-4/fulltext​
  • Jarden, R.J., Jarden, A., Weiland, T. J., Taylor, G., & Gerdtz, M. F. (2021). Project report: Student and graduate nurse wellbeing, work wellbeing and mental health. ISBN: 978 0 7340 5651 1. 

2021
  • Jarden, R.J., Jones, V., McClunie-Trust, P., Winnington, R., Merrick, E., Shannon, K., Turner, R., Donaldson, A.E. and Macdiarmid, R. (2021). Exploring the experiences and perceptions of students in a graduate entry nursing programme: A qualitative meta-synthesis. Nurse Education Today, 107, p.105-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2021.105121
  • Jarden, R., Jarden, A., Weiland, T., Taylor, G., Bujalka, H., Brockenshire, N., & Gerdtz, M. (2021). New graduate nurse wellbeing, work wellbeing and mental health: A quantitative systematic review. International Journal of Nursing Studies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2021.103997        
  • Jarden, R., Jarden, A., Weiland, T., Taylor, G., Brockenshire, N., Rutherford, M., Carbery, C., Moroney, K., & Gerdtz, M. (2021). Nurse wellbeing during the coronavirus (2019) pandemic: A qualitative descriptive study. Collegian. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2021.06.002
  • Jarden, R., Sandham, M., Siegert, R., & Koziol-McLain, J. (2021). General wellbeing of intensive care nurses: A prototype analysis. Nursing in Critical Care, 28( 1): 89- 100. https://doi.org/10.1111/nicc.12706
  • Jarden A., Jarden R., Chin TC., Kern M.L. (2021) Assessing Wellbeing in School Communities. In: Kern M.L., Wehmeyer M.L. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Positive Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64537-3_12
  • 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. 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. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-021-00564-9.
  • Macey, A., Green, C., & Jarden, R. (2021). ICU nurse preceptors' perceptions of benefits, rewards, supports and commitment to the preceptor role: A mixed-methods study. Nurse Education in Practice, 51, 102995. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2021.102995
  • Mohanna, Z., Jarden, R., Kusljic, S. (2021) Investigation of interventions to reduce nurses' medication errors in adult intensive care units: A systematic review. Australian Critical Care, 35(4), 466–479. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2021.05.012
  • Aloufi, M., Jarden, R., Gerdtz, M., & Kapp, S. (2021). Reducing stress, anxiety and depression in undergraduate nursing students: A systematic review. Nurse Education Today, 102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104877
  • 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
  • Australia & New Zealand Intensive Care Society (2021) COVID-19 Guidelines (Version 4) working group: https://www.anzics.com.au/anzics-covid-19-guidelines/
  • International Council of Nurses (2021). Congress poster and audio presentation: COVID-19 Critical Care Essentials course for nurses: Development and implementation of a tripartite model of rapid knowledge translation for healthcare professionals. (Lead presenter)
  • Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation. (2021). Paving new pathways for happier, healthier nurses. https://www.anmfsa.org.au/Web/News/2021/Paving_new_pathways_for_happier__healthier_nurses.aspx
  • INPractice: News from the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (2021). Paving new pathways for happier, healthier nurses. https://www.flipsnack.com/anmfsa/anmf86_inpractice-magazine-july-2021_web.html
  • Health times. (2020). Empowering nurses with Critical Care Essential knowledge. https://healthtimes.com.au/hub/critical-care/21/news/ht1/empowering-nurses-with-critical-care-essential-knowledge/5057/
2020 2019 ​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. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/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), https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2009.12.007
2009

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