Navigating the Maze of Research: Enhancing Nursing and Midwifery Practice 6e, 6th Edition

Professor Debra Jackson AO is a distinguished nurse scientist and scholar whose career encompasses clinical practice, academic work, research, and scholarship. She is a Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK). In 2015, she was awarded a Principal Fellowship of the NIHR-funded Oxford Biomedical Research Centre in recognition of her sustained contribution to generating knowledge to enhance the care of NHS patients. In 2019, she was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to medical education in the field of nursing practice and research as an academic and author. In 2020, Professor Jackson was named Australia’s leading nurse researcher by The Australian newspaper in their list of Australia’s Top 250 Researchers, based on the highest number of citations from papers published in the last five years in the top 20 journals in the field. In 2020, she was appointed Fellowship Ad Eundem, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland.

As a nurse, Dr. Helen Walthall has been active in research, with a background in cardiac care, mainly in the area of heart failure or acute coronary syndrome. Despite her job title, Helen sees her remit as covering non-medical, not just nursing, research. With 30 years’ experience in cardiovascular care as a nurse, educator, and researcher, Helen has experience in supporting nurses and non-medical practitioners in developing skills and knowledge in advanced practice and research through postgraduate programs and doctoral studies.