Dr Gail Ross-Adjie

RN, GradCertBusAdmin, GradCertL&T, MClinNurs(Emerg), PhD

Senior Lecturer and Postgraduate Partnership Coordinator

Email: gail.ross-adjie1@nd.edu.au
Phone: 9433 0636

  • Biography

    Gail has over 30 years nursing experience in cardiothoracics, critical care and emergency. She was the inaugural winner of the presigious Reginald 'Babe' Norman PhD scholarship awarded to an outstanding applicant who demonstrates high academic ability and original, tareted research which addresses significant health issues.  She has published on topics including falls outcomes, palliative care in the emergency department and bowel management. In addition to her PhD, Gail holds qualifications in both business and tertiary teaching and is a reviewer for the International Journal of Orthopaedics and Trauma Nursing. Gail is a member of the St John of God Human Research Ethics Committee and is a non-executive director at both Amana Living and Fremantle Women's Health Centre.

  • Teaching areas

    • Advanced Health Assessment
    • Clinical Governance
    • Evidence-Based Practice
    • Research Methods

  • Research expertise and supervision

    • Quantitative research methods
    • Emergency nursing

    HDR students

    • MPhil - Irene van Staden - An examination of the trends in  activiites of daily living in the 12 months after total knee arthroplasty: a descriptive study
    • MPhil - Tania Norman - Prevalence of peristomal skin complications in the first 12 weeks post ostomy formation surgery
    • PhD - Natasya Raja Azlan - Is patient controlled analgesia a feasible method of pain relief in the emergency department: a mixed methods study

  • Journal articles and proceedings

    • Shearer F; Bailey P; Hicks B; Harvey B; Monterosso L; Ross-Adjie G; Rogers I.  “Why do patients choose to attend a private emergency department?’  Emergency Medicine Australasia 2015; 27:62-65. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.12330
    • Condon M; Ross-Adjie G; Monterosso L. ‘Management of toxicities related to intravenous administration of epidermal growth factor inhibitors’ The Australian Journal of Cancer Nursing. 2015; 16(1).
    • Russ A; Mountain D; Rogers IR; Shearer F; Monterosso L; Ross-Adjie G; Rogers JR.  ‘Staff perceptions of palliative care in a public Australian metropolitan emergency department’ Emergency Medicine Australasia Aug 2015; 27(4): 287-294. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.12428
    • Rogers I; Shearer F; Rogers J; Ross-Adjie G; Monterosso L; Finn J.  ‘Paramedics perceptions and educational needs with respect to palliative care’ Australian Journal of Paramedicine. 2015; 12(5). doi.org/10.33151/ajp.12.5.218
    • Monterosso L; Ross-Adjie G; Keeney S.  ‘Developing a research agenda for nursing and midwifery: a modified Delphi study’.  Contemporary Nurse 2015 doi: 10.1080/10376178.2015.1116372
    • Monterosso L; Ross-Adjie G; Rogers I R; Shearer F; Rogers J.  ‘How Well Do We Understand Health Care Professionals’ Perceptions and Needs in the Provision of Palliative Care? A Mixed Methods Study’ Journal of Palliative Medicine 2016; 19(7).  doi: 10.1089/jpm.2015.0421
    • Hill A-M; Ross-Adjie G; McPhail S; Monterosso L; Bulsara M; Etherton-Beer C; Powell S-J; Hardisty G. ‘Incidence, risk factors and the healthcare cost of falls post discharge after elective total hip and total knee replacement surgery: Protocol for a prospective observational cohort study’ British Medical Journal 2016 doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011139
    • Ross-Adjie G, Cranfield A, Yates P, Monterosso, L. ‘Bowel management post major joint arthroplasty: a randomised controlled trial to test two pre-admission bowel regimens’  International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing 2020 doi.org/10.1016/j.ijotn.2020.100816
    • Hill AM, Ross-Adjie G, McPhail SM, Jacques A, Bulsara M, Cranfield A, Etherton-Beer C, Raja Azlan N, Powell SJ, Hardisty G, Monterosso L. Incidence and associated risk factors for falls in older adults post discharge who undergo elective total hip replacement surgery- a prospective cohort study. Journals of Gerontology 2020 doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glaa283
    • Ross-Adjie G, Cranfield, A, Monterosso, L.  ‘Fly-in fly-out families maternity care needs’ Midwifery 2022 (under review) March 2023.

  • Awards

    • Joint Winner Catholic Healthcare Australia’s Research Symposium ‘Shark Tank’ for Outstanding Innovation in Healthcare Research, Brisbane, June 2018.
    • Finalist – Western Australian Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards Excellence in Research and Innovative Practice, 2017 and 2010.
    • Inaugural winner of the prestigious Reginald ‘Babe’ Norman PhD scholarship awarded to an outstanding applicant who demonstrates high academic ability and original, targeted research which addresses significant health issues.

  • Professional affiliations

    • Member Australian College of Nursing
    • Joanna Briggs Institute Clinical Fellow
    • Immediate Past President and member– Sigma Nursing Psi Alpha at-Large Chapter WA
    • Non-executive Director and Chair – Fremantle Women’s Health Centre
    • Non-executive Director and Chair Clinical and Care Sub-Committee – Amana Living
    • Committee member – St John of God Human Research Ethics Committee
    • Reviewer – International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing
    • Scholarship Advisory Panel – Rosemary Norman Foundation