Darren Conlon

BN, BCL(Hons.), LLM, GCUT, GDLP

Lecturer

Email: darren.conlon@nd.edu.au
Phone: 02 8204 4196

  • Biography

    Darren holds a Bachelor of Nursing (UTS), Bachelor of Civil Law (University College Cork, Ireland), Master of Laws (UTS), Graduate Certificate in University Teaching (UNDA), Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (College of Law), and is a qualified Public Notary (College of Law). Darren has experience in emergency, mental health, and medical surgical nursing. He subsequently undertook his practical legal training in criminal defence law at the Aboriginal Legal Service. Darren has post-qualification experience as a solicitor in insurance law, general practice, and financial services.

  • Teaching areas

    • Law
    • Ethics
    • Professional practice
    • General nursing

  • Research expertise and supervision

    • Confidentiality
    • Mental health
    • Risk

  • Journal articles and proceedings

    • Conlon, D., Raeburn, T., & Wand, T. (2019). Disclosure of confidential information by mental health nurses, of patients they assess to be a risk of harm to self or others: An integrative review. International journal of mental health nursing, 28(6), 1235-1247. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12642
    • Conlon, D., Raeburn, T., & Wand, T. (2021). Decision-making processes of a nurse working in mental health, regarding disclosure of confidential personal health information of a patient assessed as posing a risk. Collegian, 28(3), 261-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2020.08.010
    • Conlon, D., Raeburn, T., & Wand, T. (2022). Cognitive Continuum Theory: Can it contribute to the examination of confidentiality and risk‐actuated disclosure decisions of nurses practising in mental health? Nursing inquiry, e12520-e12520. https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.12520
    • Dickerson, M. G. A., Conlon, D., & Raeburn, T. (2022). Ars Moriendi: An Overview of Approaches to the Art of Dying, Grief and Loss for Nurses Working in Mental Health. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2022.2128125

  • Professional affiliations

    • Member: Australian College of Nursing
    • Member: Australian College of Mental Health Nursing
    • Member: Law Society of NSW
    • Member: Society of Notaries of NSW
    • Member: Sigma