Lecturer, ACU School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine
Sandra has 25 years of experience teaching paediatric and child health nurses in tertiary and health care settings, as well as more recent experience as a part-time Research Fellow at the Nursing Research and Practice Development Centre at The Prince Charles Hospital.
Sandra is a registered nurse with qualifications including a Bachelor of Nursing, a Master of Nursing, as well as an accredited Child and Young People’s Nurse. Sandra is also in the final stages of her PhD, investigating sensory and motor interventions for very early school-age children.
Sandra’s specialises in teaching postgraduate nursing for neonatal, paediatric and child health nurses. Within her postgraduate nursing teaching, she has been a clinical and academic champion for safeguarding children, which has included co-authoring an online module Child Protection situated within the Child and Adolescent Health specialty of a unit in the Graduate Certificate in Clinical Nursing.
Selected Publications
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Coyer, F., Miles, S., Gosely, S., Fulbrook, P., Sketcher-Baker, K., Cook, J., & Whitmore, J. (2017). Pressure injury prevalence in intensive care versus non-intensive care patients: A state-wide comparison. Australian Critical Care, 30(5), 244-250. Link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1036731416302004
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Miles, S., Fulbrook, P., & Mainwaring-Magi, D. (2016). Evaluation of standardized instruments for use in universal screening of very early school-age children: suitability, technical adequacy, and usability. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1177/0734282916669246 Link: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0734282916669246
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Lawrence, P., Fulbrook, P., & Miles, S. (2015). A survey of Australian nurses' knowledge of pressure injury/pressure ulcer management. Journal of Wound Ostomy & Continence Nursing, 45(5), 450-460. Link: http://journals.lww.com/jwocnonline/Abstract/2015/09000/A_Survey_of_Australian_Nurses__Knowledge_of.4.aspx
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Edmunds, J., Fulbrook, P., Miles, S,. & Genna, C.W. (2014). My baby has tongue-tie: What does this mean? Journal of Human Lactation, 30(2), 244-245. DOI: 10.1177/0890334414524024 Link: https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/39596961/My_baby_has_tongue-tie_what_does_this_me20151101-24963-1bft6ab.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1511832267&Signature=vBwqV9F1pXhnrQU56mTyQa%2F1akE%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DMy_Baby_Has_Tongue-Tie_What_Does_This_Me.pdf
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Miles, S., Nowicki, T., & Fulbrook, P. (2013). Repositioning to prevent pressure injuries: evidence for practice. Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal, 21(6), 32-35. Link: https://search.proquest.com/docview/1467325168?pq-origsite=gscholar
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Miles, S.J., Fulbrook, P., Nowicki, T. & Franks, C. (2013). Decreasing pressure injury prevalence in an Australian general hospital: a ten-year review. Wound Practice and Research, 21(4), 148-156. Link: https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=715098726496414;res=IELHEA
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Edmunds, J., Fulbrook, P. & Miles, S. (2013). Understanding the experiences of mothers who are breastfeeding an infant with tongue tie: a phenomenological study. Journal of Human Lactation, 29(2), 190-195. DOI: 10.1177/0890334413479174. Link: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0890334413479174
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Edmunds, J., Miles, S. & Fulbrook, P. (2011). Tongue-tie and breastfeeding: a review of the literature. Breastfeeding Review, 19(1), 19-26. Link: https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=974915303319900;res=IELAPA
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Rattray, J., Flowers, K., Miles, S. & Clarke, J. (2010). Foetal monitoring: a woman centred decision-making pathway. Women and Birth, 24, 65-71. Link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1871519210000612
