Patsy Yates is an Australian registered nurse, university professor, and institutional leader who works at the Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane), where she is a Distinguished Professor and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health, Research Director of the Centre for Palliative Care Research and Education,[1] and Co-Director of the Centre for Healthcare Transformation.[2] She is a specialist in the field of palliative, cancer and aged care.[3][4]

Patsy Yates
Personal details
NationalityAustralian
OccupationNurse

Education

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Yates completed her primary and secondary schooling at Loreto College Coorparoo, graduating in 1978.[5] She became a registered nurse at Princess Alexandra Hospital (Brisbane, 1981), and qualified in midwifery at Mater Mothers Hospital[6] (Brisbane, 1985). She also completed degrees as Bachelor of Arts (1986), Master of Social Science (1992) and PhD (2000) at the University of Queensland.[5] In her PhD and derived work,[7] she explored the experiences of recently bereaved caregivers of people with cancer.[8]

Career

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After years working as a clinical nurse, Yates began a career as a nurse educator at the Holy Spirit Hospital[9](Brisbane).[5] In 2003 and in 2010 she successively became Research Director, and Director of the Centre for Palliative Care Research and Education of Queensland Health, two appointments that she still holds. In 2005 she became Professor of the School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology, where she successively became Deputy Head of School (2010-2013), Head of School (2014-2020), and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health since 2020 to present.[4]

She has been a tutor to many postgraduate students at QUT.[10] Along her career she has been awarded substantial grants as a principal investigator to conduct research in the field of palliative care from institutions like the National Health and Medical Research Council ( Australia), the Australian Department of Health and the Oncology Nursing Society (US) and others.[3][11][12][13][14]

As a journal editor, she has been editorial board member at Asia Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing (2006 -),[15] Cancer Nursing (2008 -),[16] Progress in Palliative Care (2003 -),[17] European Journal of Oncology Nursing (2009 -),[18] Collegian (2014 -),[19] Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem (2013-2016),[20] and Journal of Nursing Research (2016 -);[21]  also Co-editor of the Australian Journal of Cancer Nursing (1999 - 2008).[22]

Over many years to present times, Yates has been a member of several bodies at the National Health and Medical Research Council, among them the Research Committee, the Ideas Grants Peer Review Mentor Committee, the Innovation Assessment Working Group, and others.[23][24][25] Also a member of the Primary Care Collaborative Cancer Clinical Trials Group Scientific Committee (PC4),[26]

In the public policy field, Yates has been an advocate for increasing nurse-to-patient ratios,[27] increasing public coverage of palliative cancer care,[28] and supporting indigenous nursing scholarship.[29]

As a leader, she is a past-President of Palliative Care Australia,[30] and is President of the International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care.[31]

In the 2020 Queen's Birthday Honours List, she was named a Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia.[32] She was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Heath and Medical Sciences in October 2022.[33]

Works

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Papers

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Yates has published over three hundred articles in academic journals.[34] Her most cited articles are:

  • Rosenberg, John P.; Yates, Patsy M. (2007). "Schematic representation of case study research designs". Journal of Advanced Nursing. 60 (4): 447–452. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04385.x. PMID 17822427. (cited 277 times,according to Google Scholar [[35]
  • Aranda, S.; Schofield, P.; Weih, L.; Yates, P.; Milne, D.; Faulkner, R.; Voudouris, N. (2005). "Mapping the quality of life and unmet needs of urban women with metastatic breast cancer" (PDF). European Journal of Cancer Care. 14 (3): 211–222. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2354.2005.00541.x. PMID 15952965. S2CID 25257025. (cited 253 times, according to Google Scholar [[35]
  • Yates, Patsy; Aranda, Sanchia; Hargraves, Maryanne; Mirolo, Bev; Clavarino, Alexandra; McLachlan, SueAnne; Skerman, Helen (1 September 2005). "Randomized controlled trial of an educational intervention for managing fatigue in women receiving adjuvant chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer" (PDF). Journal of Clinical Oncology. 23 (25): 6027–6036. doi:10.1200/JCO.2005.01.271. PMID 16135471. (cited 188 times,according to Google Scholar [[35]

Book chapters

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Her most cited book chapters are:

Awards

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  • 2007 Life membership as a Fellow of the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia[36]
  • 2009 Tom Reeve Oration Award from the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia[37]
  • 2010 Australian Learning and Teaching Council – Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning[3]
  • 2014 - Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame in 2017[38]
  • 2014 Awarded Premier's Award for Excellence in Leadership[39]
  • 2017 QuARRIES Award for Best Consumer Focused Project[40]
  • 2018 - Distinguished Researcher award from the Oncology Nursing Society (US).[13]
  • 2018 Outstanding Achievement in Nursing / Midwifery Award by the Association of Queensland Nursing and Midwifery[41]
  • 2020 Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia.[32]

References

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  1. ^ "CPCRE - Staff". www.health.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Centre for Healthcare Transformation". QUT. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Professor Patsy Yates". cre-ckd.centre.uq.edu.au. 19 February 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  4. ^ a b Yates, Patsy. "Patsy Yates". Cancer and Palliative Care Outcomes Centre. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b c "Outstanding Alumni Awards". Loreto College Coorparoo. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Leading Private Maternity Hospitals | Mater Mothers". www.matermothers.org.au. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  7. ^ Yates, P.; Stetz, K. M. (2000). "Families' awareness of and response to dying". Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing. 4 (1): 46. ISSN 1092-1095. PMID 10865585.
  8. ^ Yates, P.; Stetz, K. M. (1 January 1999). "Families' awareness of and response to dying". Oncology Nursing Forum. 26 (1): 113–120. ISSN 0190-535X. PMID 9921574.
  9. ^ "St Vincent's Private Hospital, Brisbane". www.svph.org.au. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  10. ^ "CPCRC Supervised Post-Graduate Research Students" (PDF). 2019.
  11. ^ "Centre for Research Excellence in End of Life Care". Research Data Australia. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  12. ^ "Comprehensive Palliative Care in Aged Care Measure – Evaluation Framework". www.health.gov.au. 2021.
  13. ^ a b "International award for QUT Head of Nursing". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  14. ^ "Three QUT researchers receive prestigious fellowships". QUT. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
  15. ^ "Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology". Wiley Online Library. doi:10.1111/(ISSN)1743-7563. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  16. ^ "Cancer Nursing". journals.lww.com. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  17. ^ "Progress in Palliative Care Editorial Board". www.tandfonline.com. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  18. ^ "Editorial Board - European Journal of Oncology Nursing". www.journals.elsevier.com. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  19. ^ "Editorial Board - Collegian". www.journals.elsevier.com. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  20. ^ "RLAE | Editorial Council". rlae.eerp.usp.br. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  21. ^ "Editorial Board : Journal of Nursing Research". journals.lww.com. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  22. ^ "Professor Patsy Yates - CNSA - Cancer Nurses Society of Australia". www.cnsa.org.au. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  23. ^ "Research Committee 2015 - 2018 | NHMRC". www.nhmrc.gov.au. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  24. ^ "Research Committee 2018 - 2021 | NHMRC". www.nhmrc.gov.au. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  25. ^ "New grant program - peer review | NHMRC". www.nhmrc.gov.au. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  26. ^ "Scientific Committee". PC4. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  27. ^ Layt, Stuart (11 May 2021). "Queensland nurse-to-patient ratios saved lives, research finds". Brisbane Times. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  28. ^ "UICC called for further investment in prevention, early detection, treatment and palliative care - 72nd World Health Assembly | UICC". www.uicc.org. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  29. ^ Knowles, Rachael (27 March 2020). "QUT nursing scholarship supports Indigenous nurses of the future". National Indigenous Times. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  30. ^ "Professor Yates reflects on time as President of Palliative Care Australia". Palliative Care. 15 January 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  31. ^ "ISNCC Board of Directors". www.isncc.org. 2021.
  32. ^ a b "Distinguished Professor Patricia Yates". It's an Honour. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  33. ^ Shanahan, Rachel (14 October 2022). "Distinguished Professor Patsy Yates". Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  34. ^ "Microsoft Academic". academic.microsoft.com. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  35. ^ a b c "Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  36. ^ "Life Fellows - CNSA - Cancer Nurses Society of Australia". www.cnsa.org.au. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  37. ^ "Tom Reeve Award | COSA". www.cosa.org.au. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  38. ^ "The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International Announces 2014 Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame Inductees". www.sigmanursing.org. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  39. ^ "2014 award recipients - Previous winners". www.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  40. ^ "Patsy Yates". www.nursing.upenn.edu. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  41. ^ "AQNML | Assoc. of Queensland Nursing & Midwifer Leaders | C". AQNML. Retrieved 10 November 2021.