Melissa Bloomer

MN(Hons), MPET, MNP, GCPET, GCDE, Crit. Care Cert., BN, RN, FRCNA.

PhD Candidate (Awarded an APA 3yr scholarship)

Lecturer

Phone:

+61 3 9904 4203

Fax:

+61 3 9904 4655

Email:

melissa.bloomer@monash.edu

Teaching in 2011

Semester 1

NUR1101 - Perspectives of health and wellness

Semester 2

NUR1102 - Health assessment in clinical practice.

Research Interests

Melissa's primary research interests relate to end of life care in acute care and critical care environments, in terms of management, communication between clinicians and with family members, decision making and the preparedness of critical care nurses to deal with death and grieving.

Melissa's PhD aims to explore the nurse's recognition of and responsiveness to dying in acute hospital wards.

Melissa has been awarded an Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) Scholarship, and a Nurses Memorial Centre Australian Legion Scholarship to undertake her PhD studies full time at Monash University.

Professional Affiliations

Royal College of Nursing
Australian Nurse Teachers Society
Australian College of Critical Care Nurses
Palliative Care Victoria
Nurses Memorial Centre

Publications

2012

Bloomer, M., Cross, W., O'Connor, M. & Endacott, R. (In Press) Changing Attitudes to Death and Dying in the Clinical Setting. Connections

Bloomer, M., Morphet, J., O'Connor, M., Lee, S. & Griffiths, D. (2012). Nursing Care of the Family before and after a Death in the ICU - An Exploratory Pilot Study. Australian Critical Care. doi:10.1016/j.aucc.2012.01.001

Naik, A., O'Brien, A.P., Gaskin, C. J., Munro, I. & Bloomer, M.J. (2012). The Acceptability and Efficacy of a Group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Programme in a Community Mental Health Setting. Community Mental Health Journal. Online First^TM, 31 January 2012. DOI 10.1007/s10597-012-9484-3

Bloomer, M., Cross, W., Endacott, R., O'Connor, M. & Moss, C. (2012). Qualitative Observation in a Clinical Setting: Challenges at End of Life. Nursing and Health Sciences.

2011

Bloomer, M. 2011. Death and despair or peace and contentment: why families need to talk about end-of-life options [Online]. Melbourne: The Conversation Media Group. Available: http://theconversation.edu.au/death-and-despair-or-peace-and-contentment-why-families-need-to-talk-about-end-of-life-options-4311 [Accessed 24 Nov 2011].

Digby, R., Moss, C. & Bloomer, M. (2011). Transferring from an Acute Hospital and settling in to a Sub-Acute Facility: The Experience of Patients with Dementia. International Journal of Older Person Nursing, published on-line June 27.

Digby, R., Bloomer, M. & Howard, T. (2011). Call Bell Response Times and Patient Falls - Is there a Link? Nursing Older People, 23(6), 22-27.

Bloomer, M., Moss, C. & Cross, W.M. (2011). Problems associated with end of life care in acute hospitals. End of Life Care.1(1), epub May 2011

Bloomer, M., Moss, C. & Cross, W. (2011). End-of-life (EOL) care in acute Hospitals – An integrative literature review. Journal of Nursing and Healthcare of Chronic Illness, 3(3), 165-173.

Liang, C., Yang, C., Lu, K.,; Chu, P., Chen, C., Chang, Y., O’Brien, A., Bloomer, M., Chou, K. (2011). Factors Affecting Peritoneal Dialysis Selection in Taiwanese Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). International Nursing Review, 58(4), 1-7. IF 0.588

Bennetts, W., Cross, W. & Bloomer, M. (2011) Understanding consumer participation in mental health - The issues of power and change. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 20(3), 155-164.

Bloomer, M., Moss, C. & Cross, W. (2011). Recognising dying in acute care. Australian Nursing Journal. 18(7), 43.

Bennetts, W., Cross, W. & Bloomer, M. (2011). Consumer paritipation: power and change. Australian Nursing Journal, 19(4), 39.

Cross, W. & Bloomer, M. (2011). Going the extra mile: clinicians extend their boundaries to improve communication. Diversit-e: Australia's diversity health e-magazine, 3,12-13.

2010

Bloomer, M., Tan, H. & Lee, S. (2010). End of life care: the importance of advance care planning in primary care. Australian Family Physician. 39(10), 734-737.

Stuart, J.A., O'Connor, M., Peters, L. & Bloomer, M. (2010). The unacknowledged role of after-death care carried out by palliative care nurses. End of Life Care, 4(3), 50-55.

Cross, W. & Bloomer, M. (2010). Extending boundaries: Clinical communication with culturally and linguistically diverse mental health clients and carers. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 19(4), 268-277.

O'Connor, M., Watts, J., Larkins, K. & Bloomer, M. (2010). Loss and Grief in the Workplace - what can we learn from the Literature? International Journal of Workplace Health Management, 3(2), 131-142.

O'Brien, A., Cross, W., Higgs, P., Munro, I., Bloomer, M.J. & Chou, K. (2010). Australians living with and managing hepatitis C - treatment potentials using group Cognitive Behavioural Therapy CBT. Issues in Mental Health Nursing. 31(8), 520-524.

O'Brien, A., Cross, W., Higgs, P., Munro, I., Bloomer, M.J. & Chou, K. (2010). Developing CBT for Indigenous Australians living with Hepatitis C and mental illness. Australian Nursing Journal. 10(17), 35.

Bloomer, M., Tiruvoipati, R., Tsiripillis, M. & Botha, J. (2010). End of life management of adult patients in an Australian metropolitan intensive care unit: A retrospective observational study. Australian Critical Care, 23(1), 13-19.

Bloomer, M. & Cross, W. (2010). An exploration of the role and scope of the Clinical Nurse Consultant in a metropolitan health service. Collegian, 18(2), 61-69. available on-line October 2010.

Bloomer, M., Lee, S., O'Connor, M. (2010). End of Life Clinician-Family Communication in ICU: A retropsective observational study - Implications for nursing. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing. 28(2), 17-23. Impact Factor 0.59.

Bloomer, M. Cross, W., Moss, C. (2010). The impact of death and dying on critical care nurses. Australian Nursing Journal. 18(3), 33.

O'Brien, A., O'Connor, M., Griffiths, D. & Bloomer, M. (In Press). Development and application of palliative care cultural standards using clinical indicators. Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology.