Emma Collins

Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 3 21 488 394
- emma.collins@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Professional Practice Fellow
- Department
- Department of Women's and Children's Health (Dunedin)
- Qualifications
- FHiNZ SFHEA MN RN BEd DipTchng PGCert Higher Ed
- Research summary
- Health informatics
- Teaching
- Emma is a Professional Practice Fellow with Women’s and Children’s Health specialising in paediatrics. Her teaching includes 5th year paediatric attachment, infant follow through longcase, and paediatric chronic longcase.
- Memberships
- Chair of the Health Informatics Nursing and Midwifery Special Interest Group
- Secretary of the College of Child and Youth Nurses
- Member of the NZNO Nursing Research Group
- Clinical
- Her clinical background is in paediatric nursing, in particular general paediatrics, school nursing and public health. Emma currently works clinically in a paediatric inpatient setting.
Research
Research interests include Nursing Informatics which involves developing and publishing guidelines for emerging practitioners with national colleagues, implementation and support of ePortfolios, and interprofessional health education. Recently Emma has done a lot of work using mixed-reality technologies in healthcare education.
Additional details
- Fellow of Health Infomatics NZ
- Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy, UK
Publications
Gamble Blakey, A., Anderson, L., Smith-Han, K., Collins, E., Berryman, E., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2023). Supporting bystanders and other staff exposed to negative workplace behaviour: Developing and testing the IMO intervention framework in the clinical workplace. Advances in Medical Education & Practice, 14, 71-86. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S379429
Collins, E. (2022). The child with cerebral dysfunction. In L. Speedie, A. Middleton, M. J. Hockenberry, D. Wilson & C. C. Rodgers (Eds.), Wong's nursing care of infants and children: For professionals. (Australia and New Zealand ed.) (pp. 819-864). Sydney, Australia: Elsevier.
Collins, E. (2022). Health promotion of the school-aged child and family. In L. Speedie, A. Middleton, M. J. Hockenberry, D. Wilson & C. C. Rodgers (Eds.), Wong's nursing care of infants and children: For professionals. (Australia and New Zealand ed.) Sydney, Australia: Elsevier.
Collins, E. (2022). Health promotion of the preschooler and family. In L. Speedie, A. Middleton, M. J. Hockenberry, D. Wilson & C. C. Rodgers (Eds.), Wong's nursing care of infants and children: For professionals. (Australia and New Zealand ed.) (pp. 310-323). Sydney, Australia: Elsevier.
Collins, E., & Honey, M. (2021). Access as an enabler and an obstacle to nurse's use of ICT during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results of a national survey. Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand, 37(3), 62-70. doi: 10.36951/27034542.2021.036
Collins, E. (2022). Health promotion of the preschooler and family. In L. Speedie, A. Middleton, M. J. Hockenberry, D. Wilson & C. C. Rodgers (Eds.), Wong's nursing care of infants and children: For professionals. (Australia and New Zealand ed.) (pp. 310-323). Sydney, Australia: Elsevier.
Chapter in Book - Research
Collins, E. (2022). Health promotion of the school-aged child and family. In L. Speedie, A. Middleton, M. J. Hockenberry, D. Wilson & C. C. Rodgers (Eds.), Wong's nursing care of infants and children: For professionals. (Australia and New Zealand ed.) Sydney, Australia: Elsevier.
Chapter in Book - Research
Collins, E. (2022). The child with cerebral dysfunction. In L. Speedie, A. Middleton, M. J. Hockenberry, D. Wilson & C. C. Rodgers (Eds.), Wong's nursing care of infants and children: For professionals. (Australia and New Zealand ed.) (pp. 819-864). Sydney, Australia: Elsevier.
Chapter in Book - Research
Gamble Blakey, A., Anderson, L., Smith-Han, K., Collins, E., Berryman, E., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2023). Supporting bystanders and other staff exposed to negative workplace behaviour: Developing and testing the IMO intervention framework in the clinical workplace. Advances in Medical Education & Practice, 14, 71-86. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S379429
Journal - Research Article
Collins, E., & Crawley, J. (2021). Learning unveiled: Reflecting on unexpected outcomes from COVID-19. Scope: Learning & Teaching, 10, 123-129. doi: 10.34074/scop.4010022
Journal - Research Article
Collins, E., & Honey, M. (2021). Access as an enabler and an obstacle to nurse's use of ICT during the COVID-19 pandemic: Results of a national survey. Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand, 37(3), 62-70. doi: 10.36951/27034542.2021.036
Journal - Research Article
Ditzel, L., & Collins, E. (2021). Holograms in nursing education: Results of an exploratory study. Journal of Nursing Education & Practice, 11(8), 43-52. doi: 10.5430/jnep.v11n8p43
Journal - Research Article
Benians, A., & Collins, E. (2020). From concept to course: Creating a pathway to better community healthcare in rural Aotearoa New Zealand. Scope: Learning & Teaching, 9, 108-117. doi: 10.34074/scop.4009009
Journal - Research Article
Honey, M., Collins, E., & Britnell, S. (2020). Education into policy: Embedding health informatics to prepare future nurses: New Zealand case study. JMIR Nursing, 3(1), e16186. doi: 10.2196/16186
Journal - Research Article
Smith-Han, K., Collins, E., Asil, M., Gamble Blakey, A., Anderson, L., Berryman, E., & Wilkinson, T. J. (2020). Measuring exposure to bullying and harassment in health professional students in a clinical workplace environment: Evaluating the psychometric properties of the clinical workplace learning NAQ-R scale. Medical Teacher, 42(7), 813-821. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2020.1746249
Journal - Research Article
Gamble Blakey, A., Smith-Han, K., Anderson, L., Collins, E., Berryman, E. K., & Wilkinson, T. (2019). It's 'probably the teacher!' A strategic framework for clinical staff engagement in clinical student bullying intervention. BMC Medical Education, 19(1), 116. doi: 10.1186/s12909-019-1552-8
Journal - Research Article
Gamble Blakey, A., Smith-Han, K., Anderson, L., Collins, E., Berryman, E., & Wilkinson, T. (2019). "They cared about us students:" Learning from exemplar clinical teaching environments. BMC Medical Education, 19, 119. doi: 10.1186/s12909-019-1551-9
Journal - Research Article
Madden, K., Collins, E., & Lander, P. (2019). Nursing students' perspectives on ePortfolios: Themes and preferences compared with paper-based experiences. International Journal of ePortfolio, 9(2), 87-96. Retrieved from http://www.theijep.com
Journal - Research Article
Collins, E., & O'Brien, R. (2018). Highly structured ePortfolio platform for Bachelor of Nursing students: Lessons learned in implementation. International Journal of ePortfolio, 8(1), 43-55. Retrieved from http://www.theijep.com
Journal - Research Article
Collins, E. (2017). Curriculum mapping of child health across the Bachelor of Nursing. Scope: Learning & Teaching, 3, 39-47. Retrieved from https://www.thescopes.org/
Journal - Research Article
Collins, E., Britnell, S., Ditzel, L., & Honey, M. (2017). Using curriculum mapping to develop undergraduate nursing informatics: A New Zealand study. International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science, 2(11), 1550-1556. doi: 10.23958/ijirms/vol02-i11/19
Journal - Research Article
Collins, E., & Crawley, J. (2016). Introducing ePortfolios into nursing schools. Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, 22(5), 34-35.
Journal - Research Article
Collins, E., & Ram, F. S. F. (2011). Rates of ear disease in children visiting a mobile community ear clinic in New Zealand: Two-year study of over 2,000 children. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing, 14(2), 119-128. doi: 10.1179/136132811805334858
Journal - Research Article
Gamble Blakey, A., Smith-Han, K., Anderson, L., Collins, E., Berryman, E., & Wilkinson, T. (2019). Interventions addressing student bullying in the clinical workplace: A narrative review. BMC Medical Education, 19, 220. doi: 10.1186/s12909-019-1578-y
Journal - Research Other
Collins, E. (2018). Sustainable nursing practice: How nursing can assist with the obesity epidemic. Scope: Learning & Teaching, 6, 40-43. Retrieved from https://www.thescopes.org/
Journal - Research Other
Collins, E., & Ditzel, L. (2018). Holograms enhance student learning. Kai Tiaki Nursing New Zealand, 24(10), 26, 50. [Commentary].
Journal - Research Other
Collins, E., Ross, J., Crawley, J., & Thompson, R. (2018). An undergraduate educational model for developing sustainable nursing practice: A New Zealand perspective. Nurse Education Today, 61, 264-268. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2017.12.012
Journal - Research Other
Gamble Blakey, A., Anderson, L., Smith-Han, K., Wilkinson, T., Collins, E., & Berryman, E. (2018). Time to stop making things worse: An imperative focus for healthcare student bullying research. New Zealand Medical Journal, 131(1479), 81-85. Retrieved from https://www.nzma.org.nz/journal
Journal - Research Other
Collins, E., Fair, N., Dickinson, A., & Peacock, K. (2009). Collaboration between primary and secondary/tertiary services in oral health. Primary Health Care, 19(1), 35-39.
Journal - Research Other