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Contact Details

Email
virginia.jones@otago.ac.nz
Position
Associate Professor and Head of Department
Department
Department of Nursing (Christchurch)
Qualifications
RN, Postgrad Dip, PhD
Research summary
Chronic respiratory illnesses

Research

Virginia's research interests focus on family centered care, chronic respiratory diseases, paediatrics, diabetes with Pacifica populations, technology enhanced education and learning

Virginia's PhD looked at family centered care for children with chronic respiratory disease in New Zealand. Virginia's post doctoral work drew directly from her PhD findings and explored the ways in which services and health professionals can better support parents and families of children with Asthma.

Virginia is currently researching self-management of type 2 diabetes among Pacifica communities. Collaborative projects include lifestyle and mindfulness intervention for the elderly, and developing technology enhanced teaching and learning.

Publications

Foster, M. J., Blamires, J., Jones, V., Keshoor, S., Moir, C., & Dickinson, A. (2025). Nurse leaders' perceptions of organisational policies, guidelines, and practices that enact children and young people's involvement in hospitals. Journal of Child Health Care. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/13674935251347480 Journal - Research Article

Jarden, R. J., Macdiarmid, R., Mcclunie-Trust, P., Jones, S., Dewar, J., Marriott, P., … Jones, V., … Winnington, R. (2025). Measures of graduate entry nursing student program experiences: A scoping review. Teaching & Learning in Nursing. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.teln.2025.05.001 Journal - Research Other

Rudland, J., Al-Busaidi, I., Aldabe, D., Bryant, K., Jones, V., Kane, P., Ma, S., Moffat, S., Noller, G., Peterson, A., Ross, J., Sopoaga, F., & Anderson, L. (2024). Addressing unacceptable behaviours in clinical learning environment. In S. Marshall (Ed.), Proceedings of the 16th Tertiary Education Research in New Zealand (TERNZ) Conference. (pp. 47-48). HERDSA Aotearoa/New Zealand. Retrieved from https://www.herdsa.org.nz/ternz Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Al-Busaidi, I. S., Noller, G., Ross, J. M., Gray, A. R., Peterson, A., Aldabe, D., Rudland, J., Pōtiki Bryant, K., Kane, P., Moffat, S. M., Ma, S., Jones, V., & Anderson, L. (2024). Unacceptable behaviors towards health professional clinical students: Protocol for a mixed-methods study. Health Science Reports, 7, e70190. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.70190 Journal - Research Other

Shannon, K., McClunie-Trust, P., Macdiarmid, R., Jarden, R., Dewar, J., Turner, R., … Jones, V. (2024). Graduate entry nursing students’ well-being and transformation in becoming registered nurses: Phase three of a longitudinal case study. Collegian. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2023.12.001 Journal - Research Article

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