Patsy Yates Explained

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]

Education

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. In her PhD and derived work,[7] she explored the experiences of recently bereaved caregivers of people with cancer.[8]

Career

After years working as a clinical nurse, Yates began a career as a nurse educator at the Holy Spirit Hospital[9] (Brisbane). 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.

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.[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

Papers

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: CPCRE - Staff. 2021-11-09. www.health.qld.gov.au. en-AU.
  2. Web site: Centre for Healthcare Transformation. 2021-11-09. QUT. en.
  3. Web site: 2016-02-19. Professor Patsy Yates. 2021-11-09. cre-ckd.centre.uq.edu.au. en.
  4. Web site: Yates. Patsy. Patsy Yates. 2021-11-09. Cancer and Palliative Care Outcomes Centre. en-AU.
  5. Web site: Outstanding Alumni Awards. 2021-11-09. Loreto College Coorparoo. en-US.
  6. Web site: Leading Private Maternity Hospitals Mater Mothers. 2021-11-09. www.matermothers.org.au.
  7. Yates. P.. Stetz. K. M.. 2000. Families' awareness of and response to dying. Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing. 4. 1. 46. 1092-1095. 10865585.
  8. Yates. P.. Stetz. K. M.. 1999-01-01. Families' awareness of and response to dying. Oncology Nursing Forum. 26. 1. 113–120. 0190-535X. 9921574.
  9. Web site: St Vincent's Private Hospital, Brisbane. 2021-11-09. www.svph.org.au.
  10. Web site: 2019. CPCRC Supervised Post-Graduate Research Students.
  11. Web site: Centre for Research Excellence in End of Life Care. 2021-11-08. Research Data Australia. en.
  12. Web site: 2021. Comprehensive Palliative Care in Aged Care Measure – Evaluation Framework. www.health.gov.au.
  13. Web site: International award for QUT Head of Nursing. 2021-11-08. EurekAlert!. en.
  14. Web site: Three QUT researchers receive prestigious fellowships. 2021-11-07. QUT. en.
  15. Web site: Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2021-11-10. Wiley Online Library. 10.1111/(ISSN)1743-7563. en.
  16. Web site: Cancer Nursing. 2021-11-10. journals.lww.com.
  17. Web site: Progress in Palliative Care Editorial Board. 2021-11-10. www.tandfonline.com.
  18. Web site: Editorial Board - European Journal of Oncology Nursing. 2021-11-10. www.journals.elsevier.com. en.
  19. Web site: Editorial Board - Collegian. 2021-11-10. www.journals.elsevier.com. en.
  20. Web site: RLAE Editorial Council. 2021-11-10. rlae.eerp.usp.br.
  21. Web site: Editorial Board : Journal of Nursing Research. 2021-11-10. journals.lww.com.
  22. Web site: Professor Patsy Yates - CNSA - Cancer Nurses Society of Australia. 2021-11-10. www.cnsa.org.au.
  23. Web site: Research Committee 2015 - 2018 NHMRC. 2021-11-10. www.nhmrc.gov.au.
  24. Web site: Research Committee 2018 - 2021 NHMRC. 2021-11-10. www.nhmrc.gov.au.
  25. Web site: New grant program - peer review NHMRC. 2021-11-10. www.nhmrc.gov.au.
  26. Web site: Scientific Committee. 2021-11-10. PC4. en.
  27. Web site: Layt. Stuart. 2021-05-11. Queensland nurse-to-patient ratios saved lives, research finds. 2021-11-10. Brisbane Times. en.
  28. Web site: UICC called for further investment in prevention, early detection, treatment and palliative care - 72nd World Health Assembly UICC. 2021-11-10. www.uicc.org.
  29. Web site: Knowles. Rachael. 2020-03-27. QUT nursing scholarship supports Indigenous nurses of the future. 2021-11-10. National Indigenous Times. en-US.
  30. Web site: 2017-01-15. Professor Yates reflects on time as President of Palliative Care Australia. 2021-11-10. Palliative Care.
  31. Web site: 2021. ISNCC Board of Directors. www.isncc.org.
  32. Web site: Distinguished Professor Patricia Yates. 2021-11-14. It's an Honour.
  33. Web site: Shanahan . Rachel . 2022-10-14 . Distinguished Professor Patsy Yates . 2022-10-23 . Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences . en-AU.
  34. Web site: Microsoft Academic . https://web.archive.org/web/20211106114419/https://academic.microsoft.com/author/2116548558/publication/search?q=Patsy%20Yates&qe=Composite(AA.AuId%253D2116548558)&f=&orderBy=0 . dead . November 6, 2021 . 2021-11-06 . academic.microsoft.com.
  35. Web site: The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International Announces 2014 Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame Inductees. 2021-11-08. www.sigmanursing.org.
  36. Web site: 2014 award recipients - Previous winners. 2021-11-10. www.qld.gov.au. en.
  37. Web site: Patsy Yates. 2021-11-10. www.nursing.upenn.edu. en.
  38. Web site: AQNML Assoc. of Queensland Nursing & Midwifer Leaders C. 2021-11-10. AQNML. en.