Rate My Professor Hazel Rands

Hazel Rands serves as a Senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery - Nursing at Griffith University, located at the Logan Campus. She earned her Bachelor of Nursing from the University of Southern Queensland between 1995 and 1997, followed by a Master of Advanced Practice with Honours from Griffith University in 2011. Her academic and research interests center on health promotion, nursing education, and innovative teaching methods including simulation and blended learning platforms. Rands has made significant contributions to preparing nursing students for diverse clinical environments through international service-learning experiences in Laos, Vietnam, India, and other locations, fostering cultural competence and advanced clinical decision-making skills.

In her career at Griffith University, Rands has held key leadership positions, including International Programs Director for the School of Nursing and Midwifery and Deputy Program Director for the Bachelor of Nursing at Logan Campus. She teaches in the Bachelor of Nursing program and related graduate certificates, such as the Graduate Certificate in Paediatric Nursing, and supervises student research. Her scholarly output includes several peer-reviewed publications, such as 'I-Kiribati nursing graduates experience of transition from university to Residential Aged Care Facilities in Australia' (Nurse Education Today, 2016, with Elisabeth Coyne et al.), 'Investigation of blended learning video resources to teach health students clinical skills: an integrative review' (Nurse Education in Practice, 2018, with Elisabeth Coyne, Valda Frommolt et al.), 'Simulation videos presented in a blended learning platform to improve Australian nursing students' knowledge of family assessment' (Nurse Education Today, 2018), and 'Understanding the impact of transition into residential aged care for families from non-native speaking background: An integrative review' (Geriatric Nursing, 2025, with Elisabeth Coyne and Jisha Krishnan). Additional works cover family strengths-based approaches to nursing interventions and culturally safe clinical care. For her outstanding contributions to transnational education, Rands received the 2017 PVC (Health) Staff Excellence Award in the International category. She has also participated in international conferences, serving as a moderator and presenter on family nursing topics.