Rate My Professor Matthew Beverley-Stone

Matthew Beverley-Stone serves as Senior Lecturer in Nursing (Teaching Focused) in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, a position he holds since November 2024. An accomplished nursing professional, he brings over twenty-five years of experience in clinical practice, academia, and health services management, with a specialization in psychiatric and mental health nursing. Originally trained and employed by the UK National Health Service, Beverley-Stone has held clinical and leadership roles in District Health Boards and non-government organizations in New Zealand and Australia. Prior to La Trobe, he was Lecturer in Nursing at the University of Canberra's Faculty of Health starting in 2021, and worked as a clinically focused Nurse Practitioner and part-time Nurse Educator for Online Education Services at Western Sydney University. He is an Endorsed Nurse Practitioner registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia.

Beverley-Stone's academic qualifications encompass a Master of Advanced Nursing Practice (Nurse Practitioner) earned in 2017, Post-Graduate Diploma of Health Science (Nursing) in 2015, National Certificate in Adult Education and Training in 2014, Post-Graduate Certificate in Non-Medical Prescribing (Independent/Supplementary) in 2007, Post-Graduate Certificate in Drugs and Therapeutics in Mental Health in 2006, Graduate Certificate in Reflective and Evidence-Based Practice in 2005, Graduate Certificate (ENB962) in Addictions: Psychological Interventions, Care Management and Harm Reduction in 2001, Graduate Diploma in Higher Education (Nursing) in 1999, and registration as a Registered Nurse in 1999. Currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Canberra, his research focuses on mental health, psychiatry, addictions, substance use, and physical health management in mental health settings. A notable publication is 'The adaptation and implementation of the Health Improvement Profile to Australian standards in public mental health settings' co-authored with T. Brown and A. May, published in 2020 in the Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing (volume 27, issue 5, pages 628-639), which has received 8 citations. At La Trobe, he coordinates the subject Mental Healthcare in Nursing (NSG2006) and contributes to the Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Psychological Science program.