Rate My Professor Nikki Phillips

Professor Nikki Phillips is a Professor of Nursing and Dean of Nursing and Midwifery in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health at Deakin University. She possesses qualifications including a PhD, Graduate Diploma in Advanced Nursing (Education), Bachelor of Nursing, Diploma of Applied Science (Nursing), and is a Registered Nurse (RN). Phillips joined Deakin's School of Nursing and Midwifery and has progressed through roles including Associate Professor and Deputy Head of School. She has extensive experience facilitating the learning of both undergraduate and postgraduate nursing and midwifery students in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Bhutan. Her teaching expertise encompasses problem-based learning methods and inquiry-based learning, with contributions to Master-level programs. Committed to excellence in nursing education, Phillips champions quality courses that integrate evidence-based practice, person-centred care, quality and risk management, and initiatives to improve patient outcomes. Her leadership has supported high graduate employment outcomes and strong rankings for Deakin's nursing programs.

Phillips' academic interests focus on nursing education, clinical skills development through innovative technologies like video resources and mobile learning, post-anaesthesia care unit (PACU) protocols, patient safety, falls prevention, and the mental health of nursing students. She has co-authored over 80 publications, including highly cited works such as 'Use of videos to support teaching and learning of clinical skills in nursing education: A review' (Forbes et al., 2016, cited over 300 times); 'Post-anaesthetic discharge scoring criteria: a systematic review' (Phillips et al., 2011); 'Medication administration via enteral tubes: a survey of nurses' practices' (Phillips and Nay, 2011, cited 74 times); 'Effect of a newly designed observation, response and discharge chart in the post-anaesthesia care unit on patient outcomes: a quasi-experimental study in Australia' (Street et al., 2017); 'Depression, anxiety and stress among Australian nursing and midwifery undergraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study' (Wynter et al., 2021); and 'Using machine learning models to predict falls in hospitalised adults' (Jahandideh et al., 2024). Additional contributions include 'Minimising post-operative risk using a Post-Anaesthetic Care Tool (PACT) protocol' (Street et al., 2015) and involvement in projects like 'Expert in my Pocket', a mobile-enabled repository for clinical skills learning. Through these efforts, Phillips has influenced pedagogical innovations and evidence-based clinical practices in nursing, enhancing student preparation and patient care standards globally.