Rate My Professor Rae Rafferty

Rae Rafferty serves as Adjunct Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health at Southern Cross University. Her academic qualifications include a BHSN and an MBA(HRM) from Charles Sturt University, as well as an MSc from Southern Cross University, earned in 2017 with a thesis entitled "A randomised controlled trial of leadership coaching training." As a Registered Nurse (RN), Rafferty brings extensive practical experience from her role as Associate Director of Nursing and Midwifery Leadership, Culture, and Research at the Northern NSW Local Health District within the New South Wales Department of Health.

Her research interests encompass workforce development, leadership, coaching, resilience, grounded theory methodology, and randomized controlled trials (RCTs), particularly applied to nursing and healthcare leadership. Rafferty has authored or co-authored 13 research items, accumulating 172 citations and 4,307 reads on ResearchGate. Notable publications include "Maximising leadership coaching training outcomes: A randomised controlled trial" (2023, International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring, with Greg Fairbrother and Andrew Cashin); "Nurses’ meaning-making attempts during the pandemic: Relations with psychological adjustment and the moderating role of COVID-19 experience" (2025, with Christina Samios et al.); "Australian nurses and midwives' perceptions of their workplace environment during the COVID-19 pandemic" (2023, with Nicola Whiteing et al.); "The impact of COVID-19 pandemic-related stress experienced by Australian nurses" (2022, cited by 80, with Christina Aggar et al.); "Evidence based clinical nursing practice in a regional Australian healthcare setting: Predictors of skills and behaviours" (2015, with Greg Fairbrother et al.); and "Factors influencing how senior nurses and midwives acquire and integrate coaching skills into routine practice: A grounded theory study" (2015). These works highlight her contributions to enhancing leadership capabilities, managing pandemic-related stress, and promoting evidence-based practices among nurses in regional settings. Rafferty's research supports UN Sustainable Development Goals related to health and well-being.