Rate My Professor Zaneta Smith

Dr. Zaneta Smith serves as Senior Lecturer in Nursing within the School of Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, at the University of New England in Armidale, Australia. Her academic qualifications include a PhD, Master of Nursing (Clinical Practice with Distinction), Bachelor of Nursing, Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Practice, Certificate IV in Business, and she is a Registered Nurse (RN) as well as a Fellow of the Australian College of Operating Room Nurses (FACORN). Dr. Smith has held roles such as MNP Course Coordinator and BN Coordinator in the nursing programs at the University of New England. She has contributed to nursing education and contributed as a co-author to the textbook Clinical Nursing Skills: An Australian Perspective.

Dr. Smith's research focuses on perioperative nursing, particularly nurses' experiences, attitudes, knowledge, and confidence in organ procurement and donation processes, including donation after circulatory death and neurological determination of death. She has also explored end-of-life care for people experiencing homelessness, the mental health impacts of COVID-19 on pre-registration nurses, and health literacy among adult cancer survivors. Notable publications include 'Australian perioperative nurses' attitudes, levels of knowledge, and reported confidence related to organ procurement after neurological determination of death: A cross-sectional survey' (Journal of Perioperative Nursing, 2019, co-authored with Cindy Woods and Jackie Lea); 'Perioperative nurses' experiences of caring for donation after circulatory death organ donors: A qualitative descriptive study' (Journal of Perioperative Practice, 2020); 'Nurses' perspectives, attitudes and experiences related to end-of-life care for people experiencing homelessness: A qualitative descriptive study' (Nurse Education Today, 2023, co-authored with Reem Alfaleh, Leah East, and Shou-Yu Wang); and 'The mental health impact of COVID-19 on pre-registration nurses' (Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2023, co-authored with Kim Usher and others). Additionally, she co-supervised a Doctor of Philosophy thesis on adult cancer survivors' health literacy at the University of New England (2020-2021). Her scholarly work advances nursing practice in critical care and perioperative settings.