Publications by:
Melanie Birks
Also publishes as (Melanie J. Birks, M. Birks, J. Birks)
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Birks, Melanie, Harrison, Helena, Zhao, Lin, Wright, Helen, Chun Tie, Ylona, and Rathnayaka, Nadun (2024) Nursing students' experience of bullying and/or harassment during clinical placement. Nurse Education Today, 136. 106151.
Biggs, Laura J., Jephcott, Bonnie, Vanderwiel, Kim, Melgaard, Imogen, Bott, Shannon, Paderes, Mitzi, Borninkhof, Julie, and Birks, Melanie (2023) Pathways, Contexts, and Voices of Shame and Compassion: A Grounded Theory of the Evolution of Perinatal Suicidality. Qualitative Health Research, 33 (6). pp. 521-530.
Ramsay, Alan, Birks, Melanie, and Hartin, Peter (2022) Advocacy in nursing: Speaking truth to power? Collegian, 29 (5). pp. 549-550.
McIntosh, Christine, Elvin, Ann, Smyth, Wendy, Birks, Melanie, and Nagle, Cate (2022) Health promotion, health literacy and vaccine hesitancy: the role of humanoid robots. Inquiry, 59.
Hassankhani, Hadi, Rezagholifam, Akram, Rahmani, Azad, Gilani, Neda, Sanaat, Zohreh, Birks, Melanie, and Hassankhani, Razieh (2022) Predictors of perceived unsupportive behaviours by spouses in women with breast cancer. Family Medicine & Primary Care Review, 24 (3). pp. 212-220.
Sheehan, Shannon, Wicking, Kristin, Chapman, Maude, and Birks, Melanie (2022) Profiling risk factors of patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes awaiting outpatient diabetes specialist consultant appointment, a narrative review. Collegian, 29 (1). pp. 109-118.
Smith, Moira, Neibling, Bridee, Williams, Gavin, Birks, Melanie, and Barker, Ruth (2021) Consumer experience of a flexible exercise participation program (FEPP) for individuals with multiple sclerosis: a mixed‐methods study. Physiotherapy Research International, 26 (4). e1922.
Harrison, Helena, Birks, Melanie, and Mills, Jane (2021) Transition to Nursing Practice: from student to professional. Oxford University Press, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Bogiatzis, Marina, Wicking, Kristin, and Birks, Melanie (2020) Australian bariatric nurses: What do they do and what do they need? Collegian, 27 (4). pp. 422-429.
Hartin, Peter, Birks, Melanie, and Lindsay, David (2020) Bullying in nursing: how has it changed over 4 decades? Journal of Nursing Management, 28 (7). pp. 1619-1626.
Yates, Karen, Birks, Melanie, Coxhead, Helen, and Zhao, Lin (2020) Double degree destinations: nursing or midwifery. Collegian, 27 (1). pp. 135-40.
Harrison, Helena, Birks, Melanie, Franklin, Richard C., and Mills, Jane (2020) Fostering graduate nurse practice readiness in context. Collegian, 27 (1). pp. 115-124.
Wright, Helen, Birks, Melanie, Zhao, Lin, and Mills, Jane (2020) Genomics in oncology nursing practice in Australia. Collegian, 27 (4). pp. 410-415.
Birks, Melanie, Mills, Jane, Allen, Steph, and Tee, Stephen (2020) Managing the mutations: academic misconduct Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. International Journal of Educational Integrity, 16. 6.
Langtree, Tanya, Birks, Melanie, and Biedermann, Narelle (2020) Risky business? Addressing the challenges of historical methods in the 'digital age'. Collegian, 27 (6). pp. 589-594.
Muirhead, Susan, and Birks, Melanie (2020) Roles of rural and remote registered nurses in Australia: an integrative review. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 37 (1). pp. 21-33.
Langtree, Tanya, Birks, Melanie, and Biedermann, Narelle (2020) “What a nurse suffers”: care left undone in seventeenth-century Madrid. Nursing philosophy, 21 (1). e12274.
Harrison, Helena, Birks, Melanie, Franklin, Richard, and Mills, Jane (2020) An assessment continuum: how healthcare professionals define and determine practice readiness of newly graduated registered nurses. Collegian, 27. pp. 198-206.
Geia, L., Baird, K., Bail, K., Barclay, L., Bennett, J., Best, O., Birks, M., Blackley, L., Blackman, R., Bonner, A., Bryant, R., Buzzacott, C., Campbell, S., Catling, C., Chamberlain, C., Cox, L., Cross, W., Cruickshank, M., Cummins, A., Dahlen, H., Daly, J., Darbyshire, P., Davidson, P., Denny-Wilson, E., De Souza, R., Doyle, K., Drummond, A., Duff, J., Duffield, C., Dunning, T., East, L., Elliott, D., Elmir, R., Fergie, D., Ferguson, C., Fernandez, R., Flower, D., Foureur, M., Fowler, C., Fry, M., Gorman, E., Grant, J., Gray, J., Halcomb, E., Hart, B., Hartz, D., Hazelton, M., Heaton, L., Hickman, L., Homer, C., Hungerford, C., Hutton, A., Jackson, D., Johnson, A., Kelly, M., Kitson, A., Knight, S., Levett-Jones, T., Lindsay, D., Lovett, R., Luck, L., Malloy, L., Manias, E., Mannix, J., Marriott, R., Martin, M., Massey, D., McCloughen, A., McGough, S., McGrath, L., Mills, J., Mitchell, B., Mohamed, J., Montayre, J., Moroney, T., Moyle, W., Moxham, L., Northam, H., Nowlan, S., O'Brien, T., Ogunsiji, O., Patterson, C., Pennington, K., Peters, K., Phillips, J., Power, T., Procter, N., Ramjan, L., Ramsay, N., Rasmussen, B., Rihari-Thomas, J., Rind, B., Robinson, M., Roche, M., Sainsbury, K., Salamonson, Y., Sherwood, J., Shields, L., Sim, J., Skinner, I., Smallwood, G., Smallwood, R., Stewart, L., Taylor, S., Usher, K., Virdun, C., Wannell, J., Ward, R., West, C., West, R., Wilkes, L., Williams, R., Wilson, R., Wynaden, D., and Wynn, R. (2020) A unified call to action from Australian nursing and midwifery leaders: ensuring that Black Lives Matter. Contemporary Nurse, 56 (4). pp. 297-308.
Hartin, Peter, Birks, Melanie, and Lindsay, David (2019) Bullying in nursing: is it in the eye of the beholder? Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, 20. pp. 82-91.
Birks, Melanie, Davis, Jenny, Smithson, John, and Lindsay, Daniel (2019) Enablers and barriers to registered nurses expanding their scope of practice in Australia: a cross-sectional study. Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, 20 (3). pp. 145-152.
Wright, Helen, Zhao, Lin, Birks, Melanie, and Mills, Jane (2019) Genomic literacy of registered nurses and midwives in Australia: a cross-sectional survey. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 51 (1). pp. 40-49.
Birks, Melanie, Hoare, Karen, and Mills, Jane (2019) Grounded Theory: the FAQs. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 18. pp. 1-7.
Chun Tie, Ylona, Birks, Melanie, and Francis, Karen (2019) Grounded theory research: a design framework for novice researchers. SAGE Open Medicine, 7. pp. 1-8.
Nagle, Cate, McDonald, Susan, Morrow, Jane, Kruger, Gina, Cramer, Rhian, Couch, Sara, Hartney, Nicole, Bryce, Julianne, Birks, Melanie, and Heartfield, Marie (2019) Informing the development of midwifery standards for practice: a literature review for policy development. Midwifery, 76. pp. 8-20.
Chun Tie, Ylona, Birks, Melanie, and Francis, Karen (2019) Playing the game: a grounded theory of the integration of international nurses. Collegian, 26. pp. 470-476.
Langtree, Tanya, Birks, Melanie, and Biedermann, Narelle (2019) Separating "fact" from fiction: strategies to improve rigour in historical research. Forum: Qualitative Social Research, 20 (2). 26.
Minton, Claire, and Birks, Melanie (2019) "You can't escape it": bullying experiences of New Zealand nursing students on clinical placement. Nurse Education Today, 77. pp. 12-17.
Smith, Moira, Neibling, Bridee, Williams, Gavin, Birks, Melanie, and Barker, Ruth (2019) A qualitative study of active participation in sport and exercise for individuals with multiple sclerosis. Physiotherapy Research International, 24 (3). e1776.
MacLean, Debbie, Morton, Judy, Birks, Melanie, Smithson, John, Smyth, Wendy, and Nagle, Cate (2018) Clinical placement in nursing and midwifery: challenging the status quo. Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal, 25 (11). pp. 40-41.
Wright, Helen, Zhao, Lin, Birks, Melanie, and Mills, Jane (2018) Nurses’ competence in genetics: an integrative review. Nursing and Health Sciences, 20 (2). pp. 142-153.
Birks, Melanie, and Watson, Roger (2018) Doctoral snobbery: justified, or just elitism? Journal of Advanced Nursing, 74 (3). pp. 493-494.
Smith, Moira, Neibling, Bridee, Williams, Gavin, Birks, Melanie, and Barker, Ruth (2018) Active participation in sport for individuals with multiple sclerosis. In: AOCPRM Oral Abstracts. From: AOCPRM 2018: 6th Asia-Oceanian Conference of Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine, 21-24 November 2018, Auckland, New Zealand.
Edwards, Susan, Birks, Melanie, Chapman, Ysanne, and Yates, Karen (2018) Bringing together the 'Threads of Care' in possible miscarriage for women, their partners and nurses in non-metropolitan EDs. Collegian, 25 (3). pp. 293-301.
Hartin, Peter, Birks, Melanie, and Lindsay, David (2018) Bullying and the nursing profession in Australia: an integrative review of the literature. Collegian, 25 (6). pp. 613-619.
Birks, Melanie, Smithson, John, Antney, Janene, Zhao, Lin, and Burkot, Camilla (2018) Exploring the paradox: a cross-sectional study of academic dishonesty among Australian nursing students. Nurse Education Today, 65. pp. 96-101.
Birks, Melanie, Smithson, John, Lindsay, Daniel, and Davis, Jenny (2018) How registered nurses determine their scope of practice: a cross-sectional study. Contemporary Nurse, 54 (6). pp. 578-591.
Minton, Claire, Birks, Melanie, Cant, Robyn, and Budden, Lea M. (2018) New Zealand nursing students' experience of bullying/harassment while on clinical placement: a cross-sectional survey. Collegian, 25 (6). pp. 583-589.
Birks, Melanie, Ralph, Nicholas, Cant, Robyn, Chun Tie, Ylona, and Hillman, Elspeth (2018) Science knowledge needed for nursing practice: a cross-sectional survey of Australian registered nurses. Collegian, 25 (2). pp. 209-215.
Chun Tie, Ylona, Birks, Melanie, and Mills, Jane (2018) The experience of internationally qualified registered nurses working in the Australian healthcare system: an integrative literature review. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 29 (3). pp. 274-284.
Birks, Melanie, Budden, Lea, Biedermann, Narelle, Park, Tanya, and Chapman, Ysanne (2018) A 'rite of passage?': bullying experiences of nursing students in Australia. Collegian, 25 (1). pp. 45-50.
Baldwin, A., Mills, J., Birks, M., and Budden, L. (2017) Reconciling professional identity: a grounded theory of nurse academics' role modelling for undergraduate students. Nurse Education Today, 59. pp. 1-5.
Nagle, Cate, Heartfield, Marie, McDonald, Susan, Morrow, Jane, Kruger, Gina, Bryce, Julianne, Birks, Melanie, Cramer, Rhian, Stelfox, Sara, and Hartney, Nicole (2017) A necessary practice parameter: nursing and midwifery board of Australia midwife standards for practice. Women and Birth, 30 (S1). pp. 10-11.
Birks, Melanie, Cant, Robyn P., Budden, Lea M., Russell-Westhead, Michele, Sinem Üzar Ozçetin, Yeter, and Tee, Stephen (2017) Uncovering degrees of workplace bullying: a comparison of baccalaureate nursing students’ experiences during clinical placement in Australia and the UK. Nurse Education in Practice, 25. pp. 14-21.
Langtree, Tanya, Birks, Melanie, Biedermann, Narelle, and Ralph, Nicholas (2017) "Because we've always done it that way": a scoping review of manuscripts on nursing from the 1500s to 1850s. In: Abstracts from the 34th Annual AAHN Nursing & Healthcare History Conference. 4A. p. 28. From: 34th Annual American Association for the History of Nursing (AAHN) Nursing and Healthcare History Conference, 7-9 September 2017, Rochester, NY, USA.
Harrison, Helena, Birks, Melanie, Franklin, Richard, and Mills, Jane (2017) Case study research: foundations and methodological orientations. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung, 18 (1). 19. pp. 1-17.
Langtree, Tanya, Birks, Melanie, Biedermann, Narelle, and Ralph, Nicholas (2017) Conceptualising care: a historical exploration of manuscripts on nursing from the 1500s to 1850s. In: [Presented at the International Council of Nurses 2017 Congress]. From: International Council of Nurses 2017 Congress, 27 May - 1 June 2017, Barcelona, Spain.
Holmes, David W., Sheehan, Madoc, Birks, Melanie, and Smithson, John (2017) Development of a competency mapping tool for undergraduate professional degree programmes, using mechanical engineering as a case study. European Journal of Engineering Education, 43 (1). pp. 126-143.
Yates, Karen, Birks, Melanie, Coxhead, Helen, and Zhao, Lin (2017) Dual degree destinations: Nursing or Midwifery? Women and Birth, 30 (Supplement 1). Q46. p. 23.
Ralph, Nicholas, Birks, Melanie, Cant, Robyn, Chun Tie, Ylona, and Hillman, Elspeth (2017) How should science be taught to nurses? Preferences of registered nurses and science teaching academics. Collegian, 24 (6). pp. 585-591.
Kelly, Jenny, and Birks, Melanie (2017) 'It's the simple things you do first that start the process of help': undergraduate nursing and midwifery students' experiences of the Mental Health First Aid Course. Collegian, 24 (3). pp. 275-280.
Ralph, Nicholas, Birks, Melanie, Cross, Wendy, and Chapman, Ysanne (2017) "Settling for less": designing undergraduate nursing curricula in the context of national accreditation. Collegian, 24 (2). pp. 117-124.
Hartin, Peter, Birks, Melanie, Bodak, Marie, Woods, Cindy, and Hitchins, Marnie (2017) A debate about the merits of debate in nurse education. Nurse Education in Practice, 26. pp. 118-120.
Birks, Melanie, Bagley, Tracy, Park, Tanya, Burkot, Camilla, and Mills, Jane (2017) The impact of clinical placement model on learning in nursing: a descriptive exploratory study. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 34 (3). 16 -23.
Davis, Jenny, Morgans, Amee, Birks, Melanie, and Browning, Colette (2016) The rhetoric and reality of nursing in aged care: views from the inside. Contemporary Nurse, 52 (2-3). pp. 191-203.
Birks, Melanie, Hartin, Peter, Woods, Cindy, Emmanuel, Elizabeth, and Hitchins, Marnie (2016) Students' perceptions of the use of eportfolios in nursing and midwifery education. Nurse Education in Practice, 18. pp. 46-51.
Baldwin, Adele, Mills, Jane, Birks, Melanie, and Budden, Lea (2016) Reconciling professional identity: a grounded theory study of nurse academics' role modelling. In: [Presented at the Sixth Pan-Pacific Nursing Conference]. From: Sixth Pan-Pacific Nursing Conference, 2-4 March 2016, Hong Kong.
Budden, Lea M., Birks, Melanie, Cant, Robyn, Bagley, Tracy, and Park, Tanya (2016) Australian nursing students' experience of bullying and/or harassment during clinical placement. Collegian, 24 (2). pp. 125-133.
Edwards, Susan, Birks, Melanie, Chapman, Ysanne, and Yates, Karen (2016) Miscarriage in Australia: the geographical inequity of healthcare services. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 19 (2). pp. 106-111.
Nagle, Cate, Heartfield, Marie, McDonald, Susan, Morrow, Jane, Kruger, Gina, Bryce, Julianne, Birks, Melanie, Cramer, Rhian, Stelfox, Sara, and hartney, Nicki (2016) NMBA Development of Midwife standards for practice: phase one (a) report. Report. Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia.
Birks, Melanie, Davis, Jenny, Smithson, John, and Cant, Robyn (2016) Registered nurse scope of practice in Australia: an integrative review of the literature. Contemporary Nurse, 52 (5). pp. 522-543.
Birks, Melanie, Bodak, Marie, Barlas, Joanna, Harwood, June, and Pether, Mary (2016) Robotic seals as therapeutic tools in an aged care facility: a qualitative study. Journal of Aging, 2016. 8569602. pp. 1-7.
Birks, Melanie, Chapman, Ysanne B., and Davis, Jenny (2015) Professional and Therapeutic Communication. Oxford University Press, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Davis, Jenny, Birks, Melanie, and Chapman, Ysanne B. (2015) Inclusive Practice for Health Professionals. Oxford University Press, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Yates, Karen, Birks, Melanie, Woods, Cindy, and Hitchins, Marnie (2015) #Learning: the use of back channel technology in multi-campus nursing education. Nurse Education Today, 35 (9). e65-e69.
Birks, Melanie, Smithson, John, Wickett, Di, and Holmes, David (2015) Mapping nursing pathways: a diverse modified Delphi approach. SAGE Open, 5 (3). pp. 1-12.
Hartin, Peter, Birks, Melanie, and Bodak, Marie (2015) Students' perceptions of the use of debates in nursing courses. In: Assessment for Learning in Higher Education 2015. From: Internation Conference Assessment for Learning in Higher Education 2015, 13-15 May 2015, Hong Kong.
Ralph, Nicholas, Birks, Melanie, and Chapman, Ysanne (2015) The accreditation of nursing education in Australia. Collegian, 22 (1). pp. 3-7.
Birks, Melanie, and Mills, Jane (2015) Grounded Theory: a practical guide. Sage Publications, London, UK.
Buchan, Janet, Wicking, Kristin, Smithson, John, and Birks, Melanie (2015) At the COAL FACE: a guide to active learning in multi-campus, multi-modal and distributed learning environments. James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.
Smithson, John, Birks, Melanie, Harrison, Glenn, Nair, Chenicheri Sid, and Hitchins, Marnie (2015) Benchmarking for the effective use of student evaluation data. Quality Assurance in Education, 23 (1). pp. 20-29.
Birks, Melanie, Ralph, Nicholas, Cant, Robyn, Hillman, Elspeth, and Chun Tie, Ylona (2015) Teaching science content in nursing programs in Australia: a cross sectional survey of academics. BMC Nursing, 14 (24). pp. 1-9.
Ralph, Nicholas, Birks, Melanie, and Chapman, Ysanne (2015) The methodological dynamism of grounded theory. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 14 (4). pp. 1-6.
Yates, Karen, and Birks, Melanie (2014) Use of micro-blogging technology to enhance student interaction in multi-site lectures. In: National Nursing Forum. p. 51. From: National Nursing Forum, 2-4 November 2014, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Ralph, Nicholas, Birks, Melanie, and Chapman, Ysanne (2014) Contextual positioning: using documents as extant data in grounded theory research. SAGE Open, 4 (3). pp. 1-7.
Chapman, Ysanne, Francis, Karen, and Birks, Melanie (2014) Understanding the community. In: Francis, Karen, Chapman, Ysanne, and Davis, Carmel, (eds.) Rural Nursing: the Australian context. Cambridge University Press, Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia, pp. 34-45.
Birks, Melanie, Budden, Lea M., Stewart, Lee, and Chapman, Ysanne (2014) Turning the tables: the growth of upward bullying. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 70 (8). pp. 1685-1687.
Smithson, John, Buchan, Janet, Birks, Melanie, Wicking, Kristin, McDonald, Helen, and Riddle, Matthew (2014) Coal face: preparing academics to teach in multi-campus and multi-mode courses to build communities of active learners who are flexible adaptive connected & engaged. In: Abstracts from the 37th HERDSA Annual Conference. From: HERSDA 2014: 37th Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia Annual Conference, 7-10 July 2014, Hong Kong.
Baldwin, Adele, Mills, Jane, Birks, Melanie, and Budden, Lea (2014) Role modeling in undergraduate nursing education: an integrative literature review. Nurse Education Today, 34 (6). e18-e26.
Birks, Melanie, Budden, Lea, Park, Tanya, Bagley, Tracy, and Simes, Tracey (2014) Management of student harassment/bullying during clinical placement using a 360 degree approach. In: AIPC Connect No2 Bullying Conference. From: No 2 Bullying Conference, 7-8 April 2014, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.
Birks, Melanie, Budden, Lea M., Park, Tanya, Simes, Tracey, and Bagley, Tracy (2014) Addressing bullying of student nurses on clinical placements: the ARRCA resolution model. In: Emerson, Tod S., (ed.) New Developments in Nursing Education Research: nursing issues, problems and challenges. Nursing: issues, problems and challenges . Nova, New York, NY, USA, pp. 61-75.
Birks, Melanie, Chapman, Ysanne, and Ralph, Nicholas (2014) Assisting the transition: establishment of a First Year Experience Coordinator role for nursing students. In: Emerson, Tod S., (ed.) New Developments in Nursing Education Research: nursing issues, problems and challenges. Nursing: issues, problems and challenges . Nova Publishers, New York, NY, USA, pp. 77-89.
Birks, Melanie, Missen, Karen, Al-Motlaq, Mohammad, and Marino, Emma (2014) Babies and machines that go 'beep': first year nursing students' preferred areas of future practice. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 20 (4). pp. 353-359.
Ralph, Nicholas, Birks, Melanie, Chapman, Ysanne, and Cross, Wendy (2014) Doing grounded theory: experiences from a study on designing undergraduate nursing curricula in Australia. In: Emerson, Tod S., (ed.) New Developments in Nursing Education Research: nursing issues, problems and challenges. Nursing: issues, problems and challenges . Nova, New York, NY, USA, pp. 41-59.
Mills, Jane, Birks, Melanie, and Francis, Karen (2014) Establishing a learning community to support research and scholarly training: a case study. Academic Leadership Journal in Student Research, 2.
Ralph, Nicholas, Birks, Melanie, Chapman, Ysanne, and Francis, Karen (2014) Future-proofing nursing education: an Australian perspective. SAGE Open, 4 (4). pp. 1-11.
Mills, Jane, Birks, Melanie, and Hoare, Karen (2014) Grounded theory. In: Mills, Jane, and Birks, Melanie, (eds.) Qualitative Methodology: a practical guide. Sage, London, United Kingdom, pp. 107-121.
Mills, Jane, and Birks, Melanie (2014) Introducing qualitative research. In: Mills, Jane, and Birks, Melanie, (eds.) Qualitative Methodology: a practical guide. Sage, London, United Kingdom, pp. 3-15.
Mills, Jane, and Birks, Melanie (2014) Proposing your research. In: Mills, Jane, and Birks, Melanie, (eds.) Qualitative Methodology: a practical guide. Sage, London, United Kingdom, pp. 201-220.
Mills, Jane, and Birks, Melanie (2014) Qualitative Methodologies: a practical guide. Sage, London, UK.
Birks, Melanie, Buchan, Janet, Smithson, John, and Norris, Philip (2014) Reality at the COAL FACE. In: Proceedings of the 31st Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education. pp. 565-569. From: ascilite 2014: 31st Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education: Rhetoric and Reality: critical perspectives on educational technology, 23-26 November 2014, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Birks, Melanie, and Mills, Jane (2014) Supervision in grounded theory research: is there a difference? In: Abstracts from the 10th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. p. 41. From: QI2014: 10th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, 21-24 May 2014, Champaign, IL, USA.
Birks, Melanie, James, Ainsley, Chung, Catherine, Cant, Robyn, and Davis, Jenny (2013) The teaching of physical assessment skills in pre-registration nursing programmes in Australia: Issues for nursing education. Collegian, 21 (3). pp. 245-253.
Birks, Melanie, Chapman, Ysanne, Ralph, Nicholas, McPherson, Carol, Eliot , Matt, and Coyle, Meaghan (2013) Undergraduate nursing studies: the first-year experience. Journal of Institutional Research, 18 (1). pp. 26-35.
Birks, Melanie, Cant, Robyn, James, Ainsley, Chung, Catherine, and Davis, Jenny (2013) The use of physical assessment skills by registered nurses in Australia: issues for nursing education. Collegian, 20 (1). pp. 27-33.
Francis, Karen, Chapman, Ysanne, Hoare, Karen, and Birks, Melanie (2013) Community as Partner: theory and practice in nursing. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Ralph, Nicholas, Birks, Melanie, Chapman, Ysanne, Muldoon, Nona, and McPherson, Carol (2013) From EN to BN to RN: an exploration and analysis of the literature. Contemporary Nurse, 43 (2). pp. 225-236.
Chapman, Ysanne, and Birks, Melanie (2013) Complementary therapies in nursing practice. In: Crisp, Jackie, Taylor, Catherine, Douglas, Clint, and Rebeiro, Geraldine, (eds.) Potter and Perry's Fundamentals of Nursing (Australian adaptation). Elsevier Mosby, Sydney, NSW, Australia, pp. 892-911.
Rahimaghaee, Flora, Salvati, Shahram, Dehghan Nayeri, Nahid, Mohammadi, Eesa, and Birks, Melanie (2013) Self-development: the process of professional development in Iranian nurses. i-Manager's Journal on Nursing, 2 (4). pp. 25-34.
Cant, Robyn, Birks, Melanie, Porter, Joanne, Jacob, Elisabeth, and Cooper, Simon (2011) Developing advanced rural nursing practice: a whole new scope of responsibility. Collegian, 18 (4). pp. 177-182.
Jacob, Elisabeth, Chapman, Ysanne, Birks, Melanie, and Al-Motlaq, Mohammad A. (2011) Entry criteria versus success in undergraduate nursing courses. Journal of Institutional Research, 16 (2). pp. 54-62.
Birks, Melanie (2011) Making it real: a hands-on approach to teaching research. International Nursing Review, 58 (2). pp. 270-272.
Birks, Melanie, Cant, Robyn, Al-Motlaq, Mohammad, and Rickards, Ailsa (2011) Increasing the pool of students in rural locations: a satellite model of nurse education. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 19 (2). pp. 103-104.
Mills, Jane, Birks, Melanie, and Francis, Karen (2011) Educational leadership in nursing: supporting cultural change to develop research capacity in novice nurse academics. Academic Leadership: the online journal, 9 (2). pp. 1-4.
Birks, Melanie, Coyle, Meaghan, Porter, Carolyn, and Mills, Jane (2011) Factors that make the health care professions an attractive career option in East Malaysia. Singapore Nursing Journal, 38 (1). pp. 18-22.
Birks, Melanie, and Mills, Jane (2011) Grounded Theory: a practical guide. Sage Publications, London.
Birks, Melanie, Cant, Robyn, Al-Motlaq, Mohammad, and Jones, Janet (2011) "I don't want to become a scientist": undergraduate nursing students' perceived value of course content. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 28 (4). pp. 20-27.
Mills, Jane, Francis, Karen, Birks, Melanie, Coyle, Meaghan, Porter, Joanne, and Missen, Karen (2011) Nursing in remote or isolated areas of Queensland: role, resources and readiness for practice. In: Berhardt, Leon V., (ed.) Advances in Medicine and Biology. Advances in Medicine and Biology, 26 . Nova Science Publishers, New York, USA, pp. 265-275.
Birks, Melanie, Coyle, Meaghan, Porter, Joanne, and Mills, Jane (2011) Perceptions of hand hygiene amongst health care workers in Sibu, East Malaysia. International Journal of Infection Control, 8 (1). pp. 10-13.
Al-Motlaq, Mohammad, Mills, Jane, Birks, Melanie, and Francis, Karen (2010) How nurses address the burden of disease in remote or isolated areas in Queensland. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 16 (5). pp. 472-477.
Francis, Karen, Birks, Melanie, Al-Motlaq, Mohammad, Davis, Jenny, Miles, Maureen, and Bailey, Carolyn (2010) Responding to a rural health workforce shortfall: double degree preparation of the nurse midwife. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 18 (5). pp. 210-211.
Mills, Jane Elizabeth, Francis, Karen, Birks, Melanie, Coyle, Meaghan, Henderson, Sue, and Jones, Jan (2010) Registered nurses as members of interprofessional primary health care teams in remote or isolated areas of Queensland: collaboration, communication and partnerships in practice. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 24 (5). pp. 587-596.
Mills, Jane, Birks, Melanie, Francis, Karen, Miles, Maureen, and Jones, Jan (2010) Australian rural remote registered nurses’ experiences of learning to provide antenatal services in general practice: a pilot study. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 16 (4). pp. 319-325.
Birks, Melanie, Al-Motlaq, Mohammad, and Mills, Jane (2010) Pre-registration nursing degree students in rural Victoria: characteristics and career aspirations. Collegian, 17 (1). pp. 23-29.
Mills, Jane, Birks, Melanie, and Hegney, Desley (2010) The status of rural nursing in Australia: 12 years on. Collegian, 17 (1). pp. 30-37.
Birks, Melanie, Chapman, Ysanne, and Francis, Karen (2010) Becoming a professional by degrees: a grounded theory study of nurses in Malaysian Borneo. Singapore Nursing Journal, 37 (3). pp. 31-42.
Hassankhani, Hadi, Taleghani, Fariba, Mills, Jane, Birks, Melanie, and Francis, Karen (2010) Being hopeful and continuing to move ahead: religious coping in Iranian chemical warfare poisoned veterans, a qualitative study. Journal of Religion and Health, 49 (3). pp. 311-321.
Birks, Melanie, Mills, Jane, Francis, Karen, Coyle, Meaghan, Davis, Jenny, and Jones, Jan (2010) Models of health service delivery in remote or isolated areas of Queensland: a multiple case study. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 28 (1). pp. 25-34.
Nagy, Sue, Mills, Jane, Waters, Donna, and Birks, Melanie (2010) Using Research in Healthcare Practice. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, Broadway, NSW, Australia.
Hassankhani, Hadi, Taleghani, Fariba, Mills, Jane, Birks, Melanie, Francis, Karen, and Ahmadi, Fazlolah (2010) The challenges experienced by Iranian war veterans living with chemical warfare poisoning: a descriptive, exploratory study. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 24 (2). pp. 290-298.
Coyle, Meaghan, Al-Motlaq, Mohammad A. , Mills, Jane, Francis, Karen, and Birks, Melanie (2010) An integrative review of the role of registered nurses in remote and isolated practice. Australian Health Review, 34 (2). pp. 239-245.
Birks, Melanie, Francis, Karen, Chapman, Ysanne, Mills, Jane, and Porter, Jo (2009) Supporting the evolution of a research culture among nurses in Malaysia. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 27 (1). pp. 89-93.
Birks, Melanie, Francis, Karen, and Chapman, Ysanne (2009) Seeking knowledge, discovering learning: uncovering the impetus for baccalaureate nursing studies in Malaysian Borneo. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 15 (3). pp. 164-171.
Mills, Jane, Birks, Melanie, and Francis, Karen (2009) Research aims to improve remote area nursing in Queensland. Queensland Nurse, 28 (2). p. 18.
Mills, Jane, Birks, Melanie, and Francis, Karen (2009) Research aims to improve remote area nursing in Qld. Australian Nursing Journal, 16 (8). pp. 34-35.
Birks, Melanie J., Chapman, Ysanne, and Francis, Karen (2009) Women and nursing in Malaysia: unspoken status. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 20 (1). pp. 116-123.
Birks, Melanie, and Chapman, Ysanne (2009) Complementary therapies in nursing practice. In: Crisp, Jackie, and Taylor, Catherine, (eds.) Potter and Perry's Fundamentals of Nursing (Australian adaptation). Elsevier Mosby, Sydney, NSW, Australia, pp. 799-815.
Francis, Karen, Mills, Jane, Chapman, Ysanne, and Birks, Melanie (2009) Doctoral dissertations by publication: building scholarly capacity whilst advancing new knowledge in the discipline of nursing. International Journal of Doctoral Studies, 4. pp. 97-106.
Francis, Karen, Chapman, Ysanne, and Birks, Melanie (2009) Nursing in Australia and Malaysia: framing a shared history and future. Singapore Nursing Journal, 36 (2). pp. 18-26.
Birks, Melanie, Mills, Jane, Francis, Karen, and Chapman, Ysanne (2009) A thousand words paint a picture: the use of storyline in grounded theory research. Journal of Research in Nursing, 14 (5). pp. 405-417.
Birks, Melanie, Chapman, Ysanne, and Francis, Karen (2008) Memoing in qualitative research: probing data and processes. Journal of Research in Nursing, 13 (1). pp. 68-75.
Birks, Melanie, Francis, Karen, Chapman, Ysanne, and Abdullah, Hjh Bibi Florina (2008) From traditional healers to telemedicine: a history of nursing in Malaysia. Singapore Nursing Journal, 35 (2). pp. 14-25.
Birks, Melanie J., Chapman, Ysanne, and Francis, Karen (2007) Breaching the wall: interviewing people from other cultures. Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 18 (2). pp. 150-156.
Birks, Melanie, Chapman, Ysanne, and Francis, Karen (2006) Baccalaureate nursing studies: voyaging towards discovery. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 12 (5). pp. 267-272.
Birks, Melanie, Chapman, Ysanne, and Francis, Karen (2006) Moving grounded theory into the 21st Century: part 1 - an evolutionary tale. Singapore Nursing Journal, 33 (4). pp. 4-10.
Birks, Melanie, Chapman, Ysanne, and Francis, Karen (2006) Moving grounded theory into the 21st century: part 2 - mapping the footprints. Singapore Nursing Journal, 33 (4). pp. 12-17.
Wilkinson, D., Birks, J., Davies, L., Margolis, S., and Baker, P. (2004) Preliminary evidence from Queensland that rural clinical schools have a positive impact on rural intern choices. Rural and Remote Health, 4 (340). pp. 1-6.
Birks, Melanie (1998) In defence of distance education. Australian Nursing Journal, 6 (5). p. 31.
Birks, Melanie (1997) Going the distance. Australian Nursing Journal, 5 (5). p. 27.
Birks, Melanie, and Thompson, Sharyn (1995) Nursing research: whose business? Australian Nursing Journal, 2 (6). pp. 46-47.
Birks, Melanie, Santamaria, Nick, Thompson, Sharyn, and Amerena, John (1993) A clinical trial of the effectiveness of water as a conductive medium in electrocardiography. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 10 (2). pp. 10-13.