Dr Kaori Shimoinaba

Senior Lecturer
Academic Lead, Student Experience
Program Coordinator - Bachelor of Nursing Scholars

PhD, MNursing, MCounselling, GradDipNursing (Palliative Care), GradCert in Health Professional Education, GradCert in Trauma, Loss and Grief Counselling,  BN (Post registration), Diploma of Nursing (Japan)

Kaori has work experiences in the area of palliative care in both Japan and Australia. After joining Nursing and Midwifery, Kaori has been teaching undergraduate, postgraduate programs and Japanese nursing student programs.

Kaori has completed her PhD focusing on palliative care nurses’ grief, support needs and resilience. Her PhD study was supported by NHMRC Postgraduate Public Health Scholarship and the Japan Hospice Palliative Care Foundation.

Contact

+61 3 9904 4380
kaori.shimoinaba@monash.edu
Kaori’s researcher profile

 

Teaching

  • NUR1110 – Communication and scholarship in nursing and midwifery
  • NUR2227 – Primary Health Care and health promotion in nursing and midwifery contexts
  • NUR5850 – Working cross-culturally in contemporary health care
  • Japanese programs: undergraduate in palliative care and international nursing

Research

Research interests

  • Palliative and end of life care
  • Aged care
  • Health care professionals’ grief and support systems
  • Loss and grief
  • Resilience
  • Death education and death literacy
  • Cross cultural nursing and education
  • Cultural competency

Research methodologies

  • Qualitative methods

Research projects/supervision

Professional affiliations

  • Palliative Care Nurse Australia
  • Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Network

Publications