Rate My Professor Anna Bosco

Dr. Anna Bosco is a Senior Lecturer in the Curtin School of Nursing within the Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. As a registered nurse (RN), registered midwife (RM), and holder of a PhD along with an MSc, she has built a distinguished career spanning over two decades at the institution, previously serving as a Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. Her research specializations center on nursing education and practice, including the integration of digital technologies in healthcare, student nurses' digital literacy, simulation-based learning to build confidence in safe patient care, authentic assessments in work-integrated learning curricula, and the experiences of international nursing students and clinical facilitators supporting English as a second language learners. Bosco has also investigated nurses' provision of psychosexual care to women with gynaecological cancer, birthing narratives among rural Western Australian women, and the burdens on carers of adolescents and young adults with sarcoma or head and neck cancer.

Bosco's scholarly contributions have garnered significant recognition, evidenced by highly cited publications such as 'Issues affecting nurses' capability to use digital technology at work: An integrative review' (Brown et al., Journal of Clinical Nursing, 2020), 'Embedding of authentic assessment in work-integrated learning curriculum' (Bosco and Ferns, Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2014), 'Student nurses' digital literacy levels: lessons for curricula' (Brown et al., CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing, 2020), 'Nurses' perceptions of providing psychosexual care for women experiencing gynaecological cancer' (Williams, Hauck, and Bosco, European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 2017), and 'The impact of simulation on graduate entry Master's students' confidence to provide safe patient care: A longitudinal study' (Brown et al., Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 2020). Her work has influenced advancements in nursing pedagogy, promoting technology adoption and inclusive educational strategies. Additionally, she supports gender equity at Curtin University as a participant in the Panel Pledge initiative.