Rate My Professor Dima Nasrawi

Dima Nasrawi is a Lecturer in Nursing within the Faculty of Health at Southern Cross University, where she also serves as Course Coordinator for the Bachelor of Nursing Enrolled Nurse to Registered Nurse Pathway on the Gold Coast campus. An experienced registered nurse with a background in higher education, she holds qualifications including Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA), Graduate Diploma in Health Research (Griffith University), and Master of Advanced Nursing Practice (Griffith University). Currently a PhD candidate, Nasrawi works as a unit assessor, contributing to teaching and research focused on nursing practice and education. She is recognized as a cardiac nurse and is a member of the Australian Cardiac Rehabilitation Association.

Nasrawi's research interests include participatory action research, consumer engagement, co-design with healthcare professionals, patients, and carers, cardiac rehabilitation, postoperative care pathways, observational studies, and acceptability testing. Her publications address critical areas in nursing and cardiac care. Notable works include 'Occupational stress in university academics in Australia and New Zealand' (Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2022), 'Appearance, insults, allegations, blame and threats: an analysis of anonymous non-constructive student evaluation of teaching in Australia' (Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2022), 'Delivery, barriers, and enablers to patient participation in inpatient cardiac rehabilitation following cardiac surgery: An integrative review' (Australian Critical Care, 2023), 'Nurses' competency in electrocardiogram interpretation in acute care settings: A systematic review' (Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2022), 'An observational study of inpatient cardiac rehabilitation following coronary artery bypass surgery: Understanding the heart of the matter' (Australian Critical Care, 2024), and contributions to the textbook 'Case Studies for Health, Research and Practice in Australia and New Zealand' (2023). Her scholarship advances understanding of academic occupational stress, student evaluation impacts, and improvements in post-cardiac surgery rehabilitation and nursing competencies.