Rate My Professor Kelli Innes

Associate Professor Kelli Innes is Associate Dean (Student Experience) in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University, School of Nursing and Midwifery. With more than 15 years as an emergency nurse across various departments and six years as clinical nurse educator at Monash Health, she commenced at Monash University in 2009, later taking senior roles including Director of Education for Monash Nursing and Midwifery. Her qualifications comprise a Bachelor of Nursing, Graduate Certificate in Emergency Nursing, Graduate Certificate in Health Professional Education, Master of Nursing (Emergency) in 2007, and PhD in 2019 exploring the waiting room nurse role in emergency departments. She leads the emergency nursing stream of the Master of Advanced Clinical Nursing, teaches across Bachelor and Master of Nursing programs, and serves as chief examiner for NUR3004 Preparation for Practice and NUR5925 Emergency Nursing 1.

Her research interests center on emergency department nursing, including workforce issues, patient journeys, aged care residents and mental health presentations in emergency departments, early discharge teams, and educational outcomes. Utilizing mixed methods and qualitative approaches, she supervises PhD, Masters, and Honours students, including international candidates, as an accredited Level 1 supervisor. Kelli has produced 36 peer-reviewed publications and key reports such as Persistent Changes of Nurses' Practices and Working Conditions in High Acuity Settings in the Post-Pandemic Era: A Qualitative Meta-Aggregation (Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2026), Review of Enrolled Nurse Standards for Practice: Deliverable 6 Final Report (2025), Review of Enrolled Nurse Standards for Practice Deliverable 4 Stage 3 Delphi Report (2025), and Review of Registered Nurse Standards for Practice Deliverable 4 Stage Three Delphi Survey (2025). Her work informs clinical placements and emergency care policies. A national leader, she is President-elect of the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia, Victorian branch education coordinator since 2012, national education committee member since 2014, and convened the 11th International Conference for Emergency Nurses in 2013. She is a Fellow of CENA and member of the Australian College of Nursing and Nurses Memorial Centre.