Murray Fisher

Associate Professor Murray Fisher, RN, DipAppSc (Nursing), BHSc (Nursing), MHPEd, ITUcert, PhD, is a senior academic at the Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery within the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney. He has been employed at the University of Sydney since November 1996 in the role of Associate Professor (Nursing and Midwifery). Throughout his career, Fisher has held key leadership positions, including Director of Pre-registration Programs and Associate Dean (Academic) at Sydney Nursing School. He also serves as Scholar in Residence at Royal Rehab, Sydney, a specialist rehabilitation and disability services provider, where he contributes to advancing rehabilitation nursing practices.

Fisher's research specializations include rehabilitation nursing practice, nursing-sensitive rehabilitation patient outcomes, disability person-centred care, self-directed learning in nursing education, bowel care management for individuals with spinal cord injuries, male nurses' experiences and strategies in inpatient rehabilitation, falls prevention in brain injury rehabilitation, constipation management in community settings, and patient-reported experiences in rehabilitation. He has authored or co-authored 77 publications, accumulating over 3,118 citations as per his ResearchGate profile. Key publications encompass 'Male nurse practice in inpatient rehabilitation. Finding a safe way: a grounded theory' (2023), 'The usual bowel care regimes of people living in the community with spinal cord injury and factors important for integrating bowel care into everyday life' (2021), 'Potential for misinterpretation: An everyday problem male nurses encounter in inpatient rehabilitation' (2021), 'Problems people with spinal cord injury experience accessing help with bowel care when hospitalised outside a specialist spinal injury service' (2021), 'Chronic Constipation in the Community: A National Survey of Australian Adults' (2020), and contributions to narrative reviews on nutrition care in adults with spinal cord injuries (2016). Fisher's scholarship has significantly influenced rehabilitation nursing, patient care protocols, and nursing pedagogy, with his development and validation of instruments such as the Self-Directed Learning Readiness Scale enhancing educational assessments in nursing programs.

Professional Email: murray.fisher@sydney.edu.au