Rate My Professor Paul Cooper

Mr. Paul Cooper serves as a Lecturer in Nursing within the School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health, Adelaide University. A registered nurse with a focus on mental health nursing, he possesses extensive clinical experience in theatres, orthopaedics, emergency, and mental health nursing. He holds a Master's degree in Nursing (Mental Health) and has been working in higher education since 2017, teaching in both postgraduate and undergraduate mental health programs. Cooper excels in student engagement, adapting to diverse learning needs and difficulties, and delivering effective instruction in online and face-to-face modalities. His passion for supporting new nurses underscores his commitment to nursing education.

Cooper's research specializations include workplace violence against nursing students during clinical placements, racism in clinical settings, and developmental screening tools in adolescent mental health related to alcohol and other drug use. He has co-authored several key publications, including 'Racism during clinical placement, the perpetrators, impact, advocating and reporting' in Nursing Ethics (2025), 'Stakeholders' Actions, Responsibility and Limitations in Support of Nursing Students Experiencing Workplace Violence During Clinical Placement: The Clinical Facilitators View' in Journal of Clinical Nursing (2025), 'The effects of workplace violence on nursing students from the perspectives of clinical facilitators or preceptors' in Journal of Professional Nursing (2025), 'Clinical Facilitators' Experiences and Management Strategies of Workplace Violence Against Registered Nurse Students on Clinical Placements' in Psychology of Violence (2025), 'Clinical Facilitators’ Perceptions of Factors Contributing to Nursing Students’ Experience of Workplace Violence' in Journal of Nursing Education (2024), and '‘I Feel Disempowered Because I Could Not Do Anything’: Clinical Facilitators' Perception of Violence Towards Nursing Students During Clinical Placement' in Nursing Open (2024). Additionally, he co-authored 'Developmental screening tools in adolescent period in relation to mental health and alcohol and other drug (AOD) use' in Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal (2024) and is the lead author of the book Mental and Physical Health Dimensions (Flinders University and University of South Australia, 2025).