Rate My Professor Terri Sullivan

Terri Sullivan serves as a Course Coordinator in the School of Nursing within the School of Health at the University of the Sunshine Coast. She coordinates several advanced undergraduate nursing courses, including NUR300 Nursing Internship for 2025 Session 7 at the UniSC Sunshine Coast campus, NUR304 Nursing Practice 4 for 2026 Session 2, and NUR312 Life Crisis for 2025 Session 4 (online). These roles underscore her dedication to equipping nursing students with essential clinical skills through internships, advanced practice, and crisis intervention training relevant to real-world healthcare demands.

Sullivan's professional trajectory includes significant appointments at other institutions. She held the position of Lecturer in Nursing - Clinical Academic at Central Queensland University's School of Nursing and Midwifery. Additionally, at Torrens University Australia's Faculty of Health and Education, she acted as Bachelor of Nursing Curriculum Lead. Her research emphasizes critical areas in nursing education, including self-care, resilience building, psychological wellbeing, and workplace readiness. Prominent publications feature the editorial 'Capability for practice: Rethinking nursing education to promote self-care and resilience,' published in Collegian (2021, Vol. 28, No. 5, pp. 469-471), co-authored with Jason Mills and Cheryl Ross. This work, cited 19 times, proposes curriculum reforms to enhance nurse resilience. She also co-authored 'Perceived Social Support Promotes Nursing Students' Psychological Wellbeing: Explained With Self-Compassion and Professional Self-Concept' (2022), employing structural equation modeling to link social support with wellbeing through self-compassion and professional identity. Further, Sullivan contributed to 'Preparing undergraduate nurses for the workplace in the context of disruptive behaviours: An Australian perspective' (2019), stemming from a multi-institutional project involving CQUniversity, University of Technology Sydney, and University of the Sunshine Coast. Her efforts contribute to strengthening nursing education amid challenging professional landscapes.