Rate My Professor Zaneta Smith

Dr. Smith's research focuses on perioperative nursing, particularly nurses' experiences, attitudes, knowledge, and confidence in organ procurement and donation processes, including donation after circulatory death and neurological determination of death. She has also explored end-of-life care for people experiencing homelessness, the mental health impacts of COVID-19 on pre-registration nurses, and health literacy among adult cancer survivors. Notable publications include 'Australian perioperative nurses' attitudes, levels of knowledge, and reported confidence related to organ procurement after neurological determination of death: A cross-sectional survey' (Journal of Perioperative Nursing, 2019, co-authored with Cindy Woods and Jackie Lea); 'Perioperative nurses' experiences of caring for donation after circulatory death organ donors: A qualitative descriptive study' (Journal of Perioperative Practice, 2020); 'Nurses' perspectives, attitudes and experiences related to end-of-life care for people experiencing homelessness: A qualitative descriptive study' (Nurse Education Today, 2023, co-authored with Reem Alfaleh, Leah East, and Shou-Yu Wang); and 'The mental health impact of COVID-19 on pre-registration nurses' (Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2023, co-authored with Kim Usher and others). Additionally, she co-supervised a Doctor of Philosophy thesis on adult cancer survivors' health literacy at the University of New England (2020-2021). Her scholarly work advances nursing practice in critical care and perioperative settings.