Karen Missen | Federation University

Dr. Karen Missen

Associate Professor

Contact

karen.missen@federation.edu.au +61 (3) 51226635

Campus

Churchill Campus

Biography

Dr Karen Missen’s research focuses on the practice readiness of nursing graduates and its role in the effective delivery of care and their professional wellbeing. She also has interests in community health and health promotion.

Karen has an extensive research history, with numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals and success in obtaining competitive grants. She continues to lead nurse education and clinical and community-based research projects, and is experienced at supervising higher degree by research students.

Karen has worked at the School of Health at Federation University Australia’s Gippsland campus since 2007. She is the Associate Dean (Teaching Quality) and provides leadership in teaching and student retention strategies for the School. As part of this role, she is committed to quality education and leads a number of committees within the School. Karen has received two Vice Chancellor’s awards, one for social inclusion and the other for learning and teaching.

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Publications

Development and implementation of an electronic medical record (EMR) prototype for nursing students: A pilot study

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1016/j.teln.2025.08.010

Bridging idealism and reality: Nursing students' perceptions about the impact on their wellbeing from being a nurse: A Qualitative Study

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1016/j.teln.2025.11.006

"Co-pilot won't teach you to be a nurse": nursing academics' perspectives on GenAI use in undergraduate education

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1007/s40979-026-00220-2

Nursing in remote or isolated areas of Queensland: role, resources and readiness for practice

Book Chapters
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Graduate nurse program coordinators' perceptions of role adaptation experienced by new nursing graduates: A descriptive qualitative approach

Journals
DOI reference: 10.5430/jnep.v4n12p134

Here they come, ready or not

Journals
DOI reference: 10.7748/ns.29.6.66.s53

Managing deteriorating patients: registered nurses' performance in a simulated setting

Journals
DOI reference: 10.2174/18744346011050100120

Interprofessional clinical education: Clinicians' views on the importance of leadership

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1016/j.colegn.2011.10.002

Expanding the clinical placement capacity of rural hospitals in Australia: Displacing Peta to place Paul?

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1016/j.nedt.2011.08.013

Identifying patient deterioration: Using simulation and reflective interviewing to examine decision making skills in a rural hospital

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2011.11.018

Australian clinician's views on interprofessional education for students in the rural clinical setting

Journals
DOI reference: 10.22230/jripe.2012v2n2a68

Preparation for high-acuity clinical placement: confidence levels of final-year nursing students

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SITUATION AWARENESS IN UNDERGRADUATE NURSING STUDENTS MANAGING SIMULATED PATIENT DETERIORATION

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1016/j.nedt.2013.12.013

Developing team based acute care scenarios: A rural hospital experience

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1016/j.ienj.2012.08.002

Babies and machines that go 'beep': First-year nursing students' preferred areas of future practice

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1111/ijn.12162

Managing patient deterioration: assessing teamwork and individual performance

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1136/emermed-2012-201312

The FIRST2ACT simulation program improves nursing practice in a rural Australian hospital

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2012.01296.x

Designing a medical records review tool: an instructional guide

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1080/10376178.2015.1010260

Registered nurses' perceptions of new nursing graduates' clinical competence: A systematic integrative review

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1111/nhs.12249

Work readiness of nursing graduates: current perspectives of graduate nurse program coordinators

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1080/10376178.2015.1095054

Graduate Nurse Program Coordinators' perspectives on graduate nurse programs in Victoria, Australia: A descriptive qualitative approach

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1016/j.colegn.2015.03.004

Qualified nurses' rate new nursing graduates as lacking skills in key clinical areas

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1111/jocn.13316

Qualified nurses' perceptions of nursing graduates' abilities vary according to specific demographic and clinical characteristics. A descriptive quantitative study

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1016/j.nedt.2016.07.001

Satisfaction of newly graduated nurses enrolled in transition-to-practice programmes in their first year of employment: a systematic review

Journals
DOI reference: 10.1111/jan.12464

Emergency training boosts confidence

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Preparation for high-acuity clinical placement: Confidence levels of final-year nursing students

Journals
DOI reference: 10.2147/AMEP.S42157

Dr. Karen Missen

Associate Professor

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