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Dr Clare Davison

Sessional Academic

Staff Member Details
Email: c.davison@ecu.edu.au

Dr Clare Davison is an Adjunct Senior Lecturer and Research Scholar specialising in supporting and promoting normal physiological birth, waterbirth and teaching obstetric emergencies. Clare also supervises HDR students within in the School of Nursing & Midwifery.

Background

  • Endorsed Midwife Private Practice
  • Academic writing and curriculum development at ECU
  • Registered Nurse
  • Registered Midwife.

Professional Associations

  • Registered Midwife with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia
  • Registered nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia
  • Australian College of Midwives
  • Member of Home birth Australia
  • Member of Midwives Australia.

Research Areas and Interests

  • Women and midwives qualitative research;
  • Physiological normal birth;
  • Water birth;
  • Home birth;
  • Feminism and Midwifery; and
  • Problem-based learning.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Curtin University of Technology, 2020.
  • Master of Philosophy (Nursing and Midwifery), Curtin University of Technology, 2014.
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Midwifery with Distinction, Curtin University of Technology, 2009.

Research Outputs

2024

Journal Articles

  • Weckend, M., McCullough, K., Duffield, C., Bayes, S., Davison, C. (2024). Physiological plateaus during normal labor and birth: A novel definition. Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care, 2024(Article in press), pp. https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12843.

2023

Journal Articles

  • Weckend, M., McCullough, K., Duffield, C., Bayes, S., Davison, C. (2023). Failure to progress or just normal? A constructivist grounded theory of physiological plateaus during childbirth. Women and Birth, 2023(Article in press), TBD. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2023.10.003.

2022

Journal Articles

  • Buchanan, K., Newham, E., Ireson, D., Davison, C., Bayes, S. (2022). Does midwifery-led care demonstrate care ethics: A template analysis. Nursing Ethics: an international journal for health care professionals, 29(1), 245-257. https://doi.org/10.1177/09697330211008638.
  • Irvin, L., De Leo, A., Davison, C. (2022). Stand and deliver: an integrative review of the evidence around birthing upright. British Journal of Midwifery, 30(3), 172-177. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjom.2022.30.3.172.
  • Davison, C., Bayes, S., Weckend, M. (2022). Physiological plateaus during normal labor and birth: A scoping review of contemporary concepts and definitions. Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care, 49(2), 310-328. https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12607.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Kuliukas, L., Bayes, S., Geraghty, S., Bradfield, Z., Davison, C. (2021). Graduating midwifery students’ preferred model of practice and first job decisions: A qualitative study. Women and Birth, 34(1), 61-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2020.07.005.
  • Weckend, M., Bayes, S., Davison, C. (2021). Exploring concepts and definitions of plateaus during normal labor and birth: a scoping review protocol. Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 19(3), 644-651. https://doi.org/10.11124/JBIES-20-00105.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Geraghty, S., Davison, C., De Leo, A., Bloxsome, D. (2020). Do midwifery International clinical placements influence students’ practice and employment decisions?. Women and Birth, 33(2), 199-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wombi.2019.03.003.

2018

Journal Articles

2015

Journal Articles

  • Davison, C., Hauck, Y., Bayes, S., Kuliukas, L., Wood, J. (2015). The relationship is everything: Women’s reasons for choosing a privately practising midwife in Western Australia. Midwifery, 31(8), 772-778. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2015.04.012.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

No data available

Completed Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Failure to progress or just normal? A constructivist grounded theory of physiological plateaus during childbirth.
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