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Dr Joyce Muge

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 6632
Email: j.muge-sugutt@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO21.401  

Dr Joyce Muge is a lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. As an International Academic Coordinator, Joyce also supports international students within the school to enhance learning experience.

Current Teaching

  • NPU2404: Nursing Practice 4
  • NUR6119: Nursing Management of Chronic Conditions

Background

Joyce has over 15 years of diverse clinical experience in acute care nursing, midwifery, community nursing, gerontology, corporate and management in nursing, clinical facilitation, nursing research and education.

Professional Associations

  • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
  • Australian Association of Gerontology
  • Centre of Research in Aged Care (CRAC), ECU
  • Australian College of Nursing
  • Nursing Council of Kenya

Awards and Recognition

  • Northern Sudan Aid Award 2008
  • Commonwealth funded Scholarship for  Postgraduate Degree, Murdoch University

Research Areas and Interests

  • Gerontology - dementia, caregivers, multicultural ageing, policies
  • Contemporary nursing issues
  • Culture and health
  • International students and nurse migration
  • Systematic literature reviews (meta-synthesis)
  • Grounded theory (research methodology)

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2022.
  • Master of Health Management, Quality & Leadership, Murdoch University, 2012.
  • Bachelor of Nursing Conversion, Murdoch University, 2010.

Research Outputs

Journal Articles

  • McCullough, K., Gibson, N., Graf, A., Beament, T., Adama, E., Ferguson, N., Kirk, D., Muge-Sugutt, J. (2024). "It was difficult to understand the system”: developing a coordinator role to support international nursing students- A qualitative study. Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, 16(3), 250-261. https://doi.org/10.32674/jcihe.v16i3.4945.

Journal Articles

Research Projects

  • The use of syringe drivers in End-of-Life Care in Hospital: A Multi-Methods Study, Hollywood Private Hospital Research Foundation, Grant, 2024 ‑ 2026, $29,990.

Research Student Supervision

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Preparing for end of life in a new country: A grounded theory study on African migrants living in Australia
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