Overview
Background
Nigel is a Senior Research Fellow and NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow (EL1) with the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work and the Midwifery Research Unit. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor with the Molly Wardaguga Research Centre, Charles Darwin University. He is a Midwife with clinical, education, research and policy experience encompassing a broad range of midwifery care provision including birth suite, continuity of care and community midwifery. Nigel is an effective clinical leader with a track record for linking research with clinical practice and effecting practice change. He completed a PhD in 2013 researching different techniques for the administration of sterile water injections for the management of back pain in labour. His research in this field is ongoing. Nigel’s other areas of research interest include the duration and management of normal first and second stage labour. Nigel has expertise in conducting randomised controlled trials and mixed methods design. He is a strong collaborative researcher with projects involving fellow academics from Australia, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the USA.
Availability
- Dr Nigel Lee is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Australian Catholic University
Works
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2016
Journal Article
First stage of labour management practices: a survey of Australian obstetric providers
White, Louise, Lee, Nigel and Beckmann, Michael (2016). First stage of labour management practices: a survey of Australian obstetric providers. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 57 (3), 266-271. doi: 10.1111/ajo.12510
2016
Journal Article
"No pain, no gain": the experience of women using sterile water injections
Lee, Nigel, Kildea, Sue and Stapleton, Helen (2016). "No pain, no gain": the experience of women using sterile water injections. Women and Birth, 30 (2), 153-158. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2016.09.010
2015
Journal Article
'Facing the wrong way': Exploring the Occipito Posterior position/back pain discourse from women's and midwives perspectives
Lee, Nigel, Kildea, Sue and Stapleton, Helen (2015). 'Facing the wrong way': Exploring the Occipito Posterior position/back pain discourse from women's and midwives perspectives. Midwifery, 31 (10), 1008-1014. doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2015.06.003
2014
Book
Minymaku Kutja Tjukurpa: Women's Business Manual: Literal translation: 'Women Only Story'
Drogeuller, Adeline, Latif, Ahmed, Bisits, Andrew, Sneddon, Anne, Preston-Thomas, Annie, Steiner, Caitlin, Homer, Caroline, Chapple, Cathy, Costello, Craig, Ellwood, David, Gleeson, Glenda, Paterson-Walley, Glenda, Dahlen, Hannah, Hanock, Heather, Knox, Janet, Delima, Jennifer, Lakshmi, Jhansi, David, Josh, Gardiner, Judith, Sullivan, Katie, Scott, Lesley, Marshall, Lewis, Dennis, Louise, Little, Lucy, Young, Lyndall, O'Brien, Margaret, Haliday, Megan, Nicholl, Michael, Luey, Michele ... Walsh, Warren (2014). Minymaku Kutja Tjukurpa: Women's Business Manual: Literal translation: 'Women Only Story'. 5th Edition ed. Alice Spring, NT, Australia: Centre for Remote Health.
2013
Conference Publication
'I would do it again in a heartbeat': The experiences of women and midwives using sterile water injections
Lee, Nigel, Stapleton, Helen and Kildea, Sue (2013). 'I would do it again in a heartbeat': The experiences of women and midwives using sterile water injections. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2013.08.253
2013
Journal Article
Reducing the Caesarean section rate
Lee, Nigel (2013). Reducing the Caesarean section rate. Australian Nursing Journal, 21 (2), 42-43.
2013
Journal Article
Impact on Caesarean section rates following injections of sterile water (ICARIS): a multicentre randomised controlled trial
Lee, Nigel, Mårtensson, Lena B., Homer, Caroline, Webster, Joan, Gibbons, Kristen, Stapleton, Helen, Dos Santos, Natalie, Beckmann, Michael, Gao, Yu and Kildea, Sue (2013). Impact on Caesarean section rates following injections of sterile water (ICARIS): a multicentre randomised controlled trial. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 13 (May 2013) 105, 105.1-105.10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-105
2012
Journal Article
Cross sectional study of Australian midwives knowledge and use of sterile water injections for pain relief in labour
Lee, Nigel, Martensson, Lena B. and Kildea, Sue (2012). Cross sectional study of Australian midwives knowledge and use of sterile water injections for pain relief in labour. Women and Birth, 25 (4), e75-e80. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2011.11.002
2011
Conference Publication
A randomised controlled non-inferiority trial comparing a single and four Sterile Water Injection Technique for the relief of back pain during labour
Lee, Nigel, Kildea, Sue, Coxeter, Peter, Wright, Vanessa, Beckmann, Michael, Webster, Joan and Smith, Patricia (2011). A randomised controlled non-inferiority trial comparing a single and four Sterile Water Injection Technique for the relief of back pain during labour. ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2011.07.025
2011
Journal Article
A randomised non-inferiority controlled trial of a single versus a four intradermal sterile water injection technique for relief of continuous lower back pain during labour
Lee, Nigel, Coxeter, Peter, Beckmann, Michael, Webster, Joan, Wright, Vanessa, Smith, Tric and Kildea, Sue (2011). A randomised non-inferiority controlled trial of a single versus a four intradermal sterile water injection technique for relief of continuous lower back pain during labour. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 11 (21) 21, 1-9. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-11-21
Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Master Philosophy
Respectful Maternity Care Implementation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Alka Kothari
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Doctor Philosophy
Nursing Leadership Development and Succession Planning in Saudi Arabia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Glenda Hawley, Associate Professor Peter Lewis
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Doctor Philosophy
Midwife-led continuity of care and breastfeeding beyond hospital discharge: A mixed methods study
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Leonie Callaway
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Doctor Philosophy
Disciplining birth: A sociological analysis of birth trauma, obstetric violence and Australian maternity care
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Rebecca Olson
Completed supervision
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2026
Doctor Philosophy
Pain assessment in the multilingual intensive care environment in Saudi Arabia
Principal Advisor
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Use of the Rebozo technique in second stage labour to reduce the incidence of assisted vaginal births for nulliparous women: A concurrent mixed-methods feasibility study
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Victoria Eley
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
The feasibility of early expression and breast massage to support breastfeeding mothers of preterm infants: A mixed methods study
Principal Advisor
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2025
Doctor Philosophy
Factors influencing intentions of first-time birthing women to experience, and maternity healthcare providers to facilitate a normal physiological birth, using a qualitative research approach underpinned by a critical realist methodology
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Lauren Kearney
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2025
Master Philosophy
Regional anaesthesia in the burn injured patient.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Andre Van Zundert
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