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Dr Nigel Lee
Dr

Nigel Lee

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Overview

Background

Nigel is a lecturer / researcher 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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61 works between 2011 and 2025

61 - 61 of 61 works

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

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

Funding

Current funding

  • 2023 - 2026
    Fentanyl use by nebuliser in labour - the FUN Study (ANZCA Grant led by MNHHS)
    Metro North Hospital and Health Service
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2027
    Water injections: Transforming childbirth pain management for any woman, anywhere.
    NHMRC Investigator Grants
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2026
    A novel use of sterile water for injection to relieve pain in labour
    NHMRC MRFF PPHR - Efficient Use of Existing Medicines
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2014 - 2017
    Impact on Caesarean Rates following Injections of Sterile Water (ICARIS): A randomised controlled trial
    NHMRC Project Grant
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Dr Nigel Lee is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Nurses' perceptions of pain assessment tools in ICU

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Fiona Coyer

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Use of the REBozo TEChnique in second stage labour to correct malposition and reduce the incidence of assisted vaginal births for nulliparous women with epidurals: A pilot randomised controlled trial

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Victoria Eley

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Factors influencing intentions of women and maternity health care providers to achieve and facilitate a normal physiological birth, using qualitative research approach, underpinned by a critical realist methodology.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Lauren Kearney

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Factors influencing intentions to birthing women and maternity healthcare providers to experience and facilitate a normal physiological birth, using a qualitative research approach underpinned by a critical realist methodology

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Lauren Kearney

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Understanding obstetric violence in Australia: prevalence, experiences and maternity carers perspectives

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Rebecca Olson

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Regional anaesthesia in the burn-injured patient

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Andre Van Zundert, Professor Fiona Coyer

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Models of care and the effect of breastfeeding rates on hospital discharge

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Susie de Jersey, Professor Leonie Callaway

Completed supervision

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