After years working as a clinical nurse, Yates began a career as a nurse educator at the Holy Spirit Hospital[9](Brisbane).[5] In 2003 and in 2010 she successively became Research Director, and Director of the Centre for Palliative Care Research and Education of Queensland Health, two appointments that she still holds. In 2005 she became Professor of the School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology, where she successively became Deputy Head of School (2010-2013), Head of School (2014-2020), and Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health since 2020 to present.[4]
Over many years to present times, Yates has been a member of several bodies at the National Health and Medical Research Council, among them the Research Committee, the Ideas Grants Peer Review Mentor Committee, the Innovation Assessment Working Group, and others.[23][24][25] Also a member of the Primary Care Collaborative Cancer Clinical Trials Group Scientific Committee (PC4),[26]
In the public policy field, Yates has been an advocate for increasing nurse-to-patient ratios,[27] increasing public coverage of palliative cancer care,[28] and supporting indigenous nursing scholarship.[29]
As a leader, she is a past-President of Palliative Care Australia,[30] and is President of the International Society of Nurses in Cancer Care.[31]
Yates has published over three hundred articles in academic journals.[34] Her most cited articles are:
Rosenberg, John P.; Yates, Patsy M. (2007). "Schematic representation of case study research designs". Journal of Advanced Nursing. 60 (4): 447–452. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04385.x. PMID17822427. (cited 277 times,according to Google Scholar [[35]
Hardy, Janet; Glare, Paul; Yates, Patsy; Mannix, Kathryn (2015). "Palliation of nausea and vomiting". In Kaasa, S.; Cherny, N.; Fallon, M.; Currow, D. C. (eds.). Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine (5th ed.). United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. pp. 661–674. ISBN978-0-19-965609-7. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
Awards
2007 Life membership as a Fellow of the Cancer Nurses Society of Australia[36]
2009 Tom Reeve Oration Award from the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia[37]
2010 Australian Learning and Teaching Council – Award for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning[3]
2014 - Sigma Theta Tau International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame in 2017[38]
2014 Awarded Premier's Award for Excellence in Leadership[39]
2017 QuARRIES Award for Best Consumer Focused Project[40]
2018 - Distinguished Researcher award from the Oncology Nursing Society (US).[13]
2018 Outstanding Achievement in Nursing / Midwifery Award by the Association of Queensland Nursing and Midwifery[41]
2020 Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia.[32]
References
^"CPCRE - Staff". www.health.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
^Shanahan, Rachel (14 October 2022). "Distinguished Professor Patsy Yates". Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
