Associate Professor Danny Hills
Adjunct Professor, Research
Campus
Biography
Professor Danny Hills is a Registered Nurse and the Workforce Development Research Stream Director in the University’s Health Innovation and Transformation Centre.
Danny is a trained epidemiologist with research interests in health and aged services and workforce development, workplace aggression, mental health and wellbeing, and ageing. He has worked as a clinician, educator and manager in mental health and clinical governance in rural, regional and metropolitan health settings.
Danny has published widely in high-ranking peer-reviewed journals as well as authoring academic books and book chapters. He has a record of securing research project funding totalling $4 million.
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- Publications
Critical care nurses' lived experience of compassion fatigue in the intensive care unit: A phenomenological study
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.aucc.2025.101460
Mental Health of Older Latin-American Immigrants: an Integrative Review
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1007/s12134-024-01200-6
Migration Experiences and Mental Health of Older Latin American Immigrants in Australia: Migration Experiences and Mental Health of Older Latin American Immigrants in Australia: R. Hormazábal-Salgado et al
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1007/s12134-024-01213-1
Evaluating the impact of an educational intervention with cognitive rehearsal training on preparing pre-registration nursing students to respond to workplace incivility
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.nedt.2025.106685
The IMPART (IMproving PAlliative care in Residential aged care using Telehealth) trial: a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial protocol
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12877-025-06061-x
Advanced Care Directives in Residential Aged Care for Residents with Major Neuro-Cognitive Disorders (Dementia): A Scoping Review
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/15524256.2023.2229041
Nurse-led clinics in primary health care: A scoping review of contemporary definitions, implementation enablers and barriers and their health impact
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1111/jocn.17003
The feasibility and impact of a brief behavioural intervention for anxiety in later life: perceptions of general practice nurses
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/10376178.2024.2310254
Primary Care Consultations for Grief in Older Peoplea Missed Opportunity for Mental Health Support
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/07317115.2024.2321341
Understanding rural pharmacists' perspectives: lived experiences and insights associated with rural recruitment and retention
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.22605/RRH8687
Mentors Supporting Nurses Transitioning to Primary Healthcare Roles: A Practice Improvement Initiative
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1177/23779608241231174
Rural healthcare workforce preparation, response, and work during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia: Lessons learned from in-depth interviews with rural health service leaders
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2024.105085
Registered nurses knowledge, attitudes and practices of pain management for aged care residents with dementia: an integrative review
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/10376178.2024.2362290
Mental Health and Religiosity in Older Latin American Immigrants Living in Australia
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/01612840.2024.2385568
Person-Centred Decision-Making in Mental Health: A Scoping Review
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/01612840.2023.2288181
Nurses Transitioning to Primary Health Care in Australia: A Practice Improvement Initiative
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1177/23779608231165695
Understanding design culture from east to west: A transdisciplinary approach to teaching
Sustaining rural pharmacy workforce understanding key attributes for enhanced retention and recruitment
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1111/ajr.12942
Quality of life and loneliness post-bereavement: Results from a nationwide survey of bereaved older adults
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/07481187.2022.2155887
Newly qualified graduate nurses’ experiences of workplace incivility in healthcare settings: An integrative review.
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.nepr.2023.103611
Facilitating Mindfulness-Based Interventions for Anxiety in Older People: History, Effectiveness, and Future Possibilities
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/01612840.2022.2116510
Nurse leadership in promoting and supporting civility in health care settings: A scoping review
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1111/jonm.13883
The Pharmacy Community Apgar Questionnaire: a modified Delphi technique to develop a rural pharmacist recruitment and retention tool
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.22605/RRH7347
Nursing perspectives on reducing sedentary behaviour in sub-acute hospital settings: A mixed methods study
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1111/jocn.15994
Models and Interventions to Promote and Support Engagement of First Nations Women with Maternal and Child Health Services: An Integrative Literature Review
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.3390/children9050636
'Unprepared for the depth of my feelings' - Capturing grief in older people through research poetry
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1093/ageing/afac030
Education and training for preventing and minimizing workplace aggression directed toward healthcare workers
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1002/14651858.CD011860
Factors contributing to the recruitment and retention of rural pharmacist workforce: a systematic review
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12913-021-07072-1
Clinician Perspectives on Preregistration Nursing Student Participation in Interdisciplinary, Cross-Cultural Study Tours and Design Workshops
Student Perspectives on Participation in Multidisciplinary, Cross-Cultural Study Tours and Design Workshops
The way we do things around here. A qualitative study of the workplace aggression experiences of Victorian nurses, midwives and care personnel
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.colegn.2020.02.012
Unprofessional behaviour in Australian hospitals
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.5694/mja2.50891
Home-based care for people with disabilities: Role of registered nurses within the District health system in Thailand
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.colegn.2019.06.004
Education and training for preventing and minimizing workplace aggression directed toward healthcare workers
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1002/14651858.CD011860.pub2
Trade agreements and the risks for the nursing workforce, nursing practice and public health: A scoping review
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103676
A wake-up call for physical activity promotion in Australia: results from a survey of Australian nursing and allied health professionals
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1071/AH16240
General practice nurse–led screening for anxiety in later life in Australian primary care settings
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1111/ajag.12637
Mental Health Nurses Supporting the Routine Assessment of Anxiety of Older People in Primary Care Settings: Insights from an Australian Study
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1080/01612840.2018.1517285
Workplace aggression experiences and responses of Victorian nurses, midwives and care personnel
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.colegn.2018.09.003
Newly qualified graduate nurses’ experiences of workplace incivility in Australian hospital settings
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.colegn.2018.08.003
Defining and classifying aggression and violence in health care work
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.colegn.2018.08.002
Addressing the support needs of families during the acute hospitalization of a parent with mental illness: A narrative literature review
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1111/inm.12385
Factors impacting on psychological wellbeing of international students in the health professions: A scoping review
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2017.06.007
Differences in risk and protective factors for workplace aggression between male and female clinical medical practitioners in Australia
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1071/AH16003
Embedding continuous quality improvement processes in multidisciplinary teams in cancer care: Exploring the boundaries between quality and implementation science
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1071/AH16052
Associations between Australian clinical medical practitioner exposure to workplace aggression and workforce participation intentions
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1071/AH14246
Education and training for preventing and minimising workplace aggression directed toward healthcare workers
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1002/14651858.CD011860
Workplace aggression in clinical medical practice: Associations with job satisfaction, life satisfaction and Self-Rated health
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.5694/mja13.00152
Personal, professional, and work factors associated with australian clinical medical practitioners' experiences of workplace aggression
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1093/annhyg/met012
A review of research on the prevalence, antecedents, consequences and prevention of workplace aggression in clinical medical practice
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.avb.2013.07.014
Workplace aggression prevention and minimisation in Australian clinical medical practice settings - A national study
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1071/AH13149
Mental health emergency care in Australia: An educational program for clinicians
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.4103/1357-6283.125994
A national study of workplace aggression in Australian clinical medical practice
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.5694/mja12.10444
Validation of a Job Satisfaction Scale in the Australian Clinical Medical Workforce
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1177/0163278710397339
Prevalence and prevention of workplace aggression in Australian clinical medical practice
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1071/AH10983
The evaluation of an online orientation to rural mental health practice in Australia
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2011.01712.x
Outcomes from the trial implementation of a multidisciplinar online learning program in rural mental health emergency care
Relationships between aggression management training, perceived selfefficacy and rural general hospital nurses' experiences of patient aggression
A Model of Home-Based Care for People with Disabilities: Better Practice in Rural Thailand