Ms. Louise Allen
Senior Lecturer, Nursing
Campus
Biography
Louise Allen has worked at the School of Health at Federation University’s Gippsland campus since 2013 as a lecturer in the Bachelor of Nursing program.
Louise has gained vast and varied clinical experience and continues to practise as a registered nurse in a regional emergency department. She takes pride in sharing contemporary experiences with nursing students to provide realistic learning opportunities.
Louise has a passion for newly qualified nurse preparedness for practice and has been involved in a variety of research projects aiming to improve nursing students’ experiences. The outcomes of these projects have been published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at education conferences.
Louise is currently a PhD candidate and is conducting a mixed method research project in the area of nursing students’ perceptions of being a nurse.
- Publications
Development and implementation of an electronic medical record (EMR) prototype for nursing students: A pilot study
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.teln.2025.08.010
Bridging idealism and reality: Nursing students' perceptions about the impact on their wellbeing from being a nurse: A Qualitative Study
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.teln.2025.11.006
"Co-pilot won't teach you to be a nurse": nursing academics' perspectives on GenAI use in undergraduate education
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.1007/s40979-026-00220-2