Mrs. Michelle Hibberson
Lecturer, Nursing
Campus
Biography
Michelle Hibberson is a lecturer in nursing at Federation University Australia with more than 20 years of clinical experience in perioperative nursing, specialising in anaesthetic and recovery room practice. Michelle is passionate about improving the safety and quality of perioperative care in Australia through education, research, standards development and professional collaboration.
Before joining Federation University, Michelle worked extensively in rural health services where she continues to practise clinically. She has held roles including perioperative associate nurse unit manager and perioperative clinical nurse educator at Gippsland Southern Health Service, where she supports the professional development of multidisciplinary perioperative teams and students.
Michelle’s research focuses on perioperative simulation training, patient safety and team-based learning in surgical environments. Her honours research explored multidisciplinary simulation training for Australian perioperative teams, and her work has been published in the Journal of Perioperative Nursing.
Michelle has also contributed to national perioperative standards through her work with the Australian College of Perioperative Nurses and through committee roles with Standards Australia.
More about Michelle
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Nursing, Monash University
- Graduate Diploma in Anaesthetics and Recovery Room Nursing, University of Tasmania
- Master of Clinical Nursing (Anaesthetics and Recovery Room Nursing), University of Tasmania
- Bachelor of Nursing with Honours, University of Tasmania
Areas of interest
- Perioperative nursing practice
- Multidisciplinary simulation training
- Patient safety in surgical environments
- Perioperative standards and guideline development
- Clinical education and simulation-based learning
- Rural healthcare workforce development
Areas of expertise
Michelle has expertise in perioperative nursing practice, particularly in anaesthetic and post-anaesthesia care. Her work focuses on improving the safety and quality of surgical patient care through education, clinical simulation and the development of evidence-based standards.
She has extensive experience in perioperative workforce education, supporting multidisciplinary teams through simulation-based learning and professional development programs. Michelle has also contributed to national standards development in perioperative nursing through her work with professional organisations and Standards Australia committees.
- Perioperative nursing
- Anaesthetic and recovery room nursing
- Patient safety and quality in healthcare
- Clinical simulation and skills education
- Rural and regional healthcare practice
- Undergraduate nursing education
- Postgraduate perioperative nursing education
Specialist roles
- President, Victorian Perioperative Nurses Group
- Standards Australia committee member – Surgical apparel (HE-013)
- Standards Australia committee member – Medical electrical equipment (HE-003)
- Standards Australia committee member – Textiles for healthcare (TX-015)
- Standards Australia committee member – Safe management of sharps and healthcare related waste (HE-011)
- Member, Victorian Simulation Alliance – Surgical Simulation Community of Practice
- Member, Victorian Perioperative Consultative Committee Anaesthetic Sub-committee
Professional association memberships
- Fellow Australian College of Perioperative Nurses
- Victorian Perioperative Nurses Group
- Australian College of Perianaesthesia Nurses
- Australian College of Nursing
- Safe Airway Society
- Australian College of Perioperative Nurses Ltd. Standards for Safe and Quality Care in the Perioperative Environment and Professional Practice Standards for Perioperative Nurses. Volumes 1–4. Adelaide: ACORN, 2023. (Editor)
- Publications
Multidisciplinary simulation training for Australian perioperative teams: A qualitative descriptive exploratory study
- Journals
- DOI reference: 10.26550/2209-1092.1261