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Mrs. Naomi Cruz

Lecturer, Nursing

Campus

Churchill Campus

Biography

Naomi Byfieldt has a strong research interest in palliative care and spent ten years managing a research unit in palliative care in NSW, which enabled her to travel nationally and internationally to present research findings at various healthcare, research and palliative care conferences.

Naomi has been involved in the development and delivery of course content for medical, nursing and allied health staff at hospital, regional and university levels on the topics of palliative and end of life care. Naomi has been working as a nurse since 2004 in South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria. She has mainly worked in medical/surgical, orthopaedics, palliative care and correctional health.

Naomi has completing a Bachelor of Nursing, Bachelor of Health Science (Honours) in Nursing and a Master of Health Service Management and Planning. She is undertaking further studies with the Graduate Certificate in Education.

  • Publications

Remote health solutions in Far East Gippsland: a mixed-methods, co-designed evaluation of health service availability in isolated communities