Journal of Nursing & Care

Wendy Cross

Biography

Professor Wendy Cross is mental health nurse of 35 years and works clinically in crisis teams in the emergency department. She joined Monash University in 2007 as Associate Professor, Mental Health Nursing, in the School of Nursing and Midwifery. In 2009 she was appointed as Professor and Head of the School of Nursing and Midwifery. Prior to commencing her work at Monash Wendy held senior executive and academic appointments in nursing at Monash Health, Deakin University and the University of Western Sydney.Professor Cross holds a number of leadership positions in mental health nursing and education. Currently she is the National President of the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses a Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing and a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. She chairs the Council of Deans of Nursing and Midwifery and is a Board Director for the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council (ANMAC); the Nursing and Midwifery Health Program (Vic) and Bentleigh Bayside Community Health. She was previously  a Ministerial appointment to the Chisholm Institute of TAFE Board.She is currently involved in funded research projects on early psychosis, clinical supervision, evaluation of mental health services and workplace learning.

Research Interest

Clinical supervision;Practice development;Self efficacy;Self disclosure;Workplace learning;Service evaluation;Transcultural mental health.