Professor Louisa Lam

Professor in Nursing
Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine (VIC)

Louisa Lam

Areas of expertise: cardiovascular disease diagnosis and management; emergency; coronary care and intensive research; clinical trials; workforce management including mental health; general wellbeing; burnout; resilience and aggression experiences. systematic review and meta-analysis

Phone: +61 3 9953 3194

Email: [email protected]

Location: ACU Melbourne Campus

HDR Supervisor accreditation status: Full

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-1439-0893

Professor Louisa Lam has extensive background in the field of cardiovascular disease diagnosis and management, clinical trials, emergence and critical care research, population general wellbeing and workforce management such as nurses' work satisfaction burnout and resilience, and workplace aggression experience.

She brings many years of senior management, research and teaching experience. She is passionate about nursing education, research and committed to improving the health of our population through innovative teaching and translational research to enhance and extend current thinking and practices to achieve the best possible results in education, clinical practices and patient outcomes.

Louisa is a registered nurse in both Australia and in Hong Kong. She has more than 30 years of clinical nursing and academic experience in Hong Kong and Australia. She has worked as Project Manager and Senior lecturer at different Schools and centres at Monash University, such as the Accident Research Centre, School of Nursing and Midwifery, School of Public Health as well as the Australia New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre (ANZIC-RC) where she managed multi-centre double blinded randomised controlled trials in the areas of intensive care patient management, observational injury prevention studies and road trauma studies.

She has an excellent track record in project management, program/course coordination, supervision and management of staff, PhD, Master and Honour degree students. I have held the position of Chief Examiner and unit coordinator for many different units, across both the Bachelor of Nursing and Master of Nursing Practice degrees.

Louisa has completed a graduate certificate in Higher Education, postgraduate diploma in advanced clinical nursing (specialising in coronary care), a master's degree in Public Health and a PhD in Medicine (Public health stream).

Louisa is an editor for Collegian and a board member of the Higher Education Academic Board at Chisholm TAFE. She currently holds and Adjunct Associate Professor position at the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University and the Institute of Health and Wellbeing at Federation University Australia.

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Publications in refereed journals (Recent 5 years)

  1. Ricks TA, Jacob E, Lam L. Sessional teaching staff experience and motivation in preregistration nursing programs: A qualitative study. Collegian. 2026;33(1):57-65.
  2. Ince P, Lam L, Johnstone E, Jacob ER. The opportunities and experiences of interprofessional education for undergraduate nursing students on professional experience placement: An integrative literature review. Nurse Education Today, 2026. 166.
  3. Osman A.D, Jones D, Eastwood G, Lam L, Johnson E, Braitberg G. Australian emergency and intensive care staff perspectives on mandating influenza vaccination post COVID-19 peak seasons. A cross-sectional study with qualitative thematic analysis. Vaccine: X, 2026. 30.
  4. Ota M, Gilbert J, Lam L, Hills D. Leadership in Action: Exploring Nurse Leaders' Experiences and Practices in Creating Civility: A Constructivist Grounded Theory. J Nurs Manag. 2026(1):e6944867.
  5. McMahon J, McInnes E, Wan CS, Straiton N, Lam L, Rodgers J, et al. Effectiveness of Organisational Strategies for Pressure Injury Prevention and Treatment in Acute Hospital Settings: A Systematic Review. J Adv Nurs. 2026;82(3):2004-21.
  6. Kwong N, Luckhoff C, Roman C, Mitra B, Jennings N, Lam L, et al. Patient and Staff Satisfaction With Use of Methoxyflurane in the Emergency Department. Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2026;38(1):e70229.
  7. Buck HG, Jurgens CY, Spintzyk E, Doyle J, Bellfield T, Babicheva V, Lam L, et al. Psychological self-care in chronic illness: a cross-sectional mixed-methods examination of strategies used by adults with cardiovascular disease. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 2026.
  8. Brouwer HJ, Jacob ER, Stoneman L, Lam L. “Towards” successful onboarding of casual academics in higher education: A systematic review of existing practices. Nurse Education in Practice, 2026. 93: p. 104823. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2026.104823
  9. Lam, L., et al. Effectiveness of inhaled methoxyflurane in acute pain in an emergency department – A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. The American Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2025;94: 37-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2025.04.021
  10. Ricks, TA, Brouwer HJ, Jacob E, Lam L. Motivation of sessional teaching staff to remain employed in pre-registration nursing programs: A systematic review. Nurse Education in Practice, 2025. 86: p. 104433. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2025.104433
  11. McMahon, J., E. McInnes, C. S. Wan, N. Straiton, Lam, J. Rodgers, J. Dickson and P. Fulbrook. Effectiveness of Organisational Strategies for Pressure Injury Prevention and Treatment in Acute Hospital Settings: A Systematic Review. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2025. p. 1-18https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jan.17090
  12. Doudesis, D., et al. Machine learning to optimise use of natriuretic peptides in the diagnosis of acute heart failure. European Heart Journal. Acute Cardiovascular Care. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjacc/zuaf051
  13. Alodhailah AM, Lam L, Almutairi AA, Alahmedi SH, Alsadoun A, Almutairi M. Exploring healthcare professionals’ perspectives on barriers and enablers of antiplatelet adherence after PCI: a multisite qualitative study in Saudi Arabia. BMC Nursing, 2025. 24(1): p. 1393.
  14. McMahon, J., et al., Nurses' Perspectives on the Use of Prophylactic Dressings to Prevent Pressure Injury: A Qualitative Study. J Clin Nurs, 2025. 34(5): p. 1866-1877. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.17595
  15. Weber, A., Devenish S, and Lam L. Mapping the Evolution of Paramedicine Education: Insights, Trends, and Recommendations for Primary Healthcare Preparedness. International Journal of Paramedicine, 2025(10).
  16. Smith, G.D., et al., A study of academic resilience, psychological resilience and psychological distress in undergraduate nursing students in Hong Kong and Australia during COVID-19 restrictions. Nurse Education in Practice, 2025: p. 104331.
  17. Mammen, B.N., Lam L, and Hills D. Evaluating the impact of an educational intervention with cognitive rehearsal training on preparing pre-registration nursing students to respond to workplace incivility. Nurse Education Today, 2025: p. 106685.
  18. Ricks TA, Brouwer HJ, Lam L, Jacob E. The experience of sessional teaching staff in pre-registration nurse education programs: A systematic review. Nurse Education Today. 2025;144.
  19. Weber, A., Devenish S, and Lam L. Exploring Paramedicine Models of Care: A Novel Macro Analysis Using the RESPIGHT Framework. Aust J Rural Health, 2025. 33(1): p. e13215.
  20. Salehin, M., Lam, and M.A. Rahman, Smoking Among Healthcare Professionals in Australia: A Scoping Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2025. 22(1).
  21. Weber A, Devenish S, Lam L. An Anglosphere comparison of paramedicine regulatory frameworks and the influence on curricula: A descriptive comparative review. Paramedicine. 2024;0(0):27536386241249177.
  22. Weber A, Devenish S, Lam L. Exploring the alignment between paramedicine's professional capabilities and competency frameworks for current and evolving scopes of practice: a literature review. BMC Medical Education. 2024;24(1):31.
  23. Wang A, Guo Y, Cross W, Lam L, Plummer V, Zhang W, et al. Erratum: "Resisting social identity threat and maintaining resilience": A qualitative study of Chinese parents following the loss of an only child": Correction (Psychological trauma: theory, research, practice and policy (2024) 16 2 (167-175)). Psychological trauma: theory, research, practice and policy. 2024;16(2):175.
  24. Rahman MA, Das P, Lam L, Alif SM, Sultana F, Salehin M, et al. Health and wellbeing of staff working at higher education institutions globally during the post-COVID-19 pandemic period: evidence from a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2024;24(1).
  25. Osman AD, Howell J, Yeoh M, Lam L, Jones D, Braitberg G. Acknowledgement and use of advance care directives and goals of care by emergency department staff: a mixed method post intervention study. BMC Palliat Care. 2024;23(1).
  26. Lee CS, Chu SH, Dunne J, Spintzyk E, Locatelli G, Babicheva V, Lam L, et al. Body listening in the link between symptoms and self-care management in cardiovascular disease: A cross-sectional correlational descriptive study. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 2024;156.
  27. Brouwer HJ, Griffiths S, Jacob A, Ricks TA, Schulz P, Lavell S, Lam L, et al. What are the facilitators and barriers experienced by sessional academics during the process of onboarding: a scoping review. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management. 2024.
  28. Bourke SL, McKenna L, Cooper S, Lam L. Contextual determinants impacting final year nursing students' emergency team communication during deteriorating patient simulations: A grounded theory study. Nurse Education Today. 2024;138.
  29. Smith GD, Lam L, Poon S, Griffiths S, Cross WM, Rahman MA, Watson R. The impact of COVID-19 on stress and resilience in undergraduate nursing students: A Scoping Review. Nurse Education in Practice. Volumn 72, October 2023, 103785. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1471595323002470?via%3Dihub
  30. Barthasarathy K and Lam L. Perinatal outcomes among Indian-born mothers in Australia. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 2023;23:595 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-023-05897-8
  31. Ota M, Lam L, Gilbert J, Willetts G, Hills D. Fostering civility amongst nurses: A leadership perspective. Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal 2023; 28(1): 36-37. https://issuu.com/australiannursingfederation/docs/anmj_2023_julsep_issuu
  32. Chair SY, Chien WT, Liu T, Lam L, Cross W, Banik B, et al. Psychological Distress, Fear and Coping Strategies among Hong Kong People During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Current Psychology. 2023; 42(3): 2538-2557. DOI: 1007/s12144-021-02338-7
  33. Mammen, B. N., Lam L. and Hills D. Newly qualified graduate nurses’ experiences of workplace incivility in healthcare settings: An integrative review. Nurse Education in Practice. 2023;69: 103611.
  34. Guo, Y. F., Fan, JY., Lam, L., Plummer, V., Cross, W., Ma, YZ., Wang, YF., and Jia, YN. Associations between perceived overqualification, transformational leadership and burnout in nurses from intensive care units: A multicentre survey. Journal of Nursing Management. 2022; 30(7):3330-3339 DOI: 1111/jonm.13774
  35. Ota, M., Lam, L., Gilbert, J. and Hills, D. Nurse leadership in promoting and supporting civility in healthcare settings: A scoping review. Journal of Nursing Management. 2022; 30(09); 4221-4233. DOI: 10.1111/jonm.13883
  36. Joseph, B., Jacob, S., Lam L. and Rahman MA. Factors influencing the transition and retention of mental health nurses during the initial years of practice: Scoping review. Journal of Nursing Management. 2022;30(8):4274-4284. DOI:10.1111/jonm.13882.
  37. Wang, A., Guo, Y., Cross, W., Lam L., Plummer, V., Zhang W. and Zhang, J. Resisting Social Identity Threat and Maintaining Resilience: A Qualitative Study of Chinese Parents Following the Loss of an Only Child." Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. 2022. (Article in Press) https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001262
  38. Guo, Y. F., Wang Y, Plummer V, Cross W, Lam L and Wang KF. Associations between perceived overqualification, organisational commitment and work passion of nurses: A multicentre cross-sectional study. Journal of Nursing Management. 2022;30(5): 1273-1282.
  39. Ghozy, S., Cross, W. M., S. Islam, A. H. Al-Mawali, A. A. Al Qurashi, A. Hamza, B. Joseph, B. Banik, D. H. Elsori, F. Sultana, F. Yasmin, I. Mahmud, Lam , Hammoud, M., M. Salehin, M. A. Keblawi, N. K. Eltewacy, N. Al Laham, N. El-Khazragy, N. Oli, P. Tungpunkom, S. Almustanyir, S. Y. Chair, S. M. Alif, S. Al-Madhoun, W. T. Chien and M. A. Rahman. "Psychological impact of COVID-19 on healthcare workers: cross-sectional analyses from 14 countries." Global Mental Health: 2022;1-11.
  40. Guo, Y. F., K. F. Wang, W. Cross, Lam, V. Plummer and L. I. Jing. "Quality of life in cancer patients with different preferences for nurse spiritual therapeutics: The role of psychological capital." Journal of Advanced Nursing. 2022;78(4): 991-1000.
  41. Osman, A. D., Howell, J., Smithies, L., Wilson, , Lam, L., Moran, J., Jones, D. and Taylor, DM. "Assessment of emergency department staff awareness, access and utilisation of advance care directives and goals of care: A cross-sectional survey." Australasian Emergency Care. 2022;25(3): 235-240.
  42. Lou, B., D. M. Barbieri, M. Passavanti, C. Hui, A. Gupta, I. Hoff, D. A. Lessa, G. Sikka, K. Chang, K. Fang, Lam, L., Maharaj, N. Ghasemi, Y. Qiao, S. Adomako, A. Foroutan Mirhosseini, B. Naik, A. Banerjee, F. Wang, A. Tucker, Z. Liu, K. Wijayaratna, S. Naseri, L. Yu, H. Chen, B. Shu, S. Goswami, P. Peprah, A. Hessami, M. Abbas and N. Agarwal. "Air pollution perception in ten countries during the COVID-19 pandemic." Ambio 2022;51(3): 531-545. DOI: 10.1007/s13280-021-01574-2
  43. Yu S, Cross W, Lam L, Banik B, Zhang K. Li XH, Wang H. Willingness, preferable ways, and potential barriers to use pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men in China. BMJ Open. 2021 11(10), e053634.
  44. Rahman MA, Islam SMS, Tungpunkom P, Sultana F, Alif SM, Banik B,… Lam L, et al. COVID-19: Factors associated with psychological distress, fear, and coping strategies among community members across 17 countries. Globalization and Health. 2021;17(1). DOI:10.1186/s12992-021-00768-3
  45. Barbieri DM, Lou B, Passavanti M, Hui C, Hoff I, Lessa DA, Sikka G, Chang K, Gupta A, Fang K, Banerjee A, Maharaj B, Lam L, et al. Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mobility in ten countries and associated perceived risk for all transport modes. PloS one. 2021;16(2 February). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245886
  46. Wang H, Yu S, Cross W, Lam L, Banik B, Zhang K. Condom use consistency and associated factors among college student men who have sex with men from seven colleges in changsha city: A cross-sectional survey. HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care. 2021;13:557-69. DOI: 10.2147/HIV.S305932
  47. Wang A, Zhang W, Guo Y, Cross W, Plummer V, Lam L, et al. Resilience - Based multifactorial model of depression among people who lost an only - Child in China. J Cent South Univ Med Sci. 2021;46(1):75-83. DOI: 10.11817/j.issn.1672-7347.2021.190301
  48. Huang C, Lam L, Zhong Y, Plummer V, Cross W. Chinese mental health professionals’ perceptions of shared decision-making regarding people diagnosed with schizophrenia: A qualitative study. International journal of mental health nursing. 2021;30(1):189-99. DOI: 10.1111/inm.12771_1
  49. Huang C, Lam L, Plummer V, Cross WM. Feeling responsible: Family caregivers’ attitudes and experiences of shared decision-making regarding people diagnosed with schizophrenia: A qualitative study. Patient Education and Counseling. 2021;104(7):1553-9. DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2020.10.032
  50. Hills S, Crawford K, Lam L, Hills D. The way we do things around here. A qualitative study of the workplace aggression experiences of Victorian nurses, midwives and care personnel. Collegian. 2021;28(1):18-26. DOI: 10.1016/j.colegn.2020.02.012
  51. Guo YF, Wang KF, Cross W, Lam L, Plummer V, Jing LI. Quality of life in cancer patients with different preferences for nurse spiritual therapeutics: The role of psychological capital. J Adv Nurs. 2021. DOI: 10.1111/jan.15023
  52. Guo YF, Cross WM, Lam L, Plummer V, Wang XX, Wang SS. Association between psychological capital and spiritual care competencies of clinical nurses: A multicentre cross-sectional study. Journal of Nursing Management. 2021. DOI: 10.1111/jonm.13303
  53. Guo Y, Wang X, Plummer V, Cross W, Lam L, Wang S. Influence of core competence on voice behavior of clinical nurses: A multicenter cross-sectional study. Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2021;14:501-10. DOI: 10.2147/PRBM.S309565
  54. Guan Z, Wang Y, Lam L, Cross W, Wiley JA, Huang C, et al. Severity of illness and distress in caregivers of patients with schizophrenia: Do internalized stigma and caregiving burden mediate the relationship? J Adv Nurs. 2021;77(3):1258-70. DOI: 10.1111/jan.14648
  55. Guan Z, Cross W, Lam L, Wiley JA, Sun M, Bai X, et al. Feasibility of brief distress screening for family caregivers of adults diagnosed with schizophrenia in Changsha, Hunan, China. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 2021;28(2):174-85. DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12663
  56. Bourke SL, Cooper S, Lam L, McKenna L. Undergraduate Health Professional Students’ Team Communication in Simulated Emergency Settings: A Scoping Review. Clinical Simulation in Nursing. 2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecns.2021.07.004
  57. Osman AD, Rahman MA, Lam L, Lin CC, Yeoh M, Judkins S, et al. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and endotracheal intubation decisions for adults with advance care directive and resuscitation plans in the emergency department. Australas Emerg Care. 2020;23(4):247-51. DOI: 10.1016/j.auec.2020.05.003
  58. O'Callaghan EL, Lam L, Cant R, Moss C. Compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue in Australian emergency nurses: A descriptive cross-sectional study. International Emergency Nursing. 2020;48. DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2019.06.008
  59. Huang C, Plummer V, Wang Y, Lam L, Cross W. I am the person who knows myself best: Perception on shared decision-making among hospitalized people diagnosed with schizophrenia in China. International journal of mental health nursing. 2020;29(5):846-55. DOI: 10.1111/inm.12718
  60. Huang C, Plummer V, Lam L, Cross W. Perceptions of shared decision-making in severe mental illness: An integrative review. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 2020;27(2):103-27. DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12558
  61. Huang C, Plummer V, Lam L, Cross W. Shared decision-making in serious mental illness: A comparative study. Patient Education and Counseling. 2020;103(8):1637-44. DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2020.03.009
  62. Huang C, Plummer V, Lam L, Cross W. Translation and psychometric testing of a decision-making scale. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 2020;27(5):533-42. DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12601
  63. Guo YF, Plummer V, Cross W, Lam L, Zhang JP. Impact of WeChat-based 'three good things' on turnover intention and coping style in burnout nurses. Journal of Nursing Management. 2020;28(7):1570-7. DOI: 10.1111/jonm.13111
  64. Guo YF, Lam L, Plummer V, Cross W, Zhang JP. A wechat-based “three good things” positive psychotherapy for the improvement of job performance and self-efficacy in nurses with burnout symptoms: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Nursing Management. 2020;28(3):480-7. DOI: 10.1111/jonm.12927
  65. Gill BK, Cant R, Lam L, Cooper S, Lou VWQ. Non-pharmacological depression therapies for older Chinese adults: A systematic review & meta-analysis. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 2020;88. DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2020.104037
  66. Cant RP, Cooper SJ, Lam LL. Hospital Nurses' Simulation-Based Education Regarding Patient Safety: A Scoping Review. Clinical Simulation in Nursing. 2020;44:19-34. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecns.2019.11.006
  67. Barbieri DM, Lou B, Passavanti M, Hui C, Lessa DA, Maharaj B, Lam L et al. Survey data regarding perceived air quality in Australia, Brazil, China, Ghana, India, Iran, Italy, Norway, South Africa, United States before and during Covid-19 restrictions. Data Brief. 2020;32. DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106169
  68. Barbieri DM, Lou B, Passavanti M, Hui C, Lessa DA, Maharaj B, Lam L et al. A survey dataset to evaluate the changes in mobility and transportation due to COVID-19 travel restrictions in Australia, Brazil, China, Ghana, India, Iran, Italy, Norway, South Africa, United States. Data Brief. 2020;33. DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106459
  69. Bai X, Wang A, Cross W, Lam L, Plummer V, Guan Z, et al. Validation of the distress thermometer for caregivers of children and adolescents with schizophrenia. J Adv Nurs. 2020;76(2):687-98. DOI: 10.1111/jan.14233

Accolades and Awards

  • Top cited article 2019-2020. Journal of Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing. Wiley
  • Dean's Recognition Award for outstanding contribution to the School in 2020. School of Health, Federation University, Australia
  • 2009 The Alfred Centre and Monash University Research Week: Whole Time Medical Specialists Private Practice Scheme Prize

Appointments and Affiliations

Louisa is a board member of the Higher Education Academic Board at Chisholm TAFE. She currently holds and Adjunct Associate Professor position at the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University and the Institute of Health and Wellbeing at Federation University Australia.

She is also a member of the following institutes and associations:

  • Member of the Victorian Heart Institute.
  • Member of The Australian College of Nursing
  • Member of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Council for Cardiology Practice
  • Member of the European Society of Cardiology Council on Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions (CCNAP)
  • Member of the Heart Failure Association (HFA) of the ESC
  • Member of Rotary Club of Box Hill Central, Australia
  • Member of the Australasian Nursing and Midwifery Clinical Trials Network
  • Member of the NSW Cardiovascular Research Network

Editorial roles

  • Louisa is an editor for Collegian - The Australian Journal of Nursing Practice, Scholarship and Research is the official journal of Australian College of Nursing (ACN).

Grant agency review panels

  • Grant reviewer for Ministry of Health, Singapore Government, reviewer for research grant proposals
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