Cathy Dickson

Cathy Dickson is an Associate Professor of Nursing at the University of Western Sydney, affiliated with the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine under the Faculty of Health Sciences. Her research focuses on refugee and migrant nurse experiences, primary health care education, and postnatal mental health. She has contributed to understanding challenges faced by refugee nurses in Australia through qualitative studies, exploring career trajectories and professional integration.

Key research interests include healthcare workforce diversity, cultural competency, and systemic barriers to migrant nurses. Her work highlights strategies to improve inclusion of refugee nurses and enhance nursing education curricula. Recent studies also address postnatal post-traumatic stress and primary health care literacy among nursing students.

Her publications span 2011 to 2022, emphasizing themes of health equity, migrant professional identity, and clinical simulation in nursing education. Notable contributions include integrative reviews on migrant nurse experiences and a discussion paper on frameworks for interviewing former refugee nurses.