Stephen McKeever

Associate Professor Stephen McKeever is a critical care nurse and academic at Swinburne University of Technology’s School of Health Sciences. With clinical experience in the UK, New Zealand, and Australia, he focuses on paediatric critical care, family-centred care, and sibling health impacts. His work bridges artificial intelligence, sustainability, and education.

McKeever earned his PhD from the University of Melbourne (2012), examining EEG changes during paediatric anaesthesia. He supervises doctoral and master’s students in pain management and family interactions. As Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Child Health Care since 2020, he promotes interdisciplinary research on neonates to young people and their families.

His research spans virtual interviewing methods (e.g., during the pandemic), cognitive/implicit bias mitigation in healthcare education, and BIS technology for palliative care consciousness monitoring. Recent work includes concept analyses of ‘family’ in PICU research and evaluations of home-based cancer pain management. Key themes: inclusive care design, digital research ethics, and academic resilience.

Articles highlight a trend toward

• family-centred care in paediatrics
• virtual research methodologies
• BIS technology in end-of-life care
• addressing biases in clinical decision-making
• sibling experiences in chronic illness
• pandemic healthcare training

McKeever’s teaching includes units like Acute Nursing Care and Nursing Projects. He co-chairs the Paediatric Advisory Panel at ACCCN Australia and advocates for Phoenix Nursing for Tropical Health & Education Trust. No scientific awards are explicitly mentioned.