Dr Vivienne Decleva

SYMPOSIUM // It was a pleasure to provide a presentation at the Victoria University, Melbourne Australia Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Symposium on the topic of 'From Student to Enrolled Nurse: Navigating Personal and Professional Identity in the Age of AI.'

This presentation explores the role and limitations of teaching nursing in the age of AI.

I welcome your comments below!

2025 GRADUATION // Congratulations to the Victoria University, Melbourne Australia Diploma of Nursing Students who graduated on 17 September 2025!

Graduations are happy events and time to formally celebrate the completion of a course of study and to look forward to new beginnings.

Best wishes to all graduates for their nursing careers!

TEACHING TIPS // My article on 'Know your students' was recently published in the Australian Education Union Magazine Term 3 2025. In it, I talk about:

1. See each student as a person
2. Speak up
3. Know your students
4. Bring out the best in your students
5. Find out how people learn

You can read the full article online at https://news.aeuvic.asn.au/member-advice/teaching-tips-know-your-students

NURSING EXCELLENCE AWARD // Congratulations to Kristy Devar from the Victoria University, Melbourne Australia Diploma of Nursing at Sunshine Campus and Rafiq Syed from the St Albans Campus for receiving the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) Student Award for Nursing Excellence on Thursday 12 December 2024.

Rafiq is with Miranda Hodzi, Coordinator at St Albans Campus and Kristy is with Colleen Damons, Coordinator at Sunshine Campus.

Best wishes to Kristy and Rafiq as they embark on their nursing careers!

CAREER DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATION // Embedding Career Development Learning (CDL) in the Diploma of Nursing equips students with the skills and confidence needed for a successful and timely entry into the nursing profession.

The transition from student to Enrolled Nurse (EN) can be challenging and overwhelming. After completing a two-year program, new graduates often feel isolated and unsupported as they navigate the job market and adapt to the EN role.

Many new graduates feel emotionally unprepared and lack confidence in their nursing abilities and skills. Research findings from my previous studies, combined with feedback from students and graduates, have guided an initiative to incorporate Career Development Learning (CDL) into the curriculum.

Since introducing CDL three years ago in the Diploma of Nursing at Victoria University, Melbourne Australia, more graduates have been offered graduate programs or aligned EN positions and successful outcomes.

Results indicate that the education, application, and confidence provided throughout the course are key factors in promoting professional identity, developing resilience, and maintaining motivation to overcome obstacles and achieve their aspirations.

EMOTIONAL LEARNING // Acquiring knowledge does not necessarily provide long-term retention or insight. Cognitive knowledge provides information by itself, but how this information is interpreted, remembered, and used depends on the meaning that we give it.

Meaning is primarily dependent on our feelings and emotions.

Read more at https://viviennedecleva.com/blog/emotional-learning

Emotional Learning - Dr Vivienne Decleva By Dr Vivienne Decleva Acquiring knowledge does not necessarily provide long-term retention or insight.

QUOTE // "The quality of teaching depends on the effectiveness of the rapport between the teacher and the student."

- By Dr Vivienne Decleva

QUOTE // “Teaching applied with integrity and in response to students’ needs will create positive changes in attitudes, relationships and beliefs about themselves.”

– Dr Vivienne Decleva

QUOTE // "The goal of education is...to assist students to become individuals who are able to take self-initiated actions and to be responsible for those actions; who are capable of intelligent choice and self-direction...who work, not for the approval of others, but in terms of their own socialized purposes."

- Carl Rogers

QUOTE // "If the teacher shows confidence in their students, they will develop confidence in themselves and in others.

If the teacher trusts the students, they will learn to trust themselves." - Dr Vivienne Decleva

QUOTE // "A student needs to feel that no matter how diverse their ideas are, they will be heard, acknowledged and respected" - Dr Vivienne Decleva