MsSuzy Ladanyi

Dr Suzy Ladanyi (RN, BN, GradCertHEd, MN (Critical Care), PhD) is a critical care nurse and academic with more than 20 years of clinical/teaching experience. She is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Health at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), where she has worked in the capacity of post graduate critical care course coordinator, subject coordinator and teacher. Suzy's clinical nursing experience is primarily in intensive and critical care nursing. She has also worked in high-dependency neuro-trauma, and high-dependency surgical. Suzy has served 14 years at the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN) on the National Board Executive as National Secretary. Her state responsibilities were to the ACCCN NSW Branch Management Committee, serving as Branch President, National Representative, Vice president and manager of the Membership Portfolio. 
 
Suzy's academic and scholarly contributions reflect an extensive career in subject design and assessment across both postgraduate and undergraduate nursing programs. She is recognised for her outcome-focused assessment design and innovative, simulation-based teaching methods that integrate reflective learning approaches. Suzy has coordinated and taught in numerous core subject across the entire Bachelor of Nursing Program. Her clinical teaching expertise is focused on human anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, traumatic brain injury, multiple trauma, functional neuro-anatomy, sepsis, mechanical ventilation, haemodynamic monitoring and complex medical-surgical nursing. Her theoretical teaching is focused on understanding the person-psychology in nursing, nursing law and ethics, professional identity, leadership and management, and transition to graduate practice.

Additional to nursing, Suzy is a member of the Australian Research Consortium for Complementary and Integrative Medicine (ARCCIM) and has a strong interest in Public Health and Complementary and Integrative Medicine. Suzy's PhD research and publications are focused on massage therapy use for musculoskeletal conditions and the practice characteristics and experience of massage therapists in Australia.