Jan is a midwife who has been teaching in the tertiary sector for over 20 years. Her teaching areas include: ethics; women’s physical and mental health after birth. Jan’s research interests include: Postnatal fatigue; women’s anxiety and depression before and after birth; women's continuity experiences with Bachelor of Midwifery students; nurses understanding of wound healing and infection control practices.  Jan is the President of the ACT branch of the Australian College of Midwives, as well as the Chair of the Midwifery Accreditation Committee, ANMAC.

Research Grants and Awards 

Awards

2005 Inaugural Midwife of the Year, ACT Nursing & Midwifery Awards for Excellence in Midwifery Practice, nominated for research excellence

Selected research grants

$14,000, Australia-Thailand Institute. Lopez, V, Taylor, J & Upion, A (2010). Building and sustaining research capacity of academic staff through collaborative research and postgraduate supervision. Project between ANU, UC, and Chulalongkorn University Faculty of Nursing, Bangkok. 

$30,000, Invacare. Dunk, AM, Taylor, J, Lake, I, Lang, K, & Lopez, V. (2010).  A comparison of two pressure relieving devices in the prevention of pressure injury in a surgical and medical in patient population in a major tertiary hospital.

$5,480, ACT Nursing & Midwifery Board. Taylor, J & Browne, J. (2010). Women's continuity experiences with Bachelor of Midwifery students

$8,000, Invacare. Dunk, AM, Taylor, J, Wakeling, C, & Beckingham,W. (2009). Creating a level of excellence in wound management and infection prevention and control practices for graduate nurses at Canberra Hospital. 

Recent Publications

Selected journal articles

Taylor, J., & Johnson, M (under review).  The role of anxiety and other factors in predicting postnatal fatigue: from birth to 6 months Midwifery.

Taylor, J., & Johnson, M. (2010).  How women manage fatigue after childbirth. Midwifery, 26(3), 367-375.

Dunk, AM. & Taylor, J. (2009). A survey of clinicians’ perceptions of, and product choices for, the infected wound. Wound Practice and Research, 17(1), 5-11.

Theses

Taylor, J. (2003). Exploring postnatal fatigue: Influential factors and management strategies for women. Doctoral dissertation, University of Western Sydney. 

Book chapters

Taylor, J., and Ranse, J. (2011) Data Collection: Quantitative Research in S. Jirojwong, M. Johnson & A. Welch (Eds.)(pp 235-260) Research Methods in Nursing and Midwifery: Pathways to evidence-based practice. Sydney, Oxford University Press.
Selected conference presentations

Taylor, J. (2008). “Please, can’t someone pick up the cleaner and scrub the bath”: Women’s voices and managing fatigue in Proceedings International Confederation of Midwives Triennial Congress in Glasgow 1st -5th June 2008

Taylor, J. (2007) Too much to do and not enough sleep The impact of postnatal fatigue on women’s usual activities in Proceedings Australian College of Midwives 15th Biennial Conference in Canberra 26th -28th September 2007

Taylor, J. (2004). Please, can’t someone pick up the Ajax and clean the bath?
Women managing fatigue after birth. Canberra Hospital Scientific Meeting, University of Sydney Clinical School, Canberra.