Dr Elisabeth Coyne is a Registered Nurse and Senior Lecturer in the Bachelor of Nursing program School of Nursing and Midwifery, Griffith University. She has 30 years’ experience in the acute hospital sector working in critical care, midwifery and oncology areas. Elisabeth has 13 years’ experience teaching in tertiary education including international clinical placements. Elisabeth’s research area explores the patient and family experience of a cancer diagnosis.