CAREER SUMMARY
- Nirosha Edirisinghe has more that 10 years of teaching experience in undergraduate and diploma Nursing programmes in both state and non state higher education institutes
- She joined to SLIIT as a lecturer, School of Nursing in 2022
- Before joining SLIIT she had worked as a Temporary Demonstrator at University of Sri Jayewardenepura and Kotelawala Defence University and as a Research Assistant at University of Sri Jayewardenepura
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
- PhD in Health Sciences- University of Sri Jayewardenepura -2022
- B.Sc in Nursing (Hons)- University of Sri Jayewardenepura- 2011
- Diploma in Information technology - UCSC- 2008
- Certificate of Teaching for Higher Education- 2019
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND MEMBERSHIP
Research Interests
- Pain Assessment and Management
- Holistic care
- Clinical mentoring
- Health informatics
Memberships
- 2020 - to date - Council Member: Sri Lanka chapter-International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
- 2012 - to date - Life member: Sri Lanka Association for the Advancement of Science (SLAAS)
- 2012 - to date - Member: Sri Lanka Graduate Nurses Foundation (GNF)
- 2016 - to date - Member: National Science Foundation (NSF)
- 2019 - to date - Member: Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD)
MY PUBLICATIONS
Journal Publications
- Edirisinghe, Nirosha Priyadarshani, Thamasi Rekha Makuloluwa, Thamara Dilhani Amarasekara, and Christine Sampatha Evangeline Goonewardena. "Evaluating Psychometric Properties of the Short Form Brief Pain Inventory Sinhala Version (SF BPI-Sin) among Sinhala Speaking Patients with Cancer Pain in Sri Lanka"
- Edirisinghe, N. P., Makuloluwa, T. R., Amarasekara, T. D., & Goonewardena, C. S. E. "Psychometric Properties of Sinhala Version of Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire-2 (SF MPQ-2-Sin) among Patients with Cancer Pain in Sri Lanka."
- Edirisinghe, N.P., Goonewardena, C.S.E., Makuloluwa, P.T.R. and Amarasekara, A.A.T.D. "Applications of McGill pain questionnaire as an assessment tool for patients with pain: Literature Review"
- Kalpani Abhayasinghe., Nirosha Edirisinghe., Thamasi Makuloluwa., Elaine Susanna Hill. "‘Clinical Mentoring: Is it Important for Nursing Education in Sri Lanka?"
