Nursing Research
Cancer Nursing Research
Led by Prof Mei Krishnasamy, this program of research focuses on generating new evidence and resources to support people with rare and less common cancers and the nurses who care for them. All studies (from their inception) include consumer representation and are multidisciplinary in orientation. Research within this program spans public and private health care, acute and community settings. An emerging area of clinical research within this program is led by Dr Zerina Tomkins, an accomplished early-mid career researcher with a track record in angiogenesis and human lymphatic malformations.
- Communication skills: Consumer led training modules for cancer health care workers
- Defining nurse practitioner sensitive outcomes in a context of multidisciplinary care
- Development of a tailored supportive care intervention for women living with advanced breast cancer
- Development of an online education resource to improve nursing care of older people with cancer
- Finding your way with metastatic breast cancer
- Innovation in radiation skin Toxicity management for patients with curative head and neck cancer: The INTACT Study
- Missed nursing care. An exploration of missed nursing are in cancer contexts
- Multidisciplinary care for women with metastatic breast cancer
- PanSupport
- Promoting health, wellbeing and health services efficiency through a tailored navigation program for older adults with cancer (PARTNER)
- The ATTUNE Study: Feasibility of Patient-Reported Outcomes for Lung Cancer
- The development of a nurse-sensitive, cancer care complexity index
- The EXPERT Study. Defining characteristics of cancer nursing expertise
- The National Centre for Infections in Cancer
Chronic Disease and Care across the lifespan
Led by Prof Nick Santamaria, this program of work seeks to advance scientific and clinical evidence to improve the nursing care and management of people with high prevalence chronic diseases. Within this program, newly appointed early-career researcher Dr Rebecca Disler, has developed significant understanding of the characteristics that influence chronic disease self-management intervention efficacy. She also continues to focus on improving health service delivery for patients with chronic respiratory disease. In particular, this work addresses cognitive impairment as an influence on health behaviours in respiratory disease; innovative approaches to early detection and tailoring of care; and supportive and end-stage care.
- A cluster randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of silicone foam interface dressings in the prevention of facility acquired pressure injuries in the aged care sector (National)
- A prospective randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of the Mepilex border interface dressings in preventing operating room derived pressure injuries (USA)
- A randomised controlled trial of the prevention of medical device related pressure injuries in critically ill ICU patients
- Nurse consultant scope of practice project: Biopsy of chronic skin wounds
- Pressure injury prevention in aged care
- Prevalence of operating room developed pressure injuries
- Self-treatment of chronic wounds: A mixed methods study
- The Border III Aged Care Pressure Injury Prevention Trial
- The cost-effectiveness of silicone dressings in the prevention of pressure injuries in aged care
- The developmental trajectory of lower limb lymphoedema following gynaecological cancer surgery
- The diagnostic accuracy of high frequency ultrasound in patients with lower limb lymphoedema
- The direct cost of pressure injuries in the Australian residential aged care setting
- The MicroPUPP Trial
- The reliability of the Capacity for Self-treatment of Chronic Wounds Scale (CSCWS)
- The Wound ELECT Trial
Emergency and Critical Care Nursing
Led by A/Prof Marie Gerdtz, this program of work investigates ways in which emergency and critical care environments impact patient safety outcomes. The research focuses on access and resource allocation, and clinical risk management .
- Evaluating the effect of an evidence-based protocol on the safety of ED discharge processes
- Improving the continuity and quality of care for people who frequently attend ED
- Predicting unscheduled return to the ED resulting in subsequent hospitalization
- Screening for Prevalence of Illicit Toxins in the emergency department
Infant, Child and Adolescent Health
Led by Dr Sharon Kinney, this program of work focuses on the prevention, early recognition and management of clinical deterioration in infants and children. The Infant and Child Health research program aims to improve clinical outcomes for hospitalised children and their families.
Mental Health
Led by A/Prof Bridget Hamilton, this program aims to develop new knowledge and to translate existing knowledge, to improve the experience and outcomes for people who are dealing with mental health problems.
- Engaging young people in early psychosis mental health services
- Evaluation of Victorian Safewards trial
- Heart health in people with long-term mental health problems
- Phase 4 Evaluation of the Victorian Mental Health Interprofessional Leadership Network
- Prevention and Recovery Care Services (PARCS) Evaluation
- Program Theory & Logic and the Monitoring & Evaluation Framework for IMHAS
- Reduction of Seclusion and Restraint in Mental Health Care