Current research projects
The research projects which are currently being undertaken by our staff encompass various areas within the broad spectrum of the strategic framework for research in Sydney Nursing School. We also have staff involved in other projects within this framework.
To find out what projects we are involved in, you can:
- look at the projects of the staff members/research students involved, in the staff list below
- go to Research Supervisor Connect
To find out what areas of research our staff are involved in, you can:
- look at the list of research interests of our academic and honorary staff
List of current projects, by staff member, honorary staff member or research student involved
Christina Aggar | Associate Professor Maureen Boughton | Dr Sandie Bredemeyer | Dr Tom Buckley | Michelle Carey | | Professor Mary Chiarella | Associate Professor Kate Curtis | Natalie D’Abrew | Associate Professor Murray Fisher | Associate Professor Kim Foster | Associate Professor Jennifer Fraser | Dr Jennifer Green | Dr Lillian Hayes | Associate Professor Yun-Hee Jeon | Dr Cannas Kwok | Associate Professor Heather McKenzie | Dr Susan Ronaldson | Professor Sally Tracy | Associate Professor Donna Waters | Associate Professor Sandra West | Professor Kate White
Christina Aggar
- Spirituality and spiritual caring – Nurses' perspectives, knowledge and practice interventions in acute care and palliative care (Christina Aggar, Michelle Carey, Jennifer Green, Lillian Hayes, Sue Ronaldson)
- View Christine's profile
Dr Maureen Boughton
- Graduate entry nursing in the Australian context: a longitudinal cohort study of the attributes, aspirations and expectations of students in the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Sydney (Jocalyn Lawler, Sandra West, Maureen Boughton, Lynne Brown)
- View Maureen's profile
Dr Sandie Bredemeyer
- Care of the near term infant on postnatal wards Using Special Protocols – The CUSP trial
- Keeping mothers and babies together – A comparative study of near term admissions in two neonatal intensive care units
- Nursing knowledge and outcomes of neonatal nursing practice
- Safe sleeping and the prevention of SIDS: Role of the midwife
- Transcutaneous measurement of jaundice in the newborn: An evaluation of clinical accuracy in preterm infants (Sandie Bredemeyer, Sandra West)
- Use of chlorhexidine as a topical antiseptic for the prevention of nosocomial infection in premature neonates <29 weeks: A randomised controlled trial
- View Sandie's profile
Dr Tom Buckley
- A Randomised Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial of Cardiovascular Risk Reduction during Bereavement (CARBER II)
- Cardiovascular Risk in Early Bereavement (CARBER) study
- Coping during early bereavement
- High fidelity simulation use in nursing graduate student
- Nurse practitioner prescribing practices in Australia
- Promotion of sleep in ICU patients
- Therapy for Triggered Acute Risk Prevention (TARP)
- Triggers of acute myocardial infarction: role of heavy physical exertion, anger and respiratory infection
- View Tom's profile
Professor Mary Chiarella
- National registration of health practitioners: a comparative study of the complaints and notification system under the national system and in NSW
- View Mary's profile
Associate Professor Kate Curtis
- Establishing incidence of injury risk among our elderly population – an injury prevention initiative
- Outcomes and resource utilisation of trauma patients discharged from the Emergency Department following trauma team activation
- Participation rate in helmet performance study among cyclists presenting to a trauma centre in Australia
- Sex differences in trauma (Kate Curtis, Murray Fisher)
- The accuracy of AN-DRG cost weight in describing the trauma patient LOS and direct costs
- The Cost of Major Trauma in NSW
- The profile, incidence and outcomes of pedestrians with head injuries
- Trauma patient outcomes in South East Sydney Illawarra
- View Kate's profile
Natalie D’Abrew
- Learn Now; Live Well: An educational program for patients and caregivers living with life threatening illness (Natalie D'Abrew, Kate White)
- Psychosocial and practical support needs of cancer patients and their families in Western Australia (Natalie D'Abrew, Kate White)
- View Natalie's profile
Associate Professor Murray Fisher
- The life experiences and risk behaviour modifications of women recovering from an acute cardiac event: a life history project (Murray Fisher, Andrea Marshall)
- Masculinities and men’s experiences of nursing: A life history project
- Sex differences in trauma (Kate Curtis, Murray Fisher)
- View Murray's profile
Associate Professor Kim Foster
- Evaluation of Youth Mental Health First Aid at headspace Macarthur
- The relationship between mental health and major trauma in patients of an Australian Trauma Centre
- Evaluation of the “Keeping Families and Children in Mind”, a Training Resource
- Prevention of weight gain with second generation antipsychotics: a nurse-led intervention
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Associate Professor Jennifer Fraser
- Screening for alcohol and other drug use in pregnancy: accuracy and utility
- Parenting interventions for parents of children with chronic illness
- Improving the measurement and surveillance of child abuse in Queensland
- Evaluation of a day program for parents with mental illness
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Dr Jennifer Green
- Lymphoedema and infection
- Spirituality and spiritual caring – Nurses' perspectives, knowledge and practice interventions in acute care and palliative care (Christina Aggar, Michelle Carey, Jennifer Green, Lillian Hayes, Sue Ronaldson)
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Dr Lillian Hayes
- Spirituality and spiritual caring – Nurses' perspectives, knowledge and practice interventions in acute care and palliative care (Christina Aggar, Michelle Carey, Jennifer Green, Lillian Hayes, Sue Ronaldson)
- View Lillian's profile
Associate Professor Yun-Hee Jeon
- Person-centred environment and care for residents with dementia: a cost-effective way of improving quality of life and quality of care? (PerCEN Study)
- Strategies which retain dementia and aged care nurses in Australian health care settings
- The social economic impact of chronic illness on older Australians
- View Yun-Hee's profile
Dr Cannas Kwok
- Developing and testing a culturally sensitive instrument to examine breast cancer screening behaviours (Cannas Kwok, Kate White)
- Examining the relationship between community nurses and Chinese cancer patients in Sydney (Cannas Kwok, Heather McKenzie)
- Studying the breast cancer experience among Chinese-Australian women
- View Cannas's profile
Associate Professor Heather McKenzie
- Examining the relationship between community nurses and Chinese cancer patients in Sydney (Cannas Kwok, Heather McKenzie)
- What is the optimal management of cutaneous toxicities caused by EGFRIs? (Heather McKenzie, Kathleen Scott, Kate White)
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Dr Susan Ronaldson
- Spirituality and spiritual caring – Nurses' perspectives, knowledge and practice interventions in acute care and palliative care (Christina Aggar, Michelle Carey, Jennifer Green, Lillian Hayes, Sue Ronaldson)
- View Susan's profile
Professor Sally Tracy
- 1+1=A healthy start to life
- Evaluation of Midwifery Units (The EMU Project)
- Midwives @ New Group practice Options (The M@NGO Project)
- View Sally's profile
Associate Professor Sandra West
- A longitudinal study of new graduate nurses’ adaptation to shiftwork
- Graduate entry nursing in the Australian context: a longitudinal cohort study of the attributes, aspirations and expectations of students in the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery (Jocalyn Lawler, Sandra West, Maureen Boughton, Lynne Brown)
- The shift work experiences of mid-life female nurses
- The use of high fidelity patient simulation in nursing: A means to effective learning?
- View Sandra's profile
Professor Kate White
- A randomised controlled trial of a nurse led education intervention on body image and sexuality for women with breast cancer
- A randomised controlled trial of low level laser therapy (LLLT) for the treatment of lymphoedema secondary to breast cancer
- Developing and testing a culturally sensitive instrument to examine breast cancer screening behaviours among Chinese-Australian women (Cannas Kwok, Kate White)
- Development of the “Pop-Up Palliative Care Service”: A new model for providing palliative care to rural and remote communities
- Kinematic changes in the shoulder complex and spine as a consequence of a mastectomy
- Learn Now; Live Well: An educational program for patients and caregivers living with life threatening illness (Natalie D'Abrew, Kate White)
- Managing menopause after cancer (MMAC): A community-based information and support program
- Meeting the psychosocial needs of palliative care patients and their families: Palliative care nurses’ concerns
- Psychosocial and practical support needs of cancer patients and their families in Western Australia (Natalie D'Abrew, Kate White)
- Review of research evidence on secondary lymphoedema: 2003–June 2006
- Rural specialist breast nurse project
- The development and evaluation of a menopause information tool for young women following breast cancer
- The effectiveness of a community nursing intervention to improve continuity of care for chemotherapy cancer patients
- What is the optimal management of cutaneous toxicities caused by EGFRIs? (Heather McKenzie, Kathleen Scott, Kate White)
- View Kate's profile