Dr Sarah Kourouche
BN (Honours) Coordinator / Senior Lecturer Acute Care Nursing
Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery/Sydney Nursing School FMH
Dr Kourouche has a keen interest in implementation science research especially in emergency and trauma contexts.
Sarah’s interests include implementation science, improvement of trauma and emergency patient care and disaster management. She is also interested in technology enhanced learning including simulation and incorporating eLearning into student learning.
High acuity, emergency nursing, trauma care, disaster, research process, quality and implementation
2021 – Doctor of Philosophy, Belinda Kennedy (full-time), Thesis Title: “Standardising initial emergency nursing care: a multicentre implementation evaluation”. Lead supervisor: Prof Kate Curtis, supervisor Prof Marg Fry
2021 – Master of Philosophy, Melissa Bradica (part-time), Thesis Title: “End of life care in the emergency department”. Lead supervisor: Prof Kate Curtis
2020 –2023 Master of Philosophy, Jacqueline Colgan (part-time), Thesis Title: “Use of Video to improve clinical procedures” Lead supervisor: A/Prof Tom Buckley
EPICSTART: Early nurse Protocol Initiated Care (MRFF grant)
HIRAID : Improving nursing assessment and management in the ED setting (Implementation focus) (NHMRC grant)
Implementation in Emergency care: investigating better ways of implementation in emergency
ChIP: Evaluation of patient, health service and costing outcomes from the implementation of the chest injury care bundle (HCF grant)
IMPACT (chest injury stream):Impact of medical and mental health comorbidities on hospital outcomes and trends in major trauma patients: a state-wide data-linkage study from New South Wales, Australia
College of Emergency Nurses Australia
Australian College of Nursing
Implementation science Academy
Health Service Research Australia and New Zealand
MRFF grant CI $2.9M
NHMRC grant AI $1.5M
HCF Research Foundation PhD Scholarship
| Project title | Research student |
|---|---|
| Standardising initial emergency nursing care a multicentre implementation evaluation | Belinda KENNEDY |
Publications
Book Chapters
- Kourouche, S. (2023). Lower respiratory problems. In Diane Brown, Thomas Buckley, Robyn Aitken, Helen Edwards, (Eds.), Lewis’s Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems ANZ, (pp. 617-658). Australia: Elsevier.
- Kourouche, S. (2023). Respiratory system. In Diane Brown, Thomas Buckley, Robyn Aitken, Helen Edwards, (Eds.), Lewis’s Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems ANZ, (pp. 568-593). Australia: Elsevier.
- Kourouche, S., Crook, B. (2023). Thoracic and Neck Trauma. Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics, 4th Edition, (pp. 1244-1249). Australia: Elsevier.
Journals
- Curtis, K., Fry, M., Kennedy, B., Considine, J., Murphy, M., Kourouche, S., Lam, M., Shaban, R., Aggar, C., Hughes, J. (2024). Data-Driven Implementation Strategy to Optimise Clinician Behaviour Change at Scale in Complex Clinical Environments: A Multicentre Emergency Care Study. Journal of Advanced Nursing. [More Information]
- Kourouche, S., Curtis, K., Considine, J., Fry, M., Mitchell, R., Shaban, R., Sivabalan, P., Bedford, D. (2024). Does improved patient care lead to higher treatment costs? A multicentre cost evaluation of a blunt chest injury care bundle. Injury, , 111393. [More Information]
- Kennedy, B., Curtis, K., Kourouche, S., Casey, L., Hughes, D., Chapman, V., Fry, M. (2024). Establishing enablers and barriers to implementing the HIRAID® emergency nursing framework in rural emergency departments. Australasian Emergency Care. [More Information]
2024
- Curtis, K., Fry, M., Kennedy, B., Considine, J., Murphy, M., Kourouche, S., Lam, M., Shaban, R., Aggar, C., Hughes, J. (2024). Data-Driven Implementation Strategy to Optimise Clinician Behaviour Change at Scale in Complex Clinical Environments: A Multicentre Emergency Care Study. Journal of Advanced Nursing. [More Information]
- Kourouche, S., Curtis, K., Considine, J., Fry, M., Mitchell, R., Shaban, R., Sivabalan, P., Bedford, D. (2024). Does improved patient care lead to higher treatment costs? A multicentre cost evaluation of a blunt chest injury care bundle. Injury, , 111393. [More Information]
- Kennedy, B., Curtis, K., Kourouche, S., Casey, L., Hughes, D., Chapman, V., Fry, M. (2024). Establishing enablers and barriers to implementing the HIRAID® emergency nursing framework in rural emergency departments. Australasian Emergency Care. [More Information]
2023
- Heufel, M., Kourouche, S., Curtis, K. (2023). Development of an emergency department end of life care audit tool: A scoping review. International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, 5. [More Information]
- Curtis, K., Fry, M., Kourouche, S., Kennedy, B., Considine, J., Alkhouri, H., Lam, M., McPhail, S., Aggar, C., Hughes, J., Dinh, M., Shaban, R., et al (2023). Implementation evaluation of an evidence-based emergency nursing framework (HIRAID): Study protocol for a step-wedge randomised control trial. BMJ Open, 13(1). [More Information]
- Kourouche, S. (2023). Lower respiratory problems. In Diane Brown, Thomas Buckley, Robyn Aitken, Helen Edwards, (Eds.), Lewis’s Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems ANZ, (pp. 617-658). Australia: Elsevier.
2022
- Curtis, K., Kourouche, S., Asha, S., Buckley, T., Considine, J., Middleton, S., Mitchell, R., Munroe, B., Shaban, R., Lam, M., Fry, M. (2022). Effect of an intervention for patients 65 years and older with blunt chest injury: Patient and health service outcomes. Injury, 53(9), 2939-2946. [More Information]
- Heufel, M., Kourouche, S., Angela Lo, W., Thomas, B., Hood, L., Curtis, K. (2022). End of life care pathways in the Emergency Department and their effects on patient and health service outcomes: An integrative review. Accident and Emergency Nursing, 61, 101153-1-101153-11. [More Information]
- Kourouche, S., Curtis, K., Munroe, B., Asha, S., Carey, I., Considine, J., Fry, M., Lyons, J., Middleton, S., Mitchell, R., Shaban, R., Buckley, T., et al (2022). Implementation of a hospital-wide multidisciplinary blunt chest injury care bundle (ChIP): Fidelity of delivery evaluation. Australian Critical Care, 35(2), 113-122. [More Information]
2021
- Curtis, K., Kourouche, S., Asha, S., Considine, J., Fry, M., Middleton, S., Mitchell, R., Munroe, B., Shaban, R., D'Amato, A., Buckley, T., et al (2021). Impact of a care bundle for patients with blunt chest injury (ChIP): A multicentre controlled implementation evaluation. PloS One, 16(10-Oct), e0256027. [More Information]
- Kourouche, S., Curtis, K., Munroe, B., Watts, M., Balzer, S., Buckley, T. (2021). Implementation strategy fidelity evaluation for a multidisciplinary Chest Injury Protocol (ChIP). Implementation Science Communications, 2(1), 1-15. [More Information]
2019
- Kourouche, S., Buckley, T., Van, C., Munroe, B., Curtis, K. (2019). Designing strategies to implement a blunt chest injury care bundle using the behaviour change wheel: a multi-site mixed methods study. BMC Health Services Research, 19(1), 1-17. [More Information]
- Wiseman, T., Kourouche, S. (2019). Epidemiology of Injury. In Kate Curtis, Clair Ramsden, Ramon Z. Shaban, Margaret Fry, Julie Considine (Eds.), Emergency and Trauma Care For Nurses and Paramedics 3e, (pp. 1153-1181). Sydney: Elsevier.
2018
- Kourouche, S., Buckley, T., Munroe, B., Curtis, K. (2018). Development of a blunt chest injury care bundle: An integrative review. Injury, 49(6), 1008-1023. [More Information]
- Currie, J., Kourouche, S., Gordon, C., Jorm, C., West, S. (2018). Mass casualty education for undergraduate nursing students in Australia. Nurse Education in Practice, 28, 156-162. [More Information]
2016
- Curtis, K., Wiseman, T., Kennedy, B., Kourouche, S., Goldsmith, H. (2016). Implementation and Evaluation of a Ward-Based eLearning Program for Trauma Patient Management. Journal of Trauma Nursing, 23(1), 28-35. [More Information]
2011
- Kourouche, S., Curtis, K., Watson, W., Mitchell, R., Rankin, T., Chong, S. (2011). Identifying Risk and Raising Awareness in Older Person Trauma. Journal of Trauma Nursing, 18(3), 163-170. [More Information]
Selected Grants
2024
- Implementation of evidence-based practice in emergency departments in rural Australia, Kourouche S, College of Emergency Nursing Australasia (CENA)/New Investigator Research Grant
- HIRAID Inpatient: Improving the safety and quality of nursing care for hospital patients, Curtis K, Shaban R, Wiseman T, Kourouche S, Kennedy B, Lung T, Bartlett A, HCF Research Foundation/Translational Research Grants
2022
- Giving patients an EPIC-START: An evidence based, data driven model of care to improve patient care and efficiency in emergency departments, Curtis K, Dinh M, Shetty A, Fry M, Shaw T, Lung T, Murphy M, Li L, Alkhouri H, Considine J, Kourouche S, Hughes J, Shaban R, Varndell W, Aggar C, Department of Health and Aged Care (Federal)/MRFF - 2022 Models of Care to Improve the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Acute Care
Other:
Sydney Health Partners Implementation Science Fellow
National Executive board member College of Emergency Nurses Australasia