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Research Projects
Research stories to come out of the Adelaide Nursing School are exciting and full of opportunities – resulting in a maintained ERA score of 5 for the second time running in 2012. Results from the third round of ERA are due mid-2015.
Current significant projects and awards within the School include:
| Projects | Investigator |
Year | Funding |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longitudinal patient outcomes following the implementation of PRoWL in an acute care hospital | Dr Tim Schultz | 2015 | |
| Wound care disinvestment in acute care hospitals | Dr Rick Wiechula | 2014-2015 | |
| Building nursing leadership capacity for innovation and evidence-based practice | Professor Gill Harvey | 2014-2015 | $50,000 (Northern Communities Health Foundation) |
| Resilience and student development | Dr Lynette Cusack | 2014-2015 | |
| Implementing a system to improve hydration in acute care patients | Paul McLiesh | 2014 | $25,000 (Royal Adelaide Hospital Research Committee) |
| What interventions optimise independence and promote healthy ageing in the community? | Professor Alison Kitson | 2014 | $22,000 (University of Adelaide DVCR Inter-disciplinary Research Fund) |
| Exploring first year nursing students' impressions and experiences of OH&S | Rose Boucaut | 2014-2015 | |
| Evaluation of the 'My Heart, My Life' booklet for patients with coronary heart disease | A/Professor Judy Magarey | 2013 | Heart Foundation (SA) |
| Heat Health Messages project | Dr Lynette Cusack | 2013 | SA Department of Environment, Water & Natural Resources |
| Nursing futures: a comprehensive review of systematic reviews of interventions to improve the quality of nursing care | Professor Alison Kitson | 2012-2013 | $50,000 (Commonwealth Government) |
| Centre of Research Excellence in Translating Nutritional Science to Good Health (CRE) | Professor Alison Kitson (Associate Investigator) | 2012-2016 | |
| Nurse handovers at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital | Dr Rick Wiechula | 2012-2014 | |
| Comorbidity Action in the North (CAN) | Professor Charlotte de Crespigny | 2011-2014 | $330,984 (ARC Linkage) |
| Prevention and Reduction of Weight Loss (PRoWL) in acute care patients | Professor Alison Kitson | 2010-2012 | $60,000 (Royal Adelaide Hospital Nursing Research & Development Grant) |
| Facilitating Implementation of Research Evidence (FIRE) | Professor Alison Kitson | 2009-2012 | $4,700,000 |
