While still a new discipline, Nursing Reseach at UWA is already heavily involved in a number of projects.

Research Projects

Reducing time to analgesia in the emergency department using a nurse-initiated pain protocol

• Chief Investigators: Finn J, Rea A, Swift R, Watters T, Gibson N, Jacobs I.
• Funding: Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Research Fund 2009,  $58,712

Establishing factors that affect the retention of nursing staff in the first 5 years of employment at SCGH

• Chief Investigators: Cooper E, Finn J, Siffleet J, Graham M, Browne R, Osnain J.
• Funding: Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Research Fund  2009, $53,891

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Monitoring population trends in incidence, medical care, and survival in persons hospitalised for heart failure

• Chief Investigators: Finn J, Hung J, Arnolda L, Geelhoed E, Jacobs I,  Knuiman M.
• Funding: National Heart Foundation, Australia 2009-2010, $137,750

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Criteria-led discharge for short-stay surgical patients

• Chief Investigators: Finn J, Young J, Wood P, Baxter M, Harrison L, Kennedy C, Geelhoed E.
• Funding:  WA Department of Health (Innovations Grant) 2008-2009, $172,259

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Evaluation of the clinical efficacy and cost-benefit of a critical care outreach service for facilitated ICU discharge and ward based care

• Chief Investigators: Leslie G, Brearley L, Finn J, Laurie K, Coleman A, Day J.
• Funding: WA Department of Health (Innovations Grant) 2008-2009, $356,538

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Western Australian intensive care outcomes obtained by linkage: A study of feasibility

• Chief Investigators: Webb SAR, Finn J, Blythe D, Pinder M, Dobb G, Jacobs I, Palmer L.
• Funding: The Intensive Care Foundation (Australia / New Zealand) 2008-2009, $103,280 

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Exploring the perceived needs of midwives employed in peripheral public maternity units in Perth, WA

• Chief Investigators: Hauck, Y., Robertson, J and Sara Bayes.
• Funding: Office of the Chief Nurse, Department of Health WA, $31,000

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Influence of infant sleep and settling on maternal mental health 

Collaborative project between the University of Western Australia, Curtin University of Technology, the University of British Columbia and Ngala Family Resource Centre.

• Chief Investigators: Hauck, Y., Pridis, L., Wells, G, Bennett, E and Hall, W.
• Funding: Healthway Starter Grant, $19,850

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The influence of fathers on infant feeding practices in Western Australia (FIFI-WA)

Collaborative project between the University of Western Australia and Curtin University of Technology.

• Chief Investigators: Binns, C., Maycock, B., Howat, P., Hauck, Y., Dhalival, S and Burns, S.
• Funding: Healthway Health Promotion Research Project Grant, $340,000

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Examining relationships among BC Women’s childbirth fear, anxiety, sleep deprivation, fatigue, birth outcomes, and neonatal outcomes

Collaborative project between the University of British Columbia, the University of Western Australia and the University of Technology Sydney.

• Chief Investigators: Hall, W.A., Brown, H., Hutton, E., Hauck, Y., Fenwick, J.
• Funding: Hampton Fund Research Grant, $20,000

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