Established in 2009, we are at the forefront of nurse-led implementation research and have been successful in obtaining multiple Category 1 research grants (National Health and Medical Research Council, Australian Research Council), as well as other national and international funding.

In partnership with clinical, policy, and academic partners, we specialise in implementation science research examining ways to promote evidence translation in the areas of stroke management, hospital-acquired complications, and de-implementation of low value nursing care. We collaborate with world-class national and international researchers and policy makers including: Agency for Clinical Innovation, Clinical Excellence Commission, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, and the Stroke Foundation.

Current NRI projects listed by National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards

NRI researchers currently collaborate on 29 research projects. Nine led by NRI researchers* with the remaining projects as co-investigators. Twelve projects^ involve collaboration with our St Vincent's Health Australia partners.

  • ACCELERATE Plus Trial: Assessment and CommuniCation ExcelLEnce foR sAfe paTient outcomEs*^ (Also Standard 5, 6 and 8)
  • The Stroke Golden Hour: delivering urgent stroke care to Australians (Also Standard 5)
  • Keeping Kids Safe In Hospital: Reducing Low-Value Nursing Practices
  • Centre for Research Excellence - Frailty ADD: Improving Hospital Outcomes for Frail Patients Across Different Disciplines (Frailty-ADD CRE)^
  • Centre for Research Excellence in Paediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Centre for Research Excellence to Accelerate Stroke Trial Innovation and Translation
  • Frailty on the frontline: Evaluating the impact and integration of a frailty clinical champion in Australian and Swedish cardiovascular programs
  • Frailty response in aortic stenosis patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation: A pilot, cluster randomised trial (FRAIL-AS Response Trial)*^
  • Improving the health system's response when patients are harmed: a mixed-methods study
  • Improving Timely Emergency Care: Implementing Nurse-Initiated Protocols in the Emergency Department Using Behaviour Change Frameworks to Improve Uptake and Sustainability*
  • P-OMICS-flow grant [Precision Medicine Clinic]
  • Quality in Acute Stoke Care (QASC) in New Zealand
  • Quality in Acute Stroke Care (QASC) Australasia Project*^
  • REducing cardioVascular and kidnEy RiSk in people with diabEtes (the REVERSE study)
  • Regional And Rural Research Translation in Bronchiolitis (RARRT-Bronch)
  • Transforming acute hospital care to improve outcomes for stroke*
  • Improving End-of-Life communication in Australian hospitals for patient safety and care
  •  Giving the AllClear - stopping breast cancer relapse and death^
  • 2025-26 Supporting Research Translation Centres - SPHERE ^
  • Healthy & HomED: Optimising Emergency Department Response To People Experiencing Homelessness

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