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We have various Honours and Higher Degree Research (Master/Doctor of Philosophy) projects as part of the QASC Research Program.
Our students receive a unique opportunity to work collaboratively with our world-class team of nursing and allied health researchers at the Nursing Research Institute to learn about and be involved in implementation science with a view to transforming stroke clinical practice nationally and internationally. Students will also work alongside clinician researchers from St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney and Melbourne and participate in seminars and conferences.
If you would like to get in contact with us about current student opportunities, please email QASC@acu.edu.au
Kelly recently completed her PhD and is a research officer in the Nursing Research Institute. Her thesis: 'Fever, Hyperglycaemia (Sugar), Swallow (FeSS) clinical guidelines adherence: analysis of national audit data and stroke registry data' provided important insights into how evidence-based stroke protocols are implemented across Australian hospitals.
Primary Supervisor: Professor Sandy Middleton
Co-Supervisors: Professor Elizabeth McInnes and Dr Oyebola Fasugba
Research Advisory Team: Ms Simeon Dale
End-user Supervisor: Mr Kelvin Hill
Brett has currently paused his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). His project is titled ‘Code Stroke 2.0 Project: Examining the role of the acute stroke nurse during a code stroke call in the Emergency Department’. The primary aim of this project is to evaluate the feasibility of an expanded role of the Acute Stroke Nurse to facilitate use of the FeSS Protocols for stroke patients in the emergency department including rapid transfer to the stroke unit as part of an enhanced code stroke response.
Ranran is nurse educator in St Vincent’s Private Hospital Melbourne. Her project is titled ‘Improving evidence-based nursing care in European stroke patients’. This was a substudy of the QASC Europe project (2017-2021), the first cross European pre-test/post-test study to implement the evidence-based FeSS Protocols in 72 hospitals in 18 countries in Europe. The primary aim of this Honours project was to compare FeSS Protocol adherence in patients receiving care in stroke unit hospitals and those receiving care in non-stroke unit hospitals. Follow this link for the publication.
Principal Supervisor: Dr Oyebola Fasugba
Co-Supervisor: Associate Professor Vasiliki Betihavas
Research Advisory Team: Ms Simeon Dale; Mr Ben Mcelduff
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