MrsChristina Whitehead
(she/her)
Lecturer
Discipline of Nursing
FUNDED RESEARCH
Prizes and Scholarships
Trailblazers award – Best poster presentation – National Nurses Forum, 2021.
Scholarship awarded ($950): Praxis HREC Essentials course, Professional Development and Education funding stream, Nepean Blue Mountains LHD, 2020.
Scholarship awarded (~$8000): Industry Partnerships, University of Tasmania and Nepean Blue Mountains LHD; Graduate Certificate in Nursing, Leadership in Practice, 2019.
Prize Awarded ($500): Best Oral/Poster Presentation in the field of Nursing & Midwifery, Nepean Clinical School, 2018.
Grant Awarded ($2,500): Nursing & Midwifery Practice Development and Translational Research Support Funding, Western Sydney Local Health District, 2015.
Publications
Rajamani, A., Subramaniam, A., Lung B., Masters, K., Gresham, R., Whitehead, C., Lowrey, J., Seppelt, I., Kumar, H., Kumar, J., Hassan, A., Orde, S., (2023) Remi-fent 1dA pragmatic randomised controlled study to evaluate the feasibility of using remifentanil or fentanyl as sedation adjuncts in mechanically ventilated patients. Critical Care and Resuscitation 25(1)216-222.
Whitehead, M., Hayes, M., Whitehead, C. (2023) Men's Health in Nursing Practice: A Survey of Senior Nurses International Journal of Men’s Social and Community Health 6(1):e20-e30 DOI:10.22374/ijmsch.v6i1.106
Hodgson, C. L., Higgins, A. M., Bailey, M. J., Whitehead, C., et. al (2022). Comparison of 6-Month Outcomes of Survivors of COVID-19 versus Non–COVID-19 Critical Illness. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 205(10), 1159-1168.
Fitzgerald, S., McTier, L., Whitehead, C., Masters, K., & Wynne, R. (2023). Inter-rater reliability of descriptors for the classification of mucosal pressure injury: A prospective cross-sectional study. Australian Critical Care.
Hodgson, C. L., Higgins, A. M., Bailey, Whitehead, C., (2021). The impact of COVID-19 critical illness on new disability, functional outcomes and return to work at 6 months: a prospective cohort study. Critical Care, 25(1), 1-12.
Tan, K., Harazim, M., Simpson, A., Tan, Y. C., Gunawan, G., Robledo, K. P., Whitehead, C., Tang, B., Mclean, A., & Nalos, M. (2021). Association Between Premorbid Beta-Blocker Exposure and Sepsis Outcomes-The Beta-Blockers in European and Australian/American Septic Patients (BEAST) Study. Critical Care Medicine, 49(9), 1493–1503. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000005034
Wang, Y., Gloss, B., Tang, B., Whitehead, C., Masters, K., Skarratt, K., Teoh, S., Schibeci, S., Fewings, N., Brigone, C., Triebel, F., Booth, D., McLean, A., Nalos, M., (2021) “Immunophenotyping of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Septic Shock Patients With High-Dimensional Flow Cytometry Analysis Reveals Two Subgroups With Differential Responses to Immunostimulant Drugs” Frontiers in Immunology 12:634127. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.634127
Whitehead, M., Chok, H., Whitehead, C., Luck, L., (2020) “Men’s health promotion in waiting rooms: An observational study” International Journal of Men’s Social and Community Health 4(1):e17-e27.
Ridgeon, E., Bellomo, R., Myburgh, J., Whitehead, C., Willett, E., Wong, E., Woodford, C., Wright, S., Young, P., (2016) “Validation of a classification system for causes of death in critical care: an assessment of inter-rater reliability” Critical Care and Resuscitation 18(1): 50-54.
Ash, A., Whitehead, C., Hughes, B., Williams, D., Nayyar, V., (2015). "Impact of a transport checklist on adverse events during intra-hospital transport of critically ill patients." Australian Critical Care 28(1): 49-50.
Trailblazers award – Best poster presentation – National Nurses Forum, 2021.
Scholarship awarded ($950): Praxis HREC Essentials course, Professional Development and Education funding stream, Nepean Blue Mountains LHD, 2020.
Scholarship awarded (~$8000): Industry Partnerships, University of Tasmania and Nepean Blue Mountains LHD; Graduate Certificate in Nursing, Leadership in Practice, 2019.
Prize Awarded ($500): Best Oral/Poster Presentation in the field of Nursing & Midwifery, Nepean Clinical School, 2018.
Grant Awarded ($2,500): Nursing & Midwifery Practice Development and Translational Research Support Funding, Western Sydney Local Health District, 2015.
Publications
Rajamani, A., Subramaniam, A., Lung B., Masters, K., Gresham, R., Whitehead, C., Lowrey, J., Seppelt, I., Kumar, H., Kumar, J., Hassan, A., Orde, S., (2023) Remi-fent 1dA pragmatic randomised controlled study to evaluate the feasibility of using remifentanil or fentanyl as sedation adjuncts in mechanically ventilated patients. Critical Care and Resuscitation 25(1)216-222.
Whitehead, M., Hayes, M., Whitehead, C. (2023) Men's Health in Nursing Practice: A Survey of Senior Nurses International Journal of Men’s Social and Community Health 6(1):e20-e30 DOI:10.22374/ijmsch.v6i1.106
Hodgson, C. L., Higgins, A. M., Bailey, M. J., Whitehead, C., et. al (2022). Comparison of 6-Month Outcomes of Survivors of COVID-19 versus Non–COVID-19 Critical Illness. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 205(10), 1159-1168.
Fitzgerald, S., McTier, L., Whitehead, C., Masters, K., & Wynne, R. (2023). Inter-rater reliability of descriptors for the classification of mucosal pressure injury: A prospective cross-sectional study. Australian Critical Care.
Hodgson, C. L., Higgins, A. M., Bailey, Whitehead, C., (2021). The impact of COVID-19 critical illness on new disability, functional outcomes and return to work at 6 months: a prospective cohort study. Critical Care, 25(1), 1-12.
Tan, K., Harazim, M., Simpson, A., Tan, Y. C., Gunawan, G., Robledo, K. P., Whitehead, C., Tang, B., Mclean, A., & Nalos, M. (2021). Association Between Premorbid Beta-Blocker Exposure and Sepsis Outcomes-The Beta-Blockers in European and Australian/American Septic Patients (BEAST) Study. Critical Care Medicine, 49(9), 1493–1503. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000005034
Wang, Y., Gloss, B., Tang, B., Whitehead, C., Masters, K., Skarratt, K., Teoh, S., Schibeci, S., Fewings, N., Brigone, C., Triebel, F., Booth, D., McLean, A., Nalos, M., (2021) “Immunophenotyping of Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells in Septic Shock Patients With High-Dimensional Flow Cytometry Analysis Reveals Two Subgroups With Differential Responses to Immunostimulant Drugs” Frontiers in Immunology 12:634127. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.634127
Whitehead, M., Chok, H., Whitehead, C., Luck, L., (2020) “Men’s health promotion in waiting rooms: An observational study” International Journal of Men’s Social and Community Health 4(1):e17-e27.
Ridgeon, E., Bellomo, R., Myburgh, J., Whitehead, C., Willett, E., Wong, E., Woodford, C., Wright, S., Young, P., (2016) “Validation of a classification system for causes of death in critical care: an assessment of inter-rater reliability” Critical Care and Resuscitation 18(1): 50-54.
Ash, A., Whitehead, C., Hughes, B., Williams, D., Nayyar, V., (2015). "Impact of a transport checklist on adverse events during intra-hospital transport of critically ill patients." Australian Critical Care 28(1): 49-50.