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EM/ProfChristine Duffield

Emeritus Professor

Discipline of Nursing

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  • Emeritus Professor
    Discipline of Nursing
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FUNDED RESEARCH


Nursing workforce: retention, turnover, job satisfaction, staffing, work environment, patient outcomes, advanced practice nursing

Developing workforce capacity, leaders and managers, nursing career paths

FUNDED RESEARCH

  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Review nursing workloads/models of care
    Gold Coast University Hospital22 Feb 2017 - 21 Aug 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    Gold Coast University Hospital
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Measurement of staff experience and culture of healthcare organisations: A rapid review
    Australian Commission On Quality and Safety on Health Care27 May 2016 - 30 Sep 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    • Travaglia J,
    • Duffield C,
    • Bichel-Findlay J
    Australian Commission of Quality and Safety in Health Care
  • GRANT
    Evaluation of the Impact of Targeted Retention Strategies on Nurse Staffing
    Australian Research Council1 Jul 2015 - 31 Jul 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    ARC Linkage Projects Nursing workforce, Nursing, Hospitals, Public Health
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Expression of interest to undertake a rapid review of patient experience Indicators for the NSW Cancer Institute
    The Sax Institute20 Apr 2015 - 8 Jun 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    • Saunders C,
    • Carter D,
    • Bichel-Findlay J,
    • Duffield C
    The Sax Institute
  • GRANT
    Making nursing work: Developing a national framework for advanced practice in nursing - LP140100320
    Australian Research Council11 Dec 2014 - 11 Dec 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    • Duffield C,
    • Fry M,
    • Adrian A,
    • Gardner A,
    • Chaperon Y
    ARC Linkage Projects - (LP140100320) Health workforce, Nursing service, Advanced practice
  • GRANT
    Fit for the future: safeguarding the health and wellbeing of the Australian nursing workforce to sustain future healthcare service delivery
    Australian Research Council11 Oct 2013 - 31 Mar 2017
    People funded by this grant:
    ARC Linkage Projects - (LP130100694) Workforce, health behaviours, wellness
  • CONSULTING
    Statement in the Fair Work Commission
    Australian Nursing Federation28 Feb 2013 - 4 Apr 2013
    People funded by this grant:
    • Duffield C
    Australian Nursing Federation Partnership Fund - (298368)
  • GRANT
    Advance care planning in the emergency department: identification of barriers, facilitators and technological solutions (ACP-ED)
    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation1 Jan 2013 - 15 Nov 2013
    People funded by this grant:
    CSIRO (Project)
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Impact of new Nursing hours on Staff and patients in NSW
    NSW Nurses' Association17 Dec 2012 - 30 Jun 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    • Duffield C
    NSW Nurse + Midwife Assoc Fund Scheme
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Review of Clinical Nurse Consultant Role at a Tertiary Hospital
    St Vincent's Hospital Sydney Limited1 Aug 2012 - 29 Mar 2013
    People funded by this grant:
    St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney partnership fund
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Review at a Specialist Facility Clinical Nurse Consultants Role
    The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network (Randwick and Westmead)23 Feb 2012 - 22 May 2012
    People funded by this grant:
    • Duffield C
    The Sydney Children's Hospitals Network
  • GRANT
    The impact of adding nursing support workers (Assistants in Nursing) to patient, nurse and system (ward) level outcomes
    Australian Research Council15 Dec 2011 - 31 Dec 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    • Duffield C,
    • Twigg D,
    • Williams A,
    • Roche M,
    • Davis S
    ARC Linkage Projects - (LP110200271) NursingNursing support workersNurse staffingPatient outcomesWorkloadRegistered nurses
  • CONSULTING
    Tender to the SA Department of Health for Review of the Nurses Career Structure - Backfill in South Australia
    South Australian Department of Health6 May 2011 - 31 Dec 2011
    People funded by this grant:
    • Duffield C,
    • Baldwin R
    South Australian Health Partner Funds - (0298146)
  • GRANT
    Advancing understanding of health professionals' work and communication patterns and the effectiveness of work reform initiatives
    Australian Research Council1 Jan 2011 - 31 Dec 2013
    People funded by this grant:
    • Duffield C,
    • Westbrook J,
    • Dunsmuir W
    ARC Discovery Projects - (DP110100090)
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Observational Work of Nursing Unit Managers (NUMs) at a Specialist Hospital
    The Children's Hospital at Westmead1 Sep 2010 - 31 Oct 2010
    People funded by this grant:
    • Duffield C
    The Children's Hospital Westmead
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Report on Staff Feedback on Proposed Organisational Restructuring at a Specialist Hospital
    The Children's Hospital at Westmead1 Dec 2009 - 31 Mar 2010
    People funded by this grant:
    The Children's Hospital Westmead
  • CONSULTING
    Review of the roles of the Clinical Nurse Consultants (CNC) at Childrens Hospital Westmead - Christine Duffield
    The Children's Hospital at Westmead9 Jun 2009 - 30 Nov 2009
    People funded by this grant:
    The Children's Hospital Westmead
  • CONSULTING
    Review of the roles and structure of the senior nursing executive at Macquarie Hospital and their roles within the Area mental health service
    Macquarie Hospital7 Jan 2009 - 4 Jun 2009
    People funded by this grant:
    • Baldwin R,
    • Duffield C,
    • Sorensen R
    Macquarie Hospital Partnership Fund
  • GRANT
    Patient and nurse outcomes and the cost of nurses' turnover in Australian hospitals
    Australian Research Council31 Mar 2008 - 30 Jun 2014
    People funded by this grant:
    • Duffield C,
    • Roche M,
    • Buchan J,
    • Shamian J
    ARC Linkage Projects - (LP0774836R1) Nursing Turnover, Nursing Retention, Patient Outcomes, Health Policy, Health Workforce,
  • GRANT
    Patient and nurse outcomes and the cost of nurses' turnover in Australian hospitals (opens in a new tab)⁠
    Australian Research Council31 Mar 2008 - 31 Dec 2010
    People funded by this grant:
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  • CONSULTING
    Investigation of staffing practices in relation to a patient death
    Office of the Coroner, Northern Territory11 Jan 2008 - 4 Feb 2010
    People funded by this grant:
    • Duffield C
    Office of the Coroner, Northern Territory Partnership Fund
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Clinical Handover Initiative: Identification and Development of Standardised Clinical Handover Initiatives
    Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care24 Aug 2007 - 15 Jul 2010
    People funded by this grant:
    • Iedema R,
    • Manias E,
    • Duffield C,
    • Homer C,
    • White L
    Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
  • CONSULTING
    Provision of advice in relation to the design of the RNSH from a users point of view
    Babcock and Brown13 Feb 2007 - 4 Mar 2009
    People funded by this grant:
    • Duffield C
    Babcock & Brown Partnership Fund
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    The Workload, Staffing Measurement, Assessment and Research Project on Nursing and Midwifery - Tender
    ACT Health21 Aug 2006 - 21 Apr 2007
    People funded by this grant:
    • Duffield C
    ACT Health Partnership Fund
  • GRANT
    Economic Modelling of the Nurses' Labour Market in Australia
    Australian Research Council1 Jul 2006 - 31 Dec 2009
    People funded by this grant:
    • Duffield C,
    • Scott A,
    • Shields M,
    • Creedy J,
    • Kalb G
    ARC Linkage Projects - (LP0669209R2)