ProfMarilyn Cruickshank

Paediatric nursing
Safety and Quality
Child and adolescent mental health
Infection control
Antimicrobial resistance
FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS 2018 – 2025 $4.8M

1.   Evaluation of the role, activity and scope of Clinical Nurse Consultants  2024

Investigators: Cruickshank M, Mimmo L,

Funding: Ministry of Health Nursing and Midwifery Office $189,354

2.   Development of NSW paediatric nursing innovation and research network
Investigators: Cruickshank M, Mimmo L, Gardo A.
Funding: Ministry of Health Nursing and Midwifery Office $326,292

3.   Development of Clinical Educators Development Framework
Investigators: Cruickshank M,
Funding: Ministry of Health Nursing and Midwifery Office $193,146
4. Paediatric RSV-HAI Surveillance Pilot
Investigators: Saravanos G, Nayda C, Maldigri, Cruickshank M, Kesson A, Britton P.
Funding: Australasian College of Infection Prevention and Control Research Grant. $10,000
5. Development of a patient assessment framework for use by NSW nurses caring for paediatric patients.
Investigators: Cruickshank M, Sheppard-Law S, Sealey L, Whalen S.
Funding: Ministry of Health Nursing and Midwifery Office $369,454
6. Review of practice of physiological observations and nurse clinical decision-making in determining early recognition of clinical deterioration in children.
Investigators: Cruickshank M, Sheppard-Law S, Sealey L, Whalen S.
Funding: Ministry of Health Nursing and Midwifery Office $143,146
7. Restrictive Practices in Child & Adolescent Mental Health
Investigators: Sealey L, Whalen S, Cruickshank M, Stein-Parberry J, Roche M, Sheppard-Law S
Funding: $268,000 NSW Ministry of Health Nursing and Midwifery Office
8. Family experiences of Epidermolysis Bullosa care coordination in the first 2 years of life
Investigators: Cruickshank M, Sheppard-Law S, Saad R, Whalen S.
Funding SPHERE $25,000
9. Australian Paediatric nurses’ knowledge and attitudes towards pressure injuries prevention
Investigators: Cruickshank M, Sheppard-Law S, Sealey L, Whalen S.
Funding: SPHERE $25,000
10. Minimum Practice Standards for Infection Control Professionals in Australia
Funding: $14,970 Major Research Project Cardinal Health Infection Control Scholarship 2021
11. One-health Understanding Through Bacterial REsistance to Antibiotics Knowledge (OUTBREAK)
Funding: $998,731 Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Frontiers initiative
Co-lead: User case stream Co-lead: Clinical outcomes stream
12. Evaluation and Control of Healthcare Infection Dissemination using Network Analysis (ECHIDNA) Funding: $409,716.90 from NHMRC Project Grant (GNT1156742)
13. Stepped-wedge Trial to increase antibiotic Appropriateness in Residential aged care facilities and model Transmission of antimicrobial resistance (The START Research Program)
Funding: $1,826,399 Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) grant February 2019