Nurses are often the first point of care and sometimes the only point of care for many communities. They devote their professional lives to caring for the sickest and most vulnerable in our community, providing essential health advice and hands on care, with an emphasis on optimising the quality of life for all in their care.
IMPACCT Nursing
At IMPACCT, our clinical academic nurses are dedicated to improving the lives of people living with life-limiting illness and chronic disease as well as the aged. Their research is building the evidence base to ensure best clinical practice and patient-focused nursing care.
We are proud to include world-class nursing leaders within our IMPACCT team and that they are mentoring early career nursing researchers and nursing research students.
If you are a nurse interested in furthering your research career or want to find out more about the work that IMPACCT nurses are doing, please get in touch by email to IMPACCT@uts.edu.au.
Nursing academics
Professor Sally Inglis has a keen interest in chronic cardiovascular disease and has undertaken research across a variety of cardiovascular conditions and research methodologies throughout her research career.
Professor Deborah Parker is Professor of Aged Care (Dementia) in the Faculty of Health. Her primary areas of research are palliative care for older people, dementia and health services evaluation in aged care.
Professor Louise Hickman is an IMPACCT Adjunct Professor. Her research focus is on improving care of vulnerable frail older populations, CVD, chronic disease, cognitive decline, dementia, aged palliative care and translational research that improves care between the acute care sector, community and residential aged care.
Emerita Professor Jane Phillips is an IMPACCT Adjunct Professor. Her research aims to improve care outcomes for people in the last year of their life by strengthening the nexus between research, education, policy, and practice.
Nursing Higher Degree Research students
Claire Fraser
Thesis title
Palliative care competency models: What specific competencies do nurses require to provide quality palliative care in regional, rural and remote Australia
Supervisors
Emerita Professor Jane Phillips
Professor Louise Hickman
Natalie Govind
Thesis title
Palliative care and stroke
Supervisors
Professor Louise Hickman
Emerita Professor Jane Phillips
Associate Professor Caleb Ferguson
Alison Hession
Thesis title
“ I see dead people” - End-of-Life visions, experiences of patients, families and caregivers in an acute care hospital
Supervisors
Dr Tim Luckett
Professor David Currow
Dr Michael Barbato
Annie Hepworth
Thesis title
Transforming the nursing role in delirium prevention.
Supervisors
Professor Deborah Parker
Professor Meera Agar
Professor Louise Hickman
Mia Taylen-Smith
Thesis title
Improving palliative care for older Australians in Residential Aged Care: An evidence-based model of support
Supervisors
Professor Deborah Parker
Joanne Lewis
Dr Liz Reymond
Elizabeth Turner
Thesis title
Assessing and promoting health literacy in cardiac rehabilitation.
Supervisors
Associate Professor Michelle DiGiacomo
Dr Serra Ivynian
Professor Louise Hickman
IMPACCT Rapid Program
The IMPACCT Rapid Program is a quality improvement program looking at the prospective use of medications and non-pharmacological interventions commonly used in palliative care and cancer symptom management.
It involves global multi-centre data collection that examine interventions to collate information on widespread and longer-term use of medications and other interventions, including nursing interventions.
