RN, BSc (Nurs), MNurs, PhD
Director, NHMRC National Centre for Research Excellence in Nursing (NCREN)
Frances Bloomberg International Distinguished Visiting Professor (Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto)
Adjunct Professor, Patient Safety Centre (Queensland Health)
Contact details for Prof Wendy Chaboyer
Research expertise
- Patient safety in acute care
- Clinical handover
- Analysis of clinical incidents and adverse events
- Critical care nursing practices
- ICU patient outcomes including quality of life
- Continuity of care
- Quantitative research methods including survey design and instrument construction
- Intervention studies including RCT
- Longitudinal research
- Case study
- Current Research
- Bedside nursing handover and whiteboard multidisciplinary handover; An exploration of strategies to improve communication and teamwork in acute care hospitals.
- Improving the ICU discharge process.
- The effect of music on discomfort experienced by ICU patients during turning; A randomised cross-over study.
- Developing evidence-based workforce models for nursing services in acute care hospitals.
- The Intensive Care Unit Liaison Nurse role; Activities and outcomes.
- Measuring competence in the operating room: Psychometric tsting of the revised perceived competence scale.
Current teaching areas
- Postgraduate research methods
- Patient safety