NURTURE – Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine Group (NURTURE)

University of the Sunshine Coast

The USC NURTURE builds on the strengths of the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine to maximise multidisciplinary research collaboration. Our mission is to deliver dividends in terms of maternal and child health, clinical care of adults in hospital, pre-hospital and community settings through the testing of clinical, health service and educational innovations. We engage in primary and secondary research and the translation of research knowledge into practice. We also provide research training to health professionals.

Website
https://www.usc.edu.au/research/medical-and-health-science/nurture-nursing-midwifery-and-paramedicine-group-for-research-excellence
Organisation type
  • University Research Centre
Number of research staff
20-100 research staff
Address
University of the Sunshine Coast, 90 Sippy Downs Drive, Sippy Downs QLD 4556

Strengths and capabilities

  • Nursing research
  • Midwifery research
  • Paramedicine research
  • Randomised controlled trials of nursing and midwifery interventions
  • Qualitative exploration of patient experience
  • Visualisation and simulation in health professional education
  • Immersive simulation in education
  • Multidisciplinary health services modelling
  • Mental Health research
  • Safe infant sleeping research

Facilities and major equipment

  • Embedded multidisciplinary clinical research teams

Lead researchers

Professor Jeanine Young—Authority on safe infant sleeping

Achievements of the centre

  • Coordination through Emergency Department, Residential Aged Care and Primary Health Collaboration (CEDRiC Trial)
  • Video depicting the CEDRiC Trial opened the IBMJ Patient Safety and Quality Forum, Singapore 2016
  • Safe infant sleep guidelines adopted internationally

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