Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health SciencesCentre for Psychiatric Nursing

Current Research Projects

The CPN recognises research and practice development as crucial to the articulation and ongoing development of psychiatric nursing. This principal has guided the development of a number of research projects as listed below. The most important aspect of our research is that it originates from, and directly impacts on, clinical practice. Some of our research results in the establishment of Clinical Practice Guidelines or Evidence Summaries. As the Centre is becoming more established, research projects are increasingly being conducted in collaboration with clinicians. Partnerships with clinicians are central to our research agenda.

Research Projects

Patterns & trends: Vietnamese alcohol survey

Identifying the right patient: Nurse and patient perspectives on how to verify patient identity during medication administration

Improving the safety of psychiatric consumers: The effect of two medication administration protocols on the distractions and medication errors of nurses in psychiatric inpatient units

Improving the monitoring of physical health for people with schizophrenia: A quality assurance medical record audit to examine the effect of a management intervention and an education program for psychiatric nurses

Measuring the therapeutic optimism of mental health nurses

Best practice in intra muscular injections technique

Developing clinical practice guidelines for violence risk assessment at triage

A history of psychiatric nursing in Victoria, Australia 

Higher Degree Research

Application of recovery concepts to mental health practice 

Community treatment orders from a social justice perspective

Integrated stroke prevention: An exploration of the impact of nurse coordinator practices in a telemedicine based chronic disease management model

Mechanical restraint in acute health: Identifying staff perceptions, alternatives and sustainability of restraint reduction initiatives

Suicide risk assessment: A survey of Australian mental health nurses decision making

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