1333687
Professor Carol Windsor
Faculty of Health,
School of Nursing
Biography
Background Carol is a Professor in the School of Nursing, Queensland University of Technology (QUT). She is also A Faculty Ethics Chair and a member of the University Human Research Ethics Committee. Carol's research area, very broadly, is Health Services and her area of teaching is postgraduate qualitative (social sciences) research offered across the Health Faculty and available to students in other faculties within and external to QUT. Carol has an extensive PhD supervision record.Personal details
Positions
- Professor
Faculty of Health,
School of Nursing
Keywords
Critical inquiry, Qualitative research, Political economy, Nursing work, Health services
Research field
Nursing, Sociology, Political science
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD (University of Queensland)
- Bachelor (Griffith University)
Publications
- Olsson, M., Windsor, C., Chambers, S. & Green, T. (2021). A Scoping Review of End-of-Life Communication in International Palliative Care Guidelines for Acute Care Settings. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 62(2), 425–437.e2. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/209626
- Akbar, H., Gallegos, D., Anderson, D. & Windsor, C. (2022). Deconstructing type 2 diabetes self-management of Australian Pacific Islander women: Using a community participatory research and talanoa approach. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(5), 1988–1999. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/213234
- McHugh, M., Aiken, L., Sloane, D., Windsor, C., Douglas, C. & Yates, P. (2021). Effects of nurse-to-patient ratio legislation on nurse staffing and patient mortality, readmissions, and length of stay: a prospective study in a panel of hospitals. The Lancet, 397(10288), 1905–1913. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/209905
- Akbar, H., Windsor, C., Gallegos, D., Manu-Sione, I. & Anderson, D. (2022). Using Talanoa in Community-Based Research with Australian Pacific Islander Women with Type 2 Diabetes. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 16(1), 119–128. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/213310
- McHugh, M., Aiken, L., Windsor, C., Douglas, C. & Yates, P. (2020). Case for hospital nurse-to-patient ratio legislation in Queensland, Australia, hospitals: An observational study. BMJ Open, 10(9). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/204554
- Corfee, F., Cox, L. & Windsor, C. (2020). The constitution of space in intensive care: Power, knowledge and the othering of people experiencing mental illness. Nursing Inquiry, 27(2). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/204184
- Tindle, D., Windsor, C. & Yates, P. (2019). Centralizing temporality in adolescent and young adult cancer survivorship. Qualitative Health Research, 29(2), 173–183. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/121489
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Carol, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Selected research projects
- Title
- Transforming nursing assessment in acute hospitals: a cluster randomised controlled trial of an evidence-based core assessment protocol (the ENCORE Trial)
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- 1145859
- Start year
- 2017
- Keywords
- Acute care; Nursing practice; Assessment; Patient safety; Early prevention
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Coming to Understand - The Interplay between Human Sociality, Cyberspace and Surveillance Capitalism : A Philosophical Hermeneutic Exploration
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Jenni Mays, Professor Robyn-Louise Fox - Exploration of Family Centred Care in an Australian Regional Paediatric Setting
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Amanda Fox - Exploring the PUrpose, Practice and Quality of Education in Routine Maternity Care
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Yvette Miller - The Field of the Nurse Practitioner in the Tertiary Setting: A Bourdieusian Socio-Analysis
PhD, Principal Supervisor - A remote mission, a box of letters: a conduit to new knowledge
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Carla Thamm - The Nursing Game: A Bourdieusian Account of Nursing in Kuwait
PhD, Principal Supervisor - End-of-life communications in intensive care units and emergency departments: An exploratory study
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Theresa Green, Dr Shirley Chambers - Workforce Flexibility in Nursing: A Critical Exploration
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Clint Douglas, Professor Robyn-Louise Fox
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Indonesian Women Diagnosed With Breast Cancer: A Hermeneutic Process (2017)
- Nurse Practitioner Led Pain Management the Day after Caesarean Section: A Randomised Controlled Trial (2017)
- An Exploration of the Role of Nurses Working in Emergency Care Services In General Hospitals in Indonesia (2016)
- The Performance of Caring: The Construction of Nursing Care for People with Dementia Who Live in Residential Facilities and Wander (2016)
- Creating Meaning: The Cancer Survivorship Experiences of Young Adults in Australia, England and the United States (2015)
- Examining the Profile and Experiences of Older Sub-Acute Patients Who Present to Public Hospital Emergency Departments in South East Queensland: A Mixed Methods Approach (2015)
- The Concept of Collaboration: A Critical Exploration of the Care Continuum (2015)
- The Transition to Palliative Care: A Critical Exploration in the Context of Metastatic Melanoma (2015)
- The role and contribution of the Queensland public sector employed nurse educator: A grounded theory study (2014)
- A qualitative investigation into the different health experiences of people living with Type II diabetes in rural environments (2012)
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.