Dr Grace Xu
Faculty of Health,
School of Nursing
Biography
Dr Xu is a clinician-researcher and emerging implementation scientist. Dr Xu’s research is driven by her current clinical background as an experienced front-line emergency department (ED) nurse practitioner, focusing on promoting the best evidence-based practice, vascular access care and healthcare worker wellbeing.Apart from working in one of the biggest EDs in Queensland as a nurse practitioner, Dr Xu is also a Fellow of the College of Emergency Nurses Australasia and a Centaur Fellow. She is a member of the Queensland ED statewide Advisory Panel, Metro South Health & Wellbeing Steering Committee, Metro South Health Person-Centered Care Steering Committee contributing to healthcare workers' wellbeing promotions and policymaking.
Dr Xu has attracted $2.2 million competitive grants. She is a recipient of the Queensland Clinician Fellowship in 2024. Dr Xu received multiple awards, including the Outstanding Achievement in Nursing/ Midwifery Leader Award, Clinician Researcher Award, Research Encouragement Award, Best Scientific paper award, best poster award and multiple teaching excellence awards. Her research is starting to make an impact in emergency care, vascular access and the general healthcare workforce by receiving media attention, including two featured interviews by Channel10 News during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 (https://bit.ly/41rQRDM) and 2021.
Personal details
Positions
- Research Fellow
Faculty of Health,
School of Nursing
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (University of Queensland)
Professional memberships and associations
College of Emergency Nursing Australasia (CENA) Fellow
Centaur Fellow
Teaching
Dr Grace Xu is experienced in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate studies at several Australian universities. She also provides supervision to several higher-degree research candidates. She has received multiple awards in recognition of teaching excellence (e.g. Teaching Excellence Awards 2016, 2017). She is also a passionate educator in a clinical setting utilising innovative teaching opportunities to engage ED clinicians in learning.
Experience
Dr Grace Xu is a clinician and has extensive engagement with multiple healthcare services in Metro North and Metro South Healthcare services via her clinical roles and research partnership.
Publications
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Grace, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2023
- Details
- Outstanding Achievement in Nursing/ Midwifery Leader Award
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2022
- Details
- Best Scientific Paper Award
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- 3MT thesis Winner and People’s Choice Award
- Type
- Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- Nursing and Midwifery Research Fellowship
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- Teaching Excellence awards (2016, 2017)
Selected research projects
- Title
- Building capacity to prevent healthcare harm for hospitalised infants: A Type 1 Hybrid Randomised Controlled Trial
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- MRF2022095
- Start year
- 2023
- Keywords
- patient safety; infant; accidental injury; neonatal intensive care (NICU); biosensor
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
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I am currently accepting research students for Honours, Masters and PhD study.
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Current supervisions
- Developing a Co-Designed Knowledge Translation Capacity Building Program for Nurses and Midwives
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Jed Duff - Perioperative environments in Australia and the surgical set-up: A multiple method study
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Jed Duff - Understanding and addressing perioperative nursing shortages: impacts, contributors, and mitigation strategies
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Jed Duff - MPhil, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Jed Duff, Dr Suzanne Williams