Faculty Research

The University of Sydney continues to develop its reputation as an institution for research and research training on both a national and international level. The Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery contribute towards this goal in a number of research areas including:

• Cancer and palliative care
• Workforce and health services management
• Emergency and intensive care
• Midwifery and women’s health
• Aged care
• Mental health

The Faculty has collaborative links in a number of these areas. These collaborations assist not only researchers but also research students allowing the Faculty to offer students access to research expertise and staff with specialist clinical experience.

Several major collaborations commenced in 2006:

• REACH – a three year international collaborative project between The Royal Hospitals in Belfast, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service, South Eastern Sydney Area Health Service and the Faculty
• AROUSE – (A ROUtine daily interruption to Sedation vs standard therapy in the Intensive Care Unit) – a collaboration with the University of Technology Sydney and the Faculty. This project is being piloted at Nepean and Royal North Shore Hospitals.
• The RPA Women and Babies Centre for Midwifery and Nursing Research