Professor Bridie Kent

Research interests

My particular research interests are directed primarily toward three main platforms of research:

• Knowledge translation and decision making in clinical nursing including evidence based practice, evidence implementation and utilisation; specific focus – patient safety and quality of care delivery.
• Nursing and Midwifery workforce issues, including role development
• Chronic Illness with a particular interest in organ donation and transplantation

Grants & contracts

2017

Aylward-Wotton N, KentB, Latour JM, Worsley P. Pressure Reduction through continuous Monitoring In communitySettings (PROMISE): Reducing and preventing avoidable and unavoidablepressure ulcers. Health Foundation Scaling Up award. October 2017. £500,000

 Lilford R et al. ProgrammeDevelopment Grant: Education and facilitation to improve clinical decisions andmultidisciplinary team-working with older adults with multimorbidity.RP-DG-0615-10004, £100,000.00.

 Lyndon H, KentB, Marsden J, Latour JM. Developing, implementing and testing a newintervention to improve healthy living in older people with frailty. TheHolistic Assessment and care Planning in Partnership Intervention (HAPPI)Study. Duration: April 2017 – August 2021. National Institute for HealthResearch (NIHR): ICA Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship (Ref:ICA-CDRF-2016-02-018). £ 293,305 

 Aylward-Wotton N, KentB, Latour JM. Pressure Reduction through continuous Monitoring In communitySettings (PROMISE): Reducing and preventing avoidable and unavoidablepressure ulcers – Health Foundation Spreading the Word Award. May 2017;12 months. £ 25,000

 2016

Richards D, et al. ProgrammeDevelopment Grant: The ESSENCE Programme: amalgamating marginal gains inESSEntial Nursing CarE. RP-DG-1214-10001, £99,979.00.

Aylward-Wotton N, KentB. Improving pressure damage detection in the community using continuouspressure monitoring of patients. Health Foundation Innovating for Improvementaward, £74,524.00

2015

Aylward-WottonN, Kent B. Improving pressure damage detection in thecommunity using continuous pressure monitoring of patients. Health Foundation Innovatingfor Improvement award, £74,524.00

2014

Kimpton N, Kent B. Using Pressure Mapping to Facilitate Patients’ and Carers’ in Their Decision Making Related to Pressure Ulcer Prevention in the Community Setting. NHS England Regional Innovation Fund. £50,000

Taylor N, Harding K, Leggat S, Watts J, Kent B, Karimi L. Improving access for community health and sub-acute outpatient services. NHMRC, APP1076777, 2013 Partnerships Projects Third Call Funding Commencing 2014 $626,291.50

Kent B. Diabetes Education and Prevention event evaluation. AHSN/Astra Zenica. £11,000

2013

Kent B, Carroll B. Optimal End of Life Care? Determining discharge location. IHC, Plymouth University. £1958.40.

2012

Bennett P, Kerr P, Kent B, Holt s, Sinclair P, Schoch M, Linehan L, Lynn F, Terrill B, Paton P, Wilson C, Howard J. Home Dialysis Therapies E-Learning Project (HD-TEL). $171,890

Hutchinson A, Nagle C, Kent B, Bick D, Teale G. The influence of organisational interventions on the quality of maternity care. QPS. $32,085

Kent, B., Botti, M.,. Evaluating the development and implementation of SmartWard: A novel CDSS. SmartWard. $250,00.

Nagle C, Bucknall T, Kent B. Improving clinical outcomes in maternity care: recognition and response to clinical deterioration in the maternity patient. Nurse Board of Victoria Legacy ltd $48,203.85.

Street M, Phillips N, Kent B, Whitfield A. Minimising post-operative risk through PACT (Post-Anaesthetics Care Tool): a pilot study and cost benefit analysis. HCF Foundation. $122,820

2011

Coleman, S., Kent, B., Mumford, S. ‘Sharing the Wisdom’. Department of Health (Victoria), $80,000.

Considine J, Botti M, O’Connell B, Kent B, Dunning T, Street M. Detailed analysis of unplanned transfer from subacute to acute care. Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research, Deakin University, $60,000

Kent, B., Botti, M., Johnstone, MJ. Exploring the essential elements for CDSS in acute nursing care delivery. Sage Health. $76,437.

Kent, B, Chaboyer W, Bucknall T, Hutchinson A, Rickard C. Development of the Pressure Injury Prevention Research (PIPR) group; Stage One. Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research, Deakin University. $39,999.

2010

Kent, B., Radford, S., Sidhu, J., Brean, S. Raising awareness of organ and tissue donation among tertiary education students: doing it their way. Organ and Tissue Authority Community Awareness grant. $28,930.

Livingston, PM., Salmon, J., Courneya, KS., Gaskin,CJ., Botti MA., Broadbent, S., Kent, B. The Effectiveness of a Referral and Physical Activity Program to increase Physical Activity among Survivors of Prostate Cancer. ARC Linkage Grant. $382,000

Skouteris, H., McCabe, M., Milgrom, J., Kent, B. A Randomised Controlled Trial to Prevent Primigravid Excessive Gestational Weight Gain and Postpartum Weight Retention. NHMRC $ 488,385.00.

Street, M, Livingston, P., Considine, J., Ottman, G., & Kent, B. Identification of factors which contribute to extended length of stay in the Emergency Department from Residential Aged Care versus community settings. Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research, Deakin University, $68,369

 2009

Botti,M., Kent,B., Bucknall, T., Johnstone MJ., Duke, M., Considine J.,Watss, R., Redley, B., de Steiger, R. ‘Translation of evidence into pain management practices in acute care environments’ ARC 2009 $140,000