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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), Article e036264. 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), Article e12328. 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
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A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/c.windsor
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
- "Bringing Women in": Understanding women's experience of miscarriage and role of healthcare practices, policies and procedures
MPhil, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Yvette Miller - A critical exploration of cardiac rehabilitation integrated care in Thailand
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Helen Donovan - Advanced Practice Roles in Cancer Nursing
HlthScD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Christina Parker - An interpretive exploration of professional identity in student nurses
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Adjunct Associate Professor Leonie Cox - 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 - 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 - Exploration of Family Centred Care in an Australian Regional Paediatric Setting
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Amanda Fox - Exploring HIV/AIDS survivorship for people diagnosed before the advent of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) medication in Australia
MPhil, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Sandra Johnston - Exploring the PUrpose, Practice and Quality of Education in Routine Maternity Care
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Yvette Miller - How do they do it? Simulation, nursing assessment skills, context: a Vygotskian exploration
PhD, Mentoring Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Sandra Johnston
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- A critical exploration of the construction of emergency nursing practice in the context of Vietnam (2026)
- Struggle, Distress and Power: An Exploration of the Better Access Initiative and the Historical Influence of Dominant Ideologies on Mental Health Policy in Australia (2026)
- The Field of the Nurse Practitioner in the Tertiary Setting: A Bourdieusian Socio-Analysis (2025)
- An Exploration of Discharge Planning Practices in a Hospital in Indonesia (2024)
- An Exploration of the Concept of Integrated Palliative Cancer Care in the Indonesian Context (2022)
- Exploring the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Australian Adult Patients Undergoing Anti-Cancer Treatment (2022)
- Do Hospital Nurses Recognise Pain in Older Agitated Patients with Cognitive Impairment? A Descriptive Correlational Study Using Virtual Simulation (2021)
- A Model of Engagement to Enhance the Capacity of Specialist Cancer Nurses to Support People Living with Lung Cancer to Self-Manage (2020)
- The Positioning of Nurses in Health Care in Vietnam: Interactions, Organisations and Space (2020)
- Exploring Coachable Moments (2019)
Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)
- An Exploration of the Conceptualisation of Filial Piety Among Vietnamese Migrants in Queensland (2026)
- Nurse Constructions of the Acute Cancer Patient (2025)
- Police Officers' Memories of Induced Critical Incidents in a Training Program (2024)
- The experiences of Queensland Maori, Pasifika families and child health service providers in child health service delivery: An exploration of why the lack of uptake of services (2023)
- The function of competencies in the Australian nursing sector: A critical exploration (2022)
- Integration of Clinical Information Systems in Saudi Arabian Health Care Contexts: A Grounded Theory Exploration (2016)
- The Performance of Caring: The Construction of Nursing Care for People with Dementia Who Live in Residential Facilities and Wander (2016)
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.