Current Projects and Surveys

CNSA has funded a range of projects over the past 15 years, and also supports the dissemination of surveys to ensure the inclusion of cancer nurses in research activity.

Below is a list of some of the research projects that CNSA is currently funding, or has funded:

2023 Research Grant Recipients

  • Nurse-led same-day discharge following laparoscopic surgery in gynaecological oncology | Bronwyn Jennings
  • Inflammation and symptoms in people receiving immunotherapy treatment for advanced cancer | Helen Anderson
  • Optimising symptom management in patients receiving bone marrow transplantation | Rachel Edwards

2022 Research Grant Recipients

  • Environmental scan of postoperative vulvar cancer wound practices in Australia | Natalie Williams
  • Videoassisted patient education: improving health outcomes for persons affected by complex cancers | Elisabeth Coyne

2019 Research Grant Recipients

  • CRCI in Patients Undergoing Treatment for Cancer - Nurse-led Study | Priscilla Gates BMJ Open | Springer.com | Springer.com | Wiley
  • Planning and preparing a nurse led wellbeing support program for staff working in a hospital cancer service | Professor Anne Williams

2018 Research Grant Recipients

  • Specialist Cancer Nurses' Engagement in Clinical Supervision | Olivia Cook

2017 Research Grant Recipients

  • Consumer and Nurse-led Development of Co-Design Video Resources for Patients Receiving Immunotherapy and their Caregivers | Donna Milne
  • ARCHWAY: Achieving Recovery from Cancer: Health and Wellbeing for Adolescents and Young Adults | Natalie Bradford | PubMed | PubMed | PubMed | CambridgeMedia | Find out more
  • Nursing workforce preparedness to deliver cancer survivorship care using telehealth | Dr Jennifer Fox | Find out more

2016 Research Grant Recipients

  • Understanding cancer pain management experiences and needs of Chinese migrants in Australia: a mixed method study Study 1 - Focus group to Chinese migrants cancer outpatients | Xiangfeng Xu | Find out more
  • Evaluating current methods for effective decontamination of needleless connectors: A pilot randomised control trial | Julie Flynn | Find out more

2013 Research Grant Recipients

  • The Development of the Cancer Nurse Practitioner Role in Australia: A Qualitative Study | Dr Ruth McConigley, Keith Cox, Sam Gibson & Tracey Doherty

2012 Research Grant Recipients

  • A Double-Blind Randomised Controlled Trial of Moogoo Udder Cream® versus Aqueous Cream for Managing Radiation-Induced Skin Reactions in Patients with Cancer | Ray Chan | Find out more

2011 Research Grant Recipients

  • A Study to Evaluate Prevalence of Work Difficulties, Attitudes to Work and Barriers and Enablers for Return to Employment Among Cancer Patients Treated with Curative Intent | Amanda Robertson
  • The Development of a Nurse-Sensitive, Cancer Care Complexity Index to Determine Complexity of Care Needs of Cancer Patients in Ambulatory Care Settings: CNSA Research Collaborative Group | Dr Donna Milne; Professor Leanne Monterosso; Violet Platt; Professor Kate White

2010 Research Grant Recipients

  • A Study to Compare the Impact of Venous Access Device Administration Set Replacement at 4 days versus 7 days on Infective, Clinical and Cost Outcomes | Nicole Gavin

2008 Research Grant Recipients

  • The Effect of Lower Limb Lymphoedema Resulting from Treatment for Vulval Cancer on Quality of Life | Anne Mellon

 

Closed Surveys

2024 Closed Surveys

October: Development and pilot psychometric testing of a cancer nurse self-assessment tool (CaN-SAT) | See survey link

September: Burnout and work engagement of advanced practice cancer nurses in Australia | See survey link

August: Exploring acceptability of This is Me with multidisciplinary cancer clinicians | See survey link

July: Examining the Role of Nurses in Voluntary Assisted Dying in Australia | See survey link

June: Exploring perspectives of a nurse-led research program | See survey request

March: Cancer Survivorship Nursing Capabilities | See survey request

February: My Survivor Care Study - Managing Menopause after Cancer | See survey request

January: Optimised Specialised Nursing Care for Women with a Gynaecological Cancer | See survey request