About
Biography
Dr Carol Reid is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing, Midwifery & Paramedicine and has been awarded Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Carol has many years of clinical nursing, tertiary education and research experience. She has made significant research contributions to the area health services research relating to chronic diseases such as, Hepatitis C, Alcohol and Drug, Sexual Health, HIV/AIDS, Cancer Care. She has also experience in instrument development, psychometric testing, and survey methodology.
She has successfully received competitive grants and recently published the study relating to the development and psychometric testing of a digital measure of patient-reported experience of cancer care in the ambulatory setting at Princess Alexandra Hospital. Carol has also worked in collaboration with researchers from the University of Auckland, New Zealand with this same research being conducted at the Auckland City and Waikato Hospitals. This health services research will assist in informing the strategic direction of cancer services and health organisations within Australia’s health care system and globally with New Zealand Collaborators. Funding was received for an international collaboration between University of Auckland, New Zealand and Brisbane, Australia for a large Australian health services study commencing in 2019.
More recently Dr Reid has completed research relating to a novel Nurse Practitioner - led community withdrawal programme for the management of people with substance use disorder. This research is in collaboration with researchers from UniSc and Deakin University along with clinicians from the Queensland Injectors’ Health Network (QuIHN).
Dr Reid has presented her research nationally and internationally and is currently a national and international reviewer for reputable nursing journals from Australia, Europe and USA.
Carol is currently a Visiting Research Scholar at Princess Alexandra and Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospitals. She is a board member of the Phi Delta-At-Large Chapter for the Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International and a committee member for the Centaur Memorial Fund for Nurses.
Professional memberships
· Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), Senior Fellow
· Sigma Theta Tau International Phi Delta-At-Large Chapter (STTI), Board Member and Governance Committee.
· Hepatitis Queensland, Member
· Centaur Memorial Fund for Nurses, Management Committee Member
· Australian College of Nursing, Member (MACN)
Awards
- Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) (2018)
- Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Research Excellence Award (2013)
- Qld Health Gold Award (2005)
- QuARRIES Award for Innovation and Collaboration (2003)
Teaching Areas
- Leadership
- Research Methods
- Clinical Inquiry
- Health Law and Ethics
- Mental Health
- Clinical Placements
- Transition to Practice
- Sexual Health
- Clinical theory
- Post graduate projects and degrees
- Cultural Safety
- Transition to Practice
Expert media commentary
Carol’s specialist areas of knowledge include health services research, self-efficacy, self-management, chronic diseases: Alcohol & drug, Hepatitis C, HIV nursing, Cancer nursing, Renal nursing, Research methods: eg RCT, Survey methodology and Tool development, and Systematic reviews.
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Past Affiliations
Highlights - Outputs
Journal article
Nursing assessment and management of nutrition in older people with cancer: An integrative review
Published 2022
Collegian, 29, 6, 924 - 930
Background:
There is a risk of malnutrition when older people are diagnosed with cancer, highlighting the need for nutritional assessments and appropriate management to be undertaken by healthcare professionals including nurses. The absence of a standardised assessment method and management of nutrition in older people creates a gap in clinical practice and warrants further research.
Aim:
The aim of this review was to explore the current nutritional assessment methods and evidence-based interventions for improving nutritional outcomes in older people with cancer.
Methods:
An integrative literature review was conducted using electronic databases. Papers were limited to those published in English between 2009 and 2021. Search terms included older adult, elder, geriatric, senior, cancer, nutrition, malnutrition, hospital, and inpatient across four databases: Embase, CINAHL, MEDLINE, and Scopus. Using the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 303 articles were screened. A Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT) (2018) was used for quality appraisal. Concept analysis explored themes across the included articles.
Findings:
The themes from the analysis of 10 primary research articles, which included 5,327 participants, were (i) types of nutritional assessment and (ii) management of older people with cancer. The main nutritional assessment scales used were the Mini Nutrition Assessment and Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment.
Conclusion:
The completion of a comprehensive nutritional assessment by health professionals, including nurses, could facilitate early dietary intervention in older persons with cancer. This would enable supportive dietary advice and supplementation to improve health outcomes.