Overview
Background
Gillian Ray-Barruel, RN PhD, is a Senior Research Fellow with UQ School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work and the Herston Infectious Diseases Institute (HeIDI), and she is Director of Education with the Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research (AVATAR) and Associate Editor for the journal Infection, Disease & Health.
Formerly a critical care nurse and research coordinator, Gillian has 15 years of vascular access research experience, with an emphasis on device assessment and clinical decision making to improve patient outcomes. After identifying a gap between evidence-based guidelines and clinical practice, she created the I-DECIDED® device assessment and decision tool, which has been included in several textbooks and disseminated in multiple languages and is in use in many hospitals worldwide.
Availability
- Dr Gillian Ray-Barruel is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Nursing Science, New York University
- Graduate Certificate in Intensive Care Nursing, Queensland University of Technology
- Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy of Arts, Griffith University
- Graduate Certificate of TESOL, Griffith University
Research interests
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Infection prevention of invasive devices
Management of invasive devices to prevent infection
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Guidelines for healthcare workers
Particularly interested in how to improve and streamline processes for patient care and infection prevention
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Nurses' assessment and decision making
Strategies and tools for assessment and decision making
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Writing, editing and publishing
Techniques and tools for academics and HDR students
Research impacts
After identifying a gap between evidence-based guidelines and clinical practice, Gillian created the I-DECIDED® device assessment and decision tool, which has appeared in several foundational nursing textbooks and is now used in many hospitals worldwide. To learn more, visit I-DECIDED assessment and decision tool (avatargroup.org.au)
Works
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2009
Journal Article
Supporting academic publication: evaluation of a writing course combined with writers' support group
Rickard, Claire M., McGrail, Matthew R., Jones, Rebecca, O'Meara, Peter, Robinson, Anske, Burley, Mollie and Ray-Barruel, Gillian (2009). Supporting academic publication: evaluation of a writing course combined with writers' support group. Nurse Education Today, 29 (5), 516-521. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2008.11.005
2009
Journal Article
Changes in serum procalcitonin and C-reactive protein following antimicrobial therapy as a guide to antibiotic duration in the critically ill: a prospective evaluation
Venkatesh, B., Kennedy, P., Kruger, P. S., Looke, D., Jones, M., Hall, J. and Barruel, G. R. (2009). Changes in serum procalcitonin and C-reactive protein following antimicrobial therapy as a guide to antibiotic duration in the critically ill: a prospective evaluation. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 37 (1), 20-26. doi: 10.1177/0310057x0903700102
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Gillian Ray-Barruel is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Invasive devices assessment and decision making
I-DECIDED® is the first comprehensive, evidence-based, valid and reliable invasive device assessment and decision tool.
Derived from evidence-based guidelines, this simple checklist promotes comprehensive device assessment and management, and prompts timely removal of temporary invasive devices.
The tool has been tested for peripheral intravenous catheters in English in 3 Australian hospitals. The tool has since been modified to prompt assessment and decision making for other invasive devices.
Future research is needed to test the utility of the tool for other temporary invasive medical devices (e.g. indwelling uterine catheters, central venous catheters, surgical drains, etc.).
If you are interested in nurses' decision making, management of invasive devices or infection prevention, please get in touch to discuss potential research projects.
Media
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