Nursing and Allied Health Grants 2025 Recipients Announced

12.05.2025

RPH Research Foundation is proud to announce the recipients of our Nursing and Allied Health Grants 2025. This year’s recipients will be working on projects designed to directly enhance patient care at Royal Perth Hospital and East Metropolitan Health Service. The Foundation has awarded a total of $74,693 across five research projects.

This year’s grants will support patient-centred projects that aim to shine a light on the impact of various treatment and monitoring techniques on the experiences of Perth patients. For example, Rebecca Crellin’s project aims to investigate how patients feel about receiving innovative care through virtual monitoring provided by the Health in a Virtual Environment (HIVE) program. The grants will also provide much-needed support to Perth clinicians, with projects that aim to address the important issues of clinician burnout and the lack of a validated nurse-sensitive outcomes (NSOs) framework for inpatient mental health settings in WA.

Congratulations to the Nursing and Allied Health Grants 2025 recipients:

Emotional Labour in Healthcare: A Targeted Intervention for Burnout Management
Dr James Clarke
$14,850
East Metropolitan Health Service

Trialing a targeted, group-based intervention program called “Skills for Emotional Labour in Healthcare” (SELiH), which aims to equip Royal Perth Hospital and East Metropolitan Health service clinicians with practical tools to avoid and manage burn-out.

Health in a Virtual Environment (HIVE): The patient perspective of continuous remote monitoring in acute care
Mrs Rebecca Crellin
$14,907
East Metropolitan Health Service

Investigating how patients experience virtual monitoring through the Health in a Virtual Environment (HIVE) program - an innovative model of care introduced at Royal Perth Hospital in 2020.

Comparison of the efficacy and cost of central venous catheter fixation devices
Ms Shirene Mattaboni
$15,000
Royal Perth Bentley Group

Comparing the performance of two widely-used catheter securement devices to establish clear evidence that will guide clinical best practice at Royal Perth Hospital.

A feasibility study on Nurse Sensitive Outcomes in the Mental Health Setting
Dr Irene Ngune
$15,000
Royal Perth Bentley Group

A collaborative study that will investigate which nurse-sensitive outcomes (NSOs) are will bring the most benefit to WA’s mental health services.

Exploring the experiences of haemodialysis patients with arteriovenous fistulas and grafts in hospital settings
Monique Sandford
$14,936
Royal Perth Bentley Group

Investigating the physical and emotional impact of vascular access care on patients that have received haemodialysis.

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