Personal
- Name
- Associate Professor Fiona Coyer
- Position(s)
- Associate Professor
Faculty of Health,
School - Nursing - IHBI Member
Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI),
IHBI Health Projects,
IHBI Nursing - HHWB - Discipline *
- Nursing
- Phone
- +61 7 3138 3895
- Fax
- +61 7 3138 3814
- f.coyer@qut.edu.au
- Location
- View location details (QUT staff and student access only)
- Qualifications
-
PhD (Queensland University of Technology), MSc (City University, London), Postgraduate Certificate in Adult Education (University of Surrey)
- Professional memberships
and associations - Member, Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN Ltd)
- Member, (International), American Association of Critical Care Nurses
- Editorial board member, Australian Critical Care journal
- International Advisory Board member, Intensive & Critical Care Nursing journal
* Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Biography
Background
Dr Coyer is a Senior Lecturer, Postgraduate Course Coordinator and Subject Area Coordinator for Intensive Care, Nursing. Her postgraduate coordination responsibilities include
- Graduate Certificate in Nursing
- Graduate Diplomas in Nursing and Midwifery
- Masters courses in Nursing and Nursing Science.
Dr Coyer completed her PhD at QUT exploring family focused intensive care nursing through action research. Her research interests include
- family focused nursing
- patients and families perspectives of intensive care
- nursing care of the critically ill patient.
Her research goal is to develop evidenced-based approaches to nursing care and management of the mechanically ventilated critically ill patient in intensive care.
Project highlights
- 2010: Interventional skin integrity patient protocol in a high risk environment (InSPiRE Study), RBWH Foundation Grant.
This information has been contributed by Associate Professor Fiona Coyer.
Publications
- Webster J, Hall L, Goodwim D, Bligh S, Coyer FM, (2008) Three versus seven day circuit changes of humidified oxygen circuitry: A feasibility study, Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing p23-30
- Coyer FM, Courtney MD, O'Sullivan J, (2007) Establishing an Action Research Group to Explore Family-Focused Nursing in the Intensive Care Unit, International Journal of Nursing Practice p14-23
- Hofso K, Coyer FM, (2007) Part 1. Chemical and Physical Restraints in the Management of Mechanically Ventilated Patients in the ICU: Contributing Factors, Intensive and Critical Care Nursing p249-255
- Hofso K, Coyer FM, (2007) Part 2. Chemical and Physical Restraints in the Management of Mechanically Ventilated Patients in the ICU: A Patient Perspective, Intensive and Critical Care Nursing p316-322
- Couchman B, Wetzig S, Coyer FM, Wheeler MK, (2007) Nursing Care of the Mechanically Ventilated Patient: What Does the Evidence Say? Part One, Intensive and Critical Care Nursing p4-14
- Coyer FM, Wheeler MK, Wetzig S, Couchman B, (2007) Nursing Care of the Mechanically Ventilated Patient: What Does the Evidence Say? Part Two, Intensive and Critical Care Nursing p71-80
- Wu C, Coyer FM, (2007) Reconsidering the Transfer of Patients From the Intensive Care Unit to Ward: A Case Study Approach, Nursing and Health Sciences p48-53
- Koroloff N, Boots R, Lipman J, Thomas P, Rickard C, Coyer FM, (2004) A Randomised Controlled Study of the Efficacy of Hypromellose and Lacri-Lube Combination Versus Polyethylene / Cling Wrap to Prevent Corneal Epithelial Breakdown in the Semiconscious Intensive Care Patient, Intensive Care Medicine p1122-1126
- Mitchell M, Courtney MD, Coyer F, (2003) Understanding Uncertainty and Minimizing Families' Anxiety at the Time of Transfer from Intensive Care, Nursing and Health Sciences p207-217
- Keogh S, Courtney MD, Coyer F, (2003) Weaning from Ventilation in Paediatric Intensive Care: An Intervention Study, Intensive and Critical Care Nursing p186-197
For more publications by this staff member, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.
