Associate Professor
Christina Parker
Faculty of Health,
School of Nursing
Biography
Associate Professor Parker is a passionate mid-career academic with a wealth of clinical skills in hospital, aged and community settings, having been a Registered Nurse for thirty years, including fifteen years working clinically across hospital and community settings. In practice she has developed advanced clinical skills in community, primary and public health care; knowledge and skills in relation to ageing, acute and chronic medical conditions. As a mid-career researcher, she leads a wound healing research team at Queensland University of Technology, has excellent organisational and team management skills while working well with health providers and consumers. She also works effectively with industry incorporating them into wound care project grants and being invited by industry to speak at international wound care conferences. She has contributed to four book chapters, published 34 peer reviewed journal articles and presented 38 oral or poster conference presentations (13 internationally and 25 nationally), including ten as invited speaker.Personal details
Positions
- Associate Professor
Faculty of Health,
School of Nursing
Keywords
Wound care, Venous leg ulcers, Non-healing, Delayed healing, Recurrence, Risk assessment tools, Validation, Reliability
Research field
Nursing
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (Queensland University of Technology)
- Bachelor of Nursing (Southern Cross University)
Professional memberships and associations
Clinical Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency 2012-current Wounds Australia 2009-current Research Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International 2012-current Royal College of Nursing Australia 2011-current
Teaching
Associate Professor Parker teaches across a variety of nursing undergraduate and postgraduate units and is the subject area coordinator for the Integrated Nursing Practice (off campus) stream: Undergraduate Units (QUT)
- NSB608: Wound Care in Practice
Postgraduate Units (QUT/OES)
- NSN007: Contemporary issues in chronic care nursing
- Masters of Gerontology and nested suite of courses
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Honorary Visiting Nursing/Midwifery Education Senior Fellow Metro North Health
Distinguished Educator in Gerontological Nursing
Associate Fellow (Indigenous)
Experience
Community Engagement Public Health Lecture on wound care (2019) ABC Radio Interviews (2020, 2019) International university delegation talks on behalf of QUT (2023, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014)
Publications
- Parker, C., Finlayson, K. & Edwards, H. (2017). Predicting the likelihood of delayed venous leg ulcer healing and recurrence: Development and reliability testing of risk assessment tools. Ostomy Wound Management, 63(10), 16–33. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/112158
- Ousey, K., Daeschlein, G., Kramer, A., Parker, C., Tanner, J., Leaper, D. & Assadian, O. (2019). Effects and safety of atmospheric low-temperature plasma on bacterial reduction in chronic wounds and wound size reduction: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Wound Journal, 16(1), 103–111. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/121216
- Edwards, H., Chang, A., Gibb, M., Finlayson, K., Parker, C., O'Reilly, M., McDowell, J. & Shuter, P. (2017). Reduced prevalence and severity of wounds following implementation of the Champions for Skin Integrity model to facilitate uptake of evidence based practice in aged care. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(23-24), 4276–4285. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/103968
- Parker, C., Finlayson, K., Shuter, P. & Edwards, H. (2015). Risk factors for delayed healing in venous leg ulcers: a review of the literature. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 69(9), 967–977. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/82064
- Edwards, H., Parker, C., Miller, C., Gibb, M., Kapp, S., Ogrin, R., Anderson, J., Coleman, K., Smith, D. & Finlayson, K. (2018). Predicting delayed healing: The diagnostic accuracy of a venous leg ulcer risk assessment tool. International Wound Journal, 15(2), 258–265. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/223284
- Finlayson, K., Parker, C., Miller, C., Gibb, M., Kapp, S., Ogrin, R., Anderson, J., Coleman, K., Smith, D. & Edwards, H. (2018). Predicting the likelihood of venous leg ulcer recurrence: The diagnostic accuracy of a newly developed risk assessment tool. International Wound Journal, 15(5), 686–694. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/223575
- Jia, L., Parker, C., Parker, T., Kinnear, E., Derhy, P., Alvarado, A., Huygens, F. & Lazzarini, P. (2017). Incidence and risk factors for developing infection in patients presenting with uninfected diabetic foot ulcers. PLoS One, 12(5), 1–15. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/107130
- Cole, R., Eastwood, S., Rix, J., Walsh, C., Dee Bonner, T., Draney, T., McKerihan, M., Lowden, J., Sciuto, A., Currie, J., Leitch, J., Willis, J., MacAndrew, M., Parker, C., Beattie, E., Duthie, D., Brooks, D., Johnston, S. & Brodie, M. (2022). Jimbelunga Model of Care. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/240134
- Chambers, S., Spooner, A., Parker, C., Jack, L., Schnitker, L., Beattie, E., Yates, P. & MacAndrew, M. (2023). Clinical indicators of acute deterioration in persons who reside in residential aged care facilities: A rapid review. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 55(1), 365–377. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/235968
- Parker, C., Van Netten, J., Parker, T., Jia, L., Corcoran, H., Garrett, M., Kwok, C., Nather, A., Que, M., Srisawasdi, G., Wraight, P. & Lazzarini, P. (2019). Differences between national and international guidelines for the management of diabetic foot disease. Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews, 35(2), 1–9. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/123485
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Christina, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Supervision
Looking for a postgraduate research supervisor?
I am currently accepting research students for Honours, Masters and PhD study.
- Healthcare providers’ perspectives on wound care in aged care facilities
- Wound care in regional/rural Queensland
- Identifying disease distress in patients with chronic venous leg ulcers
- Wound care in people with dementia: the silent unknown
You can browse existing student topics offered by QUT or propose your own topic.
Current supervisions
- A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Foot Self-Care Practices Among People with Diabetes Mellitus in Qatar
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Kathleen Finlayson, Emeritus Professor Helen Edwards - The Exploration of Discharge Planning Practices in a Hospital in Indonesia
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Carol Windsor, Emeritus Professor Helen Edwards, Associate Professor Sandra Johnston - Investigating Cognition in People With Diabetes-Related Foot Ulcers; A Case-Control and Prospective Longitudinal Study
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Kathleen Finlayson, Associate Professor Margaret MacAndrew, Associate Professor Peter Lazzarini - An Exploration of Sustainable Chronic Disease Management for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Indonesia
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Olivia Hollingdrake, Dr Kathleen Finlayson - Development of a telehealth guideline and evaluation of the feasibility of a telehealth intervention to facilitate foot self-care behaviour among adults with type II diabetes in Nepal
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Kathleen Finlayson, Adjunct Associate Professor Niall Higgins, Professor Clint Douglas