QUT | Staff Profiles | Aaron Conway

Name

Adjunct Associate Professor Aaron Conway

Position(s)

Adjunct Associate Professor
Faculty of Health,
School - Nursing

Discipline *

Nursing, Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology

Phone

+61 7 3138 6124

Email

aaron.conway@qut.edu.au

Location

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Identifiers and profiles

Qualifications

PhD (Australian Catholic Uni), BN (Hons) (Australian Catholic Uni)

Professional memberships and associations

Executive Committee Member, Interventional Nurses Council,

Member, Australian College of Nursing

Member, Australasian Cardiovascular Nursing College

Affiliate Member, Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand

Nurse Leader, Sigma Theta Tau International Honour Society of Nursing

Member, American Heart Association

Member, International Anesthesia Research Society

Keywords

Health Services, Sedation, Nursing, Patient safety, Adverse events, Cardiac, Anaesthesia

* Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008

Background

Dr Aaron Conway is a NHMRC Early Career Fellow at the Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology and a Registered Nurse at the Cardiac Catheter Theatres, The Wesley Hospital. Aaron’s research aims to improve patient safety during procedural sedation and analgesia.

Project Highlights

2015-2018: Improving nurse-administered sedation practice in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory. NHMRC Early Career Fellowship – Australia Public Health Fellowship

2016-2017: Optimising the clinical application of capnography for ventilation monitoring during nurse-administered sedation in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory. Wesley Medical Research Institute

2016: Maintaining normoTHERMIa during SEDation: The THERMISED Pilot Study. St Vincent’s Clinic Foundation

2014-2015: Ascertaining the effectiveness of current nursing practices in maintaining normothermia during procedures performed in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory. Interventional Nursing Council Research Project Award

2014-2015: A pilot study of telephone-delivered cognitive behavioural therapy for heart transplant recipients with anxiety or depression. Sigma Theta Tau International Honour Society of Nursing Small Grant

2010-2012: Nurse-administered procedural sedation and analgesia in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory. Australian Postgraduate Award (Australian Catholic University)

This information has been contributed by Adjunct Associate Professor Aaron Conway.

Awards and recognition

Type: Recipient of a Nationally Competitive Research Fellowship
Reference year: 2014
Details: Improving nurse-administered sedation practice in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory. (2015-2018). External reference: 1091657.

Type: Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year: 2014
Details: Best Reviewer Award (2013), Research in Nursing and Health

Type: Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year: 2015
Details: 2015 Mary Hanna Memorial Journalism Award, American American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses

Type: Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
Reference year: 2014
Details: Invited speaker at the 8th Annual Australia and New Zealand Endovascular Therapies Meeting

Type: Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
Reference year: 2013
Details: Invited speaker at the 7th Annual Australia and New Zealand Endovascular Therapies Meeting

Type: Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
Reference year: 2012
Details: Invited speaker at the 6th Annual Australia and New Zealand Endovascular Therapies Meeting

Adjunct Associate Professor Aaron Conway

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Grants and projects (Category 1: Australian Competitive Grants only)