ProfessorThomas Buckley

Tom's teaching interests include: pathophysiology, cardiovascular and critical care nursing and nurse practitioner practice.

Supervised current student projects:

• An evaluation of the effect of hospitalisation on spousal/ partner or parental psychological, behavioural and physiological risk factors (PhD)
• The use of “memory-making” activities as part of end of life care in the intensive care setting (PhD)
• Iimplementation of a chest injury care bundle protocol (ChIP) (PhD)
• Implementing and Evaluating Clinical Procedure Videos (MPhil)

Past student projects:

• The impact of a structured patient assessment framework on emergency and acute patient care (PhD)
• An evaluation of privately practicing nurse practitioners working within Australia (PhD)
• A randomized controlled trial of EMLA cream as a primary dressing for painful chronic leg ulcers: A pilot study (PhD)
• Masters football and cardiac risk (Hons)
• The relationship between respiratory infarction and risk of myocardial infarction onset (Hons)
• An evaluation of peripheral vascular access site complications following cardiac angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention (MPhil)
• The impact of a structured patient assessment framework on emergency and acute patient care (PhD)
• Triggers of Acute Myocardial Infarction: Role of Heavy Physical Exertion, Anger and Respiratory Infection (Hons)
• The effect of work stress on risk of myocardial infarction (Hons)
• An exploration of the experiences of former intensive care unit patients who are participating in the home-based rehabilitation [program project (Hons)
• The effectiveness of mechanical ventilation weaning protocols (MNHons)

• Triggers of Acute Myocardial Infarction: Role of Heavy Physical Exertion, Anger and Respiratory Infection (BN Hons)
• An exploration of the experiences of former intensive care unit patients who are participating in the home-based (BN Hons)
• Bereavement Interventions for Non-psychological changes following bereavement (MN Hons)
• The impact of alcohol intoxication on outcomes in hospitalised patients sustaining major trauma (MN Honoursl)
• The effectiveness of mechanical ventilation weaning protocols (MN Hons)
• Patient controlled analgesis used by elderly postoperative patients (MN by thesis)