ProfessorTracey Bucknall
Deakin Distinguished Professor and Chair in Nursing, Alfred Health
Faculty of Health/School of Nursing & Midwifery/Institute for Health Transformation
- Deakin Distinguished Professor and Chair in Nursing, Alfred HealthFaculty of Health/School of Nursing & Midwifery/Institute for Health Transformation
- +61 3 924 46529 (Work)
- Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Professor Bucknall's primary research interests are in improving clinical decision making and translating research into clinical practice. With over 280 publications in the field she has concentrated on understanding how individuals make decisions routinely and in uncertainty, understanding the environmental and social influences in health care. Based in a hospital, she has three programs of research. One program focuses on issues concerning patient safety, particularly identifying and managing deteriorating patients, improving inter-professional communication and preventing medical errors and harm to patients in hospital such as medication errors, pressure injuries and falls. The second program focuses on symptom management across clinical settings, predominantly in pain management. The third program concentrates on the implementation of research evidence into practice or the science of knowledge translation, studying different approaches to increase the uptake of research by clinicians to improve patient outcomes.
Knowledge Areas
Clinical decision-making
Knowledge translation
Implementation Science
Nursing
Patient Safety
Clinical Deterioration
Communication for Safety
Patient Participation and Consumer Engagement
Health Services Research
Critical care
GRANTS
- CONTRACT RESEARCHTranslating AI-generated Fall Prevention Models to Inform Organisational Decision-Making5 Nov 2025 - 31 Oct 2026People funded by this grant:
- Bucknall T,
- Hutchinson A
- GRANTOrganisational Perspectives of Support For Nurses Who Identify As Second Victim: A Feasibility Study2 Nov 2024 - 4 Nov 2024People funded by this grant:
- Peddle M,
- Bucknall T
- GRANTWorkforce Qualitative Analysis within Victorian Public Sector Residential Aged Care4 Oct 2024 - 31 Mar 2026People funded by this grant:
- Hutchinson A,
- Bucknall T,
- Fiolet R,
- Perlen S
- GRANTComprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) to improve perioperative care for Older PeoplE (COPE)1 Sep 2024 - 31 Aug 2029People funded by this grant:
- Anderson J,
- Srikanth V,
- Harris I,
- Myles P,
- Bucknall T
- GRANTCentre of Excellence for Cancer Immunotheropy1 Jul 2024 - 31 Dec 2026People funded by this grant:
- Bucknall T,
- McTier L
- COLLABORATIVE GRANTCOmmunicatioN between consumers and clinicians to improVE care and patient safetY at Alfred Health: CONVEY Study12 Jun 2024 - 30 Jun 2026People funded by this grant:
- Bucknall T,
- Ozavci G
- GRANTEngaging residents and families in aged care facilities10 Apr 2024 - 31 Dec 2026People funded by this grant:
- Manias E,
- Bucknall T,
- Hutchinson A,
- Ozavci G
- GRANTImplementing innovative technology promoting self-awareness of brain health and self-determination in obtaining a timely dementia diagnosis1 Jun 2022 - 31 May 2025People funded by this grant:
- Hutchinson A,
- Macpherson H,
- Bucknall T,
- Vasa R,
- Redley B
- GRANTCommunicating to promote engagement in using electronic medical records1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2024People funded by this grant:
- Bucknall T,
- Manias E,
- Gray K,
- Wickramasinghe N,
- Harrison R
- GRANTDe-implementation in health and care services: what works, for whom, why, and in which contexts? A Realist Synthesis16 Jan 2018 - 31 May 2019People funded by this grant:
- Burton C,
- Waring J,
- Parkinson J,
- Hall B,
- Fisher D
- GRANTEstablishing the prevalence of healthcare associated infections in Australian hospitals1 Sep 2017 - 31 Aug 2020People funded by this grant:
- Russo P,
- Mitchell B,
- Cheng A,
- Stewardson A,
- Bucknall T
- GRANTCommunicating with older people across transition points of care1 Jan 2017 - 31 Dec 2019People funded by this grant:
- Manias E,
- Bucknall T,
- Woodward-Kron R,
- Hughes C,
- Jorm C
- GRANTReducing harm, in the acute hospital setting, to people displaying symptoms associated with a neurocognitive disorder19 Aug 2016 - 20 Jun 2017People funded by this grant:
- Hutchinson A,
- Redley B,
- Bucknall T,
- Rawson H,
- Richardson B
- GRANTPrioritising Responses of Nurses To deteriorating patient Observations (PRONTO)1 Jul 2016 - 30 Jun 2018People funded by this grant:
- Bucknall T,
- Hutchinson A,
- Harvey G,
- Considine J,
- Mitchell I
- GRANTPrioritising Responses of Nurses To deteriorating patient Observations (PRONTO)1 Jul 2016 - 30 Jun 2018People funded by this grant:
- Bucknall T,
- Hutchinson A,
- Harvey G,
- Considine J,
- Mitchell I
- TENDERRapid review of the literature and draft revision of the National consensus statement: Essential elements for recognising and responding to clinical deterioration7 Apr 2016 - 31 May 2016People funded by this grant:
- Bucknall T,
- Fossum M,
- Austin N,
- McKinley S
- TENDERRapid research review: 'Improving documentation at transitions of care for complex patients'21 Mar 2016 - 24 Jun 2016People funded by this grant:
- Manias E,
- Bucknall T,
- Hutchinson A,
- Botti M,
- Allen J
- GRANTPartnering with patients in medication administration1 Jan 2016 - 31 Mar 2017People funded by this grant:
- Hutchinson A,
- Manias E,
- Bucknall T,
- Botti M,
- Rawson H
- GRANTPrioritising Responses of Nurses To deteriorating patient Observations (PRONTO)1 Dec 2015 - 30 Nov 2017People funded by this grant:
- Bucknall T,
- Hutchinson A,
- Harvey G,
- Considine J,
- Mitchell I
- GRANTPrioritising Responses of Nurses To deteriorating patient Observations (PRONTO)1 Dec 2015 - 30 Nov 2017People funded by this grant:
- Bucknall T,
- Hutchinson A,
- Harvey G,
- Considine J,
- Mitchell I
- GRANTPrioritising Responses of Nurses To deteriorating patient Observations (PRONTO)1 Dec 2015 - 30 Nov 2017People funded by this grant:
- Bucknall T,
- Hutchinson A,
- Harvey G,
- Considine J,
- Mitchell I
- GRANTThe INTACT trial - INTroducing A Care bundle To prevent pressure injury18 Mar 2014 - 31 Dec 2016People funded by this grant:
- Chaboyer W,
- Bucknall T,
- Wallis M,
- Whitty J
- TENDERReview of engaging patients in communication at transistions of care31 Jan 2014 - 31 Dec 2016People funded by this grant:
- Bucknall T,
- Botti M,
- Hutchinson A,
- McTier L,
- Rawson H
- GRANTPatients' preference for participation in patient safety activities1 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2015People funded by this grant:
- Chaboyer W,
- Whitty J,
- Bucknall T
- GRANTListen to me, I really am sick! Understanding patient and family perspectives in triggering responses to medical emergencies.5 Nov 2012 - 31 Dec 2018People funded by this grant:
- Bucknall T,
- Hutchinson A