Karen Ousey

Prof

Professor, Department of Nursing and Midwifery
School of Human and Health Sciences
Director, Institute of Skin Integrity and Infection Prevention
Associate Member, Centre for Applied Research in Health
Associate Member, Technical Textiles Research Centre

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6993-9425

Phone01484 473462
EmailK.J.Ousey@hud.ac.uk
Websitehttps://research.hud.ac.uk

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815 Citations
14 h-Index

Research output per year

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Google Scholar h-Index

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Biography

Karen is Professor of Skin Integrity and Director for the Institute of Skin Integrity and Infection Prevention. She is also Visiting Professor in the School of Nursing, Faculty of Health at the Queensland University of Technology, Australia and Visiting Professor at the Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin, a Florence Nightingale Scholar,chair of the International Wound Infection Institute, member of NHS National Wound Care Strategy, past academic editor for Wounds UK and is an editorial board member for the Journal of Wound Care. Karen led development of TVLC, the first UK wide Tissue Viability Service Competency framework. Karen's clinical background is in orthopaedics and tissue viability. She has worked in NHS hospitals in the North West of England and in London.

Research Expertise and Interests

Tissue viability
Wound management
Skin integrity
Infection prevention
Quality of life indicators
Wellbeing

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Research Expertise and Interests

Wound
Tissue Viability
Infection
Pressure Ulcers
Surgical Site Infection
Wound Care Education
Wound Management
Skin Integrity
Infection Prevention
Quality of Life Indicators
Wellbeing

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Research Output

815 Citations
14 h-Index
100 Article
34 Editorial
30 Review article
12 Comment/debate
26 More

An international consensus on device-related pressure ulcers: SECURE prevention

Gefen, A., Alves, P., Ciprandi, G., Coyer, F., Milne, C., Ousey, K., Ohura, N., Waters, N. & Worsley, P., 12 Mar 2020, In : British Journal of Nursing. 29, 5, p. S36-S38 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate

Device-related pressure ulcers: SECURE prevention

Cowan, T. (ed.), Webb, R. (ed.), Gefen, A., Alves, P., Ciprandi, G., Coyer, F., T Milne, C., Ousey, K., Ohura, N., Waters, N. & Worsley, P., 1 Feb 2020, Sup2a ed. Journal of Wound Care . 52 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Other report

Open Access