Research Output per year
Personal profile
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
Research Degree Supervision
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External positions
Visiting Professor at The Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin
Jul 2018 → Jul 2023Chair , International Wound Infection Institute
1 Nov 2017 → …Adjunct Clinical Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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
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
Skin Integrity
Ousey, K., 1 Jan 2020, Wound Care Made Easy . Nair, H. K. R. (ed.).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Surgical Site Infection: Prevention and Management Across Health-Care Sectors
Stryja, J. (ed.), Sandy-Hodgetts, K. (ed.), Collier, M., Moser, C., Ousey, K., Probst, S., Wilson, J. & Xuereb, D., 1 Feb 2020, In : Journal of wound care. 29, Sup2b, p. S1 - S72 72 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue
The relationship between common risk factors and the pathology of pressure ulcer development: a systematic review
Blackburn, J., Ousey, K., Taylor, L., Moore, B., Patton, D., Moore, Z. & Avsar, P., 2 Mar 2020, In : Journal of wound care. 29, Sup3, p. S4 - S12 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article
Wound Infection
Ousey, K., 1 Jan 2020, Wound Care Made Easy . Nair, H. K. R. (ed.). p. 37-48 12 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Activities
Working Inter-professionally to improve patient outcomes
Karen Ousey (Speaker)24 Mar 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Why do Nurses Change Dressings: Realities of Clinical Practice
Karen Ousey (Speaker), Joanna Blackburn (Contributor to Paper or Presentation), John Stephenson (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)23 Mar 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Improving Patient Related Clinical Outcomes - results of a Quality Improvement Programme
Karen Ousey (Speaker), Joanna Blackburn (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)1 Mar 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
TVLC competency framework: How its business skills development module has empowered TVNs to make a business case to expand service provision
Karen Ousey (Speaker), Joanna Blackburn (Contributor to Paper or Presentation)1 Mar 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
How to Access Tissue Viability Education in a Cash Strapped Economy
Karen Ousey (Speaker)26 Apr 2018
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Press / Media
Uni projects shortlisted in Medilink Healthcare Business Awards
Karen Ousey & Nikolaos Georgopoulos
12/02/20 → 13/02/20
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other
A&E staff have negative attitudes towards people who self-harm
Karen Ousey & Joanna Blackburn
23/05/19 → 27/05/19
3 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
BBI’s SEM Scanner receives a Medtech Innovation Briefing from NICE
8/05/19
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
National award for major scientific study of wound care dressings
Karen Ousey & Nikolaos Georgopoulos
19/03/19 → 20/03/19
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment
Huddersfield University Partners with Innova to Improve Pressure Care
Karen Ousey & Leigh Fleming
11/10/18 → 19/10/18
6 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research