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Kay Currie is Professor of Nursing & Applied Healthcare Research in the Department of Nursing & Community Health, where she is involved in social science based infection prevention & control research. She is also Associate Dean for Research in the School of Health & Life Sciences.
Kay has a special interest in improving healthcare quality, specifically person-centred care through effective professional practice. Her current research and teaching focus is on understanding and responding to patient experience, staff behaviours, and organisational contexts in the areas of healthcare associated infection and antimicrobial resistance. Whilst specializing in qualitative research methods, grounded theory being a particular interest, she often leads mixed methods projects.
Recent work includes research related to staff and patient views on the acceptability of suspended visiting during norovirus outbreaks (TSV Noro Project); barriers and enablers to staff compliance with MRSA screening (AMR-BESH Project); public, patient and staff views on the acceptability of screening for CPE; patient experience of healthcare associated infection; behavioural insights into pet owner and veterinarian actions and attitudes related to antibiotic use in companion animals; barriers and enablers to antimicrobial stewardship in acute care hospitals (The BEAMS Project).
Current doctoral supervision includes a range of projects related to infection prevention, such as: nurse prescribing of antibiotics; the implementation of care bundles; patients’ experiences of antibiotic use; the acceptability of rapid diagnostic testing as a guide to antibiotic prescribing; the use of isolation in contemporary NHS settings; interventions to overcome barriers to antimicrobial stewardship.
Kay is also an Honorary Professor with NHS Lanarkshire.
Research Interests: healthcare associated infection; infection prevention, antimicrobial resistance;antimicrobial stewardship; patient experience; staff perspectives; behavioural insights; Normalisation Process Theory
Research interests
Research Interests: healthcare associated infection; infection prevention, antimicrobial resistance;antimicrobial stewardship; patient experience; staff perspectives; behavioural insights; Normalisation Process Theory
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Glasgow Caledonian University
Oct 2002 → Dec 2006
External positions
Honorary Professor, NHS Lanarkshire
2017 → …
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Tackling the global challenge of antimicrobial resistance by engaging nurses in antibiotic stewardship: building capacity through a Brazil-UK collaboration.
Currie, K., Price, L., Courtaney, M., Castro-Sanchez, E., Moralez de Figueiredo, R., Padoveze, M. C. & Brenner, P.
1/10/21 → 30/06/22
Project: Research Grant
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Factors influencing the stewardship activities of antimicrobial management teams: a national cross-sectional survey
Ness, V., Sneddon, J., Seaton, R. A., Malcolm, W. & Currie, K., Jan 2022, In: Journal of Hospital Infection. 119, p. 1-8 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Factors associated with independent nurse prescribers' antibiotic prescribing practice: a mixed-methods study using the Reasoned Action Approach
Ness, V., Currie, K., Reilly, J., McAloney-Kocaman, K. & Price, L., 1 Jul 2021, In: Journal of Hospital Infection. 113, p. 22-29 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Working in the field of complex psychological trauma: a framework for personal and professional growth, training, and supervision
Coleman, A. M., Chouliara, Z. & Currie, K., 1 Mar 2021, In: Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 36, 5-6, p. 2791-2815 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Fostering nursing innovation to prevent and control antimicrobial resistance using approaches from the arts and humanities
MacDuff, C., Rafferty, A. M., Prendiville, A., Currie, K., Castro-Sanchez, E., King, C., Carvalho, F. & Iedema, R., 1 May 2020, In: Journal of Research in Nursing. 25, 3, p. 189-207 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Interventions to improve the review of antibiotic therapy in acute care hospitals: a systematic review and narrative synthesis
Matuluko, A., Macdonald, J., Ness, V. & Currie, K., 17 Sep 2020, In: JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance. 2, 3, 13 p., dlaa065.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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- 1 Participation in conference
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Infection Prevention 2015 (IPS annual conference)
Kay Currie (Invited speaker)
28 Sep 2015Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference