Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research Biography
Professor Frances Lin is an established acute and critical care researcher and educator. Her research expertise is in implementation science, health services research, and designing complex interventions to improve patient safety and quality of care. Her current program of research focuses on patient flow (access and exit block) in adult intensive care units. Collaborating with others and helping health services/organisations build clinical research capacity are key features of Frances Lin’s work.
Research Expertise
- Strategic leadership
- Capacity building
- Health services research
- Implementation science
- Mixed methods
- Randomised controlled trials
- Qualitative methods
Research Collaborations
Frances has current collaborations with researchers in the following organisations researching intensive care unit bed block:
1. Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SALHN): Flinders Medical Centre Intensive Care Unit
2. Metro North Hospital and Health Service: Caboolture Hospital and Redcliffe Hospital intensive care units
3. Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service: Sunshine Coast University Hospital intensive care unit
4. Australian College of Critical Care Nurses - Quality Advisory Panel members
5. Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Quality and Safety Committee members
In addition, she is well connected with the Chinese nursing community and has collaborated with key Chinese researchers on a number of large-scale international projects in recent years. She is the inaugural Nursing Chair Professor of Peking University First Hospital, China; and is an Honorary Professor of China Medical University, and Zunyi Medical University. China.
Supervised Students Successes
- Zhaoyu Li - Doctor of Philosophy
- Yingyan (Lisa) Chen - Doctor of Philosophy
- Snez Stolic - Doctor of Philosophy
- Terry Fromader - Doctor of Philosophy
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Griffith University
External positions
Chair, Quality Advisory Panel, Australian College of Critical Care Nurses
Honorary Professor , China Medical University Shenyang
Adjunct Professor, Griffith University
Associate Editor, Intensive and Critical Care Nursing (Elsevier)
Chair Professor , Peking University First Hospital
Adjunct Professor, University of the Sunshine Coast
Supervision
- Registered
Research Areas
- Knowledge translation and implementation science
- Nursing
- Clinical
Supervisory Interests
- Evidence based clinical practice
- Health service implementation
- Intensive care
- Critical care nursing
- Bed block
Keywords
- RT Nursing
- health services research
- implementation science
- Intensive care
- patient safety
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):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Delayed Admission to the Intensive Care Unit Is Associated With Increased Mortality Risk in Critically Ill Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study
Anagi, S., Chamberlain, D., Barr, N., Mehdi, A., Perez, W. P., Pusapati, R., Shaw, D. T., Jennings, C. & Lin, F., Sept 2026, In: Journal of Advanced Nursing. 82, 9, p. 8646-8657 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Evaluating the effectiveness of a patient flow centre on intensive care unit patient discharges and patient outcomes: A retrospective quantitative cohort study
Jin, X., Bihari, S., Galluccio, S., Wiersema, U. F., De Lyster, K., Adams, A. M. & Lin, F., Feb 2026, In: Australian Critical Care. 39, 1, 9 p., 101497.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Quantifying Patient-Level Factors Associated With Mobilisation in Intensive Care: A Prospective Study
Zhang, H., Bai, S., Sheng, Y., Dai, Z., Li, Z., Luo, H., Zhang, Q. & Lin, F. F., Feb 2026, In: Journal of Clinical Nursing. 35, 2, p. 813-821 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Conflict management and communications skills in the ICU: a qualitative study on forming junior critical care nurses through drama pedagogy
Olausson, S., Arveklev, S. H., Lin, F., Chaboyer, W. & Ringdal, M., 2 Mar 2026, In: BMC Nursing. 25, 1, 9 p., 251.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Critical care nurses are interested in participating in research but more needs to be done to prepare them: a systematic review
McIntyre, J. A., Adams, A. M., Jin, X. & Lin, F., Feb 2026, In: Applied Nursing Research. 87, 13 p., 152031.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Projects
- 4 Active
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TOP-MED: Working to the TOP-of-Scope of Registered Nurses Practice to Enhance Community Access to Essential MEDicines (TOP-MED Study)
Fox, A. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead)), Lin, F. (Chief Investigator (Flinders Lead)), Patsy, Y. (Chief Investigator), Chan, R. (Chief Investigator), McPhail, S. (Chief Investigator), Williams, S. (Chief Investigator), Nowlan, S. (Chief Investigator), Hurley, J. (Chief Investigator), Adams, A. M. (Associate Investigator) & Ee, C. (Chief Investigator)
1/02/26 → 1/02/28
Project: Research
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REDEEM-ED-ICU : Reducing delayed admissions from ED to ICU, Intensive Care Unit discharge delay and after-hours discharge through a co-designed multi-component intervention: A stepped wedge feasibility cluster randomised trial (the REDEEM-ED-ICU trial)
Lin, F. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead)), Watts, S. (Chief Investigator), Peet, J. (Chief Investigator), Furlong, K. (Chief Investigator), Ramanan, M. (Chief Investigator), Young, P. (Chief Investigator), Murray, L. (Chief Investigator), Anagi, S. (Chief Investigator), Chen, L. (Associate Investigator), Brailsford, J. (Associate Investigator), Jin, X. (Associate Investigator) & MOcck, C. (Associate Investigator)
17/10/25 → 26/08/27
Project: Research
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Co-Designing a tailored Complex Intervention to Implement the CALM intensive care unit guidelines
Adams, A. M. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead)), Lin, F. (Chief Investigator), Waite, C. (Chief Investigator), Dafny, H. (Chief Investigator), McIntyre, J. (Chief Investigator), Bihari, S. (Associate Investigator), De Lyster, K. (Associate Investigator), Jin, X. (Associate Investigator), Bruce, K. (Associate Investigator) & Block, H. (Associate Investigator)
1/03/25 → 28/02/27
Project: Research
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ICU nurses’ knowledge, attitudes, and involvement in clinical research in Australia– a national survey (CLARITY)
Lin, F. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead)), Adams, A. M. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead)) & McIntyre, J. (Chief Investigator (Project Lead))
28/02/25 → 31/03/28
Project: Research
Prizes
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Best Nursing Review paper, Australian College of Critical Care Nurses
Lin, F. (Recipient), 2008
Prize
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Dean’s award on outstanding service in “international”, Griffith Health, Griffith University
Lin, F. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Other distinction
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Dean’s Commendations for excellence in teaching , Griffith Health, Griffith University
Lin, F. (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Other distinction
Activities
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Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (External organisation)
Lin, F. (Member)
2023 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee
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Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (External organisation)
Lin, F. (Chair)
2023 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of board
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Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (External organisation)
Lin, F. (Member)
2023 → …Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee
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Chinese Journal of Nursing (Journal)
Lin, F. (Member of editorial board)
2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial work
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Intensive and Critical Care Nursing (Journal)
Lin, F. (Editor)
2021 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial work