Clint Douglas

Professor Clint Douglas is a Clinical Academic at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Faculty of Health, serving as Nursing Chair at Metro North Hospital and Health Service. With a clinical background in acute care nursing and a PhD in healthcare research, he specializes in practice development, knowledge translation, and patient safety initiatives.

• Queensland University of Technology (PhD, Nursing)
• University of Newcastle (MMedStat, MClinEpi)
• Queensland University of Technology (BN)

Research Interests: His work focuses on optimizing nursing impact in patient safety through three key areas: prevention of patient deterioration in general wards, effects of hospital nurse staffing on outcomes, and evaluation of innovative nurse-led services. Current projects include the NHMRC-funded ENCORE trial for nursing assessment transformation and the QUT-Metro North Nursing Research Internship Scholarship program.

Scientific Contributions: Professor Douglas has published extensively in top journals like The Lancet and International Journal of Nursing Studies, with recent 2025 work on the Kids Pain Collaborative implementation study and temperature monitoring during sedation. His 2024 publications include AI applications for pain pattern analysis and predictive modeling for medical emergency team outcomes.

• Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing (FACN)
• Member of International Practice Development Collaborative (iPDc)

Supervision: He has supervised numerous research students across pediatric pain management, chronic kidney disease self-management, and medical emergency team dynamics. Current projects include pain pattern analysis using deep learning and practice development approaches to strengthen nursing surveillance.

Collaborations: Maintains active partnerships with healthcare executives, policy makers, and interdisciplinary research teams across QUT, Metro North Hospital, and international institutions.