Rate My Professor Claire Hutchinson

Claire Hutchinson contributes to the Resilient Ageing in Supportive Environments research team at Southern Cross University. Her research specializations include patient experiences in emergency departments, unplanned return visits to emergency care, quality of life measurement in older people, ageing, delirium, and home modifications for adults. Notable publications include 'Patients' experiences and reasons for unplanned return visits to the emergency department: A qualitative study' (Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2023), 'Characteristics of patients who return unplanned to the ED, and ED clinicians’ views on prediction: Multicentre observational study' (Australian and New Zealand Journal of Emergency Care, 2024), 'The Long-Term Impact of Delirium: An Integrative Review of Patient Experiences' (Australasian Journal on Ageing, 2025), 'Examining interrater agreement between self-report and proxy-report of social care-related quality of life instruments in older people: a systematic review' (PharmacoEconomics, 2024), 'Do we agree or disagree? A systematic review of the interrater agreement of social care related quality of life measures' (Social Science & Medicine, 2022), and a book chapter contribution 'Patient assessment and essentials of care' in Emergency and Trauma Care for Nurses and Paramedics (2023). Her work advances understanding in nursing and health services research.