Rate My Professor Jennie King

Dr Jennie King, RN, BA (Hons), GradCert(ClinEpidemiology), PhD, is Conjoint Associate Professor in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Newcastle since January 2016. She serves as Nurse Manager, Nursing and Midwifery Research, at Central Coast Local Health District, providing leadership, consultancy, and support to nurses, midwives, and multidisciplinary teams in the development and utilisation of research knowledge in clinical practice. Additionally, she is Clinical Senior Lecturer at Sydney Nursing School, University of Sydney, since April 2003.

Her academic interests include diabetes and endocrinology, nursing education, clinical practice improvement, translational research, infection prevention, and wound care. Jennie King has authored or co-authored more than 40 publications, including journal articles and books. She is editor of the Australian Nurses’ Dictionary, with the 5th edition published in 2012, 7th in 2020, and 8th edition forthcoming in 2026. Key research contributions encompass the CLEEN study—a stepped-wedge, cluster-randomised controlled trial evaluating enhanced cleaning and disinfection of shared medical equipment on healthcare-associated infections across Australian hospitals (The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2024; economic evaluation in JAMA Network Open, 2025). She investigated variations in indwelling urinary catheter use and implemented multifaceted nurse-led interventions to reduce usage in four acute care hospitals (2019–2020). Earlier works address diabetes microvascular complications in prepubertal children and adolescents (1997–2000), severe hypoglycemia and the role of significant others (2015), effectiveness of EMLA cream for painful chronic leg ulcers (2017–2018), self-directed learning readiness scales for nursing education (2001, 2010), and perceptions of high school careers advisers regarding nursing (2007). Her research, cited over 1,600 times, impacts patient safety and clinical practice. In 2023, she received recognition for exceptional lifetime contribution to nursing and midwifery research from Central Coast Local Health District.