Allison Roderick

Dr Allison Roderick

Program Director: Postgraduate Nursing Programs

UniSA Clinical & Health Sci

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Dr Allison Roderick is the Program Director - Postgraduate Nursing & Midwifery and Senior Lecturer at the UniSA Clinical & Health Sciences.
Allison completed her Nursing degree at the University of South Australia in 1995. She then persued a career in Intensive Care which saw her work in both public and private ICUs in Adelaide, Darwin and London. On her return to Australia she undertook her PhD at Flinders University, entitled "Beyond Basics: Embedded infection control in everyday practices of nurses in an intensive care unit". Her research to date has used qualitative methodology to unpack infection control, missed care, quality & safety and mass-gatherings. 
Her career has also enabled her to have close connections with industry including: infection control, education, ICU, perioperative and COVID surveillance. 

Year Citation
2025 Cai, S., Cao, Y., Tang, L., Fu, H., Willis, E., Henderson, J., & Roderick, A. (2025). Chinese version of missed nursing care infection prevention and control: combined classical test theory and item response theory. Nursing Forum, 2025(1, article no. 8567668), 1-13.
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2023 Dorman, T., Drever, B., Plumridge, S., Gregory, K., Cooper, M., Roderick, A., & Arruzza, E. (2023). Radiation dose to staff from medical X-ray scatter in the orthopaedic theatre. European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery & Traumatology, 33(7), 3059-3065.
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2023 Dorman, T., Drever, B., Plumridge, S., Gregory, K., Cooper, M., Roderick, A., & Arruzza, E. (2023). Radiation dose to staff from scatter radiation in the post-anaesthetic recovery ward. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 54, no. 2(2), 349-355.
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2021 Bail, K., Willis, E., Henderson, J., Blackman, I., Verrall, C., & Roderick, A. (2021). Missed infection control care and healthcare associated infections: A qualitative study. Collegian, 28(4), 393-399.
DOI Scopus11 WoS11
2020 Henderson, J., Willis, E., Roderick, A., Bail, K., & Brideson, G. (2020). Why do nurses miss infection control activities? A qualitative study. Collegian, 27(1), 11-17.
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2017 Mannix, T., Parry, Y., & Roderick, A. (2017). Improving clinical handover in a paediatric ward: implications for nursing management. Journal of Nursing Management, 25(3), 215-222.
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2012 Hutton, A., Roderick, A., Munt, R., Mayner, L., Kako, M., & Arbon, P. (2012). Celebrating the end of school life: A pilot study. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 27(1), 13-17.
DOI Scopus7 WoS6 Europe PMC3
2010 Hutton, A., Roderick, A., & Munt, R. (2010). Lessons learned at World Youth Day: Collecting data and using postcards at mass gatherings. Prehospital and Disaster Medicine, 25(3), 273-277.
DOI Scopus17 WoS12 Europe PMC9

Courses I teach

  • NURS 5070 Clinical Project (2024)

Programs I'm associated with

  • ICNG - Graduate Certificate in Nursing
  • IMNI - Master of Nursing
  • IMNS - Master of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner)
  • IGMG - Graduate Diploma in Mental Health Nursing

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