Centre for Applied Nursing Research

Welcome to the South West Sydney Centre for Applied Nursing Research (CANR) website.

CANR has established an extensive program of nursing research, education and postgraduate supervision. We are working with clinicians in SSWAHS to:

1.      Undertake research

2.      Develop evidence based guidelines, working with clinicians to undertake research

3.      Promote best practice

CANR is also home to the New South Wales Centre for Evidence Based Health Care which is the NSW Collaborating Centre of the Joanna Briggs Institute. We work closely with the clinical facilities across SSWAHS and the majority of projects are in collaboration with clinicians. The CANR team is also active in the development and evaluation of evidence based guidelines as well as the publication of Systematic Reviews.

CANR was established by the School of Nursing University of Western Sydney (UWS) and the Sydney South West Sydney Area Health Service (SSWAHS). The School of Nursing has 2000 undergraduate students and 100 post graduate research students, and the SSWAHS provides health care for around 1.3 million people. Combining the resources of both provides a strong and enduring nursing research culture and infra structure at CANR.

As you will see from the projects listed on this web site, the staff working at CANR are experienced researchers with strong track records.

We encourage visitors to this web site to contact us to talk about research.

Dr. Rhonda Griffiths AM
Professor of Nursing
Director CANR