Fenella’s research interests include postgraduate critical care nurse education, research translation, implementation and evaluation and families’ experiences and involvement in the hospital setting. Her National Health and Medical Research Council Fellowship work specifically focuses on knowledge translation in the context of involving parents in the early recognition and response to the deteriorating child. Fenella is an editor for the journal Australian Critical Care (ranked 2nd in the specialty of critical care nursing). Fenella was honoured for her contributions to the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses by being awarded a Life Membership in 2016. She is actively involved in the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies.