For 15 years, Luke worked as a clinical nurse in a range of surgical specialties in a number of public and private hospitals, during which time he also completed a Graduate Diploma of Clinical Nursing at Central Queensland University. Luke was introduced to the nursing informatics field in 2006, when he accepted the role of TrendCare Coordinator at a large multi-hospital campus in Brisbane, and has been working in the field for most of the time since then. Luke is currently a Senior Nurse Consultant for Trend Care Systems, Australia, having worked for the company since 2009. His focus is on empowering nursing and health services to utilise patient-based data to influence resourcing and policy decisions.