Submissions from 2026
Mapping remembering, recovering, and relating: At-risk mothers’ needs across pregnancy and postpartum within a multimodal digital peer-support intervention, Aayisha, Choolani, Shang Chee Chong, Cornelia Ying Ing Chee, Jancy Mathews, Yong Shian Goh, Lubna Shah, Evalotte Morelius, Johan Gunnar Eriksson, and Shefaly Shorey
Giving and receiving—Peer volunteers' experiences of online perinatal support: A qualitative study, Aayisha, Mahesh Choolani, Shang Chee Chong, Cornelia Ying Ing Chee, Jancy Mathews, Yong Shian Goh, Lubna Shah, Lina Hsiu Kim Lim, Evalotte Mörelius, Johan Gunnar Eriksson, and Shefaly Shorey
Co-design of an online mindfulness program for informal carers of people living with dementia: A qualitative study of co-designers’ experience, Charunya A.K.R. Abeysinghe Mudiyanselage, Seng Giap Marcus Ang, Aisling Smyth, Joanne M. Dickson, and Beverley Ewens
Exploring the experience of informal carers of people with dementia undertaking an online mindfulness programme: An interpretive descriptive study, Charunya Amilani Kumarihami Rambukwella Abeysinghe Mudiyanselage
Developing Workstation-on-Wheels in home care: An innovative approach for promoting high quality safe care in home settings, Margaret Dayo Adejumo
Barriers to adherence to standard precautions among community health workers: A scoping review, Margaret D. Adejumo, Melanie Baker, and Davina Porock
Nurses' experiences of pain management for patients with diagnosed mental health conditions: A systematic review, Aaron Lapuz Alejandro, Middlewick, Seng Giap Marcus Ang, Rosemary Saunders, and Irene Ngune
Efficacy of innovative models of maternity care for young women and their infants: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Jyai Allen, Jenny Gamble, Sarah Hay, Caitlyn Atkinson, and Lukman Thalib
Bridging idealism and reality: Nursing students’ perceptions about the impact on their wellbeing from being a nurse: A qualitative study, Louise M. Allen; Karen Missen; and Simon J, Cooper
Preparation of Australian nurses for contemporary disability care: A desktop review, Lesley Andrew and Martina Costello
Culturally safe nursing: Transformative learning experiences through critical reflection assessment, Lesley Andrew, Michelle Pedlow, and Bev Ewens
Nursing leadership and pandemic preparedness via game-based learning simulation: A narrative review (registered nurses and undergraduate nursing students), Scott James Andrews, Olivia Gallagher, Alecka Miles, Carol Crevacore, and Brennen Mills
Methodological approaches to assessing clinical reasoning in simulation-based education: An integrative review, Dhanya Anand Anil Kumar, Natasya Raja Azlan, Hugh Davies, Debbie L. Massey, and Karen Strickland
The value of pilot and feasibility studies in nursing education research: A worked example, Dhanya Anand Anil Kumar, Natasya Raja Azlan, Hugh Davies, Chandra P. Salgado Kent, Debbie Massey, and Karen Strickland
Nurses' perceptions of their non-technical skills in recognising and responding to clinical deterioration in hospital settings: A systematic review, Darlene Archer, Amineh Rashidi, Rajbeer Kaur, Allison Roderick, and Olivia Gallagher
The effect of midwife-led continuous labor support care on delivery mode and timely initiation of breastfeeding in Primigravida women in Northwest Ethiopia: A hybrid type I implementation study, Mengstu Melkamu Asaye, Aragaw, Eden Bishaw Taye, Kihinetu Gelaye Wudineh, and Sara Bayes
Factors impacting Western Australian midwives' intention to stay: A mixed methods study, Christine Atkinson, Dianne Bloxsome, Zoe Bradfield, Kate Buchanan, Sarah Dawson, Frances Finch, Sadie Geraghty, and Sara Bayes
Intrapartum experiences of gestational surrogates and intended parents in Australia: A qualitative study, Jutharat Attawet, Leo Ng, Evie Kendal, Yunjing Qiu, Myles Ojabo, Sarah Jefford, and Micah D.J. Peters
Making it up as we go: Midwives’ perceptions of preparedness and role clarity in surrogacy birth care, Jutharat Attawet, Leo Ng, Yunjing Qiu, Evie Kendal, Myles Ojabo, Sarah Jefford, and Micah D.J. Peters
Surrogacy birth care practices in the hospital setting: A scoping review protocol, Jutharat Attawet, Qiu, Leo Ng, Myles Ojabo, Evie Kendal, Sarah Jefford, and Micah D.J. Peters
Global, regional and national burden of maternal haemorrhage (2000–2021) and projections to 2050 in 204 countries and territories, Mulat Ayele, Bereket Duko, Tenaw Tiruye, Paul R. Ward, Lillian Mwanri, Gavin Pereira, Tegene Atamenta Kitaw, Biruk Beletew Abate, Eyob Shitie Lake, Abebaw Alamrew, Aynalem Yetwale, Gizachew Yilak, Befkad Derese Tilahun, Chalie Mulugeta, Tadele Emagneneh, and Amanuel Tesfay Gebremedhin
Evidence-based regulation in a multilingual, multijurisdictional world: Why regulators need a dual-track evidence hierarchy, David Benton
Governing professional mobility: An LLM-assisted framework and empirical taxonomy of health-professional mobility agreements, David C. Benton and Andrew D. Benton
The contribution of nursing and midwifery to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: A bibliometric analysis, David C. Benton, Andrew D. Benton, Kate Buchanan, Gemma Doleman, Karen Strickland, and Lisa Whitehead
Yorga Moorditj Koort: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women’s perspectives about heart health on Noongar Boodjar, Elia Bidgood, Cathy Garlett, Richard Chenhall, Amie Bingham, Francine Eades, Emily Banks, Melinda J. Carrington, Grace Joshy, Sandra Eades, and Tabassum Rahman
Co-design and feasibility testing of a midwife-led birth debrief: An implementation science project, Kate Buchanan, Phoebe Backhouse, Leanne Graham, Amy O’Meagher, and Sara Bayes
The unacknowledged challenge of moral distress for nurse academics, Adam Burston, Glenna Mae Guiriba, Meena Gupta, and Sara Bayes
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander university nursing graduates’ transition into the workforce: A collaborative yarning study, Agatha Caracciolo
How does pre-registration child specific education prepare newly qualified nurses’ to care for children, young people, and their families? An empty narrative review, Matthew Carey, Edge, Julie Blamires, Mandie Foster, and Sarah Neill
Compassionate communities, Māori ageing and end-of-life: A systematic review, Melissa Carey, Kathleen Mason, Levi Fox, Tess Moeke-Maxwell, and Merryn Gott
Trial tribulations: Lessons learned from an unsuccessful pilot trial of behavioural activation in young people with early or emerging psychosis at a regional mental health service, Janina Catalao Dionisio Murta, Bróna Nic Giolla Easpaig, Mitchell K. Byrne, Richard Gray, Martin Jones, David Mitchell, Rebecca Creek, Ellie Brown, Jing Yu Tan, Shaun Dennis, and Daniel Bressington
Sustainable healthcare in action: Six practice changes that make a difference, Christine Catling, Carol Crevacore, Melisa Young, Wayne Varndell, Jack Cornish, Sue Sheppard-Law, and Elaine Correia Moll
Efficacy and safety of Tai Chi for chronic musculoskeletal pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Shun Chen, Weiting Liu, Qinwei Fu, Mingyu Huang, Weilan Lin, Yanting Ding, and Ming Li
Patient experiences of receiving home-based immunotherapy infusions - A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study, Patricia Ann Cook
Co-design and pilot testing of a nurse-led GP-supported self-management intervention for breast cancer survivors with cardiovascular diseases: A study protocol, Anu Correya, Jing Yu Tan, Xian Liang Liu, Daniel Bressington, Leah East, and Tao Wang
A survey of nurses’ knowledge of evidence-based guidelines for indwelling urinary catheter care, Linda Coventry, Michelle Gay, Amineh Rashidi, Anke Ebeling, Roshnika Fernando, Christine Hallauer, Manjari Jayarathna, Rashmi Shrestha, Blake Smith, Paige Watkins, and Rosemary Saunders
Risk factors associated with delayed secretory activation in a cohort of nulliparous women in Western Australia, Cassandra Cuffe, Giglia, Julie Hill, Matthew N. Cooper, Anita M. Moorhead, Joshua R. Lewis, Deborah Ireson, and Therese A. O’Sullivan
The impact of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy on cognitive outcomes in offspring: Systematic review and meta-analysis, Berihun Dachew, Tusa, Getinet Ayano, Kim Betts, Amanuel Gebremedhin, Daniel Rudaizky, Gizachew A. Tessema, and Rosa Alati
Experiences of first-year nursing students using community volunteers as simulated participants for teaching safe medication administration: A cross-sectional survey, Hugh Davies, Lea Aboo, Kristi Nicholls, Martina Costello, and Carol Crevacore
The impact of intra-hospital transfers on patient outcomes and/or hospital costs: A scoping review, Gemma Doleman, Di Twigg, and Joanne Spetz
Promoting the concept healthy ageing for use in gerontological health and social care policy and practice, Claire Donnellan
Midwifery student attrition in Australia: A scoping review, Terri Downer, Tanya Capper, and Olav Muurlink
Nursing students' perceptions of acceptable use of smartphones during clinical placement: A cross-sectional study, Peta Drury, Lucie M. Ramjan, Gina Richards, Belinda McGrath, Clare Walters, Manela Glarcher, David Roach, and Yenna Salamonson
Maternal prenatal anxiety and risk of preterm birth and low birthweight: Evidence from a cumulative meta-analysis with stability thresholds, Bereket Duko, Desta, Biniyam Sahiledengle, Yohannes Tekalegn Efa, Tenaw Tiruye, Lisa Whitehead, Gavin Pereira, and Amanuel Tesfay Gebremedhin
Nurses' perspectives of dysphagia screening practices in Irish residential long-term care settings: A qualitative descriptive study, Constantino Estupiñán Artiles, Claire Donnellan, Julie Regan, and Mary Mooney
Children's experiences of functional constipation: A qualitative reflexive thematic analysis, Gunilla Flankegård, Patrik Rytterström, Berit M. Gustafsson, and Evalotte Mörelius
Collaboration between people admitted to acute mental health units, their family members and nurses in the detection of mental state changes and recovery: A qualitative systematic review, Karen Foster, Coventry, Yvonne Middlewick, Lindsay Smith, and Beverley Ewens
Nurse leaders’ perceptions of organisational policies, guidelines, and practices that enact children and young people’s involvement in hospitals, Mandie Jane Foster, Julie Blamires, Virginia Jones, Smita Keshoor, Chris Moir, and Annette Dickinson
We still provide care, even if it’s by torchlight: A qualitative study exploring the lived experiences of midwives in rural Bangladesh, Ryan Fraser-McDonald, Terri Downer, Matthew Mason, Asma Khatun, Kaosar Afsana, Malabika Sarker, and Florin Oprescu
The nurse's role in curative-to-palliative transitions in advanced cancer: A theory synthesis using Turner's method, Geya George, Deborah Kirk, and Davina Porock
Lived experience of secondary vicarious trauma among the Tegaru Australian diaspora in the postwar context of Tigray, Hailay Abrha Gesesew, Fauk, Kiflu Gebremicael Tesfamicael, Gebremeskel Mamu Werid, Lillian Mwanri, Amanuel Gebremedhin, Kidane Gebremariam, Semira Hailu, Kalayu Brhane Mruts, Michael Musker, Fisaha Haile Tesfay, Azeb Gebresilassie Tesema, and Paul Ward
Exploring practice confidence in final year Ethiopian midwifery students, Dereje Nibret Gessesse, Kate Dawson, Sara Bayes, and Lois McKellar
Fall prevention interventions in community-dwelling older people with cognitive impairment: A systematic review, Sumattana Glangkarn, Pelden Chejor, Rujira Nonsa-Ard, Kasama Wongprachum, Sirapat Khodseewong, Chaiwut Bourneow, and Davina Porock
The future midwife: A PRISMA scoping review of education, transition, and work readiness among midwifery students, Danielle Gleeson, Tracey Tulleners, Jessica Elliott, Dianne Stratton-Maher, Liz Ryan, Jillian Mcculloch, Geraldine Roderick, Thenuja Jayasinghe, Joanne Buckley, Jamie May Newman, Helen Nutter, Jo Southern, Lisa Beccaria, Georgina Sheridan, Tess Trinder, Haiying Wang, Tao Wang, Sita Sharma, Linda Ng, Jing Yu Tan, and Daniel Terry
Evaluating reciprocal peer learning in nursing clinical simulation, Amanda C. Graf, Carol Crevacore, Fleur Morine, Jennifer Jennings, and Olivia Gallagher
Participatory Action Research (PAR) in designing a supplementary animated teaching resource to support learning cervical assessment, Michelle Gray, Shelley Stuart, and Melanie Welfare
Digital teaching in midwifery education since 2021: A literature review of trends, technological advancements and challenges, Michelle Gray, Kristina Vogel, Annette Bernloehr, Terri Downer, Melanie Welfare, and Nicola H. Bauer
Dissemination and influence of the international family nursing association position statements: A scoping review, Teresa Gutiérrez-Alemán, Norma K. Krumwiede, Diana Hashem Arabiat, Petra Brysiewicz, Maria do Céu Barbieri-Figueiredo, Lucila Castanheira Nascimento, Nadin M. Abdel Razeq, Akiko Araki, Laurence Di Benedetto, Virginia Jones, Fernanda Lise, Debbie Sheppard LeMoine, Marilyn A. Swan, and Mandy Towell-Barnard
A joint effort: Stakeholders' perspectives of medication management reviews in Australian residential aged care, Rajendra Gyawali, Marea O'Donnell, Rachel Jenkins, Amy D. Nguyen, Lalit Yadav, Rosemary Saunders, Fiona J. Clay, Johanna I. Westbrook, Karla Seaman, and Magdalena Z. Raban
Feasibility of a clinical supervision training program for mental health nurses: A mixed-methods study, Jennifer Hamilton, Lesley Barr, Marie Boulianne, Irene Ngune, Julie Sharrock, and Debbie Massey
GenAI-assisted podcasts to support nursing students’ research literacy and evidence-based practice: A feasibility study, Jennifer Hamilton, Lesley Barr, Martina Costello, Lukman Thalib, and Martin Jones
A case for qualitatively driven mixed methods in nursing research: A methodological discussion, Jennifer Hamilton, Cooper, Irene Ngune, Amanda Cole, Richard Bostwick, and Debbie Louise Massey
Application of generative artificial intelligence by nurse academics in higher education: A scoping review, Jennifer Hamilton, Martina Costello, Lesley Barr, Simon Cooper, and Martin Jones
A qualitative exploration of future health professionals' dementia knowledge and perceptions of dementia-related technology support, Helen M. Haydon, Melissa Taylor, Annie Banbury, Cindy Jones, Georgina R. Chelberg, Louise Horstmanshof, Richard Hicks, Centaine L. Snoswell, and Melissa Carey
Impacts of the early collaborative intervention on mother-preterm infant interaction at one month of age: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial, Charlotte Sahlén Helmer, Ulrika Birberg Thornberg, Thomas Abrahamsson, and Evalotte Mörelius
Pediatric nurses' perspectives of integrating spiritual care into everyday practice: An integrative review, Yin May Htay, Mandie Foster, and R. Mowat
Integrating traditional, folk and home remedies with conventional medicine in the prevention and management of illness and disease in Iran: Voices of consumers, Ali Jadidi, Ebrahimabadi, Lisa Whitehead, Diana Arabiat, Amir Rahbarian, and Nazi Nejat
Emergency clinicians’ knowledge and practice of pain assessment for older adults with cognitive impairment: A cross-sectional study, Carrie Janerka, Kaoru Nosaka, Aaron Lapuz Alejandro, Jeffery Hughes, Natasya Raja Azlan, Amineh Rashidi, Wenhong Zhao, and Rosemary Saunders
The impact of virtual reality simulation on developing competence and confidence in non-technical skills in nursing. A scoping review, Katie Janz, Karen Clark-Burg, Khaya Morris-Binelli, Brennen Mills, and Amanda Graf
Personal family-centred care for LGBTQ+ individuals in acute hospital settings: A scoping review, Gideon U. Johnson, Bianca Ysabelle Esmeralda, Stephen Pearson, Beverley Ewens, and Louise Rose
Reimagining peer-led support in doctoral nursing and midwifery education: A collaborative autoethnographic case study, Gideon U. Johnson, Sachini Thennakoon, Mayumi Kumarage, Emy Toutountzis, and Lisa Whitehead
Developing strategies to support midwives to stay in the profession: Qualitative descriptive study, Rosebeth Kambi Kagoce
Perceptions of ischaemic heart disease risk among Indian migrants in Australia: A qualitative study, Kunwar Kaur, Ma'en Zaid Abu-Qamar, Amineh Rashidi, Nilufeur McKay, and Rosemary Saunders
Knowledge of ischemic heart disease risk factors among first-generation Indian migrants living in Australia: A cross-sectional survey, Kunwar Kaur, Abu-Qamar, Amineh Rashidi, Nilufeur McKay, and Rosemary Saunders
Under-five mortality estimation methods: A methodological systematic review, Bereket Kefale, Jonine Jancey, Amanuel T. Gebremedhin, Daniel Gashaneh Belay, Gavin Pereira, and Gizachew A. Tessema
The experiences and perceptions of nurses recognising active dying in acute hospital settings in Perth, Western Australia: A descriptive qualitative study, Violah Jemeli Kemei
Back-on-Track: Protocol for randomised controlled feasibility trial of behavioural activation in farmers with mood problems, Alison Kennedy, Richard Gray, Martin Jones, Anna Greene, Lauren Mitchell, Meera Senthuren, Suzy Malseed, Feby Savira, Kelly Barnes, Kate Gunn, and Susan Brumby
Efficacy of multimodal psychological interventions on pain after surgery in breast cancer survivors: A systematic review, Samantha K.F. Kennedy, Sarina Sadeghi, Shayan Raeisi Dehkordi, Shing Fung Lee, Deborah Kirk, Yin Ting Cheung, Darren Haywood, Lisa Grech, Imogen Ramsey, Helena Guedes, Jerry Zhou, Rouhi Fazelzad, Eriko Narusawa, Kaori Tane, Nicolas H. Hart, Malika Peera, Ayush Patel, Nina Fuller-Shavel, Ying Sheng, Fredrick D. Ashbury, Henry C.Y. Wong, Jennifer Yin Yee Kwan, Edward Chow, Michael Jefford, Raymond J. Chan, and Yuichiro Kikawa
Effectiveness of immersive virtual reality on educational outcomes for health professional learners: An umbrella review protocol, Laura A. Killam, Elizabeth Stone, Yunsik Lee, Jamie L. Conklin, Janine E. Hinton, Raquel Bertiz, Hugh Davies, Katherine A. Kreis, Lisa McKenna, Kelly Foltz-Ramos, Janice Sinoski, Suzanne Hetzel Campbell, Barbara Wilson-Keates, Melissa Ehmke, Marian Luctkar-Flude, Kim Sears, and Beth A. Rogers
The effect of school-based educational session on knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of cervical cancer among adolescents in mixed day high schools in Embu County: A quasi-experimental study, Lucy W. Kivuti-Bitok, Mugo, Dorothy Mituki, Christine Marete, Irene Ngune, and Jessica Wells
Experience and perceptions of healthcare professionals on using mortality prognostic tools on older people: A systematic review and meta aggregation of qualitative findings, Mayumi Kumarage, Patricia Cain, Melanie Baker, Linda Coventry, and Davina Porock
Midwifery students' definitions of normal labor and birth: A study from five countries, Jalana Lazar, Juliet Wood, Jane Fry, Barbara Baranowska, Urszula Tataj-Puzyna, Debora Dole, Emma Ritchie, Clare Davison, Cindy L. Farley, Felicity Agwu Kalu, Maria Healy, and Maria Węgrzynowska
Self-managed non-pharmacological interventions for post-treatment upper limb dysfunction rehabilition among breast cancer survivors: A systematic review, Jinqiu Li, Jing Yu (Benjamin) Tan, Tao Wang, Haiying Wang, Mengyuan Li, Sita Sharma, Linda Deravin, and Daniel Terry
Healthcare professionals’ experiences and perspectives on self-management education for breast cancer survivors in Australian primary care: A qualitative study, Meng Yuan Li, Tao Wang, Daniel Terry, Haiying Wang, Isabella Zhao, and Jing Yu Tan
Women's experiences of menstrual pain and perceptions of acupuncture: A qualitative study, Weiting Liu, Amanda Towell-Barnard, and Khui Hung Lee
Attitudes and expectations towards acupuncture for primary dysmenorrhoea: Findings from a cross-sectional survey in Australia, Weiting Liu, Amanda Towell-Barnard, Khui Hung Lee, and Timothy Leen Kang
Immediate skin-to-skin contact at very preterm birth and effect on infant socio-emotional stress response and mother–infant cortisol co-regulation: Secondary outcomes from the randomised clinical Immediate Parent-Infant Skin-To-Skin Study (IPISTOSS), Karoline Lode-Kolz, Siri Lillieskold, Hanne Brit Hetland, Eleonora Mascheroni, Stina Klemming, Hanne Pike, Agnes Linner, Nils J. Bergman, Bjorn Westrup, Ulrika Ådén, Evalotte Morelius, Rosario Montirosso, Wibke Jonas, and Siren Rettedal
Nursing and midwifery education for a planet beyond 1.5 °C, Zerina Lokmic-Tomkins, Catelyn Richards, and Deb Massey
Evaluating the efficacy of aerobic exercise as therapy for depression and anxiety in women with PCOS: A systematic review, Lorna Evelyn Mansell, Caitlin Fox-Harding, Robert U. Newton, Pedro Lopez da Cruz, Sara Bayes, and Favil Singh
Understanding the perceptions, experiences, and behaviors related to nurses’ and midwives’ sleep: A qualitative systematic review protocol, Lisa Matricciani, Jarrod Clarke, Jennifer Fereday, and Micah D.J. Peters
Psychosocial determinants of hand hygiene practices among children and adolescents living with HIV in the northern city of Malawi, Balwani Chingatichifwe Mbakaya, Maggie Zgambo, Richard Moyo, Paul Uchizi Kaseka, Obed Nkhata, and Fatch Kalembo
Forty years in the making: Reporting on the co-creation of a national roadmap for birthing on country services for the best start to life, Res McCalman, Anneka J. Bowman, Roianne West, Kristie Watego, Jyai Allen, Claire Clack, Sue Kildea, Sue Kruske, Melanie Briggs, Cleone Wellington, Rebecca Coddington, Yu Gao, Isabella Garti, Sascha Kowalenko, Sarah Ireland, Catherine Austin, John D. Boffa, Marah Prior, Kelsie Kahl, Bettina Chaseling, Sarah Khaw, Emily Armstrong, Donna Hartz (Kamilaroi), and Yvette Roe (Njikena Jawuru)
International cardiac advanced life support course: A cross-sectional descriptive analysis, Nilufeur Mckay, Jody Ede, Jessica Stokes-Parish, Adrian Levine, Helen Walthall, and Debbie Massey