Theses from 2023
Exploring the prevalence and impact of missed nursing care on nurse–patient outcomes in Western Australia: A descriptive correlational study, Afia A. Sarpong
Nurses’ perception of missed nursing care in a Western Australian teaching hospital: A cross-sectional study, Afia A. Sarpong; Diana Arabiat; Lucy Gent; Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah; and Mandy Towell-Barnard PhD, MNursing
A bibliometric analysis of missed nursing care research: Current themes and way forward, Afia A. Sarpong, Diana Arabiat, Lucy Gent, and Amanda Towell-Barnard
Older adults’ perception of missed nursing care in Western Australia: A cross-sectional study, Afia A. Sarpong; Diana Arabiat; Lucy Gent; and Mandy Towell-Barnard PhD, MNursing
Frailty and pain in an acute private hospital: An observational point prevalence study, Rosemary Saunders, Kate Crookes, Karla Seaman, Seng Giap Marcus Ang, Caroline Bulsara, Max K. Bulsara, Beverley Ewens, Olivia Gallagher, Renée Graham, Karen Gullick, Sue Haydon, Jeff Hughes, Kim-Huong Nguyen, Bev O’Connell, Debra Scaini, and Christopher Etherton-Beer
Improving the transition of older adults into residential aged care: A scoping review, Stacey Scott, Annette Raynor, Julie Dare, Jennifer Grieve, and Leesa Costello
Nurse-led study on treatment delay and streamlining antibiotic therapy among haematology patients with febrile neutropenia post chemotherapy, Delilah M. Shelley, Adwin Thomas, and Karen Strickland
The impact of simulation on undergraduate nursing students’ confidence and learning satisfaction over time and practice: A pretest, post-test study design, Joanna Shelley, Lorna Davin, Paola Chivers, and Hugh Davies
Lung volume reduction for emphysema using one-way endobronchial valves: An Australian cohort, Calvin Sidhu, Nicholas Wilsmore, Narinder Shargill, and Kanishka Rangamuwa
COVID-19 in Western Australia: ‘The last straw’ and hopes for a ‘new normal’ for parents of children with long-term conditions, Stephanie Smith, Mary Tallon, James Smith, Lauren Jones, and Evalotte Mörelius
Pilot feasibility and acceptability study evaluating use of group CBT-I in improving sleep and fatigue in older adults, Aisling Smyth, Shehnas Alam, and Sabine Pangerl
Evaluation of a point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) workshop for peripheral intravenous cannulation, Ulrich Steinwandel, Linda L. Coventry, and Homa Kheirkhah
Support needs of people with younger onset Parkinson's disease: An interpretative phenomenological analysis, Clare Stephenson, Allyson Flynn, Anthony Overs, and Karen Strickland
Role of literature reviews to inform patient care, Jessica Stokes-Parish and Debbie Massey
An apology to Aboriginal and Torres Islander people: A moment of truth for the nursing and midwifery professions, Karen Strickland, Linda Deravin, Moira Williamson, Cheryl Atherfold, Caryn West, Karen Nightingale, and Ann Bonner
Student motivations, perceptions and opinions of participating in student evaluation of teaching surveys: A scoping review, Daniel Sullivan, Richard Lakeman, Debbie Massey, Dima Nasrawi, Marion Tower, and Megan Lee
Exploring the underutilized potential of clinical hypnosis: A scoping review of healthcare professionals’ perceptions, knowledge, and attitudes, Malwina Szmaglinska, Lesley Andrew, Debbie Massey, and Deborah Kirk
Reporting and mapping research evidence on perceptions of clinical hypnosis among the general population and patients receiving health care including cancer care: A scoping review, Malwina Szmaglinska, Deborah Kirk, and Lesley Andrew
The mental health impact of COVID-19 on pre-registration nursing students in Australia: Findings from a national cross-sectional study, Kim Usher AM, Debra Jackson, Debbie Massey, Dianne Wynaden, Julian Grant, Caryn West, Shirley McGough, Martin Hopkins, Amanda Muller, Carey Mather, Zac Byfield, Zaneta Smith, Irene Ngune, and Rochelle Wynne
DriveSafe DriveAware: A systematic review, Erin Vito, Anna Barkla, and Linda Coventry
Physiological plateaus during childbirth: De-identified research data 2020-2022, Marina Weckend
Physiological plateaus during childbirth: A constructivist grounded theory and novel definition, Marina J. Weckend
Nurses' experience of managing adults living with multimorbidity: A qualitative study, Lisa Whitehead, Peter Palamara, Olutoyin Oluwakemi Babatunde-Sowole, Jennifer Boak, Natasha Franklin, Robyn Quinn, Cobie George, and Jacqueline Allen
Practice readiness in very remote hospitals: Perceptions of early career and later career registered nurses, Kerry-Ann Wilcox, Vicki Cope, and Melanie Murray
Performance of the palliative prognostic index for cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Si Q. Yoong, Davina Porock, Dee Whitty, Wilson W. S. Tam, and Hui Zhang
Gender as a moderator of spirituality and spiritual care in ICU nurses during COVID-19 pandemic, Ruqayya S. Zeilani, Ahmad M.R. Al-Qunneh, Diana H. Arabiat, and Ayman Hamdan-Mansour
Risk factors associated with 30-day unplanned hospital readmission for patients with mental illness, Huaqiong Zhou, Irene Ngune, Matthew A. Albrecht, and Phillip R. Della
Integrated clinical pathways for lower limb orthopaedic surgeries: An updated systematic review, Huaqiong Zhou, Irene M. Ngune, Pam Roberts, and Phillip Della
Submissions from 2022
The reported external traumas among people with diabetes-related foot ulcers and their outcomes: A systematic review of case reports, Ma'en Zaid Abu-Qamar, Vivien Kemp, and Lisa Whitehead
Support needs of parents in neonatal intensive care unit: An integrative review, Esther Abena Adama, Eric Adua, Sara Bayes, and Evalotte Mörelius
COVID-19 restrictions and psychological well-being of fathers with infants admitted to NICU—An exploratory cross-sectional study, Esther Abena Adama, Flora Koliouli, Livio Provenzi, Nancy Feeley, Edwin van Teijlingen, Jillian Ireland, Frances Thomson-Salo, Minesh Khashu, and FINESSE Group
Systematic review and meta-analysis: Prevalence of hypertension among adolescents in the Arab countries, Omar H. Almahmoud, Diana H. Arabiat, and Mohammad Yousef Saleh
Aged care staff perceptions of an online training program for responsive behaviours of residents with dementia, Hend Almutairi, Andrew Stafford, Christopher Etherton-Beer, Leon Flicker, and Rosemary Saunders
Competing worlds: The private lives of women nurse students and gender equity in higher education, Lesley Andrew, Ken Robinson, Leesa Costello, and Julie Dare
Placental lesions and differential expression of pro-and anti-angiogenic growth mediators and oxidative DNA damage marker in placentae of Ghanaian suboptimal and optimal health status pregnant women who later developed preeclampsia, Enoch Odame Anto, David Antony Coall, Emmanuel Akomanin Asiamah, Osei Owusu Afriyie, Otchere Addai-Mensah, Yaw Amo Wiafe, W. K. B. A. Owiredu, Christian Obirikorang, Max Efui Annani-Akollor, Nicholas Akinwale Titiloye, Eric Adua, Emmanuel Acheampong, Evans Asamoah Adu, Stephen Opoku, Agartha Odame Anto, Augustine Tawiah, Youxin Wang, and Wei Wang
The use of complementary medicine during childbearing years: A multi-country study of women from the Middle East, Diana Arabiat, Lisa Whitehead, Samia Gaballah, Nazi Nejat, Ebtehal Galal, Eman Abu Sabah, Nazek Smadi, Inas Saadeh, and Randa Khlaif
Saliva cortisol in girls with functional abdominal pain disorders: A randomized controlled dance and yoga intervention, Elin Areskog Sandberg, Anna Duberg, Ulrika Lorenzon Fagerberg, Evalotte Morelius, and Stefan Särnblad
Sub-Saharan African women’s views and experiences of risk factors for obstetric fistula: A qualitative systematic review, Lydia Babatunde Bulndi, Deborah Ireson, Esther Adama, and Sara Bayes
P39 - women’s experiences of obstetric fistula risk factors and the need for skilled birth attendance in North-central Nigeria: An interpretive description, Lydia Babatunde Bulndi, Deborah M. Ireson, Sara J. Bayes, and Esther A. Adama
A mixed-method study to evaluate the effectiveness of a policy-driven tool to improve the recognition of and response to clinical deterioration in acute care, Tania L. Beament
End-of-life care in residential aged care: The perceptions of bereaved family members, Sushma Bhandari Kunwar
Start healthy and stay healthy: A workplace health promotion intervention for new graduate nurses: A mixed-methods study, Elizabeth Brogan, Chris Rossiter, Judith Fethney, Christine Duffield, and Elizabeth Denney-Wilson
Does midwifery-led care demonstrate care ethics: A template analysis, Kate Buchanan, Elizabeth Newnham, Deborah Ireson, Clare Davison, and Sara Bayes
Care ethics framework for midwifery practice: A scoping review, Kate Buchanan, Elizabeth Newnham, Deborah Ireson, Clare Davison, and Sadie Geraghty
Moving on after critical incidents in health care: A qualitative study of the perspectives and experiences of second victims, Melanie Buhlmann, Beverley Ewens, and Amineh Rashidi
Emergency department transfers from residential aged care: What can we learn from secondary qualitative analysis of Australian Royal Commission data?, Patricia Cain, Janine Alan, and Davina Porock
Development and validation of the Fat Attitudes Assessment Toolkit (FAAT): A multidimensional nonstigmatizing measure of contemporary attitudes toward fatness and fat people, Patricia Cain, Ngaire Donaghue, and Graeme Ditchburn
Critical thinking development in undergraduate midwifery students: An Australian validation study using Rasch analysis, Amanda G. Carter, Amanda Müller, Michelle Gray, Dianne Bloxsome, Kristen Graham, Dolores Dooley, and Linda Sweet
Analgesic effect of auricular point acupressure for acute pain in patients with dementia: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial, Xiao Min Chai, Hong Yan Shi, Jun Jun Zhang, Lei Wang, Hai Xiang Gao, Ya Liang Dai, Lu Lu Gao, Jian Qiang Yu, Yu Xiang Li, and Carol Chunfeng Wang
Communication surrounding initiation and withdrawal of non-invasive ventilation in adults with motor neurone disease, Charlotte Chapman, Sara Bayes, and Moira Sim
Experiences of older immigrants living with dementia and their carers: A systematic review and meta-synthesis, Pelden Chejor, Bridget Laging, Lisa Whitehead, and Davina Porock
The use of patient-reported outcomes in routine cancer care: Preliminary insights from a multinational scoping survey of oncology practitioners, Yin T. Cheung, Alexandre Chan, Andreas Charalambous, H. S. Darling, Lawson Eng, Lisa Grech, Corina J. G. van den Hurk, Deborah Kirk, Sandra A. Mitchell, Dagmara Poprawski, Elke Rammant, Imogen Ramsey, Margaret I. Fitch, Raymond J. Chan, and Multinational Association for Supportive Care in Cancer Survivorship Study Group
Narratives of “living well”: Exploring the experiences of family members living with a family member with depression, Amanda Lesley Cole
A diagnosis of prediabetes when combined with lifestyle advice and support is considered helpful rather than a negative label by a demographically diverse group: A qualitative study, Kirsten J. Coppell, Sally Abel, Lisa C. Whitehead, Angeline Tangiora, Terrie Spedding, and David Tipene-Leach
The development of the Western Australian Haemodialysis Vascular Access Complexity Instrument, Linda L. Coventry, Jon Hosking, Evelyn Coral, Mark Jenkins, Chandra P. Salgado Kent, Doris Chan, Wai Lim, Diane E. Twigg, and Claire M. Rickard
Factors impacting delegation decision making by registered nurses to assistants in nursing in the acute care setting: A mixed method study, Carol Crevacore, Linda Coventry, Christine Duffield, and Elisabeth Jacob
Knowledge and current practices of Nigerian physiotherapists on the physical activity and exercise training in the rehabilitation of patients with asthma, Musa Sani Danazumi, Abdulsalam Mohammed Yakasai, Gordana Dermody, and Jibril Mohammed Nuhu
Impact of pre-registration extended immersive ward-based simulation on student learning in preparation for clinical placement, Hugh Davies, Sue Robertson, Deb Sundin, and Elisabeth Jacob
Engaging in pre-conceptual care: An integrative review, Annemarie De Leo, Brydie Neesham, Nyasha Bepete, Abigail Mukaro, Bina Thapa Thapa Nepal, Calvin N'Geno, and Thilani Awatta Muhandiramalag
Perspectives on wider integration of the health-assistive smart home, Gordana Dermody, Jenna Mikus, Davina Porock, Dov Sugarman, Naeem K. Janjua, Christopher How, and Roschelle Fritz
Employment of the Australian graduate nursing workforce: A retrospective analysis, Gemma Doleman, Christine Duffield, Ian W. Li, and Rory Watts
Development, implementation, and evaluation of a Professional Practice Model: A scoping review, Gemma Doleman and Di Twigg
Harnessing the nursing and midwifery workforce to boost Australia's clinical research impact, Marion Eckert, Claire M. Rickard, Deborah Forsythe, Kathleen Baird, Judith Finn, Andrea Gilkison, Richard Gray, Caroline S.E. Homer, Sandy Middleton, Stephen Neville, Lisa Whitehead, Greg R. Sharplin, and Samantha Keogh
The nursing care of people with class III obesity in an acute care setting: A scoping review, Bev Ewens, Vivien Kemp, Mandy (Amanda) Towell-Barnard, and Lisa Whitehead
Nurse- and midwife-led trials in Australia and New Zealand: Scoping review protocol, Jennifer A. Fish, Claire M. Rickard, Richard Gray, Sandy Middleton, Caroline Homer, Samantha Keogh, Gavin Leslie, Fiona Nemeh, Stephen Neville, Greg Sharplin, Lisa Whitehead, Patsy Yates, and Marion Eckert
Everyday life with childhood functional constipation: A qualitative phenomenological study of parents' experiences, Gunilla Flankegård, Evalotte Mörelius, and Patrik Rytterström
Parents' experiences of children with a rare disease attending a mainstream school: Australia, Mandie Foster, Esther Adama, Diana Arabiat, Kevin Runions, Rena Vithiatharan, Maggie Zgambo, and Ashleigh Lin
Children's voices on their participation and best interests during a hospital stay in Australia, Mandie Foster, Angela Afua Quaye, Lisa Whitehead, and Inger Kristensson Hallström
Toxic epidermal necrolysis in adult patients: Experience from the West Australian Collaboration, Aaron J. Frederiks, S. Prasad Kumarasinghe, Fiona Wood, Sharon Rowe, Tom Cunneen, Edward Raby, Jack Bourke, and Bernadette Ricciardo
A qualitative document analysis of policies influencing preeclampsia management by midwives in Ghana, Isabella Garti, Michelle Gray, Angela Bromley, and Jing-Yu (Benjamin) Tan
The experience of individuals following total laryngectomy in Western Australia: A narrative inquiry, Wanjiku Gatonga
Identifying key elements to assess patient’s acceptability of neurorehabilitation in stroke survivors–a Delphi method, Manonita Ghosh, Kaoru Nosaka, Lisa Whitehead, and Kazunori Nosaka
A retrospective cohort study of factors associated with severity of falls in hospital patients, Manonita Ghosh, Beverly O’Connell, Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah, Sue Kitchen, and Linda Coventry
The impact of three-dimensional visualisation on midwifery student learning, compared with traditional education for teaching the third stage of labour: A pilot randomised controlled trial, Michelle Gray, Terri Downer, Donna Hartz, Patrea Andersen, Julie Hanson, and Yu Gao
Incidence and associated risk factors for falls in older adults after elective total knee replacement surgery: A prospective cohort study, Anne Marie Hill; Gail Ross-Adjie; Steven M. McPhail; Angela Jacques Mbiostat; Max Bulsara; Alexis Cranfield; Christopher Etherton-Beer; Natasya Raja Azlan, Mn; Sarah Jayne Powell; Gerard Hardisty; and Leanne Monterosso
New graduate midwives’ transition to practice: A scoping review, Deyna Hopkinson, Lauren Kearney, Michelle Gray, and Kendall George
A scoping review of non-pharmacological health education provided to families of children with idiopathic childhood constipation within primary health care, Davina Houghton, Diana Arabiat, Deborah Ireson, and Evalotte Mörelius
Stand and deliver: An integrative review of the evidence around birthing upright, Laura Irvin, Annemarie De Leo, and Clare Davison
Extended immersive simulation to develop nontechnical skills: Content analysis of students' views, Elisabeth R. Jacob, Deb Sundin, Sue Robertson, and Hugh Davies
Building the plane while it’s flying: Implementation lessons from integrating a co-located exercise clinic into oncology care, Mary A. Kennedy, Sara Bayes, Robert U. Newton, Yvonne Zissiadis, Nigel A. Spry, Dennis R. Taaffe, Nicolas H. Hart, and Daniel A. Galvão
Correction to: Implementation barriers to integrating exercise as medicine in oncology: An ecological scoping review, Mary A. Kennedy, Sara Bayes, Robert U. Newton, Yvonne Zissiadis, Nigel A. Spry, Dennis R. Taaffe, Nicolas H. Hart, and Daniel A. Galvão
Implementation barriers to integrating exercise as medicine in oncology: An ecological scoping review, Mary A. Kennedy, Sara Bayes, Robert U. Newton, Yvonne Zissiadis, Nigel Spry, Dennis Taaffe, Nicolas H. Hart, and Daniel A. Galvao
Anticipatory coping: How women deal with the hassles of living with multiple sclerosis, Maryam Keramat Kar, Lisa Whitehead, Catherine M. Smith, Philippa Seaton, and Hossein Mozhdehipanah
The impact of somatic and cognitive depressive symptoms on medical prognosis in patients with end-stage renal disease, Amani A. Khalil, Muhammad W. Darawad, Mona A. Abed, Ayman Hamdan-Mansour, Diana H. Arabiat, Malek K. Alnajar, and Zyad T. Saleh
Prevalence of distress and its associated factors among caregivers of people diagnosed with cancer: A cross-sectional study, Deborah L. Kirk, Istvan Kabdebo, and Lisa Whitehead
The role of dysfunctional sleep beliefs in mediating the outcomes of web-based cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia in community-dwelling older adults: Protocol for a single-group, nonrandomized trial, Yvonne Kutzer, Lisa Whitehead, Eimear Quigley, and Mandy Stanley
Overqualification and underemployment for nursing graduates in Australia: A retrospective observational study, Ian W. Li, Christine Duffield, and Gemma Doleman
Efficacy and safety of acupuncture and or moxibustion for managing primary dysmenorrhea: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Weiting Liu, Carol Chunfeng Wang, Khui Hung Lee, Xiaopeng Ma, and Timothy Leen Kang
Research methodology in acupuncture and moxibustion for managing primary dysmenorrhea: A scoping review, Weiting Liu, Carol Chunfeng Wang, Khui Hung Lee, Xiaopeng Ma, and Timothy Leen Kang
The effect of day 5 blastocyst assessment timing on live birth prediction and development of a prediction algorithm, Yanhe Liu, Kee Ong, Irving Korman, Ross Turner, David Shaker, Deirdre Zander-Fox, and Luk Rombauts
Impact of you only live once: A resilience-based HIV prevention intervention to reduce risky sexual behaviour among youth in South Africa, Fungai Mbengo, Esther Adama, Amanda Towell-Barnard, Arvin Bhana, Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah, and Maggie Zgambo
Barriers and facilitators to HIV prevention interventions for reducing risky sexual behavior among youth worldwide: A systematic review, Fungai Mbengo, Esther Adama, Amanda Towell-Barnard, Arvin Bhana, and Maggie Zgambo
Systematic review protocol of the effectiveness of HIV prevention interventions for reducing risky sexual behaviour among youth globally, Fungai Mbengo, Maggie Zgambo, Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah, Fatch Welcome Kalembo, Takanori Honda, Yoko Shimpuku, and Sanmei Chen
Nursing in a different world: Remote area nursing as a specialist–generalist practice area, Kylie McCullough, Sara Bayes, Lisa Whitehead, Anne Williams, and Vicki Cope
How long does menopause last? 5 tips for navigating uncertain times, Yvonne Middlewick
Development and psychometric testing of the gender misconceptions of men in nursing (GEMINI) scale among nursing students, Jed Montayre, Ibrahim Alananzeh, Kasia Bail, Kate Barnewall, Tania Beament, Steve Campbell, Cathy Carmody, Alex Chan, Frank Donnelly, Jed Duff, Caleb Ferguson, Jo Gibson, Peta Harbour, Colin J. Ireland, Xian-Liang Liu, Patricia Luyke, Della Maneze, Jo McDonall, Lauren McTier, Tameeka Mulquiney, Jane O'Brien, Lemuel J. Pelentsov, Lucie M. Ramjan, Natasha Reedy, Gina M. Richards, Michael A. Roche, Brandon W. Smith, Jing-Yu (Benjamin) Tan, Karen A. Theobald, Kathleen E. Tori, Peter Wall, Emily Wallis, Luke Yokota, Joel Zugai, and Yenna Salamonson
Supporting premature infants’ oral feeding in the NICU—a qualitative study of nurses’ perspectives, Evalotte Mörelius, Charlotte Sahlén Helmer, Maria Hellgren, and Siw Alehagen
Pediatric and child health nursing: A three-phase research priority setting study in Western Australia, Evalotte Mörelius, Ailsa Munns, Stephanie Smith, Helen J. Nelson, Anne McKenzie, Jade Ferullo, and Fenella J. Gill
Women's experiences of breech birth decision making: An integrated review, Sara E. Morris, Deborah Sundin, and Sadie Geraghty
Breech presentation management: A critical review of leading clinical practice guidelines, Sara Morris, Sadie Geraghty, and Deborah Sundin