Submissions from 2025
Australian fathers’ experiences of caring for their preterm infants, Esther Adama, Eric Adua, Evalotte Mörelius, Annie Chang, Ravisha Srinivasjois, and Sara Bayes
Enhancing person-centred care in the final years of life: Insights from emergency department visits and hospitalisations in Victorian residential aged care (2015/16 to 2022/23), Janine J. Alan, Bridget Laging, Peter Cameron, Rohan Laging, James Boyd, Davina Porock, and Sean Randall
A cross-sectional examination of missed infection control practices among nurses in the Jordanian hospitals, Muhammad Ahmed Alshyyab, Rania Ali Albsoul, Gerard FitzGerald, and Diana Arabiat
Navigating child oral health in Western Australia: A caregiver's perspective, Lesley Andrew, Elizabeth Wenden, Mohamed Estai, and Ruth Wallace
Game-based learning contributions to clinical leadership in times of resource scarcity, Scott James Andrews, Olivia Gallagher, Alecka Miles, Carol Crevacore, Jessica Watson, Sean Cashman, Wyatt de Souza, Martin Masek, Julie Boston, Lisa Holmes, and Brennen Mills
Impact of parent-reported antibiotic allergies on pediatric antimicrobial stewardship programs, Annabelle Arnold, Linda L. Coventry, Mandie J. Foster, Michelle Trevenen, Elizabeth J. McKinnon, Sarah MacLindon, Zoy H. Goff, Christopher C. Blyth, and Michaela Lucas
The first year of assisted dying in New Zealand through the lens of healthcare professionals not directly involved in the process, Waqas Arshad, Aida Dehkhoda, Melissa Carey, David B. Menkes, Nicholas Hoeh, Frederick Sundram, Rosemary Frey, and Gary Cheung
Psychotropic polypharmacy in dementia: A retrospective analysis for people with neuropsychiatric symptoms referred to an Australian dementia support service, Mustafa Atee, Andrew Stafford, Daniel Whiting, Ya Ping Lee, Christopher Morrow, Guillaume Nyakaboyi, Ella Warnes, and Thomas Morris
The Specialist Dementia Care Program in Australia: Evidence to date on a home-like model of care for people with very severe behaviours and psychological symptoms of dementia, Mustafa Atee, Srivalli Vilapakkam Nagarajan, Rebecca Lloyd, Stephen Macfarlane, Angela Raguz, and Thomas Morris
The impacts of COVID-19 restrictions on care-givers of people with cognitive impairment and their support needs: A mixed-methods systematic review, Loretta Baldassar, Thi N. M. Nguyen, Bronte Jones, Catriona Stevens, Lukasz Krzyzowski, Silvia Lozeva, Simone Marino, Maria G. C. Du Plooy, Johanne Eldridge, Osvaldo P. Almeida, and Manonita Ghosh
Moderate-to-late preterm infants benefit from the early collaborative intervention: Primary outcomes of an RCT, Ulrika Birberg Thornberg, Felix Sebastian Koch, Charlotte Sahlén Helmer, Jonna Tell, Ellinore Nyberg, Thomas Abrahamsson, and Evalotte Mörelius
Midwifery students' evaluation of midwifery practice experiences in Australia: A national survey, F. Bogossian, A. Hyun, D. Bloxsome, A. Brown, S. Cooper, S. Hunter, and L. Kearney
Confirming the validity and reliability of the Placement Evaluation Tool to evaluate midwifery practice placements (PET-Midwifery), Fiona Bogossian, Dianne Bloxsome, Angela Brown, Robyn Cant, Susan Hunter, Lauren Kearney, Lesley Kuliukas, Carolyn Ross, and Simon Cooper
Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori nursing and midwifery academic workforce across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, Ann Bonner, Linda Deravin, Jan Dewar, Moira Williamson, Kerri Gillespie, Cheryl Atherfold, Karen Nightingale, Caryn West, and Karen Strickland
Planned changes to nurse leadership, staffing and skill-mix: Impact on the working environment, job satisfaction and intention to leave, Noeleen Brady, Selena O'Connell, David Gilligan, Caoimhe Madden, Lisa Gannon, Victoria Howson, Jane E. Ball, Aileen Murphy, Peter Griffiths, Christine Duffield, P. Anne Scott, Vera J.C. Mc Carthy, and Jonathan Drennan
Nurse academics' attitudes towards technology: A mixed methods study, Mark Browning, Simon Cooper, and Lisa McKenna
The value and challenges of international nursing students: A call for better support, Janie Brown, Eric Lim, Sally Wilson, John Taplin, Terena Solomons, Irene Ngune, Paul Kebble, Anna Bosco, and Fatch Kalembo
Woman-centred ethical grid for midwifery education: A content analysis, Kate Buchanan, Darcie Bygraves, Emma Ritchie, Krystyl Toneycliffe, Sara Bayes, and David Seedhouse
The work of midwives: The socio-institutional theory of the meaning of midwives’ work-life balance, Kate Buchanan, Kate Dawson, Jacqueline Taylor, and Sara Bayes
Transformative learning in homebirth settings: A reflexive thematic analysis of midwifery students' experiences, Kate Buchanan, Sara Morris, Sara Bayes, and Clare Davison
Through the looking glass; midwifery students' experience of ethical issues: A feminist explanatory case study, D. Bygraves, K. Wissemann, and K. Buchanan
When nurses worry: A concept analysis of intuition in clinical deterioration, Amy Louise Byrne, Deb Massey, Tracy Flenady, Justine Connor, Wei Ling Chua, and Danielle Le Lagadec
What do safety and risk mean to women who choose to birth at home? A systematic review, Candice Chauncy, Kate Dawson, and Sara Bayes
Efficacy and safety of moxibustion for knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Shun Chen, Weiting Liu, Changhao Liang, Hanjiang Liu, Pei Wang, and Qinwei Fu
Pulmonary nodule malignancy probability: A meta-analysis of the Brock model, S. Chen, W. L. Lin, W. T. Liu, L. Y. Zou, Y. Chen, and F. Lu
Exploring university student mental health and wellbeing through a low-barrier peer-led service: Emerging insights from the living room, Amanda L. Cole, Fiona Navin, and Dawn Reid
Acknowledging: A classic grounded theory explaining how nurses' employ clinical judgement when complying with early warning system protocols, Justine Connor, Tracy Flenady, Trudy Dwyer, and Deb Massey
Twenty-one year trends in pressure injury in a Western Australian hospital, Linda L. Coventry, Istvan Kabdebo, Nicole Walsh, Joelle Winderbaum, Mark Jenkins, Prachi Kaistha, Diane E. Twigg, Shirley Jansen, and Dimitri Beeckman
Midwives experience of working with maternity assistants: A qualitative study, Carol Crevacore, Annie De Leo, Peta Fisher, and Sara Bayes
Investigating falls risk awareness in hospitals using the Self-Awareness of Falls Risk Measure (SAFRM): Empirical research quantitative, Elissa Dabkowski, Simon J. Cooper, Jhodie Duncan, and Karen Missen
Advancing healthcare through quality improvement processes, Hugh Davies, Deb Massey, and Rosemary Saunders
How valuable is an implementation toolkit for midwives? An exploratory study, Annemarie (Annie) De Leo, Linda Sweet, Peter Palamara, Dianne Bloxsome, and Sara Bayes
Fostering a resilient healthcare system: Supportive practice environment initiatives to support nurse and midwives a scoping review, Gemma Doleman, Dianne Bloxsome, Rong Wang, and Lisa Whitehead
The association between sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy outcomes in the Northern Territory, Australia: A population-based cohort study, Jennifer Dunne, Gizachew A. Tessema, Matthew Legge, Sylvester Dodzi Nyadanu, Aditi Roy, Amanuel T. Gebremedhin, Jacqueline Hendriks, Tricia Reid-Moore, and Gavin Pereira
Dysphagia screening in residential long-term care settings in the Republic of Ireland: A cross-sectional survey, Constantino Estupiñán Artiles, Claire Donnellan, Julie Regan, and Mary Mooney
Recruitment and retention of intensive care unit survivors in follow-up studies: A systematic review, Beverley Ewens, Vivien Kemp, Yvonne Middlewick, Amanda Towell-Barnard, and Lisa Whitehead
The outcomes of a structured bowel management programme on childhood functional constipation: A retrospective pre – post intervention study, Gunilla Flankegård, Peter Wide, and Evalotte Mörelius
Weight stigma amongst nurses and nursing students: A scoping review of direct and comparative evidence, Mahshid Fonoudi, Beverley Ewens, and Amanda Towell-Barnard
The importance of advancing international family nursing practice across the lifespan, Mandie Foster, Barbara K. Giambra, Lindsay Smith, Elisabeth Coyne, and Lisa Whitehead
Nurse leaders’ perceptions of organisational policies, guidelines, and practices that enact children and young people’s involvement in hospitals, Mandie Jane Jane Foster, Julie Blamires, Virginia Jones, Smita Keshoor, Chris Moir, and Annette Dickinson
A child-centred research checklist to improve the design and reporting of paediatric research studies: A descriptive mixed methods study, Mandie Foster, Lisa Whitehead, Therese A. O'Sullivan, Julie Hill, and Evalotte Mörelius
Acupuncture for women undergoing in vitro fertilization: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis, Qin Wei Fu, Shao Mi Zhu, Ji Chen, Yong Qin Liu, Chang Hao Liang, Lin Jiang Song, Jing Zhuang, Xin Tan, Li Zhou Liu, Ling Luo, Hai Yan Yin, Wing Fai Yeung, Shu Cheng Chen, Wei Ting Liu, Qin Xiu Zhang, and Yong Tang
Indirect evidence of sex-selective abortion practices to the imbalanced sex ratio at birth in Australian migrant populations, Amanuel Tesfay Gebremedhin, Gizachew A. Tessema, Ravisha Srinivasjois, Judith A. Daire, Kevin A. Chai, Bereket Duko, Kalayu Brhane Mruts, and Gavin Pereira
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
Patient perception of involvement in nursing bedside handover: A cross-sectional study, Manonita Ghosh, Kaoru Nosaka, Rosemary Saunders, Olivia Gallagher, Amanda Towell-Barnard, Debannita Ghosh, Lucy Gent, and Linda Coventry
Patient and family involvement in nursing bedside handover: A qualitative descriptive study of consumer perceptions of nursing care, Manonita Ghosh, Beverly O’Connell, Hien Thi Nguyen, Linda Coventry, Amanda Towell-Barnard, Olivia Gallagher, Karen Gullick, Lucy Gent, and Rosemary Saunders
Prevalence and trends of coexisting forms of malnutrition and its associated factors among children aged 6–59 months in South and Southeast Asia, 1996–2022: A cross-sectional time series study, Wenjie Guo, Maggie Zgambo, Sanmei Chen, and Yoko Shimpuku
A multivariate analysis of reported quality of life among medical students in Jordan using the WHOQOL-BREF, Mohammad Hamad, Saba Al Smadi, and Diana Arabiat
Working with patients who self-injure: An open label study of an educational intervention to upskill emergency nurses on non-suicidal self-injury, Penelope Hasking, Amanda Aiyana, Jonathon Burcham, Samantha Carey, Joanne M. Dickson, Daniel Fatovich, Logan Hopkins, Eme John, Shirley McGough, Chloe McLean, Irene Ngune, and Alex Wheeler
Nurses’ and midwives’ job satisfaction and retention during COVID-19: A scoping review, Laura Hynes, Sadie Geraghty, Sheena McChlery, Aisling Smyth, Reeti Brar, and Karen Clark-Burg
Silence is not golden: How academic nursing and midwifery is failing our Afghan sisters, Robin Ion, Laura Jackson, and Radha Adhikari
Predicting violence in the intensive care unit: Can artificial intelligence protect those who care?, Gideon U. Johnson, Amanda Towell-Barnard, and Beverley Ewens
The development of a family-led novel intervention for delirium prevention and management in the adult intensive care unit: A co-design qualitative study, Gideon U. Johnson, Amanda Towell-Barnard, Christopher McLean, and Beverley Ewens
Factors that influence international nursing students’ experiences and perceptions of their learning environments: A scoping review, Fatch Welcome Kalembo, Sally Wilson, Terena Solomons, Irene Ngune, Eric Lim, Anna Bosco, Paul Kebble, John Taplin, and Janie Brown
Knowledge and perceptions of modifiable ischaemic heart disease risk among Indians: Scoping review, Kunwar Kaur, Ma'en Zaid Abu-Qamar, Amineh Rashidi, Nilufeur McKay, and Rosemary Saunders
A qualitative analysis of Australian midwifery students’ perspectives of Midwifery Practice Experience: Characteristics that enhance or diminish clinical education placements, L. Kearney, Dianne Bloxsome, S. Hunter, A. Brown, Simon Cooper, and F. Bogossian
Changes in the contributions of risk factors to under-five mortality in low- and lower-middle-income countries (1997-2022): An analysis of Demographic and Health Survey data, Bereket Kefale, Jonine Jancey, Amanuel T. Gebremedhin, Gavin Pereira, and Gizachew A. Tessema
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
Development of 24-hour rhythms in cortisol secretion across infancy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data, Laura Kervezee, Michelle Romijn, Kirsten N.G. Van De Weijer, Britney S.J. Chen, George L. Burchell, Marieke S. Tollenaar, Marcela Tamayo-Ortiz, Lauren E. Philbrook, Carolina De Weerth, Yang Cao, Joost Rotteveel, Rina D. Eiden, Rima Azar, Nicole R. Bush, Adina Chis, Grazyna Kmita, Melissa W. Clearfield, Roseriet Beijers, Michael Gröschl, Stefan A. Wudy, Andries Kalsbeek, Evalotte Mörelius, and Martijn J.J. Finken
Understanding needs, barriers, and facilitators to self-management among people living with type 2 diabetes in Lilongwe and Blantyre, Malawi, Madalo Gloria Kalero Kuchawo
Identifying key factors associated with assistive technology availability for dementia care using machine learning, Wai Hang Kwok, Syed Afaq Ali Shah, and Guanjin Wang
Skin-to-skin contact at birth for very preterm infants and symptoms of depression and anxiety in parents during the first year – A secondary outcome of a randomized clinical trial, Siri Lilliesköld, Karoline Lode-Kolz, Björn Westrup, Nils Bergman, Kimmo Sorjonen, Ulrika Ådén, Evalotte Mörelius, Siren Rettedal, and Wibke Jonas
The effect of resistance inspiratory muscle training in the management of breathlessness in patients with thoracic malignancies: A randomised controlled trial, Meng Yuan Li, Xian Liang Liu, Bo Peng, Tao Wang, Li Qun Yao, Hou Qiang Huang, Wai Hang Kwok, Jing Yu Benjamin Tan, and Alex Molassiotis
Somatic acupressure for the management of the fatigue-sleep disturbance-depression symptom cluster in breast cancer survivors: A study protocol for a phase III randomised controlled trial, Mengyuan Li, Tao Wang, Xian Liang Liu, Ren Li Deng, Wai Hang Kwok, Li Qun Yao, and Jing Yu Benjamin Tan
Comparative diagnostic accuracy of nursing delirium screening scale versus confusion assessment method for postoperative delirium: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Chia Jou Lin, Donna Marie Fick, Victoria Traynor, Yi Chen Chen, Hui Fen Hsiang, and Hsiao Yean Chiu
Primary care physicians' responses to treatment burden in people with type 2 diabetes: A qualitative video analysis in China, Kai Lin, Mi Yao, Lesley Andrew, Runqi Lin, Rouyan Li, Yilin Chen, Xinxin Ji, Jacques Oosthuizen, Moira Sim, and Yongsong Chen
Does acupuncture at motor-related acupoints affect corticospinal excitability? A systematic review and meta-analysis, Renming Liu, Aung Aung Kywe Moe, Weiting Liu, Maryam Zoghi, and Shapour Jaberzadeh
Consumers' perspectives on the design of a new digital frailty education course, ‘Focus on Frailty’: A qualitative co-design study, Kristiana Ludlow, Benignus Logan, Jhalak Arora, Sarah Martin, Elizabeth Miller, Ruth E. Hubbard, Nicola Warren, Olivia Gallagher, and Rosemary Saunders
Focus on frailty: Co-designing digital frailty education with healthcare students, Kristiana Ludlow, Sarah Martin, Benignus Logan, Ruth E. Hubbard, Nicola Warren, Olivia Gallagher, Bonnie K. Kwok, and Rosemary Saunders
Understanding supervisory practice and development in the pre-HDR space: An ethogenic approach, Jenny Martin, Alison Owens, Sara Bayes, Paul Tofari, Claire Lynch, Nicola Brown, Benjamin Mountford, and Ellen Warne
Rising above the strain? Adaptive strategies used by healthcare providers in intensive care units to promote safety, Debbie Massey and Brigid M. Gillespie
The impact of a planned change to nurse staffing levels in emergency departments: A pre-test, post-test design, Vera J.C. Mc Carthy, Noeleen Brady, Ashling Murphy, Aileen Murphy, Jane Ball, Robert Crouch, Christine Duffield, Peter Griffiths, Anne Scott, and Jonathan Drennan
Intrapartum hydration assessment and management: A cross-sectional survey of Australian and New Zealand maternity units, Brianne G. McIntyre, Debbie Massey, Nigel Lee, and Lauren Kearney
Evaluation of a virtual home health heart failure program: Mixed methods study, Nilufeur McKay, Rosemary Saunders, Helene Metcalfe, Sue Robinson, Peter Palamara, Kellie Steer, Jeannie Yoo, Miles Ranogajec, Lisa Whitehead, and Beverley Ewens
Family members’ experiences of post-cardiac surgery delirium in the intensive care unit: A narrative inquiry, Amber Coral McLean
Delirium in the acute care setting from the families perspective: A scoping review, Amber Mclean, Beverley Ewens, and Amanda Towell-Barnard
Clinical is the pinnacle: Nurse academics' perspectives and opinions of their students undertaking mental health clinical placements, Lorna Moxham, Kim Foster, Brenda Happell, Richard Lakeman, Michael Hazelton, and John Hurley
Are you sure they're a nurse? Public perceptions of Australian school nursing, Anita Moyes and Brent A. Hayward
The accidental school nurse: How Australian registered nurses enter school nursing, Anita Moyes and Susan Karemba
The evolving role of nursing informatics in the era of artificial intelligence, Abdulqadir J. Nashwan, J. C.A. Cabrega, Mutaz I. Othman, Mahmoud Abdelwahab Khedr, Yasmine M. Osman, Ayman Mohamed El-Ashry, Rami Naif, and Ahmad A. Mousa
Postoperative care pathways for patients following coronary artery bypass grafting surgery: An observational study, Dima Nasrawi, Sharon Latimer, Debbie Massey, and Brigid M. Gillespie
Developing a child-reported measure of inpatient experience of healthcare, Helen J. Nelson, Hayley Harrison, Katie McKenzie, Anne M. Williams, Girish Swaminathan, and Evalotte Mörelius
Support networks and care needs: Insights from older Vietnam-born Australians living with chronic disease, Thi Ngoc Minh Nguyen, Rosemary Saunders, Gordana Dermody, and Lisa Whitehead
Mental health support workers perspectives on barriers to and facilitators of the effective delivery of their roles: A systematic review and meta-aggregation, Martha Njuguna, Irene Ngune, and Yvonne Middlewick
Nursing student reflections on a research internship: A reflective discussion following the Gibbs' reflective cycle, Francine Antoinette Ocampo, Brianne Genevieve McIntyre, Debbie Massey, and Rosemary Saunders
Determining timeframes to death for imminently dying patients: A retrospective cohort study, Tricia O’Connor, Wai Man Liu, Juliane Samara, Joanne Lewis, Karen Strickland, and Catherine Paterson
Assessing the effect of awareness of international oxygen therapy guidelines on oxygen administration practices among nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: A survey of nurses working in the pediatric and medical departments of a National Teaching and Referral Hospital in low-resource settings, Joseph Odhiambo, Lucy W Kivuti-Bitok, Solomon Omare, and Irene Ngune
Emotional safety in maternity care: An evolutionary concept analysis, Elliesha O'Reilly, Kate Buchanan, and Sara Bayes
Effects of pregnancy and lactation prebiotics supplementation on infant allergic disease: A randomized controlled trial, Debra J. Palmer, Alana R. Cuthbert, Thomas R. Sullivan, Rachelle A. Pretorius, Johan Garssen, Kristina Rueter, Maria C. Jenmalm, Jeffrey A. Keelan, Desiree Silva, and Susan L. Prescott
Development of a reporting guideline for Trochim’s concept mapping, Sandesh Pantha, Martin Jones, and Richard Gray
Harnessing technology in pediatric nursing: Balancing innovation, equity and sustainability, Karin Plummer, Nicole Pope, Melissa D. McCradden, Amanda J. Ullman, Mandie Foster, Jennifer N. Stinson, and Bronwyn Griffin
Rethinking procedural holding through a trauma-informed lens, K. Plummer, C. Kotzur, and M. Foster
The Careful Project: Evaluating the acceptability of local virtual reality experiences as a leisure activity for residents in aged care, Davina Porock, Patricia Cain, Christopher Young, Julieanne Hilbers, Maria Bomm, Manonita Ghosh, and Mandy Stanley
Understanding perceptions, attitudes and experiences of nursing students during clinical placement in Primary Health Care settings – A scoping review, Debbie Procter, Kylie McCullough, Debbie Massey, and Karen Strickland
Psychological implications of preterm birth, Livio Provenzi, Minesh Khashu, Mia McLean, and Evalotte Morelius
Academic support strategies for nursing students with a disability at university — An integrative review, Lucie M. Ramjan, Gina Richards, David Roach, Belinda McGrath, Peta Drury, Clare Walters, Manela Glarcher, Ruth Crawford, Peter Wall, and Yenna Salamonson
The changes in health-related quality of life after attending cardiac rehabilitation: A qualitative systematic review of the perspective of patients living with heart disease, Amineh Rashidi, Lisa Whitehead, Helena Halton, Lisa Munro, Ian Jones, and Lisa Newson
The effects of interventions on health-related quality of life of people living with cardiovascular disease: A systematic review, Amineh Rashidi, Lisa Whitehead, Lisa Newson, Helen Walthall, Clare Van Miert, Vivien Kemp, and Ian Jones
Dementia awareness raising forum: Improving attitudes towards people living with dementia, Sheridan T. Read, Rosemary Saunders, Matthew A. Albrecht, and Ravani Duggan
Development and validation of competencies for home-based nursing care: An e-Delphi study, Khairul Dzakirin Bin Rusli, Ying Lau, Siew Tiang Lau, Laura Schmidt Tham, Michelle Mong Nee Kee, Qi Wen Ng, Shu Fen Ong, Karen Strickland, and Sok Ying Liaw