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
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
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 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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
Psychological implications of preterm birth, Livio Provenzi, Minesh Khashu, Mia McLean, and Evalotte Morelius
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
Patients' perception of missed nursing care in a tertiary hospital: A cross-sectional study, Afia Achiaa Sarpong, Amanda Towell-Barnard, Lucy Gent, Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah, and Diana Arabiat
Families' experiences of end-of-life care in an acute private hospital: A qualitative study, Rosemary Saunders, Susan Alexander, Julie Andrew, Anne Wilkinson, Karen Gullick, Ashwini Davray, Manonita Ghosh, Karla Seaman, and Michelle Gay
Observing nursing assistant companions supporting older adults in hospital: A cross-sectional study, Rosemary Saunders, Kate Crookes, Tania Leach, Seng Giap Marcus Ang, Caroline Bulsara, Beverly Ewens, Michelle Gay, Karla Seaman, Paige Watkins, Christopher Etherton-Beer, and Olivia Gallagher
Hospital volunteer programs for older people: A systematic scoping review, Rosemary Saunders, Francine Antoinette Ocampo, Renée Graham, Angela Christiansen, Michelle Gay, and Karla Seaman
Sleep in residential aged care: A secondary qualitative analysis of data from the Australian Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety, Aisling Smyth, Patricia Cain, Sabine Pangerl, Christopher Gordon, Kasia Bail, and Davina Porock
Fostering a publication culture: Supporting students and early career researchers in nursing and midwifery, Gemma Stacey, Kate Buchanan, and Raluca Oaten
Perceptions on the use of hypnotherapy in supportive care of patients during active cancer treatment in Australia: A mixed methods study, Malwina Szmaglinska
How does trauma informed care education for paediatric healthcare professionals’ impact self-reported knowledge and practice. An integrative review, Megan Thornton, Julie Blamires, Mandie Foster, Rebecca Mowat, and Stephanie Haven
Implementing a gerontological nursing competencies programme in aged care: Participant experiences, Victoria Traynor, Nicole Britten, Diane Gibson, Stephanie Munk, Lynn Chenoweth, Jolan Stokes, Tracey Moroney, Karen Strickland, Toni Donaghy, and Kasia Bail
Investigating protective and risk factors and predictive insights for Aboriginal perinatal mental health: Explainable artificial intelligence approach, Guanjin Wang, Hachem Bennamoun, Wai Hang Kwok, Jenny Paola Ortega Quimbayo, Bridgette Kelly, Trish Ratajczak, Rhonda Marriott, Roz Walker, and Jayne Kotz
Physiological plateaus during normal labor and birth: A novel definition, Marina Weckend, Kylie McCullough, Christine Duffield, Sara Bayes, and Clare Davison
Interventions, programmes and resources that address culturally and linguistically diverse consumer and carers’ cancer information needs: A mixed methods systematic review, Lisa Whitehead, Deborah Kirk, Pelden Chejor, Weiting Liu, Minh Nguyen, Caroline Balczer, Charlene Lan, and Melissa Evans
Impact of rurality on health care utilization among Australian residents from 2009 to 2021, Engida Yisma, Martin Jones, Lee San Pauh, Sandra Walsh, Sara Jones, Esther May, and Marianne Gillam
Efficacy and safety of behavioural activation on depression in people with co-occurring non-communicable diseases: Systematic review and meta-analysis, Engida Yisma, Kuda Muyambi, Sandra Walsh, Shwikar Othman, Richard Gray, Kuan Liung Tan, Mary Steen, and Martin Jones
Child and family centred care: A three-phased principle-based concept analysis, Maggie Zgambo, Julie Blamires, Mandie Foster, Mohammad Al-Motlaq, Therese A. O'Sullivan, Davina Houghton, and Evalotte Mörelius
Cultural influences, experiences and interventions targeting self-management behaviours for prediabetes or type 2 diabetes in first-generation immigrants: A scoping review, Min Zhang, Kirsten Coppell, Johnny Lo, and Lisa Whitehead
Effectiveness, acceptability, and cost-effectiveness of digital health interventions for diabetes self-management in adults with or without hypertension: An umbrella review protocol, Min Zhang, Jiahui Ge, Xinrong Yu, Tian Wang, Fenglan Wang, Madalo Gloria Kalero Kuchawo, and Li Ge
Submissions from 2024
Enablers and barriers of online mindfulness-based interventions for informal carers: A mixed-methods systematic review, Charunya Amilani Kumarihami Rambukwella Abeysinghe Mudiyanselage, Beverley Ewens, Aisling Smyth, Joanne Dickson, and Seng Giap Marcus Ang
Barriers to adherence to standard precautions among community health workers: A scoping review, Margaret D. Adejumo, Melanie Baker, and Davina Porock
Nurses’ attitude toward trauma-informed care in critical care units: A cross-sectional study, Hashem Alkotaifan, Raghad H. Abdelkader, Mohammad N. Alshloul, Shaher H. Hamaeh, Mohammed S. Albashtawy, Nazzal M. Alshloul, and Doha M. Alshloul
Accreditation as an approach for quality assurance: Is it useful in improving quality of care in pediatric nursing?, Mohammad Al-Motlaq and Mandie Foster
Assessing the maturity of the “family centered care” concept: A review of concept analyses studies, Mohammad Al-Motlaq, Mandie Foster, Maggie Zgambo, and Sarah Neill
A systematic review of the use of routine versus selective episiotomy for vaginal birth, Nour A. Alrida, Amal Ababneh, Khawla Al-Sharif, Diana Arabiat, Jafar Alshraidah, and Basheer Al-Zu'bi
Infection prevention and control in the healthcare setting, Lesley Andrew
Participant misrepresentation in online focus groups: Red flags and proactive measures, Lesley Andrew, Emily Gizzarelli, Mohamed Estai, and Ruth Wallace
Transitions in nursing : preparing for professional practice, Lesley J. Andrew
Preliminary analysis of fall concern among family caregivers of older adults discharged from the jospital: A psychometric evaluation of the carers' fall concern instrument, Seng Giap Marcus Ang, Rosemary Saunders, Chiew Jiat Rosalind Siah, Yan Hui Celestine Wee, Christopher Etherton-Beer, Charlotte Foskett, Karen Gullick, Sue Haydon, and Amanda Wilson
The impact of final-year clinical placements on career preferences of pre-registration nurses: A mixed methods study, Edah Anyango
An examination of the career decision-making self-efficacy of final-year nursing students, Edah Anyango, Esther Adama, Janie Brown, and Irene Ngune
The impact of final-year clinical placements on nursing students' career planning for the graduate year and beyond, Edah Anyango, Esther Adama, Janie Brown, and Irene Ngune
The influence of individual factors on the career preferences and specialty choices of final-year nursing students, Edah Anyango, Irene Ngune, Janie Brown, and Esther Adama
I changed my mind after my placement: The influence of clinical placement environment on career choices of final-year pre-registration nurses, Edah Anyango, Irene i.ngune@ecu.edu.au Ngune, Janie Brown, and Esther Adama
Does intrauterine exposure to diabetes impact mental and motor skills? a meta-analysis of the bayley scales of infant development, Diana Arabiat, Mahammad Al Jabery, and Lisa Whitehead
Assessment design and practices toward holistic learning of higher education students: Empirical evidence via path analysis modelling approach, Ebenezer Arifa-Yamoah, Esther Adama, Amanda Graf, and Kwadwo Adusei-Asante
The impact of reported antibiotic allergy in paediatric care and antimicrobial stewardship, Annabelle Arnold
Antibiotic allergies in children: Clinical impact and emerging strategies in management, Annabelle Arnold and Michaela Lucas
Pain is underestimated in older adults with risk of falls, Mustafa Atee