- Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Patient Safety and Medication Errors
- Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
- Ethics in medical practice
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Nursing education and management
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology
- Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Educational Assessment and Pedagogy
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Ethics in Business and Education
- Workplace Violence and Bullying
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Traffic and Road Safety
Curtin University
2024
Salford Royal Hospital
2023
The University of Western Australia
2019-2021
The Kids Research Institute Australia
2021
Mercer University
2015-2020
Charleston Southern University
2015-2020
Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
2017-2019
Johns Hopkins University
2017-2019
University of South Florida
2017
Kennesaw State University
2016
Complexity in health care environments causes practice problems. Nurses bear responsibility for recognizing, addressing, and preventing ethical Inadequacies ethics education are partly to blame contribute nurse moral distress, attrition, suboptimal care. Foundational curricula structures adequate developing agency needed.The state of the science nursing was explored in-depth by a subcommittee American Association Ethics Advisory Board. A framework based goals designed experts address across...
Answering the Call, Australian National Police and Emergency Services Mental Health Wellbeing Study, surveyed 14,868 ambulance, fire rescue, police, state emergency service employees. services personnel had lower rates of mental wellbeing higher psychological distress probable PTSD than general adult population. Overall 30% low wellbeing, 21% high 9% very distress, 10% PTSD. An estimated 5% suicidal ideation 2% a suicide plan in past 12 months, while 16% binge drink at least weekly. Only one...
Objective: This study presents rates of suicide thoughts and behaviours police emergency services personnel around Australia. In addition, it examines personal (i.e. mental health, substance use) working environment risk protective factors. Method: A stratified random sample from 33 Australian organisations were invited to participate in a health wellbeing survey. total, 14,868 ambulance, fire rescue, state employees participated self-reported any suicidal thoughts, plans and/or attempts the...
Police and emergency services personnel are at an increased risk of developing mental health issues. We sought to compare patterns exposure work-related nonwork stressors associations with posttraumatic stress symptoms psychological distress among police employees.A total 14,868 employees from 33 ambulance, fire rescue, police, state service agencies around Australia participated in a survey assess the prevalence stressors, conditions. Associations between work problems were estimated using...
Childhood-onset schizophrenia (COS) is a rare, chronic mental illness that diagnosed in children prior to the age of 13. COS controversial diagnosis among clinicians and can be very difficult diagnose for number reasons. Schizophrenia psychotic disorder characterized by hallucinations, delusions, flat affect, limited motivation anhedonia. The nature this quite disruptive child's emotional regulation, behavioural control reduce ability perform daily tasks are crucial adaptive functioning....
To determine if standardization of pediatric interfacility transport handover is associated with the development a prototypical shared mental model between healthcare providers.A single center, prepost, retrospective cohort study.A 259-bed, tertiary care, referral center.Children 0 to 18 years old transferred our critical care units or emergency center from October 2016 February 2017.Standardization using multidisciplinary checklist, didactic teaching, and simulation conducted midway through...
This article details how a small college of nursing affiliated with faith-based health care corporation integrated the education end-of-life into megacode simulation. Students participated in high-fidelity simulated scenario which simulator died. Following de-briefing, student groups an additional faculty coached them through postmortem and interaction family member hospital chaplain. As result this multidimensional, interprofessional simulation, students developed heightened skill applying...
Standardization of interfacility transport handover is associated with improved shared mental model development, efficiency, and teaming. We sought to build upon previously published data by evaluating 1-year follow-up data, assessing face-validity, describing sustainability.We performed a pre-post, retrospective cohort study in stand-alone, tertiary, pediatric referral center for children 0-18 years age transported our intensive care unit, neonatal or emergency department from October 2016...
ObjectiveFew studies have assessed factors which may influence an individual's risk of acting on their suicidal thoughts. The current study explores whether affective, behavioural or interpersonal are effective in discriminating between adolescents who only think about suicide, and those attempt suicide.MethodFrom a sample 2,655 families randomly selected across Australia, several putative were compared aged 12–17-years had thought (N = 146; female 69.4%, average age 15.3) attempted suicide...
This paper describes the development and validation of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Assessment Scale for Emergency Services (PASES). The PASES was developed to address needs Australia's first National Mental Health Wellbeing Study Police Services,
Ryan, Kelsey; McKinley, Scott; Bartlett, Jennifer; Son, Sorany; Wilsey, Michael; Nakagawa, Thomas; Sochet, Anthony Author Information
Medication safety problems are common post-hospital discharge, and an important global healthcare improvement target. The Transfers of Care Around Medicines (TCAM) service was launched by a National Health Service Trust in the North-West England, initially focusing on patients with new or existing Monitored Dosage Systems (MDS). TCAM is designed to enable prompt transfer medication information, referrals made hospitals at discharge named community pharmacy. This study aimed explore...
Purpose: Recently published data from our group suggest nutrition during non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is well tolerated without incidence of aspiration-related respiratory failure. Yet, potential therapeutic benefits enteral NIV have not been determined. We sought to assess for differences in rate and clinical outcomes children receiving NIV. Methods: performed a prospective, observational cohort study 1 month - 2 years age admitted the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) acute...