A5005355136- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Family Support in Illness
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Nursing Roles and Practices
- Nursing education and management
- Ethics in medical practice
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Stoma care and complications
- Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Delphi Technique in Research
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Anorectal Disease Treatments and Outcomes
The University of Notre Dame Australia
2012-2024
Murdoch University
2016-2024
Cancer Nurses Society of Australia
2023-2024
Notre Dame University
2023
St John of God Murdoch Hospital
2011-2022
St John of God Hospital
2011-2022
Edith Cowan University
2008-2020
The University of Western Australia
2015
University of Notre Dame
2013
Curtin University
2007-2010
Objective To obtain feedback from parents of children who died cancer about their understanding palliative care, experiences and supportive care received during child's illness, needs.Design A qualitative study with semi-structured interviews.Participants: 24 Perth (n = 10), Melbourne 5), Brisbane 5) Sydney 4). Setting: Five Australian tertiary paediatric oncology centres. Results Parents whose live within a context chronic uncertainty apprehension. construed negatively as an independent...
Despite advances in cancer diagnosis and treatment have significantly improved survival rates, patients post-treatment-related health needs are often not adequately addressed by current services. The aim of the Women's Wellness after Cancer Program (WWACP), which is a digitised multimodal lifestyle intervention, to enhance health-related quality life women previously treated for blood, breast gynaecological cancers.A single-blinded, multi-centre randomized controlled trial recruited total...
Abstract This study explored the experiences and needs of nine parents who had received hospital—based bereavement support following death their child from cancer, in Western Australia. Six prominent themes emerged thematic data analysis: personal grief, coping, concern for siblings deceased child, hospital support, community supports unmet needs. Parents identified need more supportive contact staff during palliative phase child's death, early provision information on how to practically...
Given the variety of palliative care settings within which symptom distress must be assessed, development a valid and reliable clinical tool that can simply applied in every day practice is needed. The Symptom Assessment Scale (SAS) uses 0–10 numerical scale with zero being no 10 worst possible. key symptoms included are breathing, bowel problems, appetite pain, insomnia, nausea fatigue. instrument structured to allow either patient, family member or nurse assess symptoms. was tested on 572...
There is a paucity of literature examining the context leadership within clinical preceptor/undergraduate nursing student relationship and relevance this to learning environment. This study used mixed methodological survey approach explore qualities in nurse preceptors that are considered desirable contribute positive practicum experiences from perspective 23 undergraduate nurses. Findings showed students both want need their order develop psychomotor skill competency experience orientation...
The primary aim of the present study was to investigate Australian ED staff perspectives and needs regarding palliative care provision. Secondary aims were assess views about death dying, their awareness common causes in Australia, particularly those where a approach is appropriate.All medical nursing working private Perth, Western asked complete combined quantitative qualitative survey. survey tool uses combination Likert-type scales open-ended questions. Descriptive statistics intergroup...
Abstract Background To maintain and improve the quality of cancer nursing workforce, it is crucial to understand factors that influence retention job satisfaction. We aimed investigate characteristics nurses in Australia identify predictors Methods analysed data from an anonymous cross-sectional survey distributed through Cancer Nurses Society membership social media platforms October 2021 February 2022. The was compared national registration data. Data were with non-parametric tests, a...
Objective To identify the perceptions of parents children who died from cancer regarding palliative and supportive care they received in hospital community settings. Method Face-to-face or telephone questionnaires. Setting Tertiary paediatric oncology centres Western Australia, New South Wales, Queensland Victoria. Participants 69 parents. Results Parents indicated need for clear honest information about their child’s condition prognosis throughout trajectory illness. also required access...
There is a paucity of literature examining the context leadership within clinical preceptor/undergraduate nursing student relationship and relevance this to learning environment. This study used mixed methodological survey approach explore qualities in nurse preceptors that are considered desirable contribute positive practicum experiences from perspective 23 undergraduate nurses. Findings showed students both want need their order develop psychomotor skill competency experience orientation...
Objective: To obtain feedback from families of children receiving palliative and supportive care about their needs in hospital community settings.Design: A two-phase combined quantitative qualitative study. Setting: Western Australia.Participants: 134 parents 20 service providers.Results: Analysis indicated the concept is poorly understood by health professionals parents. Many are affected emotionally, financially physically burden caring for with life threatening or chronic conditions...
Amidst the fulfilment of making a positive impact on patients' lives, cancer nurses also contend with high workloads, limited resources, and barriers to career advancement. Understanding perceptions is essential in addressing these challenges fostering an environment that promotes both professional satisfaction optimal patient care. Our aim was explore Australian nurses' experiences perspectives workforce their proposed solutions address them.
The impact of childhood cancer on the patient and family is devastating results in significant emotional physical effects child family. An increasing awareness role health care professionals at this time has led to development hospital-based bereavement support services. However, many services are not evidence based, varies between institutions. objective study was determine current practice relating programmes.A survey all major tertiary paediatric oncology units Australia New Zealand (N =...
Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) nurses are often faced with complex clinical and ethical problems. Little is known about the role of NICU nurse in decision‐making, or processes that inform decision‐making this setting. The purpose study was to explore describe nurses’ perceptions their as patient advocate, situations cause them concern extent involvement decision‐making. A combined quantitative qualitative research design used. questionnaire administered working sole perinatal tertiary...
Aim: This paper is a report of the comparison perceptions family-centred care by hospital staff (nurses, doctors and allied health staff) parents hospitalised children in two Australian tertiary paediatric hospitals.Background: Family-centred an accepted approach to caring for their families hospital. Previous publications have been inconsistent, ranging from promoting its benefits integration into practice, reporting operational difficulties proposing that may not be working at all. An...
To describe the unmet informational, psychological, emotional, social, practical, and physical needs preferences for posttreatment survivorship care of individuals living with multiple myeloma to inform development relevant, person-centered, services.An exploratory, descriptive study using 2 focus groups 14 participants, 6 49 months postdiagnosis.Thematic analysis revealed 7 key themes: information needs, experience health-care professionals, coping side effects, communicating family...
Background With an increasing ageing population in most countries, the role of general practitioners (GPs) and practice nurses (GPNs) providing optimal end life (EoL) care is increasingly important. Objective To explore: (1) patient carer expectations GPs GPNs at EoL; (2) GPs’ GPNs’ contribution to advance planning (ACP) (3) if primary involvement allows people die place preference. Method Systematic literature review. Data sources: Papers from 2000 2017 were sought Medline, Psychinfo,...