A5081467973- Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Dialysis and Renal Disease Management
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Pharmaceutical studies and practices
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Pharmacovigilance and Adverse Drug Reactions
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Acute Kidney Injury Research
- Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
- Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
- Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
- Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare
- Nursing Roles and Practices
- Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
- Nosocomial Infections in ICU
- Academic integrity and plagiarism
The University of Sydney
2016-2025
Torrance Memorial Medical Center
2021-2025
IntroductionPhysical injury is a leading cause of death and disability among children worldwide the largest paediatric hospital admission. Parents critically injured are at increased risk developing mental emotional distress in aftermath child injury. In Australian context, there limited evidence on parent experiences hospitalisation, minimal understanding their support needs. The aim this investigation was to explore parents' having during acute hospitalisation phase injury, determine needs...
Australian community pharmacies offer a range of professional pharmacy services (PPS) which include Home Medicines Review (HMR) and the Diabetes Medication Assistance Service (DMAS). The extent interaction collaboration between general practitioners (GPs) pharmacists in context these is unknown. Therefore, aim this study was to investigate (1) nature interactions GPs and; (2) factors that influence PPS. Individual semi-structured face-to-face telephone interviews were conducted with...
Community Pharmacists and General Practitioners (GPs) are increasingly being encouraged to adopt more collaborative approaches health care delivery as collaboration in primary has been shown be effective improving patient outcomes. However, little is known about pharmacist attitudes towards collaborating with their GP counterparts variables that influence this interprofessional collaboration. This study aims develop validate 1) an instrument measure GPs 2) a model illustrates how (and other...
There is limited data on medication regimen complexity outcomes in patients with kidney failure receiving hemodialysis (HD) different settings. This study aims to quantify and assess its impact patient-related clinical facility-based home-based HD-treated patients. targeted undergoing HD at a large metropolitan dialysis center Australia. Baseline hospitalizations were recorded through retrospective audit of electronic medical records, while other outcome collected prospectively. Medication...
Abstract Introduction Burn injuries pose significant challenges due to complex treatments and the need for effective pain management. Opioid consumption in burn patients is influenced by factors such as prior opioid use, Total Body Surface Area (TBSA) affected, weight other patient-specific variables. This study explores sex characteristics a potential factor aiming improve tailored strategies While existing literature indicates that may affect both use perception, with females generally...
Timely recognition and treatment of acutely ill patients at appropriate levels the health system are fundamental to quality safety healthcare. This study determines if implementation an emergency nursing framework HIRAID (History, Identify Red flags, Assessment, Interventions, Diagnostics, communication reassessment) improves patient safety. A quasi-experimental cohort was conducted in two departments [Anonymised], Australia. implemented using a multi-pronged behaviour change intervention....
Adverse drug reaction (ADR) underreporting is highly prevalent across the world. This study aimed to identify factors associated with ADR reporting and map these a behavioural change framework help inform future interventions designed improve underreporting.A mixed methods survey was distributed healthcare professionals at tertiary hospital in Sydney, Australia. Quantitative data analysed using logistic regression that predict reporting. Qualitative evaluated content analysis. These were...
Blunt chest injury can lead to significant morbidity and mortality if not treated appropriately. A blunt care bundle was be implemented at two sites guide care. To identify facilitators barriers the implementation of a design strategies tailored promote future implementation. 1) mixed-method survey based on theoretical domains framework (TDF) used bundle. This distributed 441 staff from 12 departments across hospitals. Quantitative data were analysed using SPSS qualitative inductive content...
IntroductionThe psychological distress and risk of mental health problems for parents children with critical injury is well-established. There has been little exploration, however, parent experiences psychosocial trajectories over time following child injury. To address this knowledge gap, a longitudinal qualitative study was conducted to explore support needs identify in the 12 months injury.MethodsSemi- structured in-depth interviews were 27 at three points month period: immediate hospital...
Medication use during acute illness increases the risk of experiencing drug related problems (DRPs), including kidney injuries. It is recommended that potentially nephrotoxic medications are withheld illness, sulfonylureas, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, diuretics, metformin, receptor blockers, non-steroidal anti-inflammatories and sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SADMANS). unknown if Australian pharmacists currently provide sick day medication management advice...
Aims and objectives To investigate uptake of a Chest Injury Protocol (Ch IP ), examine factors influencing its implementation identify interventions for promoting use. Background Failure to treat blunt chest injuries in timely manner with sufficient analgesia, physiotherapy respiratory support, can lead complications such as pneumonia failure and/or death. Design This is mixed‐methods evaluation study. Methods Two methods were used: (i) identification review the characteristics all patients...
This study describes clinical staff opinions on the availability and suitability of resources to provide trauma care children their families any perceived strengths, gaps potential interventions strengthen care.A mixed-method was conducted in five Australian paediatric centres. The coordinator at each site participated a structured interview determine models activity site. informed development an electronic survey, which sought opinion child family access services care.Five coordinators were...
The aim of this study is to assess the use high-risk medications in patients with community-acquired acute kidney injury (CA-AKI) and differences characteristics outcomes CA-AKI based on these medications. This a retrospective audit adults (≥35 years) admitted large tertiary care hospital over two-year period. We investigated prevalence SADMANS (sulfonylureas; angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors; diuretics; metformin; receptor blockers; nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; sodium...
Existing validated measures of pharmacist–physician collaboration focus on measuring attitudes toward and do not measure frequency interactions that comprise actual collaborative behavior. Therefore, the aim this study was to develop validate an instrument between general practitioners (GPs) pharmacists from GP's perspective. An 11-item Frequency Interprofessional Collaboration Instrument for GPs (FICI-GP) developed administered 1118 in eight divisions practice New South Wales, Australia....