A5047826018- Nursing Roles and Practices
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
- Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
- Disaster Response and Management
- Down syndrome and intellectual disability research
- Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation
- Physical Activity and Health
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy
- Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise
The University of Sydney
2016-2025
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
2024
University College London
2024
Royal North Shore Hospital
2014-2023
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
2022
German Sport University Cologne
2019
Australian Federation of Graduate Women New South Wales
2018
GTx (United States)
2014
Institute of Cardiology
2009
University of Technology Sydney
2007-2009
The death of a loved one is recognized as life's greatest stresses, with reports increased mortality and morbidity for the surviving spouse or parent, especially in early months bereavement. aim this paper to review evidence date identify physiological changes bereaved period, evaluate impact bereavement interventions on such responses, where they exist. Research suggests that associated neuroendocrine activation (cortisol response), altered sleep (electroencephalography changes), immune...
Objectives To validate the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE II) severity of illness scoring system in Chinese patients a multidisciplinary intensive care unit (ICU) Hong Kong. audit service utilization an ICU with low to hospital bed ratio. Design Prospective data collection review. Setting A 12-bed within 1,430-bed tertiary university hospital. Patients Data from 1,573 1,814 consecutive admitted May 1988 November 1990 were studied. The all Chinese. Interventions None....
Objective Since the introduction of legislative changes in 2010, services provided by privately practising nurse practitioners (PPNPs) Australia have been eligible for subsidisation through Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) and Pharmaceutical Scheme (PBS). To provide services, PPNPs must collaborate formally with a medical practitioner or an entity that employs practitioners. This paper provides data from national survey on these collaborative arrangements Australia. The aim study was to...
ABSTRACT Background Health outcomes of people with Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or Intellectual Disability are poor. Yet there is a paucity nurse education and preparation to care for Disability. Method A cross sectional survey Australian Registered Nurses related their educational experience, awareness the national disability support scheme concept making reasonable adjustments. Results The majority did not experience undergraduate content caring Few participants experienced dedicated...
To document the outcome and determine prognostic factors for patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome who require admission to an intensive care unit.
Abstract Background: Increasing evidence supports the role of emotional stress in onset cardiovascular disease. Although bereavement is a major with both acute and more long‐term features, mechanism its association risk not well understood, particular because limited studies bereavement. The aim study was to identify psychological behavioural changes potential modifiers these changes. Methods: Bereaved ( n = 62) non‐bereaved individuals 50) were evaluated within 2 weeks at 6 months following...
Aims and objectives To explore which medications A ustralian nurse practitioners most frequently prescribe. Background Although in ustralia have prescriptive authority, little is known about specific are prescribing how they do so. Design Descriptive electronic survey. Methods total of 209 reported current practices. Medications were categorised according to the Australian Medicines Handbook major drug classifications frequencies presented. Results Seventy‐eight per cent respondents as part...
Preparing a Realist Evaluation to Investigate the Impact of Privately Practising Nurse Practitioners on Patient Access Care in Australia Jane Currie, Mary Chiarella, Thomas Buckley Abstract Background: privately practising nurse practitioner (PPNP) services is an important issue, because sustainability viable health requires that they are underpinned by sound research. As part ongoing work relation evaluation PPNP services, authors plan use realist (RE) explore, not only whether increase...
Abstract Aims Secondary prevention reduces coronary heart disease (CHD) progression. Traditional programs including cardiac rehabilitation are under-accessed, which smartphone apps may overcome. To evaluate the effect of a game-based mobile app intervention (MyHeartMate) to improve cardiovascular risk factors and lifestyle behaviours. Methods results Single-blind randomized trial CHD patients in Sydney, 2017–2021. Intervention group were provided MyHeartMate for 6 months. Co-designed...
Although there is an increased cardiovascular risk in the immediate weeks following bereavement, mechanism not well understood. The aim of this study was to determine whether inflammatory and thrombotic changes were present acute bereavement. Eighty bereaved spouses or parents prospectively studied within 2 bereavement (acute) at 6 months, compared 80 non-bereaved participants. Haemostatic measures obtained between 8 a.m. 11 processed 1 h. Compared participants, those acutely had a higher...
Respiratory infection has been associated with an increased short-term risk of myocardial infarction (MI). However, previous studies have predominantly conducted without angiographic confirmation MI. The possibility can therefore not be excluded that raised troponin levels or electrocardiogram abnormalities may seen respiratory infections are due to non-ischaemic causes.To investigate the association between and angiographically confirmed MI.Interviews were within 4 days hospitalisation in...