- Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation
- Electronic Health Records Systems
- Neonatal Respiratory Health Research
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Clinical practice guidelines implementation
- Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Health Sciences Research and Education
- Neonatal and fetal brain pathology
- Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare
St John of God Subiaco Hospital
2020-2023
Curtin University
2020
To measure time spent on clinical documentation and nurses midwives' perceptions of this aspect their role.Nurses midwives rely accurate when planning care. However, documenting communicating care can be onerous, time-consuming at times duplicated or redundant. While provides a record means care, it should not detract from the delivery care.An observational motion study survey design reported using Strengthening Reporting Observational Studies in Epidemiology guidelines.The was conducted...
Due to changes in funding, late pre-term neonates are no longer admitted neonatal units unless diagnosed with a specific medical condition. Consequently, born at gestational age of 35 weeks and 0 days 36 6 cared for on postnatal wards. Compared full-term infants, preterm increased risk hypothermia, hypoglycemia, hyperbilirubinemia, feeding difficulties, respiratory complications, mortality.An educational intervention focusing the care neonate was developed, quantitative data were collected...
Abstract Aim To evaluate the impact of a co‐designed intervention to reduce time spent on clinical documentation and increase for direct patient care. Design A pre‐ post‐test interventional study with multi‐method evaluation, reported according Transparent Reporting Evaluations Nonrandomised Designs guidelines. Methods An decrease burden was implemented. Pre‐ post‐intervention data were collected via motion studies Burden Documentation Nurses Midwives (BurDoNsaM) survey. audits conducted...
The aim of this study was to determine whether postnatal women whose babies required neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission self-reported lower pain scores and less analgesia than remained with them. A prospective matched audit comparing requirements where every woman a baby admitted the NICU 2 on ward undertaken. Matches were based age, number previous births, type birth, episiotomy, epidural or spinal use. Data collected administered in first 72 hours postbirth. total 150 recruited...