Publications by authors named "Maureen OʼNeill"
First year allied health student transition to a regional university.
Aust J Rural Health
December 2019
Article Synopsis
- The study focuses on how allied health students from regional and remote backgrounds transition into university life, as their retention is crucial for maintaining a rural health workforce.
- It used surveys and reflection exercises to gather data, identifying homesickness as the largest challenge faced by first-year students, along with difficulties adjusting to university culture and workload.
- The conclusion emphasizes the need for effective orientation activities and tailored support for mature-age students to improve their transition and success, recommending that regional university policies incorporate these strategies.
Background: A Rapid Response Team can respond to critically ill patients in hospital to prevent further deterioration and unexpected deaths. However, approximately one-third of reviews involve a patient approaching the end-of-life. It is not well understood whether patients have pre-existing advance care plans at the time of significant clinical deterioration requiring Rapid Response Team review.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFContext: Limited data exist about blood lead levels (BLLs) and potential exposures among children living in Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rico Department of Health has no formal blood lead surveillance program.
Objectives: We assessed the prevalence of elevated BLLs (≥5 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood), evaluated household environmental lead levels, and risk factors for BLL among children younger than 6 years of age living in Puerto Rico in 2010.
Long-term risk factor control after a cardiac rehabilitation programme.
Aust Crit Care
February 2003
This study examined the hypothesis that Phase II cardiac rehabilitation participants (CRP) had better long-term risk factor control, self-rated perception of health and return to work rates than non-participants (NP) between 18 and 36 months post myocardial infarction (MI). It was a comparative study in a 550 bed hospital. Approximately half of both groups did not achieve a total cholesterol (TC) of 5.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: This study assessed if upright cycling is preferable to semi-recumbent cycling during pregnancy.
Method: Healthy women with low risk singleton pregnancies were tested at 34-38 weeks gestation. They cycled for 12 min, either semi-recumbent (45 degrees, n = 27) or upright (n = 23), at 135-145 beats min(-1).