Outcomes of medically retrieved infants with bronchiolitis in high-income countries: A scoping review.

Introduction: Bronchiolitis is the most common respiratory infection and reason for hospitalisation in infancy; however, outcomes of infants with bronchiolitis who require interhospital transfer by specialist medical retrieval services are poorly understood.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to summarise current evidence of the rate, therapy, and outcomes of infants with bronchiolitis who required medical retrieval for ongoing management.

Review Method: A scoping literature review informed by the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology was used including published studies in any language covering the period 1996 to December 2022 and grey literature sources comprised of reports from retrieval services in high-income countries with comparable healthcare systems.

Hearing voices: Comparing two methods for analysis of focus group data.

Aim: This paper compares two qualitative approaches used to thematically analyse data obtained from focus groups conducted with critical care nurses from Australia.

Background: Focus groups are an effective mechanism to generate understanding and gain insight into the research participants' world. Traditional verbatim transcription of participants' recorded words necessitates significant investment of time and resources.

A two phase study to revise the Australian Practice Standards for Specialist Critical Care Nurses.

Background: Observational work to develop the ACCCN Competency Standards was undertaken more than 20 years ago. Since then the landscape of critical care nursing as a specialty has changed and it is not known if the Competency Standards reflected contemporary practice.

Objectives: To revise the ACCCN Competency Standards for Specialist Critical Care Nurses to ensure they continue to meet the needs of critical care nurses and reflect current practice.

Mobile pediatric neurosurgery: rapid response neurosurgery for remote or urgent pediatric patients.

Object: Time-critical neurosurgical conditions require urgent operative treatment to prevent death or neurological deficits. In New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory patients' distance from neurosurgical care is often great, presenting a challenge in achieving timely care for patients with acute neurosurgical conditions.

Methods: A protocol was developed to facilitate consultant neurosurgery locally.

Transition to intensive care nursing: establishing a starting point.

Introduction: There is a shortage of intensive care (IC) nurses. A supported transition to IC nursing has been identified as a key strategy for recruitment and retention. In 2004 a discussion document relating to transition of IC nurses was presented to the New South Wales (NSW) Chief Nursing Officer (CNO).

Competency standards for critical care nurses: do they measure up?

Objective: To determine the construct validity of the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN) competency standards as a tool for assessing the clinical practice of specialist level critical care nurses in Australia.

Design: A comparative descriptive design was used to examine the relationship between the domains, competencies and elements of the ACCCN competency standards. Participants were sent a questionnaire and asked to describe on a 7-point Likert scale how closely each competency statement and related elements reflected their level of critical care nursing practice.