48 results match your criteria: "The University of Sydney Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery[Affiliation]"

The objective of this systematic review was to identify the medication information needs and preferences of caregivers of children with cancer and explore the medication management challenges these caregivers experienced. We conducted a systematic search of three databases (Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature, Embase, and Medline) for studies published from database inception to February 27, 2024, and assessed the medication information needs of caregivers of children with cancer. The methodological quality of qualitative studies was assessed using the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme Qualitative Research Checklist.

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Background: Increased demand, wait times and length of stay have seen many emergency departments implement nurse-initiated protocols In New South Wales, Australia, 74 nurse-initiated protocols have been developed for implementation. The aim of this paper is to identify the barriers and enablers to nurses' use of these protocols to inform and maximise future implementation.

Methods: Data were collected via surveys informed by the theoretical domains' framework and the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index (PES-NWI).

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Aim: To develop an evidence-driven, behaviour change focused strategy to maximise implementation and uptake of HIRAID (History including Infection risk, Red flags, Assessment, Interventions, Diagnostics, communication and reassessment) in 30 Australian rural, regional and metropolitan emergency departments.

Design: An embedded, mixed-methods study.

Methods: This study is the first phase of a step-wedge cluster randomised control trial of HIRAID involving over 1300 emergency nurses.

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Introduction: Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) are validated and standardised questionnaires that capture patients' own reports of their symptoms, functioning and well-being. PROMs can facilitate communication between patients and clinicians, reduce symptom burden, enhance quality of life and inform health service re-design. We aim to determine the acceptability of PROMs and the preferred timing of PROM completion in New South Wales (NSW) at the point of care, facilitated by the Health Outcomes and Patient Experiences (HOPE) platform.

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Establishing enablers and barriers to implementing the HIRAID® emergency nursing framework in rural emergency departments.

Australas Emerg Care

December 2024

The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW Australia. Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Australia; University of Technology Sydney, 15 Broadway, Ultimo, NSW, Australia; Northern Sydney Local Health District, Reserve Rd, St Leonards, NSW, Australia.

Background: Rural Australia has large geographic distances between emergency departments with variability of services and medical support. Emergency nurses must be appropriately skilled to assess and manage unpredictable and diverse presentations. HIRAID® is an evidence-based framework to support emergency nurses in assessment and care delivery.

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Designing a standardised emergency nurse career pathway for use across rural, regional and metropolitan New South Wales, Australia: A consensus process.

Australas Emerg Care

September 2024

Northern Sydney Local Health District, NSW, Australia; Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Mallet St, Camperdown, NSW, Australia; School of Nursing and Midwifery and Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Experience in the Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia; Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research - Eastern Health Partnership, Box Hill, VIC, Australia.

Article Synopsis
  • Emergency nurses are super important in hospitals because they are the first ones to help patients in the emergency department (ED).
  • To make sure they provide the best care, a special career pathway was created for nurses in different areas of New South Wales in Australia.
  • This pathway includes 180 hours of training, helping nurses improve their skills and become experts over time, making emergency care safer and more effective.
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Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasingly recognised as a growing global public health problem. Early detection and management can significantly reduce the loss of kidney function. The proposed trial aims to evaluate the impact of a community pharmacy-led intervention combining CKD screening and medication review on CKD detection and quality use of medicines (QUM) for patients with CKD.

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Comparison of Adjustment or Adaptation to the Formation of a Temporary Versus a Permanent Ostomy: A Systematic Review.

J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs

January 2024

Ian Whiteley, M Clin Nurs, Grad Cert STN, RN, Faculty of Health and Medicine, The University of Sydney, and Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia.

Purpose: The aim of this systematic review was to review evidence on adjustment or adaptation to an ostomy in persons with a temporary versus permanent ostomy.

Method: Systematic review.

Search Strategy: We comprehensively searched the following bibliographic databases: MEDLINE (Ovid SP), EMBASE (Ovid SP), PsycINFO, CINAHL, Joanna Briggs, Scopus, and EThOS and ProQuest dissertations from inception to July 21, 2021.

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Interprofessional education (IPE) has been used for instilling a positive safety culture within healthcare, yet what interventions work to change healthcare student attitudes and how improved patient safety outcomes are best achieved with this intervention, is unclear and challenging to evaluate. A realist synthesis was undertaken to ascertain how, why, and in what circumstances IPE activities result in a positive change to student attitudes to patient safety. Database searches of CINAHL, MEDLINE, Scopus, and Eric were undertaken in April 2022 to identify relevant studies.

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Aims: Many large-scale population-based surveys, research studies, and clinical care allow for inclusion of proxy reporting as a strategy to collect outcomes when patients are unavailable or unable to provide reliable self-report. Prior work identified an absence of methodological guidelines regarding proxy reporting in adult populations, including who can serve as a proxy, and considerations for data collection, analysis, and reporting. The primary objective of this work by the ISOQOL Proxy Task Force was to review documents and clinical outcome assessment measures with respect to proxy reporting and to develop, through consensus, considerations for proxy reporting.

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[Spanish translation and cross-cultural adaptation of the Pressure Ulcer Quality of Life Questionnaire (PU-QOL).].

Rev Esp Salud Publica

April 2023

Departamento de Trabajo Social y Servicios Sociales, Facultad de Trabajo Social, Universidad de Granada. Granada. España.

Objective: Pressure ulcers (PU) are the most prevalent of the dependency-related injuries, affecting the quality of life of the patients who suffer them. However, there are no instruments adapted to the Spanish context to evaluate this quality of life. The use of specific tools in Spanish to evaluate the quality of life perceived by patients with PUs is considered an indispensable element for healthcare decisions.

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Patient and healthcare provider perceptions on using patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) in routine clinical care: a systematic review of qualitative studies.

J Patient Rep Outcomes

December 2022

Faculty of Science, School of Psychology, Sydney Quality of Life Office, The University of Sydney, Level 6 North, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse (C39Z), Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia.

Background: Patient-reported experience measures (PREMs) assess quality-of-care from patients' perspectives. PREMs can be used to enhance patient-centered care and facilitate patient engagement in care. With increasing quality improvement studies in clinical practice, the use of PREMs has surged.

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Aim: To describe current practice, examine the influences and explore barriers and facilitators to accurate documentation, for the administration of intravenous fluids during labour.

Design: A descriptive qualitative study was performed.

Methods: Qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted with Registered Midwives working across Australia.

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Adopting an American framework to optimize nursing admission documentation in an Australian health organization.

JAMIA Open

October 2022

University of Sydney, Biomedical Informatics and Digital Health, School of Medical Sciences, Charles Perkins Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.

Objective: Apply and modify the American Essential Clinical Dataset (ECD) approach to optimize the data elements of an electronic nursing admission assessment form in a metropolitan Australian local health district.

Materials And Methods: We used the American ECD approach but made modifications. Our approach included (1) a review of data, (2) a review of current admission practice via consultations with nurses, (3) a review of evidence and policies, (4) workshops with nursing and informatics teams in partnership with the electronic medical record (eMR) vendor, and (5) team debrief sessions to consolidate findings and decide what data elements should be kept, moved, or removed from the admission form.

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Conventional mental health services are frequently criticized for failing to support people and communities in their care. Open Dialogue is a non-conventional humanistic approach to mental health care, which has been implemented in many different settings globally. At two Australian public health care services, implementation of the approach led to positive client outcomes and sustained organizational and clinical change.

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RETRACTED: International nursing students' perceptions and experiences of transition to the nursing workforce - A cross-sectional survey.

Nurse Educ Pract

February 2022

University of South Australia, Clinical and Health Sciences, Rosemary, Bryant AO Research Centre, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia. Electronic address:

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal (https://www.elsevier.com/locate/withdrawalpolicy).

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Background: Blunt chest wall injuries can lead to complications, especially without early intervention. A blunt Chest Injury Protocol (ChIP) was developed to help improve the consistency of evidence-based care following admission to the emergency department. Implementation strategy fidelity is the extent to which the strategies of implementation are delivered in line with the intended plan.

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Objective: The objective of this systematic review was to identify and synthesise existing evidence on the experiences of international nursing students' and international nursing graduates' transition to the host country's nursing workforce.

Background: International students' experiences of transition to the host country has been extensively explored by researchers. International students experience unique challenges related to communication and language, socialisation, finance, and temporary student visa.

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Background: Older people with cognitive impairment may have lack of understanding of their health and ability to co-ordinate care needs. Family carers play a key role in supporting older people but the role of family carers in emergency discharge has not been explored well.

Objective: To explore and describe the role and contribution of family carers accompanying the older person with cognitive impairment to the emergency department.

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Aim: This study aimed to evaluate Australian nursing students' views of placements at seven tertiary education institutions with the use of the Placement Evaluation Tool (PET).

Background: Clinical placements are a core element of healthcare education programs around the world (Chuan and Barnett, 2012) with undergraduate nursing students required to complete a prescribed number of hours as part of their degree. The quality of nursing clinical placements varies with a range of positive and negative learning experiences.

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