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Testing the validity of the STRATIFY falls screening tool for use in Queensland hospitals
Making nursing work - Development of an operational model for assigning advanced nursing roles
Exploring experiences and associations between breastfeeding outcomes and assisted conception
Undergoing peripheral blood stem cell collection: the patients' experiences.
Obstetric patients perspectives and experiences of intensive care following admission for a critical illness or event
Measuring competence in the operating room: psychometric testing of the revised perceived competence scale
Quality of life for clients and their carers in the palliative phase of Advanced Heart Failure (AHF)
Disclosure of clinical errors and unethical behaviour: the impact on midwives and mental health nurses
Developing leadership capacity to enable best utilisation of the nursing workforce
Creating a therapeutic environment: trialling a quiet time intervention for patients in acute care.
Indicators of quality for Australian aged care facilities: establishing reliability, validity and quality benchmarks
Promoting patient centred care: An investigation of the peri-operative journey.
A randomised clinical trial comparing two anti-bacterial solutions in the treatment of skeletal pin-sites.
Child health services: evaluation of support of 'low risk' families with infants aged 0 - 18 months.
The development of an Australian survey tool to measure nurse's moral sensitivity and hospital ethical climate.
Lets evaluate the advantages and validity of the exit interview (LEAVE study).
Development of emotional intelligence in nursing undergraduate students
Implementing a solution focused model to improve nursing management of young people who self-injure.
Developing a research base for intravenous peripheral catheter dwell times (The DRIP Trial)
An exploration of clinical leadership among Registered Nurses in Residential Aged Care in Qld
Low back pain in nurses: Investigating causes in order to identify a solution
Enhancing the understanding of clinical decision making for PRN medications within mental health facilities
The lived experience of chronic persistent pain in rural adults
Standardising heart failure care in hospital
Evaluation of the effectiveness of on-line policies and procedures
An investigation of Complementary Therapy on disruptive behaviour in people with Dementia: A random controlled trial
Effectiveness of Biotene mouthwash for chemotherapy-induced mucositis: A pilot study
Mental Health nurses and smoking
What are the decision making processes that under-pin self management of persistent pain
Parent & staff perceptions of bereavement support following loss of a child
Program evaluation of the Aged Care early intervention management strategy
Against all odds: A retrospective study of women who succeed at breastfeeding despite extraordinary difficulties
Enhancing self-management of type 2 diabetes in older people
The effect of supportive telephone counselling on medication compliance in rural consumers with schizophrenia
Development of competency standards for specialist palliative care nursing practice
Early detection of swallowing problems in patients with neurological conditions
Investigating the care trajectory of elderly patients with comorbidities in the acute care setting
The influence of exercise on behaviour symptomatology, physical and cognitive functioning in people with dementia
To study child health nursing practice in pharmacy baby clinics
To develop and evaluate a methodology for practice development that created a sustainable culture of evidence-based practice in nursing
Enhancing midwives' emotional care of childbearing women - evaluating an educational based intervention
An investigation into the factors influencing adoption of wireless applications for data management by nurses
The experience of shame and its meaning for nursing culture
For an investigation of lay caregivers' perceptions regarding their administration of subcutaneous medications for palliative patients
An investigation into the efficacy of nipple stimulation for inducing labour when the cervix is favourable
To conduct the OBS study - observing bedside signs and symptoms: rationalising the use of nursing time
Indigenous graduates experience of their university nursing education
An exploratory pilot study of nursing practice that support patients' rights through dignified care
Student understanding of the role of the registered nurse buddy during facilitated clinical experience
The effectiveness of massage with aromatherapy on occupational stress levels of emergency department nursing staff
Evaluation of a model of radiation oncology nursing practice
An evaluation of the effectiveness of a Co-ordinated Team Preceptorship Model in the clinical setting.
Health Issues and Violence: Women's Perspectives
Post traumatic stress disorder in intensive care unit survivors
The Toowoomba Adult Trauma Tool (TATTT)
An evaluation of the impact of undertaking screening for domestic violence on nurses and midwives.
Health related quality of life 2-3 years after total hip replacement surgery
Clinical Pathway Evaluation: An evidence based study of the nursing care of children with bronchiolitis
The social functioning of young males with psychotic disorders: An evaluation of a psychosocial group intervention.
Evaluation of an educational intervention to improve paediatric pain management by nurses.
Home-based care for advanced cancer patients: the impact on family carers.
A randomised controlled trial of nursing interventions for managing patients with chronic venous leg ulcers.
Exploring paediatric nurses experiences of negotiating and maintaining professional boundaries with children and families.
Removal of Catheter (ROC) trial.
Successful strategies for the retention of indigenous students in nursing courses
The impact of organisational climate on the efficacy of a Transition Support Programme.
The long term impact of hospitalisation on patients reported sleep quality
Family outcomes following client transfer from an Intensive Care Unit: an educational intervention.
The administration and supply of controlled and restricted medications by Queensland rural/remote area nurses.
Development and validation of a pain assessment tool for use with cognitively impaired adults.
Comparing perceptions of care in the intermediate postnatal period from mothers and health professionals.
Exploring the development of an appropriate women's health service for Mt Isa City.
Analysis of the chemotherapy education needs of rural and remote area nurses
Pain intensity and vomiting in children following tonsillectomy and adeno-tonsillectomy
An investigation into the relationship between fluid warmers and core temperature in patients treated with Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT)
An investigation of the cultural and procedural factors that impact on hospital infection rates.
The role and activities of the occupational health nurse: an Australian perspective.
A randomised trial of a fatigue management intervention for breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant chemotherapy
Improving emotional care for childbearing women: an intervention study
Nursing responses to patients who self injure
Transition to fatherhood: an Australian study
The Experience of Long-term Mechanical Ventilation in a Critical Care Unit
The socialisation of beginning nursing students in academia to prevent ageism: An action theory approach.
An exploration of the midwife-client relationship in maternity services that provide for continuity of care
Descriptions by informal care givers of formal palliative care nursing interventions at home.
Coronary Heart Disease and quality of life - To what extent can a cardiac rehabilitation program make a difference?
Postnatal depression: enhancement of predictive index
Continuity of care in older patients discharged following hip replacement surgery
A survey of Queensland public sector nurse executives: responsibilities, job satisfaction and professional development needs.
Nurses facilitating empowerment: The informational needs of the newly diagnosed person with Multiple Sclerosis and their family.
Education choices of acute medical/surgical RNS with 20 years or more experience.
Factors influencing the administration of PRN psychotropic medications in acute mental health settings
A description and evaluation of the implementation of innovative nursing practice in dementia care
Closed versus open moisture chamber for the prevention of corneal epithelial breakdown
Sense-making of dialysis-dependency: a constructivist approach
A single cohort study of physiological vs active management of third stage labour for women assessed as being of low risk of post partum haemorrhage
Surviving breast cancer: stories from rural women.
Beyond the hospital wall: the expanding role of the infection control nurse
Physical restraint use in nursing homes - a grounded theory analysis of nurse's experiences
Ratification of ACORN competencies for perioperative nurses: utilising action research
The preliminary development of a stressors and resources scale for AMI (Acute Myocardial Infarction) couples
Proposed investigation to determine if nurse initiated x-rays will reduce the total time spent in Emergency Dept for triage category (3, 4 & 5) patients with suspected bony injury
A comparison of critical care and non critical care nursing practice
Women's choice: a maternity option focusing on a midwifery model of antenatal care
Analysis of models of care of children in hospitals in developed and developing countries
Clinical Partnership Models: an exploration of creating learning environments for undergraduate nursing students
Development of a scale to assess cancer patients' self efficacy with managing symptoms and treatment side effects
The final stages of dying: a participatory action research study based on domiciliary nursing practice
The effects of head position in children on continuous jugular venous oxygen saturation readings
The specialist nurse: an investigation of the common and distinct aspects of nursing practice
Making the most of learning opportunities with the use of learning logs and computer-supported collaborative learning in post-registration nurse educator
In pursuit of the quality use of medications: empowering patients through self-education
Implementing the Code of Professional Conduct: developing an effective continuing education model
General Practice Nurses: Current Scope of Practice and Potential Expanded Role.
Factors impeding nurse-patient interaction on an acute psychiatric unit: an exploration
A professional development program for rural nurses: improving supportive communication in terminal care
The type and usefulness of information given to patients about pain relief and wound care on their discharge home
Effectiveness of pressure ulcer screening tools for preventing pressure ulcers. A randomised controlled trial.
Developmental surveillance in high-risk children: a nursing response to a growing health service dilemma (6 month cohort)
Promotion of physical and psychosocial well being of nurses in a regional Queensland hospital
Identifying practice nurses’ roles and responsibilities in child health and development: an online survey
Development of a scale to measure neonatal nurses’ self-efficacy to practice
Nurses Keeping “KIDS-SAFE”. Implementing best practice into the PICU
Information transfer for multi-trauma patients upon discharge from the Emergency Department
SMS reminders and incentive payments: will they increase re-screening for clients diagnosed with C. trachomatis?
Does protocol initiated discharge improve patient flow and patient satisfaction?
Prevention of weight gain with second generation antipsychotics: a nurse led intervention
Prevalence and determinants of the health-promotion and risk reduction practices of younger female survivors of cancer
Nurses’ experienced of working with CALD nurse undergoing transition in a Queensland Health setting
Trial of an information package to prevent sleep loss in carers of people with dementia
From incubator to open cot: an investigation of optimal timing for preterm infants
Beautiful one day: What next? Work satisfaction of overseas qualified nurses in far North Queensland
Self-efficacy, functional performance and quality of life in geriatric rehabilitation units
Development of a tool to measure practicing nurses’ perception about support for their teaching role
What informs nurses’ clinical decision making in relation to activation or non-activation of the MET
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