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"Out of our control": living through Cyclone Yasi.

scientific article

'Canaries in the mine'. Parents of adult children with schizophrenia: An integrative review of the literature

scientific article published on 20 December 2016

'Putting it together': unfolding case studies and high-fidelity simulation in the first-year of an undergraduate nursing curriculum

scientific article published on 20 July 2013

'To swim or not to swim': the impact of jellyfish stings causing Irukandji Syndrome in Tropical Queensland

scientific article published on January 2010

A Review of Trends in Indigenous Australian Tobacco Research (From 2004 to 2013), its Associated Outputs and Evidence of Research Translation

scientific article published on August 2015

A four-stage framework for conducting feminist storytelling research

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

A new beginning …

scientific article published on 01 February 2015

A randomized controlled trial undertaken to test a nurse-led weight management and exercise intervention designed for people with serious mental illness who take second generation antipsychotics

scientific article published on 14 September 2012

A strengths based approach to Australian Aboriginal childrearing practices is the answer to better outcomes in Aboriginal family and child health

scientific article published on 01 January 2011

A systematic review of the prevalence and risk factors of smoking among Saudi adolescents

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Academic Staff Perceptions of Factors Underlying Program Completion by Australian Indigenous Nursing Students

scientific article published on 16 March 2021

Accidental insider: living the PhD study.

scientific article

Adolescent drug abuse: helping families survive

scientific article

An application of nursing faculty practice: clinical camps

scientific article published on 01 April 1994

An educational program for mental health nurses and community health workers from pacific island countries: results from a pilot study

scientific article (publication date: May 2014)

An exploration of the preceptor role: preceptors' perceptions of benefits, rewards, supports and commitment to the preceptor role

scientific article published in February 1999

An innovative nurse education program in the Torres Strait Islands.

scientific article

Application of plastic wrap to improve temperatures in infants born less than 30 weeks gestation: a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 01 July 2013

Australian health professions student use of social media.

scientific article published in January 2014

Australian nursing students' knowledge and attitudes towards pressure injury prevention: A cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 2 February 2018

Australian perioperative nurses’ attitudes, levels of knowledge, education and support needs related to organ donation and procurement surgery: A national survey

scholarly article

Burden experienced by community health volunteers in Taiwan: a qualitative study

scientific article published in February 2013

COVID-19 and social restrictions: the potential mental health impact of social distancing and isolation for young Indigenous Australians

scientific article published on 26 July 2020

Carspecken's critical approach as a way to explore nursing leadership issues

scientific article published on 01 September 2007

Carspecken's five-stage critical qualitative research method: an application to nursing research

scientific article published in January 2006

Case review: a 28-year-old Korean man with Irukandji syndrome

scientific article published on 31 August 2008

Case study: a bridge across the paradigms.

scientific article

Characteristics of people with pressure ulcers using one year's routinely collected data in a defined diverse community

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Chronic pain and the family: the experience of the partners of people living with chronic pain

scientific article published on 27 July 2012

Chronic pain in the rural arena

scientific article published on 01 June 2006

Clinical decision-making for 'as needed' medications in mental health care

scientific article published on 09 March 2009

Cluster randomised controlled trial: educational self-care intervention with older Taiwanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus--impact on blood glucose levels and diabetic complications

scientific article

Compassion fatigue in critical care nurses and its impact on nurse-sensitive indicators in Saudi Arabian hospitals

scientific article published on 04 April 2020

Compassion fatigue in critical care nurses. An integrative review of the literature

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Conquering the great divide: Rural mothers of children with chronic health conditions accessing specialist medical care for their children ⬇️

scholarly article

Conveying caring: Nurse attributes to avert violence in the ED

scientific article published on 01 June 2009

Creating walking tracks to success: A narrative analysis of AustralianAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nursing students’ stories ofsuccess.

scientific article published in January 2016

Cross-sectional survey of the disaster preparedness of nurses across the Asia-Pacific region

scientific article

Crystal methamphetamine's impact on frontline emergency services in Victoria, Australia

scientific article published on 17 August 2019

Defining compassion in a hospital setting: consensus on the characteristics that comprise compassion from researchers in the field

scientific article published on 18 May 2020

Depression and diabetes in the remote Torres Strait Islands

scientific article published on 20 July 2016

Description of a healthy lifestyle intervention for people with serious mental illness taking second-generation antipsychotics

scientific article published on 12 May 2011

Development and validation of an instrument to measure the burden experienced by community health volunteers

scientific article

Disaster Preparedness in Hospitals in the Middle East: An Integrative Literature Review

scientific article published on 11 February 2019

Discharge planning in mental health care: an integrative review of the literature

scientific article published on 12 July 2013

Distilling the Antecedents and Enabling Dynamics of Leader Moral Courage: A Framework to Guide Action

scientific article

Does compassion matter in custodial care?

scientific article published on 01 April 2019

Editorial: Are we ready? Preparing nurses to respond to disasters and emerging infectious diseases

scientific article published on 01 June 2010

Editorial: Leadership when there are no easy answers: applying leader moral courage to wicked problems

scientific article published on 15 September 2015

Editorial: Money, money, money: not so funny in the research world

scientific article published on 19 December 2014

Editorial: Patient safety in mental health services: Understanding the impact of emotional harm

scientific article published on 20 May 2016

Editorial: The mental health impact of COVID-19 on pre-registration nursing students in Australia

scientific article published on 04 September 2020

Effective pain management as part of palliative care for persons living with HIV/AIDS in a developing country: a qualitative study

scientific article

Embodying compassion: A systematic review of the views of nurses and patients

scientific article published on 08 January 2019

Epilogue

scientific article published on 01 December 2010

Experiences of Health Professionals Caring for People Presenting to the Emergency Department After Taking Crystal Methamphetamine ("ICE").

scientific article published on 9 December 2016

Extending our understanding of mentoring: The potential of peer mentoring for, and by, at-risk young people

scientific article published in April 2017

Family resilience: towards a new model of chronic pain management

scientific article published on January 2011

Family violence and COVID-19: Increased vulnerability and reduced options for support

scientific article published on 20 April 2020

Fractured families: parental perspectives of the effects of adolescent drug abuse on family life

scientific article published on 01 December 2006

Going the distance--experiences of women with gynaecological cancer residing in rural remote north Queensland

scientific article published on August 2008

Health Professionals as Mothers of Adult Children With Schizophrenia

scientific article published on 10 July 2020

Health literacy in pressure injury: Findings from a mixed-methods study of community-based patients and carers

article

Health service provision and the use of pressure-redistributing devices: mixed methods study of community dwelling individuals with pressure injuries

scientific article

Health vulnerabilities of readymade garment (RMG) workers: a systematic review

article

Human rights of the mentally ill in Indonesia

scientific article

Increased numbers of Australian Indigenous nurses would make a significant contribution to 'closing the gap' in Indigenous health: what is getting in the way?

scientific article published on August 2010

Increasing use of stimulants in Australia: Cause for health services concern

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Indigenous Australians' participation in pre-registration tertiary nursing courses: a mixed methods study.

scientific article

Indigenous higher degree research students making a difference to the Indigenous health agenda

scientific article published on 01 December 2010

Influence of COVID-19 on the preventive health behaviours of Indigenous Peoples of Australia residing in New South Wales: a mixed-method study protocol

scientific article published in 2021

Innocent or culpable? Meanings that emergency department nurses ascribe to individual acts of violence.

scientific article published on 5 April 2007

Innovations in research dissemination: research participants sharing stories at a conference

scientific article published on 26 November 2019

Intentional Rounding - an integrative literature review

scientific article published on 09 December 2018

Investigating the processes used to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of health education resources for adult Indigenous people: A literature review

scientific article published on 27 June 2019

Invisible wounds and suicide: Moral injury and veteran mental health

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Irritability: an underappreciated side effect of interferon treatment for chronic hepatitis C?

scientific article published on 03 March 2011

Is population flow an unintended consequence of alcohol management plans?

scientific article published on 23 August 2016

Is there an ice epidemic in Australia?

scientific article

Knowledge and attitudes of mental health professionals and students regarding recovery: A systematic review

scientific article published on 12 March 2020

Leadership Opportunities for Mental Health Nurses in the Field of Disaster Preparation, Response, and Recovery.

scientific article published on May 2015

Learning from experience: an evaluation of an external nursing course in regional Australia

scientific article published on 31 March 2008

Life in the pandemic: Social isolation and mental health

scientific article published on 06 April 2020

Living through a volcanic eruption: Understanding the experience of survivors as a phenomenological existential phenomenon.

scientific article published on 19 February 2016

Living with diabetes and disadvantage: A qualitative, geographical case study

scientific article published on 16 April 2020

Living with multiple losses: Insights from patients living with pressure injury

scholarly article published in August 2018

Meaningful Engagement With Aboriginal Communities Using Participatory Action Research to Develop Culturally Appropriate Health Resources

scientific article published on 16 January 2020

Meeting the needs of young people with psychosis: We must do better

scientific article published on 18 August 2018

Mental Health Worker Roles Post-Disaster: An Integrative Review

article

Mental health and substance use disorders: The reality of youth in custody

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Mental health content of Australian pre-registration nursing curricula: summary report and critical commentary.

scientific article published on 07 May 2010

Mental health nurses' PRN psychotropic medication administration practices

scientific article published on October 2001

Mental health nursing education in preregistration nursing curricula: a national report.

scientific article

Methamphetamines: Cross sectional survey exploring Police and Paramedics perceptions of deservingness and attitudes

scientific article published on 24 October 2020

Military moral injury: A concept analysis

scientific article published on 19 October 2020

Modes of Informed Caring: Perspectives of Health Professionals Who Are Mothers of Adult Children with Schizophrenia

scientific article published on 18 May 2020

Motivations to nurse: an exploration of what motivates students in Pacific Island countries to enter nursing

scientific article published on 29 May 2013

Nurse-led postdischarge telephone follow-up calls: A mixed study systematic review

scientific article published on 21 June 2019

Obstructive sleep apnoea in adult indigenous populations in high-income countries: an integrative review

scientific article published on 02 August 2014

Pain associated with pressure injury: A qualitative study of community-based, home-dwelling individuals

scientific article

Participants' Voices From Within a Healthy Lifestyle Group.

scientific article published on 08 December 2016

Patient safety content and delivery in pre-registration nursing curricula: A national cross-sectional survey study.

scientific article published on 17 April 2018

Patterns and features of methamphetamine-related presentations to emergency departments in QLD from 2005 to 2017

scientific article published on 09 June 2019

Patterns of 'at-home' alcohol-related injury presentations to emergency departments

scientific article published on 6 July 2016

Patterns of ‘at home’ alcohol-related injury presentations to emergency departments – An integrative literature review

Personal characteristics, coping strategies, and resilience impact on compassion fatigue in critical care nurses: A cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 31 October 2019

Populations and areas most at risk of methamphetamine-related harms: A commentary on Degenhardt et al

scientific article published on 23 March 2017

Post-traumatic growth: Health professionals as mothers of adult children with schizophrenia

scientific article published on 10 August 2020

Post-traumatic stress disorder among survivors two years after the 2010 Mount Merapi volcano eruption: A survey study.

scientific article

Potential challenges of using narrative inquiry with at-risk young people

scientific article published on 16 May 2019

Pre-registration nursing students' provision of safe care - are we leaving too much to chance?

scientific article published on 08 September 2020

Preparedness for and impact of tropical cyclone Yasi in North Queensland, Australia

scientific article

Preregistration student nurses' self-reported preparedness for practice before and after the introduction of a capstone subject.

scientific article

Prescription drug diversion is becoming a lucrative business in regional and rural Australian communities and is escalating due to methamphetamine withdrawal.

scientific article published in April 2018

Professional satisfaction and dissatisfaction among Fiji specialist trainees: what are the implications for preventing migration?

scientific article published in September 2009

Psychometric evaluation of the Indonesian version of the Impact of Event Scale-Revised

scientific article published on May 2015

Psychosocial and environmental distress resulting from a volcanic eruption: Study protocol.

scientific article published in January 2015

Psychotropic PRN: a model for best practice management of acute psychotic behavioural disturbance in inpatient psychiatric settings.

scientific article published in March 2004

Pyschometric testing of the Family Impact of Pain Scale using a sample of families in Australia

scientific article

Qualitative research interviewing: reflections on power, silence and assumptions

scientific article published on 24 September 2020

Rate of prescription of antidepressant and anxiolytic drugs after Cyclone Yasi in North Queensland

scientific article published on 25 September 2012

Rates and features of methamphetamine-related presentations to emergency departments: An integrative literature review.

scientific article published on 20 April 2018

Reclaiming caring in nursing leadership: a deconstruction of leadership using a Habermasian lens

scientific article published on January 2012

Relationships in pain: the experience of relationships to people living with chronic pain in rural areas

scientific article published in October 2011

Reported outcomes for young people who mentor their peers: a literature review

scholarly article

Resilience in families with a member with chronic pain: a mixed methods study

scientific article published on October 2012

Rewriting stories of trauma through peer-to-peer mentoring for and by at-risk young people

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Rural Mental Health Ecology: A Framework for Engaging with Mental Health Social Capital in Rural Communities

scientific article published on 11 July 2015

Rural nurses: a convenient co-location strategy for the rural mental health care of young people

scientific article published on 22 June 2015

STAMP: components of observable behaviour that indicate potential for patient violence in emergency departments.

scientific article published on 3 June 2007

Safety, risk, and aggression: Health professionals' experiences of caring for people affected by methamphetamine when presenting for emergency care

scientific article

Self-reported confidence in patient safety knowledge among Australian undergraduate nursing students: A multi-site cross-sectional survey study.

scientific article published on 25 March 2017

Share or perish: Social media and the International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

scientific article published on 30 June 2019

Shattered dreams: parental experiences of adolescent substance abuse

scientific article published in December 2007

Sleep Disorders in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People and Residents of Regional and Remote Australia

scientific article

Sleep disordered breathing and polysomnography in Australia: trends in provision from 2005 to 2012 and the impact of home-based diagnosis

scientific article

Social media and nursing practice: changing the balance between the social and technical aspects of work

scientific article published on January 2014

Solastalgia: living with the environmental damage caused by natural disasters.

scientific article published on 17 January 2014

Specialist training in Fiji: why do graduates migrate, and why do they remain? A qualitative study

scientific article published on 12 February 2009

Stop the shooting: it is time for partnerships between police and mental health nurses

scientific article

Strengthening and preparing: enhancing nursing research for disaster management.

scientific article

Study protocol--resilience in individuals and families coping with the impacts of alcohol related injuries in remote indigenous communities: a mixed method study

scientific article

Sun protective behaviors at an outdoor entertainment event in Australia.

scientific article published on 28 December 2017

Sun protective behaviours during maximum exposure to ultraviolet radiation when undertaking outdoor activities: an integrated literature review

scholarly article published on 19 June 2018

Supporting students with disabilities in preregistration nursing programmes

scientific article published on 24 September 2020

Survey of antipsychotic medication curriculum content in Australian university nursing programmes.

scientific article published on 23 November 2016

Survival of the fittest, or socially constructed phenomena? Theoretical understandings of aggression and violence towards nurses

scientific article

Testis unis, testis nullas: one witness is no witness. Criticisms of the use of oral history in nursing research.

scientific article

The 2019-20 bushfires and COVID-19: The ongoing impact on the mental health of people living in rural and farming communities

scientific article published on 16 September 2020

The Current Health and Wellbeing of the Survivors of the Rana Plaza Building Collapse in Bangladesh: A Qualitative Study

scientific article published on 02 July 2019

The H1N1 influenza 09 and its potential impact on the Australian nursing workforce

article

The Paradoxical Impacts of the Minimum Wage Implementation on Ready-made Garment (RMG) Workers: A Qualitative Study

scientific article published in 2022

The challenges of conducting a nurse-led intervention in a randomized controlled trial with vulnerable participants

scientific article published on 30 April 2014

The challenges of researching drug-related emergency department presentations using reviews of medical charts

scientific article published on 15 November 2018

The dual roles of rural midwives: the potential for role conflict and impact on retention.

scientific article

The experience of rural midwives in dual roles as nurse and midwife: "I'd prefer midwifery but I chose to live here".

scientific article

The experience of weight gain as a result of taking second-generation antipsychotic medications: the mental health consumer perspective

scientific article published on 12 November 2012

The factors influencing burnout and job satisfaction among critical care nurses: a study of Saudi critical care nurses

scientific article

The impact of COVID-19 on Bangladeshi readymade garment (RMG) workers

scientific article published on 31 July 2020

The impact of media sensationalism and crisis framing on stigma and negative attitudes towards methamphetamine users

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

The impact of nursing leadership on patient safety in a developing country

scientific article published on 01 November 2010

The impact of unintentional alcohol-related falls on emergency departments

scientific article published on 24 November 2018

The link between improved mental health outcomes for Indigenous Australians and relationships: what is the role of mental health nurses?

scientific article published in October 2016

The meaning of resilience to persons living with chronic pain: an interpretive qualitative inquiry

scientific article published on 8 March 2012

The metabolic syndrome and schizophrenia: the latest evidence and nursing guidelines for management.

scientific article published on December 2006

The potential for COVID-19 to contribute to compassion fatigue in critical care nurses

scientific article published on 28 April 2020

The psychosocial impact of natural disasters among adult survivors: an integrative review.

scientific article published on June 2014

The psychosocial impact of the environmental damage caused by the MT Merapi eruption on survivors in Indonesia.

scientific article

The rural mother's experience of caring for a child with a chronic health condition: An integrative review

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The use of psychotropic medications with breastfeeding women: applying the available evidence.

scientific article published in February 2006

There is no health without mental health: implementing the first mental health nursing postgraduate program in Fiji.

scientific article published in April 2009

Through a critical lens: indigenist research and the dadirri method

scientific article published on 31 August 2012

Tjirtamai--'to care for': a nursing education model designed to increase the number of Aboriginal nurses in a rural and remote Queensland community

scientific article published on 01 December 2010

Touch in times of COVID-19: Touch Hunger hurts

scientific article published on 02 September 2020

Towards international consensus on patient harm: perspectives on pressure injury policy

scientific article published on 23 May 2016

Translation of tobacco policy into practice in disadvantaged and marginalized subpopulations: a study of challenges and opportunities in remote Australian Indigenous communities

scientific article

Translation, cultural adaptation, and psychometric testing of the environmental distress scale with Indonesian survivors of a volcanic eruption

scientific article

Undergraduate student nurses' self-reported preparedness for practice

scientific article

Understanding Eco-anxiety: A Systematic Scoping Review of Current Literature and Identified Knowledge Gaps

scientific article

Understanding clinical decision making for PRN medication in mental health inpatient facilities.

scientific article published in August 2010

Understanding expressions of public grief: 'mourning sickness', 'grief-lite', or something more?

scientific article published in April 2015

Understanding solastalgia from a decolonised, Indigenist lens: a scoping review

scholarly article published on 15 January 2024

Understanding the Impact of Historical Trauma Due to Colonization on the Health and Well-Being of Indigenous Young Peoples: A Systematic Scoping Review

scientific article published on 21 June 2020

Unfolding case studies in pre-registration nursing education: lessons learned

scientific article published on 07 August 2011

What can we learn from citation metrics? Measuring nurse researchers in Australia and New Zealand

scientific article published in 2021

Women's health-related vulnerabilities in natural disasters: a systematic review protocol

scientific article published on 29 December 2019

‘We Have Our Own Stories to Write, and We Will Write Them’: Defining Resilience with Aboriginal Young People

scholarly article published on 20 January 2024

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