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Peri-operative nurses' knowledge and reported practice of pressure injury risk assessment and prevention: A before-after intervention studySally Sutherland-Fraser
EM Deputy Director, EMaher Research Assistant, Nursing Research Institute, St Vincents and Mater Health Sydney and Australian Catholic University, St Vincent s Hospital, Level 5, DeLacy Building, 390 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia
BMC Nurs 11:25. 2012..abstract:..- Determinants of successful clinical networks: the conceptual framework and study protocolMary Haines
Sax Institute, Haymarket, Australia
Implement Sci 7:16. 2012.... 
Death, dependency and health status 90 days following hospital admission for acute stroke in NSWS Middleton
Nursing Research Institute, St Vincents and Mater Health Sydney and Australian Catholic University
Intern Med J 41:736-43. 2011..We report 90-day outcomes for a cohort of acute stroke patients in New South Wales (NSW), Australia prior to randomization to a large cluster randomized controlled trial (CRCT), the Quality in Acute Stroke Care (QASC) trial...- An outcomes approach to stroke care: the importance of teamwork and evidence-based nursing careSandy Middleton
National Centre for ClinicalOutcomes Research, Australian Catholic University and Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent s and Mater Health Sydney, Executive Suite Level 5, DeLacy Building, St Vincent s Hospital, Victoria Rd, Darlinghurst 2010, NSW, Australia
Int J Stroke 7:224-6. 2012..They also had significantly: fewer episodes of fever, lower mean temperatures, lower mean blood glucose levels, and better screening for swallowing difficulties... 
Why fellowship? Peak professional bodies, peer recognition and credentialing in AustraliaSandy Middleton
Nursing Research Unit, St Vincents and Mater Health Sydney, Australia
Collegian 16:177-83. 2009..Fellowship therefore, often brings with it specific privileges of a symbolic or material nature, or both...- Identifying measures for evaluating new models of nursing care: a survey of NSW nurse practitionersSandy Middleton
ACU National, School of Nursing NSW and ACT, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Int J Nurs Pract 13:331-40. 2007..Our results provide a unique set of indicators with which to evaluate process and outcome measures of NP services. Standard outcome measures will enable NPs to evaluate their service efficiently and to benchmark against other NPs... - The status of Australian nurse practitioners: the second national censusSandy Middleton
Australian Catholic University, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia
Aust Health Rev 35:448-54. 2011..To profile Australian nurse practitioners and their practice in 2009 and compare results with a similar 2007 census. METHODS; Self-administered questionnaire... - Implementation of evidence-based treatment protocols to manage fever, hyperglycaemia, and swallowing dysfunction in acute stroke (QASC): a cluster randomised controlled trialSandy Middleton
Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent s and Mater Health Sydney and School of Nursing, Australian Catholic University, NSW, Australia
Lancet 378:1699-706. 2011..We assessed patient outcomes 90 days after hospital admission for stroke following a multidisciplinary intervention targeting evidence-based management of fever, hyperglycaemia, and swallowing dysfunction in acute stroke units (ASUs)... - Nursing practice environment: how does one Australian hospital compare with magnet hospitals?Sandy Middleton
Nursing Research Unit, St Vincents and Mater Health, and Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing NSW and ACT, ACU National, North Sydney, NSW, Australia
Int J Nurs Pract 14:366-72. 2008..Hospitals could benefit from undertaking a similar practice environment baseline measure prior to applying for accreditation, thus enabling targeting of pre-identified service gaps and areas for improvement... - Fever, hyperglycaemia and swallowing dysfunction management in acute stroke: A cluster randomised controlled trial of knowledge transferSandy Middleton
St Vincents and Mater Health Sydney, Victoria St, Darlinghurst, 2010, NSW, Australia
Implement Sci 4:16. 2009..TRIAL REGISTRATION: Australia New Zealand Clinical Trial Registry (ANZCTR) No: ACTRN12608000563369... - Reviewing recommendations of root cause analysesSandy Middleton
School of Nursing NSW and ACT, Australian Catholic University, PO Box 968, North Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2059, Australia
Aust Health Rev 31:288-95. 2007..To determine the opinion of medical and nursing clinicians of recommendations arising from root cause analyses (RCAs) conducted between 1 April 2003 and 30 September 2004 in one Sydney Area Health Service... - Assessing surgeons' disclosure of risk information before carotid endarterectomySandy Middleton
School of Nursing NSW, ACU National, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
ANZ J Surg 76:618-24. 2006..A survey was conducted to determine patients' recall of the extent and effect of preoperative disclosure by surgeons to patients of risks about carotid endarterectomy (CEA)... - The first Australian nurse practitioner census: A protocol to guide standardized collection of information about an emergent professional groupSandy Middleton
Nursing Research Institute, St Vincents and Mater Health Sydney and Australian Catholic University, St Vincent s Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Int J Nurs Pract 16:517-24. 2010..Rigorous collection of standardized items will ensure health policy is informed by reliable and valid data. We will re-administer the survey 2 years following the first survey to measure change over time... - A pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial of early intervention for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by practice nurse-general practitioner teams: Study ProtocolJeremy M Bunker
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
Implement Sci 7:83. 2012..General practice is moving towards more structured chronic disease management, and the increasing involvement of practice nurses in delivering chronic care... - Clients' understanding of the role of nurse practitionersJane Allnutt
School of Nursing NSW and ACT, Australian Catholic University, PO Box 958, North Sydney, NSW 2059, Australia
Aust Health Rev 34:59-65. 2010..022). Successful implementation and expansion of the NP role requires NP visibility in the community. Despite high levels of satisfaction, more awareness of the scope of the NP role is required... - Care of patients with a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a cluster randomised controlled trialNicholas A Zwar
University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Med J Aust 197:394-8. 2012..Design, setting and participants: Cluster randomised controlled trial with blinded outcome assessment of 44 general practices in south-western Sydney comprising 451 people with a diagnosis of COPD, conducted between 2006 and 2009... - Nursing intervention after carotid endarterectomy: a randomized trial of Co-ordinated Care Post-Discharge (CCPD)Sandy Middleton
Australian Catholic University, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
J Adv Nurs 52:250-61. 2005..This paper reports a study evaluating the short-term impact of nursing-led, co-ordinated care after discharge following carotid endarterectomy... - Case scenarios to assess Australian general practitioners' understanding of stroke diagnosis, management, and preventionSandy Middleton
Centre for Applied Nursing Research, South Western Sydney Area Health Service, Liverpool, NSW, Australia
Stroke 34:2681-6. 2003..Our findings, however, invite more purposeful and effective education of GPs about stroke prevention, diagnosis, and management if optimal outcomes are to be realized... - Continence management in acute stroke: a survey of current practices in AustraliaLouise Anne Jordan
New England Health, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
J Adv Nurs 67:94-104. 2011..The aim of the study was to determine current national urinary incontinence management practices in Australian acute stroke units and their concordance with the National Stroke Foundation guidelines... - A study of 90-day outcomes for a cohort of patients admitted to an Australian metropolitan acute stroke unitAsmara Jammali-Blasi
Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent s and Mater Health Sydney, NSW, Australia
J Vasc Nurs 29:3-10. 2011..In particular, aggressive management of stroke risk factors to prevent recurrent stroke is warranted... - Setting stroke research priorities: The consumer perspectivePukkaporn Sangvatanakul
Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent s Hospital, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010
J Vasc Nurs 28:121-31. 2010.... - Outcomes of carotid endarterectomy: how does the Australian state of New South Wales compare with international benchmarks?Sandy Middleton
Needs Assessment and Health Outcomes Unit, Central Sydney Area Health Service, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
J Vasc Surg 36:62-9. 2002..The objective of this study was to determine the outcomes of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) in New South Wales, Australia... - An investigation of family carers' needs following stroke survivors' discharge from acute hospital care in AustraliaLin Perry
Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Disabil Rehabil 33:1890-900. 2011..K. were used with Australian stroke carers to assess their stroke-related knowledge, perceived needs, satisfaction with services received and sense of burden after stroke patients' discharge home from acute hospital care... - A qualitative study of stakeholder views of the conditions for and outcomes of successful clinical networksElizabeth McInnes
Nursing Research Institute, St Vincents and Mater Health Sydney and Australian Catholic University, National Centre for Clinical Outcomes Research, St Vincent s Public Hospital Darlinghurst, NSW, Australia
BMC Health Serv Res 12:49. 2012..This qualitative study identified stakeholder views on i) the conditions for effective clinical networks; and ii) desirable outcomes of successful clinical networks... - Delivering an evidence-based outdoor journey intervention to people with stroke: barriers and enablers experienced by community rehabilitation teamsAnnie McCluskey
Community Based Health Care Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
BMC Health Serv Res 10:18. 2010..The aim of this study was to identify barriers and enablers, as perceived by allied health professionals, to delivering an evidence-based (Level 1) outdoor journey intervention for people with stroke... - Implementing root cause analysis in an area health service: views of the participantsSandy Middleton
School of Nursing, Australian Catholic University, PO Box 968, North Sydney, NSW
Aust Health Rev 29:422-8. 2005..This study identifies the attitudes of participants in the root cause analysis (RCA) process and barriers to it's implementation within one New South Wales area health service... - Improving quality of life by increasing outings after stroke: study protocol for the Out-and-About trialAnnie McCluskey
Discipline of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Int J Stroke 8:54-8. 2013..Yet fewer than 20% of people with stroke receive enough of these sessions in their local community to change outcomes... - A cluster randomised controlled trial of nurse and GP partnership for care of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseNicholas Zwar
Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
BMC Pulm Med 8:8. 2008..trial registration: actrn012606000304538... - Preventing hypothermia in elective arthroscopic shoulder surgery patients: a protocol for a randomised controlled trialJed Duff
St Vincent s Private Hospital, and Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent s and Mater Health Sydney Australian Catholic University, Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010, Australia
BMC Surg 12:14. 2012..This trial will investigate the effect of these interventions on patients' temperature, thermal comfort, and total recovery time... - Are there commonalities among audit tools used to measure carotid endarterectomy outcomes in New South Wales?Sandy Middleton
Needs Assessment and Health Outcomes Unit, Central Sydney Area Health Service, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
ANZ J Surg 72:21-4. 2002..To prepare for a state-wide audit of carotid endarterectomy (CEA), we sought to ascertain pre-existing practices and identify common process and outcome measures among audits tools used by NSW vascular surgeons... - Vascular disease risk factor management 4 years after carotid endarterectomy: are opportunities missed?Sandy Middleton
Centre for Applied Nursing Research, South Western Sydney Area Health Service, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
ANZ J Surg 73:225-31. 2003..Because a large percentage of patients surviving carotid endarterectomy (CEA) subsequently die from a vascular cause, the aim of the present paper was to determine risk factor management for a cohort of patients 4 years after their CEA... - What people say about travelling outdoors after their stroke: a qualitative studyLara Barnsley
Discipline of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Aust Occup Ther J 59:71-8. 2012..Many people cannot drive or use public transport, which can restrict participation. This qualitative study aimed to explore the experiences and attitudes of people following stroke to travelling outdoors early after hospital discharge... - Increasing delivery of an outdoor journey intervention to people with stroke: A feasibility study involving five community rehabilitation teamsAnnie McCluskey
Community Based Health Care Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Implement Sci 5:59. 2010..A secondary aim was to measure the impact of this change on client outcomes... - Nurses report a healthy culture: results of the Practice Environment Scale (Australia) in an Australian hospital seeking Magnet recognitionKim Walker
Nursing Research Institute, Australian Catholic University, St Vincent s Private Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Int J Nurs Pract 16:616-23. 2010.... - GPs' views of quality initiatives to improve stroke outcomes following carotid endarterectomySandy Middleton
Centre for Applied Nursing Research, South Western Sydney Area Health Service, New South Wales
Aust Fam Physician 32:858-61. 2003..General practitioners' satisfaction with previous referral of patients may influence their future specialist referral patterns... - Audit of long-term mortality and morbidity outcomes for carotid endarterectomySandy Middleton
Division of Population Health, Central Sydney Area Health Service, School of Public Health, University of Sydney
Aust Health Rev 25:81-91. 2002..10, df = 142, P = 0.04). We conclude that patients undergoing CEA are at high risk of dying from vascular causes, inviting concerted efforts in discharge planning to co-ordinate optimal vascular risk factor management... - Arrival time to stroke unit as crucial a measure as arrival time to emergency departmentSandy Middleton
Stroke 39:e5. 2008 - Barriers to the use of anticoagulation for nonvalvular atrial fibrillation: a representative survey of Australian family physiciansMelina Gattellari
Stroke 39:227-30. 2008..CONCLUSIONS: Strategies to optimize the management of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation should address psychological barriers to using anticoagulation... - Contamination of interventional research is possible through GP membership of more than one divisionSandy Middleton
Division of Population Health, Central Sydney Area Health Service, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, New South Wales
Aust Fam Physician 32:95-6. 2003..005) to belong to two or more divisions. DISCUSSION: If divisions are used as the unit of randomisation for interventional research, there is risk of contamination in study design. Articles reporting such trials should acknowledge this... - Effective discharge policy: are we getting there?Sandy Middleton
Centre for Applied Nursing Research, South Western Sydney Area Health Service, Liverpool, NSW
Aust Health Rev 28:255-9. 2004..Usefulness of discharge communications to patients' GPs also was ascertained...