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| Geraldine LeeSummaryAffiliation: Baker Heart Research Institute Country: Australia Publications
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Patients reported health-related quality of life five years post coronary artery bypass graft surgery--a methodological studyGeraldine A Lee
Baker Heart Research Institute, Preventive Cardiology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs 7:67-72. 2008..The number of individuals undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery (CABGS) to treat coronary artery disease is steadily increasing...
Tackling heart disease and povertyGeraldine Lee
Preventative Cardiology, Baker Heart Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
Nurs Health Sci 9:290-4. 2007..Nurses and health professionals must drive health policy so that progress can be achieved in reducing the disease rates...
A comparative study of patient perceived quality of life pre and post coronary artery bypass graft surgeryAlicia Ballan
Ward 3D Cardiothoracic ward, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Aust J Adv Nurs 24:24-8. 2007..The aim of this study was to investigate recovery from coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABGS) on the basis of patient perceived QoL and in particular, physical and mental health...
Health-related quality of life 2 years after coronary artery bypass graft surgerySonia Azzopardi
Cardiothoracic Ward, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
J Cardiovasc Nurs 24:232-40. 2009....
Low acuity abdominal pain in the emergency department: still a long waitGeraldine Lee
School of Nursing and Midwifery, LaTrobe University, Bundoora, Melbourne, Victoria 3086, Australia
Int Emerg Nurs 16:94-100. 2008..There are many pressures placed on Emergency Departments (EDs) and anecdotally patients with low acuity abdominal pain can spend a long time in ED waiting for treatment...
National nursing registration in Australia: a way forward for nurse practitioner endorsementAndrea Driscoll
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
J Am Acad Nurse Pract 24:143-8. 2012..The move to national registration of health professionals and the creation of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) provides both challenges and opportunities for the regulation of nurse practitioners (NPs) in Australia...
A survey of patient satisfaction in a metropolitan Emergency Department: comparing nurse practitioners and emergency physiciansNatasha Jennings
The Alfred Emergency and Trauma Centre, Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Int J Nurs Pract 15:213-8. 2009..The Emergency Nurse Practitioner model demonstrates consistent levels of patient satisfaction with patients reporting more favourable satisfaction with the Emergency Nurse Practitioners compared with emergency department doctors...
Assessing the impact of streaming in a regional emergency departmentLeigh Kinsman
Monash University School of Rural Health, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Emerg Med Australas 20:221-7. 2008..To evaluate the impact of a streaming model, previously validated in metropolitan EDs, on selected performance indicators in a regional ED...
Safely treating hypokalaemia in high dependency cardiac surgical patientsClaire Sladdin
Cardiothoracic Unit, The Alfred, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nurs Crit Care 11:267-72. 2006..The implementation of the ward-based guideline into practice has been well received by the staff as it has allowed consistent practice and timely treatment of hypokalaemia...
Building research capacity: through a hospital-based clinical school of nursingGeraldine Lee
La Trobe University Alfred Clinical School of Nursing, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
Nurse Educ Today 29:350-6. 2009..The other benefit is that nurse academics have strengthened their working relationship with clinicians and ensured visible research outputs were achieved...
Predisposing factors and incidence of newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation in an urban African community: insights from the Heart of Soweto StudyKaren Sliwa
Preventative Health, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, St Kilda Rd Central, Melbourne, VIC 8008, Australia
Heart 96:1878-82. 2010..Little is known about the incidence and clinical characteristics of newly diagnosed atrial fibrillation/flutter (AF) in urban Africans in epidemiological transition...
Trends in coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Victoria, 2001-2006: findings from the Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons database projectDiem T Dinh
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Med J Aust 188:214-7. 2008..To examine trends in preoperative clinical characteristics, risk profiles and postoperative outcomes of patients undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery in Victoria...
Determinants of quality of life five years after coronary artery bypass graft surgeryGeraldine A Lee
Preventative Cardiology, Baker Heart Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
Heart Lung 38:91-9. 2009..The aim was to establish via multiple regression analyses the determinants of physical and mental health-related quality of life 5 years post-CABG...
Perceived barriers to the sustainability and progression of nurse practitionersSimon F J Keating
Emergency and Trauma Centre, The Alfred Hospital, Prahran, Victoria, Australia
Int Emerg Nurs 18:147-53. 2010..In 1998 in Victoria, Australia, the Nurse Practitioner (NP) model was considered with projects exploring the potential for NP implementation in emergency departments (EDs)...
Forecasting emergency department presentationsRobert Champion
Department of Mathematics and Statistics, La Trobe University, PO Box 199, Bendigo, VIC 3552, Australia
Aust Health Rev 31:83-90. 2007..To forecast the number of patients who will present each month at the emergency department of a hospital in regional Victoria...
Commentary on Rantanen A, Kaunonen M, Astedt-Kurki P and Tarkka M (2004) Social support for coronary artery bypass patients and their significant others. Journal of Clinical Nursing 13, 158-166Geraldine A Lee
School of Nursing and Midwifery, La Trobe University, Melbourne 3086, Australia
J Clin Nurs 14:273-7. 2005
