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| Ritin S FernandezSummaryAffiliation: New South Wales Country: Australia Publications
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Sociodemographic predictors and reasons for participation in an outpatient cardiac rehabilitation programme following percutaneous coronary interventionRitin S Fernandez
Centre for Applied Nursing Research, NSW, New South Wales, and Centre for Evidence Based Health Care a collaborating centre of the Joanna Briggs Institute, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Int J Nurs Pract 14:237-42. 2008..Additional research on determinants of participation in CR programmes among this cohort of patients could assist in the development of new strategies to encourage healthy behaviours and reduce the risk of further cardiac events...- Awareness of risk factors for coronary heart disease following interventional cardiology procedures: a key concern for nursing practiceRitin S Fernandez
South Western Sydney Centre for Applied Nursing Research, University of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Int J Nurs Pract 14:435-42. 2008..The findings have important implications for nursing practice in terms of directing educational efforts for the modification of risk factors for coronary heart disease... 
Development and preliminary testing of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Enrolment Obstacles (CREO) scale: implications for service developmentRitin S Fernandez
South Western Sydney, Centre for Applied Nursing Research, NSW, Australia
Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs 7:96-102. 2008..Assessment of the barriers to CR participation in PCI patients could provide vital information for the development of alternate strategies for coronary risk factor modification...- Persistence of coronary risk factor status in participants 12 to 18 months after percutaneous coronary interventionRitin S Fernandez
South Western Sydney Centre for Applied Nursing Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia
J Cardiovasc Nurs 21:379-87. 2006..Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a widely performed revascularization technique for coronary heart disease; however, there is limited research investigating the risk factor status of patients 1 year after the procedure... - Duration of short-term indwelling catheters--a systematic review of the evidenceRitin S Fernandez
Centre for Applied Nursing Research South Western, Sydney Area Health Service, NSW, Australia
J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs 33:145-53; quiz 154-5. 2006..A systematic review on the effect of duration of catheterization on urinary retention... - Educational interventions for mental health consumers receiving psychotropic medication: a review of the evidenceRitin S Fernandez
South Western Sydney Centre for Applied Nursing Research, South Western Sydney Area Health Service, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Int J Ment Health Nurs 15:70-80. 2006..More well designed and reported randomized studies investigating the efficacy of education are urgently needed... - A comparison of an evidence based regime with the standard protocol for monitoring postoperative observation: a randomised controlled trialRitin Fernandez
South Western Sydney Centre for Applied Nursing Research, School of Nursing, Family and Community Health University of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Aust J Adv Nurs 23:15-21. 2005..Monitoring patients' vital signs is an important component of postoperative observations... - Clamping short-term indwelling catheters: a systematic review of the evidenceRitin S Fernandez
Centre for Applied Nursing Research, South Western Sydney Area Health Service, and University of Western Sydney, NSW, Australia
J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs 32:329-36. 2005.... - Validation of the revised cardiac rehabilitation preference form in patients with post-percutaneous coronary interventionRitin S Fernandez
South Western Sydney Centre for Applied Nursing Research New South Wales Centre for Evidence Based Health Care, Liverpool BC, NSW, Australia
J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev 27:390-4. 2007..Of note, participation rates of patients following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are low... - Removal of short-term indwelling urethral catheters: the evidenceRhonda D Griffiths
South Western Sydney Centre for Applied Nursing Research, and New South Wales Centre for Evidence-Based Health Care, University of Western Sydney, NSW, Australia
J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs 31:299-308. 2004..Further trials should be undertaken in wider settings and on specific groups of patients to enhance generalizability... - Changes in general nurses' knowledge of alcohol and substance use and misuse after educationDuong Thuy Tran
Centre for Applied Nursing Research, University of Western Sydney, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
Perspect Psychiatr Care 45:128-39. 2009.... - Cardiac rehabilitation coordinators' perceptions of patient-related barriers to implementing cardiac evidence-based guidelinesRitin S Fernandez
South Western Sydney Centre for Applied Nursing Research, New South Wales, Australia
J Cardiovasc Nurs 23:449-57. 2008..Implementing evidence-based guidelines after a coronary event is vital to prevent recurrence of an acute episode. However, various barriers to guideline implementation have been identified... - Does implementation of clinical practice guidelines change nurses' screening for alcohol and other substance use?Duong Thuy Tran
Centre for Applied Nursing Research, Sydney South West Area Health Service, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Contemp Nurse 33:13-9. 2009..To examine the effectiveness of the implementation of a clinical practice guideline on nurses screening patients for alcohol and other substance use, providing brief interventions, and referring patients at risk for treatment... - Improving cardiac rehabilitation services--challenges for cardiac rehabilitation coordinatorsRitin S Fernandez
Family and Community Health, College of Health and Science, Campbelltown Campus, University of Western Sydney, Penrith South, NSW, Australia
Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs 10:37-43. 2011..Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) is a long term multifactorial rehabilitation program aimed at the secondary prevention of cardiovascular events. However, delivery of CR services is less than optimal... - The health-related quality of life trajectory in patients after percutaneous coronary interventionRitin S Fernandez
South Western Sydney Centre for Applied Nursing Research, NSW, Australia
J Cardiopulm Rehabil Prev 27:223-6. 2007..The purpose of this study was to describe the trajectory of cardiac patient's perceptions of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) during a 24-month period in a community-based population... - A pilot randomised controlled trial comparing a health-related lifestyle self-management intervention with standard cardiac rehabilitation following an acute cardiac event: Implications for a larger clinical trialRitin S Fernandez
South Western Sydney, Centre for Applied Nursing Research, NSW, Australia
Aust Crit Care 22:17-27. 2009..This pilot study was to assess the feasibility of the health-related lifestyle self-management (HeLM) intervention as a strategy to decrease cardiovascular risk following acute coronary syndrome... - Peripheral venous catheters: a review of current practicesRitin S Fernandez
Clinical Practice Review Network, Centre for Applied Nursing Research, Liverpool BC, NSW 1871, Australia
J Infus Nurs 26:388-92. 2003..Policy documents were available from only a few hospitals to validate the practice reported. Significant diversity in practices was documented among healthcare organizations... - Quality-of-life trajectory of clients and carers referred to a community palliative care serviceTanya Connell
University of Western Sydney, Australia
Int J Palliat Nurs 17:80-5. 2011..Whether this indicates that the care administered succeeded in cancelling out the worsening of the clients' conditions or whether it indicates a shortcoming of the care was not assessed... - The meta-analysis graph: clearing the hazeRitin S Fernandez
South Western Sydney Centre for Applied Nursing Research, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
Clin Nurse Spec 23:57-60. 2009..The purpose of this article is to provide clinicians with a basic understanding of the meta-analysis graph to objectively interpret the findings and implement them when applicable in clinical practice... - Knowledge dissemination resulting from the Australian Cardiac Rehabilitation Association annual scientific meetingsRitin S Fernandez
Family and Community Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Campbelltown Campus, University of Western Sydney, Penrith South DC, NSW 1797, Australia
Heart Lung Circ 20:19-23. 2011..However, no such data exists for cardiac rehabilitation abstracts presented at Australian conferences. We reviewed a series of conferences to determine the number of abstracts that resulted in subsequent full publication... - Accuracy of biochemical markers for predicting nasogastric tube placement in adults--a systematic review of diagnostic studiesRitin S Fernandez
Family and Community Health, College of Health and Science, University of Western Sydney, NSW, Australia
Int J Nurs Stud 47:1037-46. 2010..The objective of this study was to investigate the diagnostic performance of biochemical tests used to determine placement of nasogastric (NG) tubes after insertion in adults... - Administration of medications by enrolled nurses: perceptions of metropolitan and non-metropolitan registered nurses and nursing unit managersRitin S Fernandez
South Western Sydney Centre for Applied Nursing Research, Liverpool NSW, Australia
Contemp Nurse 27:237-45. 2008.... - Portable MP3 players: innovative devices for recording qualitative interviewsRitin S Fernandez
South Western Sydney Centre for Applied Nursing Research, Australia
Nurse Res 15:7-15. 2007..Ritin Fernandez and Rhonda Griffiths examine a technological resource that pervades modern social life and which can be used effectively for digitally recording interviews for qualitative research... - Does a multidisciplinary total parenteral nutrition team improve patient outcomes? A systematic reviewCarlie Jane Naylor
Centre for Applied Nursing Research, South Western Sydney Area Health Service, Sydney, Australia
JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 28:251-8. 2004..The purpose of this review was to critically analyze the literature and present the best available evidence that investigated the effectiveness of multidisciplinary TPN teams in the provision of TPN to adult hospitalized patients... - Water for wound cleansingRitin S Fernandez
South Western Sydney, Centre for Applied Nursing Research, New South Wales Centre for Evidence Based Health Care a collaborating centre of the Joanna Briggs Institute, Liverpool BC, and University of Western Sydney, Penrith South DC, New South Wales, Australia
Int J Evid Based Healthc 5:305-23. 2007..In the absence of drinkable tap water, boiled and cooled water as well as distilled water can be used as cleansing agents...