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A comparison of the hand hygiene knowledge, beliefs and practices of Italian nursing and medical students. (with Stephen Kermode, Tomaso Progano, and Julita Sansoni), Journal of Advanced Nursing (2012)
Aim. This paper reports a study examining the hand hygiene knowledge, beliefs and practices of...
Quality assurance and quality enhancement of the nursing curriculum – happy marriage or recipe for (with Jennifer L. Bird, Julienne Holt, and Maree Walo), Journal of Nursing Education and Practice (2012)
Background: This study investigated nurse academics’ perceptions of a curriculum review process that married a...
The hand hygiene knowledge, beliefs, practices and education of healthcare students (with E Apostolopoulou, G Petrikkos, E Hedberg, J Sansoni, B Edlund, and H Wijk), The Canadian Journal of Infection Control (2012)
Background: Adherence to hand hygiene (HH) guidelines reduces the incidence of hospital-acquired infection, however, little...
A path of perpetual resilience: exploring the experience of a diabetes-related amputation through grounded theory (with Wendy Livingstone and Beverley Taylor), Contemporary Nurse (2011)
Little research has been done on the experience of diabetes-related amputation. The aim of this...
Ritualistic preoperative fasting: is it still occurring and what can we do about it? (with Judy J. Andrew-Romit), ACORN: The Journal of Perioperative Nursing in Australia (2011)
A literature review indicates that patients continue to fast for prolonged periods from both food...
A comparison of the hand hygiene knowledge, beliefs, and practices of Greek nursing and medical students (with Eleni A. Apostolopoulou and Georgios L. Petrikkos), American Journal of Infection Control (2010)
Profession influences healthcare workers' hand hygiene (HH) adherence. Greek nursing and medical students were surveyed...
A cross-cultural comparison of health care students' hand hygiene knowledge, beliefs and practices, PhD thesis, Southern Cross University, Lismore, NSW (2010)
Registered nurses’ hand hygiene (HH) compliance is generally higher than that of physicians. This may...
Continuous curriculum review in a Bachelor of Nursing program: preventing curriculum drift and improving quality (with Jennifer L. Bird), Journal of Nursing Education (2010)
Higher education institutions have rigorous internal accreditation processes for new courses and typically require thorough...
Development of a questionnaire to assess health care students’ hand hygiene knowledge, beliefs and practices, Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing (2009)
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To determine the reliability and validity of a hand hygiene questionnaire (HHQ) developed to...
A comparison of the hand hygiene knowledge, beliefs and practices of Greek nursing and medical students (Presentation), 7th annual Multi Disciplinary Conference (2008)
Background: Profession appears to influence adherence to hand hygiene (HH) guidelines amongst healthcare workers. This...
Faking it: social desirability response bias in self-report research, Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing (2008)
The tendency for people to present a favourable image of themselves on questionnaires is called...
Is hand hygiene linked to health benefits in the community in developed countries?, Hygiene and its role in health (2008)
Hygiene refers to practices associated with ensuring good health and cleanliness. The scientific term "hygiene"...
Utilising health promotion theory to improve hand hygiene in the ICU: a pilot study (with Margherita Murgo), Abstracts Monitoring the future: 32nd ANZICS/ACCCN Annual Scientific Meeting on Intensive Care, incorporating the 13th Australian and New Zealand Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Conference (2007)
An examination of covert observation and solution audit as tools to measure the success of hand hygiene interventions (with Margherita Murgo), American Journal of Infection Control (2006)
Background: Many studies have examined hand hygiene (HH) frequency and adherence in response to various...
Hand hygiene competence in the intensive care unit (with Margherita Murgo), Australian Infection Control (2005)
The hand hygiene knowledge and competence of staff in an adult intensive care unit (ICU)...
Registered and enrolled nurses' knowledge of hepatitis C and attitudes towards patients with hepatitis C, Contemporary nurse : a journal for the Australian nursing profession (2003)
A questionnaire was used to determine registered and enrolled nurses' knowledge of, and attitudes towards...
Health care workers’ knowledge of hepatitis C and attitudes towards patients with hepatitis C: a pilot study, Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing (2002)
A questionnaire was developed to determine health care workers' (HCWs) knowledge of, and attitudes towards,...
Health for all Australians, Contemporary nurse : a journal for the Australian nursing profession (2002)
This paper explores some of the social and political factors that have influenced the way...
Gender influences handwashing rates in the critical care unit (with Robyn Bourke, Joanne McLoughlin, Miriam Nonu, and Maria Reis), American Journal of Infection Control (2001)
Background: Nurses tend to wash their hands more often than physicians, and among nonhealth care...
Generating theory from the client’s experience of same day laparoscopic sterilisation (with John Stevens and Dorothy Leighton), Australian Journal of Holistic Nursing (2001)
A grounded theory methodology was used to generate theory about the experiences of women undergoing...
Transmitting times, Occupational Health (2001)
In response to concerns about infection rates at Southern Cross University in New South Wales,...
Client perceptions of the polysomnography experience and compliance with therapy (with P Laird and C Jarrett), Contemporary nurse : a journal for the Australian nursing profession (2000)
A grounded theory approach was used to generate theory about clients' perceptions of polysomnography, and...
Maximising handwashing rates in the critical care unit through yearly performance feedback (with Robyn Bourke, Lisa Fillipi, Joanne McLoughlin, Catherine Molihan, Miriam Nonu, and Maria Reis), Australian Critical Care (2000)
Handwashing following patient contact reduces the incidence of nosocomial infections. Despite this, handwashing rates by...
A comparison of the photolyase activity of three Australian tree frogs (with William A. Buttemer, Peter Hoffman, John Hays, and Andrew Blaustein), Oecologia (1998)
Ultraviolet-B (UV-B) irradiation of DNA generates mutagenic photoproducts such as cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) which...
Are Litoria aurea eggs more sensitive to Ultraviolet-B radiation than eggs of sympatric L. peronii or L. dentata? (with William Buttemer), Australian Zoologist (1998)
Global declines in amphibian populations in often pristine habitats have led to suggestions that a...
Avoidance of ultraviolet-B radiation in frogs and tadpoles of the species Litoria aurea, L. dentata and L. peronii (with William A. Buttemer), Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (1998)
Exposure to increasing levels of ultraviolet-B (UV-B) radiation due to anthropogenic reduction of stratospheric ozone...
Population assessment of the endangered Green and Golden Bell frog Litoria aurea at Port Kembla, NSW (with Ross L. Goldingay), Australian Zoologist (1998)
The Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea has declined dramatically in distribution and abundance...
Is there a relationship between university entrance scores and the approaches of first year nursing students to studying and learning? (with M Khyentse), Supporting sciences : facts or frameworks for nursing practice : proceedings / Conference on Science in Nursing Education - COSINE '96 (1996)
Is Litoria aurea susceptible to increased UV-B radiation?, Conference on the Biology and Management of the Green and Golden Bell Frog (1995)
Performance feedback increases the incidence of handwashing by staff following patient contact in intesive care (with Louise Heyman), Australian Critical Care (1995)
Nosocomial infections affect up to 30% of ICU patients. Although infection rates decline with increasing...