By Professor Patricia Davidson

Journal articles

Halcomb EJ; Davidson PM; Patterson E, 2008, 'Promoting leadership and management in Australian general practice nursing: What will it take?', Journal of Nursing Management, 16, pp. 846 - 852, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2834.2008.00938.x

Fernandez RS; Davidson P; Griffiths R, 2008, 'Cardiac rehabilitation coordinators' perceptions of patient-related barriers to implementing cardiac evidence-based guidelines', Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 23, pp. 449 - 457, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.JCN.0000317450.64778.a0

Cao Y; Digiacomo M; Du HY; Ollerton E; Davidson P, 2008, 'Cardiovascular disease in chinese women: An emerging high-risk population and implications for nursing practice', Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 23, pp. 386 - 394, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.JCN.0000317446.97951.c2

Davidson PM; Salamonson Y; Webster J; Andrew S; DiGiacomo M; Gholizadeh L; Newton P; Moser D, 2008, 'Changes in depression in the immediate postdischarge phase in a cardiac rehabilitation population assessed by the cardiac depression scale', Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, 28, pp. 312 - 315, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.HCR.0000336141.94439.b8

Phillips JL; Davidson PM; Newton PJ; DiGiacomo M, 2008, 'Supporting Patients and Their Caregivers After-Hours at the End of Life: The Role of Telephone Support', Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 36, pp. 11 - 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.08.017

Fernandez RS; Salamonson Y; Juergens C; Griffiths R; Davidson P, 2008, 'Development and preliminary testing of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Enrolment Obstacles (CREO) scale: Implications for service development', European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 7, pp. 96 - 102, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2007.09.002

Alexandrou E; Spencer T; Davidson P, 2008, 'Nursing central line service prevents catheter related infections.', Australian Nursing Journal July 1993, 15, pp. 49

Phillips JL; Davidson PM; Jackson D; Kristjanson LJ, 2008, 'Multi-faceted palliative care intervention: Aged care nurses' and care assistants' perceptions and experiences', Journal of Advanced Nursing, 62, pp. 216 - 227, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04600.x

Salamonson Y; Everett B; Koch J; Andrew S; Davidson PM, 2008, 'English-language acculturation predicts academic performance in nursing students who speak english as a second language', Research in Nursing and Health, 31, pp. 86 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/nur.20224

Davidson P; Digiacomo M; Zecchin R; Clarke M; Paul G; Lamb K; Hancock K; Chang E; Daly J, 2008, 'A cardiac rehabilitation program to improve psychosocial outcomes of women with heart disease', Journal of Women S Health, 17, pp. 123 - 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2007.0386

Davidson PM; DiGiacomo M; Abbott P; Zecchin R; Heal PE; Mieni L; Sheerin N; Smith J; Mark A; Bradbery B; Davison J, 2008, 'A partnership model in the development and implementation of a collaborative, cardiovascular education program for Aboriginal Health Workers', Australian Health Review, 32, pp. 139 - 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH080139

Banu Rekha VV; Balasubramanian R; Swaminathan S; Ramachandran R; Rahman F; Sundaram V; Thyagarajan K; Selvakumar N; Adhilakshmi AR; Iliayas S; Narayanan PR, 2008, 'Author's response', Indian Journal of Medical Research, 127, pp. 408 - 409

Halcomb EJ; Davidson PM; Griffiths R; Daly J, 2008, 'Cardiovascular disease management: Time to advance the practice nurse role?', Australian Health Review, 32, pp. 44 - 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH080044

Butterfield JA; Faddy SC; Davidson P; Ridge B, 2008, 'Exercise training in patients with stable chronic heart failure: Effects on thoracic impedance cardiography and B-type natriuretic peptide', Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, 28, pp. 33 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.HCR.0000311506.49398.6d

Gholizadeh L; Davidson P, 2008, 'More similarities than differences: An international comparison of CVD mortality and risk factors in women', Health Care for Women International, 29, pp. 3 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07399330701723756

Halcomb EJ; Davidson PM; Salamonson Y; Ollerton R; Griffiths R, 2008, 'Nurses in Australian general practice: Implications for chronic disease management', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 17, pp. 6 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02141.x

Goddard L; Davidson PM; Daly J; Mackey S, 2008, 'People with an intellectual disability in the discourse of chronic and complex conditions: An invisible group?', Australian Health Review, 32, pp. 405 - 414, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH080405

Everett B; Davidson PM; Sheerin N; Salamonson Y; DiGiacomo M, 2008, 'Pragmatic insights into a nurse-delivered motivational interviewing intervention in the outpatient cardiac rehabilitation setting', Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, 28, pp. 61 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.HCR.0000311511.23849.35

Halcomb E; Davidson P; Hardaker L, 2008, 'Using the consensus development conference method in healthcare research.', Nurse Researcher, 16, pp. 56 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/nr2008.10.16.1.56.c6753

Driscoll A; Hare DL; Worrall‐Carter L; Davidson PM; Reigel B; Tonkin A; Stewart S, 2008, '57 Depressed mood in Chronic Heart Failure patients predicts an increase in mortality and hospital admissions', European Journal of Heart Failure Supplements, 7, pp. 11 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1567-4215(08)60029-6

Driscoll A; Worrall‐Carter L; Hare DL; Davidson PM; Reigel B; Tonkin A; Stewart S, 2008, '625 Does more equal less: development of a heart failure management program complexity score (HF‐IS) (BENCH study)', European Journal of Heart Failure Supplements, 7, pp. 152 - 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1567-4215(08)60423-3

Rapley P; Davidson P, 2008, 'Adolescent health and diabetes: time to rethink service delivery.', Australian Nursing Journal, 16, pp. 30 - 31

Greenwood DLV; Crock P; Braye S; Davidson P; Sentry JW, 2008, 'Autoimmune gastritis and parietal cell reactivity in two children with abnormal intestinal permeability', European Journal of Pediatrics, 167, pp. 917 - 925, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00431-007-0664-z

Driscoll A; Hare D; Worrall-Carter L; Davidson P; Riegel B; Tonkin A; Stewart S, 2008, 'Depressed Mood in Chronic Heart Failure Patients Predicts an Increase in Mortality and Hospital Admissions', Heart Lung and Circulation, 17, pp. s79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2008.05.187

Rolley J; Salamonson Y; Davidson P, 2008, 'Diabetes and heart disease.', Australian Nursing Journal, 16, pp. 33 - 34

Rolley J; Davidson P; Salamonson Y, 2008, 'Diabetes: A Global and Local Epidemic and a Key Consideration for Cardiovascular Nurses', Heart Lung and Circulation, 17, pp. s74, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2008.05.173

Driscoll A; Worrall-Carter L; Hare D; Davidson P; Riegel B; Tonkin A; Stewart S, 2008, 'Does More Equal Less: Development of a Heart Failure Management Program Complexity Score (HF-IS) (BENCH Study)', Heart Lung and Circulation, 17, pp. s78 - s79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2008.05.186

Davidson PM; Driscoll A; Clark R; Newton PJ; Stewart S, 2008, 'Heart Failure Nursing in Australia: Challenges, Strengths, and Opportunities', Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing, 23, pp. 195 - 197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-7117.2008.00017.x

Worrall-Carter L; Cummins R; Page K; Thompson D; Allen J; Hare D; Davidson P, 2008, 'Identifying the Onset of Depression Following an Acute Cardiac Event: Improvement of Health Outcomes Through Optimal Timing of Assessment and Interventions', Heart Lung and Circulation, 17, pp. s76 - s77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2008.05.181

Newton PJ; Davidson PM; Macdonald P; Ollerton R; Krum H, 2008, 'Nebulized furosemide for the management of dyspnea: does the evidence support its use?', J Pain Symptom Manage, 36, pp. 424 - 441, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2007.10.017

Zecchin R; Davidson P; Denniss AR, 2008, 'Potential for Optimizing Beta Blocker and Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitor/Angiotensin Receptor Blockers Use in Patients with Moderate to Severe Left Ventricular Dysfunction', Heart Lung and Circulation, 17, pp. s142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2008.05.337

Du H; Davidson P; Salamonson Y; Everett B; Zecchin R; Newton P, 2008, 'Preliminary Evaluation of a Self-administered, Modified Six Minute Walk Test', Heart Lung and Circulation, 17, pp. s206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2008.05.491

Page K; Worrall-Carter L; Kuhn L; Allen J; Davidson P, 2008, 'Prevalence and Onset of Depression in Women After an Acute Cardiac Event', Heart Lung and Circulation, 17, pp. s77, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2008.05.182

Driscoll A; Worrall-Carter L; Hare D; Davidson P; Riegel B; Tonkin A; Stewart S, 2008, 'Service variability of chronic heart failure management programmes questions the quality of health-related outcomes', Heart Lung and Circulation, 17, pp. s14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2007.11.034

Newton P; Davidson P; Abernethy A; Currow D, 2008, 'The Malignant Trajectory of Heart Failure', Heart Lung and Circulation, 17, pp. s149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2008.05.354

Driscoll A; Worrall-Carter L; Hare D; Davidson P; Riegel B; Tonkin A; Stewart S, 2008, 'Titration of medications by HF nurses increases optimisation doses of key therapeutic agents', Heart Lung and Circulation, 17, pp. s2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2007.11.005

Newton PJ; Davidson PM; Halcomb EJ; Denniss AR, 2007, 'Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of the collaborative method: Reflections from a single site', Quality and Safety in Health Care, 16, pp. 409 - 414, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/qshc.2006.019125

Astley CM; Portelli L; Whalley GA; Davidson PM, 2007, 'Coming of Age: Affiliate Member Profile and Participation in the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand', Heart Lung and Circulation, 16, pp. 447 - 451, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2007.02.088

Halcomb EJ; Davidson PM; Patterson E, 2007, 'Exploring the development of Australian general practice nursing: Where we have come from and where to from here?', Contemporary Nurse, 26, pp. 145 - 153

Fernandez R; Davidson P; Griffiths R; Juergens C; Salamonson Y, 2007, 'What do we know about the long term medication adherence in patients following percutaneous coronary intervention?', Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 25, pp. 53 - 61

Smith LM; Davidson PM; Halcomb EJ; Andrew S, 2007, 'Can lay responder defibrillation programmes improve survival to hospital discharge following an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest?', Australian Critical Care, 20, pp. 137 - 145, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2007.08.003

Berry AM; Davidson PM; Masters J; Rolls K, 2007, 'Systematic Literature Review of Oral Hygiene Practices for Intensive Care Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation', American Journal of Critical Care, 16, pp. 552 - 562

Fernandez RS; Salamonson Y; Juergens C; Griffiths R; Davidson P, 2007, 'Validation of the revised cardiac rehabilitation preference form in patients with post-percutaneous coronary intervention', Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, 27, pp. 390 - 394, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.HCR.0000300267.92516.23

Hickman L; Newton P; Halcomb EJ; Chang E; Davidson P, 2007, 'Best practice interventions to improve the management of older people in acute care settings: A literature review', Journal of Advanced Nursing, 60, pp. 113 - 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04417.x

Chang E; Hancock K; Hickman L; Glasson J; Davidson P, 2007, 'Outcomes of acutely ill older hospitalized patients following implementation of tailored models of care: A repeated measures (pre- and post-intervention) design', International Journal of Nursing Studies, 44, pp. 1079 - 1092, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.04.017

Fernandez RS; Davidson P; Salamonson Y; Griffiths R; Juergens C, 2007, 'The health-related quality of life trajectory in patients after percutaneous coronary intervention', Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, 27, pp. 223 - 226, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.HCR.0000281767.59781.a1

Halcomb EJ; Gholizadeh L; DiGiacomo M; Phillips J; Davidson PM, 2007, 'Literature review: Considerations in undertaking focus group research with culturally and linguistically diverse groups', Journal of Clinical Nursing, 16, pp. 1000 - 1011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01760.x

DiGiacomo M; Davidson PM; Vanderpluym A; Snell R; Worrall-Carter L, 2007, 'Depression, anxiety and stress in women following acute coronary syndrome: Implications for secondary prevention', Australian Critical Care, 20, pp. 69 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2007.03.002

Davidson PM; Dracup K; Phillips J; Daly J; Padilla G, 2007, 'Preparing for the worst while hoping for the best: The relevance of hope in the heart failure illness trajectory', Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 22, pp. 159 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.JCN.0000267821.74084.72

Hammond J; Salamonson Y; Davidson P; Everett B; Andrew S, 2007, 'Why do women underestimate the risk of cardiac disease? A literature review', Australian Critical Care, 20, pp. 53 - 59, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2007.02.001

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