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Journal articles
, 2006, 'Enhancing palliative care delivery in a regional community in Australia.', Aust Health Rev, 30, pp. 370 - 379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ah060370
, 2006, 'Interventions by heart failure nurse specialist: Potential for reducing hospital adissions', JOURNAL OF CARDIAC FAILURE, 12, pp. S133 - S133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cardfail.2006.06.461
, 2006, 'Persistence of coronary risk factor status in participants 12 to 18 months after percutaneous coronary intervention.', Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 21, pp. 379 - 387
, 2006, 'Residential aged care: the last frontier for palliative care', Journal of Advanced Nursing, 55, pp. 416 - 424
, 2005, 'Beyond competition: A new paradigm for collaborative cardiovascular research in Australia', European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 4, pp. 181 - 182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2005.07.001
, 2005, 'Issues and challenges in international doctoral education in nursing', Nursing and Health Sciences, 7, pp. 150 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-2018.2005.00240.x
, 2005, 'Palliative care for end-stage dementia: A discussion of the implications for education of health care professionals', Nurse Education Today, 25, pp. 326 - 332, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2005.02.003
, 2005, 'Life beyond severe traumatic injury: an integrative review of the literature', Australian Critical Care, 18, pp. 17 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1036-7314(05)80020-7
, 2005, 'An exploration of the usefulness of motivational interviewing in facilitating secondary prevention gains in cardiac rehabilitation', Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation, 25, pp. 200 - 206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00008483-200507000-00004
, 2005, 'Nursing in Australian general practice: directions and perspectives.', Australian Health Review A Publication of the Australian Hospital Association, 29, pp. 156 - 166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AH050156
, 2005, 'Using the illness trajectory framework to describe recovery from traumatic injury.', Contemporary Nurse A Journal for the Australian Nursing Profession, 19, pp. 232 - 241, http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/conu.19.1-2.232
, 2005, 'Activities of home-based heart failure nurse specialists: A modified narrative analysis', American Journal of Critical Care, 14, pp. 426 - 433
, 2005, 'Clinical nurses' knowledge of evidence-based practice: constructing a framework to evaluate a multifaceted intervention for implementing EBP.', Contemp Nurse, 19, pp. 96 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/conu.19.1-2.96
, 2004, 'Australian nurses in general practice based heart failure management: Implications for innovative collaborative practice', European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 3, pp. 135 - 147, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcnurse.2004.02.002
, 2004, 'Non-valvular atrial fibrillation and stroke: Implications for nursing practice and therapeutics', Australian Critical Care, 17, pp. 65 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1036-7314(04)80005-5
, 2004, 'A case for consideration of cultural diversity in heart failure management--Part 1: Rationale for the DISCOVER Study.', Contemporary Nurse A Journal for the Australian Nursing Profession, 17, pp. 204 - 210, http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/conu.17.3.204
, 2004, 'An insight into Australian nurses' experience of withdrawal/withholding of treatment in the ICU', Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 20, pp. 214 - 222, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2004.05.010
, 2004, 'Australian women and heart disease: trends, epidemiological perspectives and the need for a culturally competent research agenda.', Contemporary Nurse A Journal for the Australian Nursing Profession, 16, pp. 62 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/conu.16.1-2.62
, 2004, 'Integrated, collaborative palliative care in heart failure: The st. george heart failure service experience 1999-2002', Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 19, pp. 68 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00005082-200401000-00011
, 2004, 'Nursing Education on Women's Health Care in Australia, Japan, South Korea, and Thailand', Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 15, pp. 44 - 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1043659603259973
, 2004, 'Patient-centered needs assessment: Rationale for a psychometric measure for assessing needs in heart failure', Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 19, pp. 164 - 171, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00005082-200405000-00004
, 2004, 'Community health nursing in Australia: a critical literature review and implications for professional development.', Contemp Nurse, 16, pp. 195 - 207, http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/conu.16.3.195
, 2004, 'Protocol-based approach to suspected appendicitis, incorporating the Alvarado score and outpatient antibiotics', ANZ JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 74, pp. 324 - 329, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-1433.2004.02993.x
, 2003, 'Perceptions and experiences of heart disease: A literature review and identification of a research agenda in older women', European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 2, pp. 255 - 264, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-5151(03)00056-2
, 2003, 'Cardiorespiratory nurses' perceptions of palliative care in nonmalignant disease: Data for the development of clinical practice', American Journal of Critical Care, 12, pp. 47 - 53, http://dx.doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2003.12.1.47
, 2003, 'Globalisation as we enter the 21st century: reflections and directions for nursing education, science, research and clinical practice.', Contemporary Nurse A Journal for the Australian Nursing Profession, 15, pp. 162 - 174, http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/conu.15.3.162
, 2003, 'A Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, Customised to the Needs of Elderly Patients with Chronic Heart Failure, Decreases Admissions to Hospital and Improves Exercise Capacity', Journal of Cardiac Failure, 9, pp. S111 - S111, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1071-9164(03)00298-7
, 2003, 'Diuretic Therapy in chronic heart failure: Implications for heart failure nurse specialists', Australian critical care: official journal of the confederation of Australian Critical care nurses, 16, pp. 59 - 69
, 2003, 'Nurse faculty perceptions regarding psychiatric-mental health nursing behavioral interventions: a cross-cultural comparison.', Contemp Nurse, 15, pp. 333 - 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/conu.15.3.333
, 2003, 'Patients with chronic heart failure rate psychosocial and existential needs higher than physical needs when recently discharged from hospital', Journal of Cardiac Failure, 9, pp. S105 - S105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s1071-9164(03)00202-1
, 2003, 'The first 12 weeks following discharge from hospital: the experience of Gujarati South Asian survivors of acute myocardial infarction and their families.', Contemp Nurse, 15, pp. 288 - 299, http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/conu.15.3.288
, 2003, 'Traditional Chinese Medicine and heart disease: what does Western Medicine and Nursing Science know about it?', European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 2, pp. 171 - 181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1474-5151(03)00057-4
, 2002, 'Cultural aspects of adjustment to coronary heart disease in Chinese-Australians: A review of the literature', Journal of Advanced Nursing, 39, pp. 391 - 399, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.2002.02301.x
, 2002, 'Synergising acute care and palliative care to optimise nursing care in end-stage cardiorespiratory disease', Australian Critical Care, 15, pp. 64 - 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1036-7314(02)80008-X
, 2002, 'Barriers to participation in and adherence to cardiac rehabilitation programs: a critical literature review.', Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing, 17, pp. 8 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0889-7204.2002.00614.x
, 2001, 'Synergising acute care and palliative care philosophies to optimise nursing care in cardiorespiratory disease', Respirology, 6, pp. A49
, 2001, 'Quality use of medicines (QUM) in critical care: an imperative for best practice', Australian Critical Care, 14, pp. 122 - 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1036-7314(01)80029-1
, 2001, 'Addressing the burden of heart failure in australia: the scope for home-based interventions', Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 16, pp. 1392, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00005082-200110000-00008
, 2000, 'Randomised controlled trial of ultrasonography in diagnosis of acute appendicitis, incorporating the Alvarado score', BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL, 321, pp. 919 - 922A, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.321.7266.919
, 2000, 'Health status, perceptions of coping, and social support immediately after discharge of survivors of acute myocardial infarction', American Journal of Critical Care, 9, pp. 62 - 69, http://dx.doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2000.9.1.62
, 2000, 'Angiographic and clinical outcomes of patients over 70 years undergoing coronary angioplasty', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 9, pp. A98 - A98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1443-9506.2000.06358.x
, 2000, 'Women recovering from first-time myocardial infarction (MI): a feminist qualitative study', JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING, 32, pp. 1403 - 1411, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01622.x
, 1999, 'The experience of hope for survivors of acute myocardial infarction (AMI): a qualitative research study.', Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing A Quarterly Publication of the Royal Australian Nursing Federation, 16, pp. 38 - 44
, 1999, 'Graded compression ultrasonography in the assessment of the "tough decision" acute abdomen in childhood', PEDIATRIC SURGERY INTERNATIONAL, 15, pp. 32 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003830050506
, 1998, 'Prevention of cardiovascular events and death with pravastatin in patients with coronary heart disease and a broad range of initial cholesterol levels', New England Journal of Medicine, 339, pp. 1349 - 1357, http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199811053391902
, 1998, 'The experiences of female spouses of survivors of acute myocardial infarction: A pilot study of Lebanese-born women in south-western Sydney, Australia', Journal of Advanced Nursing, 28, pp. 1199 - 1206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.1998.00829.x
, 1997, 'Thromboembolic risks of left atrial thrombus detected by transesophageal echocardiogram', American Journal of Cardiology, 79, pp. 626 - 629, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00828-4
, 1996, 'Suppurative myositis in children', PEDIATRIC SURGERY INTERNATIONAL, 11, pp. 198 - 200
, 1995, 'HOW TO AVOID COMPLICATIONS DURING PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY', JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC SURGERY, 30, pp. 671 - 673, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-3468(95)90687-8
, 1995, 'TECHNIQUE AND COMPLICATIONS OF PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY IN CHILDREN', AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 65, pp. 194 - 196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.1995.tb00606.x