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Nursing Publications at RCH

  • Nursing Research at RCH

    The Nursing Research team recognises the need to share knowledge generated within RCH to our nursing and multi-disciplinary healthcare colleagues nationally and internationally. To that end, we are committed to supporting campus nurses to publish findings generated by research. 

    If you are a nurse at RCH who has been involved in authoring a conference abstract, peer-reviewed article or book/book section in the last three years we would like to hear about it. 

    Recent Nursing Research Team Publications

    Book chapters 

    1. O'Neill J, Morley G. (2025). Giving voice when no one is listening: the role for nurses in deciding with children. In J. Massie, G. Hall & Gillam, L. Deciding with Children in Pediatrics  (pp. 111-120). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-22323-5.00011-3 
    2. Kinney, S. B., & Parshuram, C. S. (2024). Metrics to Monitor the Function and Performance of the Pediatric Rapid Response System. In M. A. DeVita (Ed.), Textbook of Rapid Response Systems: Concept and Implementation (pp. 595-607). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-67951-3_51 

    Peer reviewed publications 

    1. Stricker, P. A., Vutskits, L., de Graaff, J. C., von Ungern-Sternberg, B. S., Goobie, S. M., Zuo, Y. X., Ramos, T.A.,... & Davidson, A. J. (2025). Core outcome sets for pediatric perioperative research: An international stakeholder engagement exercise and consensus report from the Pediatric Perioperative Outcomes Group. Anesthesiology. https://doi.org/10.1097/aln.0000000000005693 
    2. Hawley, M., O’Neill, J., Dorland, J., Richards, S., Kinney, S., Court, A., & Rayner, C.  Restraint for nasogastric tube feeding in young people with anorexia nervosa or atypical anorexia nervosa: A retrospective audit. Journal of Eating Disorders (in press)  
    3. Gray, A., Gard, J., Hawley, M., Mason, P., Bartholomew, C., & Symons, D. (2025). Joy and humanity in communication: A design‐based research approach to developing and understanding the impact of a novel education programme on hospital staff, co‐designed and facilitated by clown doctors. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 61(2), 179-184. 
    4. Hay, S. & O’Neill J. (2025) Having a heart-to-heart: Parents’ experiences preparing their child for a cardiac procedure. Journal of Child Health Care.  DOI: 10.1177/13674935251321531 
    5. Hay, S., Kinney, S., Richards, S., Hawley, M., & Newall, F., O’Neill, J. (2025) Parents’ experiences of holding their child for healthcare procedures: A qualitative exploratory study. Journal of Advanced Nursing. DOI: 10.1111/jan.16935 
    6. El Ali, M. (Mervat), O’Neill, J., & Gillam, L. (2025). Paediatric Nurses’ Personal Accounts of Being Told Not to Disclose Information to Children with Serious Illness-An Interpretative Phenomenological Study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 81 (7), 4067-4084.  https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.16596 
    7. El Ali, M., O’Neill, J., & Gillam, L. (2025). How paediatric nurses frame the ethics of non-disclosure directives. Nursing Ethics, doi:10.1177/09697330251350383 
    8. Klinner C, Young A, Strnadová I, O’Neill J, Newman CE, Wong H, Davies C, Vujovich-Dunn C, Skinner SR, Brogan D, Kang M. (2025). Vaccinating Adolescents With Intellectual and Developmental Disability at School: An Opportunity to Promote Supported Decision Making. The Journal of School Nursing. 0 (0), doi:10.1177/10598405241312981 
    9. Jeffs, E. L., Newall, F., Delany, C., & Kinney, S. (2025). Exploring Collaboration and Social Dynamics in the Paediatric Morbidity and Mortality Meeting, A Qualitative Case Study. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 81, (7), 4052-4066. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.16581 
    10. Thompson, J., Crellin, D., Kinney, S., Matthews, S., & Gerdtz, M. (2025). Metrics used by nurse practitioners to evaluate the impact of their role: A scoping review. Collegian. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2025.04.004 
    11. van Heerden, C., Hawley, M., Jayawardena, N., & Gray, A. (2025). Perceptions of feedback up to senior doctors and nurses in a tertiary paediatric hospital: A mixed-methods study. Focus on Health Professional Education: A Multi-Professional Journal, 26(1), 20-39. 
    12. Taranto, J., Hageman, I., Trajanovska, M., Jackson-Fleurus, S., Newall, F., & King, S. (2025). Post Operative Anal Dilatations for the Prevention of Anal Strictures in Children With Anorectal Malformation: A Systematic Review. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 60(7). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2025.162320 
    13. Short, M., Newall, F., & Masterson, K. (2025). A retrospective review of the characteristics of patients deemed unsuitable for organ donation in a paediatric intensive care unit over a 5-year period. Australian Critical Care, 38(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2024.101161 
    14. Drop, J., Van Den Helm, S., Letunica, N., Wildschut, E., de Hoog, M., de Boode, W., Barton, R., Yaw, H., Newall, F., Horton, S., Chiletti, R., Johansen, A., Best, D., McKittrick, J., Butt, W., d’Udekem, Y., MacLaren, G., Ignjatovic, V., Attard, C., … Monagle, P. (2025). Hemostatic Outcome Definitions in Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Challenges in Cohorts From Rotterdam (2019–2023) and Melbourne (2016–2022). Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 26(3). https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000003679 
    15. Cai, T., Burton, M., McCafferty, C., Van Den Helm, S., Letunica, N., Attard, C., Horton, S., Bottrell, S., Schultz, B., Maclaren, G., Chiletti, R., Best, D., Johansen, A., Newall, F., Butt, W., D’Udekem, Y., Monagle, P., & Ignjatovic, V. (2025). Immunofluorescence Protocol for Characterization of Platelet and Leukocyte Binding in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Circuits. ASAIO Journal, 71(1). https://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0000000000002259 
    16. Mitchell, M., Newall, F., Bernie, C., Brignell, A., & Williams, K. (2024). Simulation-based education for teaching aggression management skills to healthcare providers in acute healthcare settings: A systematic review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2024.104842 
    17. Ullman, A., Takashima, M., Gibson, V., Comber, E., Borello, E., Bradford, N., Byrnes, J., Cole, R., Eisenstat, D., Henson, N., Howard, P., Irwin, A., Keogh, S., Kleidon, T., Martin, M., McCleary, K., McLean, J., Moloney, S., Monagle, P., Newall, F. … Ware, R. (2024). Preventing adverse events during paediatric cancer treatment: Protocol for a multi-site hybrid randomised controlled trial of catheter lock solutions (the CLOCK trial). BMJ Open, 14(7). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085637 
    18. Cai, T., Emery-Corbin, S., McCafferty, C., Van Den Helm, S., Letunica, N., Attard, C., Barton, R., Horton, S., Bottrell, S., Schultz, B., MacLaren, G., Chiletti, R., Best, D., Johansen, A., Newall, F., Butt, W., d’Udekem, Y., Dagley, L., Yousef, J., … Ignjatovic, V. (2024). Comprehensive Characterization of Surface-Bound Proteins and Measurement of Fibrin Fiber Thickness on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Circuits Collected From Patients. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 25(11). https://doi.org/10.1097/PCC.0000000000003591 
    19. O'Neill, J., Devsam, B., Kinney, S., Hawley, M., Richards, S., & Newall, F. (2023). Exploring the impact of the COVID‐19 environment on nursing delivery of family‐centred care in a paediatric hospital. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 79(1), 320-331. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15469


      If you have any questions, please contact the Nursing Research team via email at nursing.research@rch.org.au.