Intensive care

Developing an Educational Framework to Support Intensive Care Nurses in Regional Health Services: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.

The Australian and New Zealand ICU Workforce: A Point-Prevalence Survey

ANZ ICUs have some of the best patient outcomes in the world, contributed to by the quality and scope of practice of ICU staff, and the ICU multidisciplinary team approach. Pre-existing ICU workforce strain, continuation of pandemic models of staffing and increasing demand for ICU, potentially threaten maintenance of these standards.

Nurses’ clinical oral care practices and prevention of hospital-associated pneumonia in non-ventilated patients in ICU: A qualitative study

This study will explore the intensive care nurses’ clinical oral care practices and prevention of hospital-associated pneumonia in non-ventilated patients.

Their Bodies Just Give It Away

Plummer, K. J., McCarthy, M. C., Newall, F. H. & Manias, E., Mar 2024, In: Cancer Nursing. 47, 2, p. 151-162 12 p.

Opioid administration and weaning practices in mechanically ventilated adult intensive care unit patients

Helliwell, R. (Leading Author) & Manias, E. (Leading Author), Jul 2025, In: Australian Critical Care. 38, 4, 7 p., 101240.

Intensive care unit nurses’ perceptions of debriefing after critical incidents

Berchtenbreiter, K. (Leading Author), Innes, K. (Leading Author), Watterson, J., Nickson, C. P. & Wong, P. (Leading Author), Mar 2024, In: Australian Critical Care. 37, 2, p. 288-294 7 p.

Experiences of health care professionals in intensive care when families participate in clinician handovers

Wong, P. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Jaspers, M. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Gamble, A. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Endacott, R. (Chief Investigator (CI))

Engagement with patients and families about managing medications in critical care units

Manias, E. (Leading Author), Jarden, R., Ottosen, K., Wong, P., Peter, P., Curnow, S., Elliott, M. & Lin, F. (Leading Author), Sept 2025, In: Australian Critical Care. 38, 5, 18 p., 101267.

An exploration of intensive care nurses’ perceptions of workload in providing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support

Ross, P., Sheldrake, J., Ilic, D., Watterson, J., Berkovic, D., Pilcher, D., Udy, A. & Hodgson, C. L., Jul 2024, In: Australian Critical Care. 37, 4, p. 585-591 7 p.

A descriptive investigation of alarm activation in a critical care setting

Nguyen, V. (Leading Author), MacDonald, B., Cignarella, A. & Miller, C. (Leading Author), Mar 2025, In: Nursing in Critical Care. 30, 2, 9 p., e13302.

Waiting to be discharged from intensive care units: Key factors shaping patient and family experiences

Chen, Y. (Leading Author), Peet, J., Murray, L., Ramanan, M., Jacobs, K., Brailsford, J., Osmond, A., Kajevu, M., Garrett, P., Tabah, A., Mock, C. & Lin, F. F., Apr 2025, In: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing. 87, 7 p., 103961.

Understanding an epidemiological view of a retrospective audit of medication errors in an intensive care unit

Ottosen, K. & Bucknall, T., May 2024, In: Australian Critical Care. 37, 3, p. 429-435 7 p.

Effectiveness of interventions to reduce ventriculostomy-associated infections in adult and paediatric patients with an external ventricular drain: A systematic review

Rienecker, C., Kiprillis, N., Jarden, R. & Connell, C., Jul 2023, In: Australian Critical Care. 36, 4, p. 650-668 19 p.