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McGuiness, B, Infection Control in Crisp J and Taylor C, (2005) Potter & Perry’s Fundamentals of Nursing Practice, Elsevier, Sydney pp 776-810

• Scanlon A, Clark E, McGuiness W (2008) “Acute (adult clinical inpatients) care nurses attitude towards and knowledge of nationally endorsed 5As smoking cessation guidelines” Collegian, 29 (1) p 80-91
• Rice J & McGuiness B (2008), “Relieving the pressure” Australian Ageing Agenda, May-June, p. 64 65
• Rice J & McGuiness B (2009), “Managing acute wounds in general practice.” Practice Nurse February, p 7-9
• McGuiness, W, Dunn, S, Neild, T, Jones, M, (2005) Developing an accurate system of measuring colour in a venous leg ulcer in order to assess healing, Journal of Wound Care, Vol. 14, No. 6 pp. 249-254
• McGuiness, W, Vella, E and Harrison, D. (2004) Influence of dressing changes on wound temperature, Journal of Wound Care, Vol. 13, No. 9 pp 383-385.

• McGuiness W, Neild T, (2008) Clinician’s perception of colour when assessing venous leg ulcers, Proceedings 3rd Congress of The World Union of Wound Healing Societies, Toronto
• Smith E and McGuiness W, (2008) Managing leg ulcers in the community: Cost to suffers Proceedings 6th Australian Wound Management Association National Conference, Darwin
• McGuiness W, Neild T, (2008) Clinician’s perception of colour when assessing venous leg ulcers, Proceedings 6th Australian Wound Management Association National Conference, Darwin
• McGuiness, W, McNicole. (2004) The Influence of pre-warming cleansing solutions on wound bed temperature, Proceedings 5th Australian Wound Management Association National Conference, Hobart

• Wound Practice and Research
• Collegian
• Contemporary Nurse

• Wound Clinical Nurse Consultant – The Alfred
• Chair – Working party four: Preparing nurses for the Future, 2007 Department of Human Services

Theses examined:

• Van Donk P, 2007, The relationship between peripheral intravenous catheter dwell time and the development of phlebitis in Hospitals in the Home programs.
• Azzopardi S, 2006, Health related quality of life two years after coronary artery bypass graft surgery
• Rayner R, 2006, A review of the types and proportion of wound healed in clients attending a nurse-led community would clinic
• Gibb, M, 2006, Leg ClubTM In The Australian Context
• Reeves J, 2006, Are Graduate Nurses Satisfied with Graduate Nurse Programs
• Leigh E, 2006, Gradates nurses’ perceptions of the effectiveness of the clinical support nurse role in a graduate transition program
• Robertson A, 2005, Patients’ Perspectives on the Quality of Sleep in the Surgical Ward

Current Research

• A Proof of Concept Study of the Effect of Low Intensity Laser
• Therapy on reducing wound pain- Collaborative project with the RDNS
• Evaluation of foam dressing properties for heavily exudation wounds

Past Research

• Wound temperature fluctuations with pre warmed saline washes
• Pressure injury prevention- Department of Health Services
• Improving clinical data by completing the feedback loop- Department of Health Services
• Emergency Nurse Practitioner Pilot- Department of Human Services,
• Validity of wound images provided via the internet for clinical decision making - Australian Research Council