Global Utilities

La Trobe University
Division of Nursing & Midwifery

Recent Research Degrees

2008
Gail Miles DN The nature of district nursing in Victoria  
2007
Lin Yi-Chen PhD The process of frail older persons seeking to maintain quality of life in Taichung, Taiwan. Library Link
Barbara Newman PhD A Substantive Theory – Tense partnership trajectory: Interaction of puissant renal dialysis machine and person receiving home dialysis Library Link
2006
Chen Ying-Su PhD Development of a relevant health-promoting education program for middle-aged people of Changchih Township, Pintung County, Taiwan   
Lucy Cuddihy DN The importance of small differences: an exploratory study of mandated nurse/patient ratios in a Victorian children's hospital Library Link
Ian Baldwin PhD A randomised controlled study comparing continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) with extended daily haemodialfiltration (eddf) for the treatment of acute renal failure in the intensive care unit Library Link
Sharon Kendall PhD Some people we have known: nurse-patient encounters and the impact on learning and practice Library Link
Nyo Nyo Wint DN The effectiveness of directly observed therapy short course and the needs of tuberculosis patients in Yangon, Myanmar  
2005
Amanda Hordern PhD Issues of intimacy and sexuality in cancer and palliative care Library Link
Susan Brown DN Uti-under treated and investigated: an examination of the nursing management of urinary tract infections in nursing home residents experiencing impaired cognition Library Link
Karen Nicola Page DN Developing a predictive model for the risk of chronic heart failure readmission in those individuals with chronic heart failure Library Link
Bernadette Closs PhD The registered nurse and dementia care in the acute hospital system informed by Leininger's culture care theory: an ethnographic study Library Link
Marcia Valerie George DN A journey in search of greater transparency and empowerment in Australian nursing practice: examining and critiquing practice issues through academic enquiry  
2004
Nang Voe Phan PhD Nursing education: the means to improve health services in Myanmar Library Link
Patricia Martin DN Exploring the nature of the nurse patient relationship in an acute, high security forensic psychiatry unit Library Link
Cho Cho Oo PhD Perceptions, beliefs and practices related to malaria in the Shan ethnic group of Myanmar Library Link
Michael Bauer PhD Collaboration and control: a naturalistic study of nurses' constructions of the role of family in nursing home care Library Link
Jennifer Critchley PhD Governing the subject abused woman Library Link
Thaworn Lorga PhD Authoritativeness of service coverage: a grounded theory study of post-hospital care of older persons in Thailand Library Link
James Grealy PhD Exploration of resident resistance to care and its relationship to staff injury in south Australian nursing homes  
2003
Michelle Campbell DN Risk factor reduction behaviour of patients following coronary angioplasty Library Link
Mary Biro PhD The collaborative pregnancy care/team midwifery study: a randomised controlled trial Library Link
Yan Hu PhD Predictors of quality of life among Chinese patients newly diagnosed with gastrointestinal cancer Library Link
Christine Breakwell PhD Documentation: the relationship between critical care nurses' practice and the medical record Library Link
Nang Htawn Hla PhD Improvement of nursing care through quality management: an action research study Library Link
Premarani Kannusamy PhD Examining the impact of job- and organisation-focused employment relationships on the commitment, obligations and performance of staff nurses in Singapore Library Link
Yin Yin PhD Promoting active community participation in relation to malaria control in Mudon township, Mon state, Myanmar Library Link
Jillian Maria Beattie PhD Addressing inappropriate polypharmacy in residential aged care: an action research study Library Link
Mehm Tha Shein PhD Patient-centered nursing care: an appropriate means of improving nursing practice in Myanmar public hospitals? Library Link
Daw Khin Nyo PhD Role and function of the registered nurse in the Myanmar health care system Library Link
2002
Christine Taylor PhD Parental influences on childrens' coping during a venepuncture Library Link
Kittikorn Nilmanat PhD The experience of Thai families living with a person with AIDS Library Link
Kyawt Kyawt Swe PhD Strengthening the services of rural health workers with respect to malaria control in Myanmar. Library Link
Louise Peters PhD Comparison of quality of life of cancer patients receiving palliative care in an in-patient setting and at home Library Link
Helen McLachlan PhD Around the birth - the views and experiences of women born in turkey, Vietnam and Australia on giving birth in Australia Library Link
Maxine Duke PhD Constructions of the role of the nurse in hospital in the home (HITH) programs in Victoria Library Link
Susan Koch PhD Tension between protective custody and human rights. A grounded theory study describing the transition from restraint to restraint free aged care Library Link
Margaret Lett DN Qualitative difference: a comparison of quality approaches in the health care and higher education sectors Library Link
MargaretO’Connor DN The veils of death: understanding dying in residential aged care - a discourse analysis of policy Library Link