Health Sciences

Faculty of Health Sciences

School of Nursing & Midwifery

Professor Ruth Endacott Professor in Clinical Nursing / Research RN, DipN London, MA University of Central England, PhD(MedSci) Exeter Based in the UK E: r.endacott@latrobe.edu.au

Funded research studies:

2005 DHS Clinical Innovation Fun/Victoorian Managed Insurance Agency: Optimising patient outcomes through a risk management approach to ICU discharge

2004 Abbott/Australian College of Critical Care Nurses, The Impact of Bispectral Index Monitoring on sedation administration in ventilated patients.

2004 Nurses Board of Victoria Identifying critically ill patients in a regional hospital.

2004 The Windermere Foundation Providing psychosocial support for cancer patients in rural hospitals.

2003 La Trobe University, University of Plymouth, Griffiths University The role of the ICU liaison nurse in Australia and the UK

2003 Department of Human Services Development of a strategic rural health research framework for the Loddon Mallee region (with Prof J Humphreys & Prof F Judd).

2003 Bendigo Health Care Group/Centre for Rural Mental Health Professional boundaries in rural settings.

2003 Alfred Hospital, Melbourne Psychosocial support for patients with cancer.

2002 Barwon Health & Bendigo Health Care Group Evaluation of eating disorders programs.

2002 Central Victoria Health Alliance Evaluation of strategies to increase GP involvement in care planning.

2002 La Trobe University, Faculty Grant The role of specialist nurses in rural settings.

2000 English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting Evaluation of the use of portfolios in the assessment of competence in nursing, midwifery and health visiting.

1999 English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting Evaluation of the effectiveness of educational preparation for critical care nursing.

1998 Royal College of Nursing Faculty of Emergency Nursing Feasibility Study.

1997 Royal College of Nursing Nursing Workload in UK Intensive Care Units.

1995 Royal College of Nursing Use of patient dependency systems to measure nursing workload in ICU.

Research undertaken for academic study:

PhD in Medical Science (1998) Title: "Children in intensive care - nurses' perceptions of need"

MA in Research Methodology(1995) Title : "Doctor-Nurse interactions in intensive care"

Recent Publications:

Chaboyer W, Foster M, Elliott D, Endacott R, Mortlock M. The impact of an ICU Liaison Nurse in patients who have a prolonged ICU stay Anaesthesia and Intensive Care (accepted for publication 25 June 2004)

Endacott R, Chaboyer W. Practice development. In: Elliot D, Aitken L, Chaboyer W (eds) Critical Care Nursing Elsevier, Australia (due for publication 2006)

Endacott R, Chaboyer W. (2006) The Nursing Role in ICU Outreach; An international exploratory study Nursing in Critical Care 11: 94-102

Endacott R, Kidd S, Deacon-Crouch M, Judd F, Menzel M, Cornett M. (2006) Developing new services for eating disorders: an evaluation study. Australasian Psychiatry 14: 57-62

Lee G, Endacott R, Bushnell R, Flett K (2006) Characteristics of patients who did not wait for treatment in the Emergency Department: a follow up survey. Accident and Emergency Nursing 14:56-62

Endacott R. (2005) Clinical Research 6: Writing and research Intensive and Critical Care Nursing 21(4): 258-61

Botti M, Endacott R. (2005) Clinical Research 5: Quantitative data collection and analysis. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing 21(3): 187-193

Endacott R. (2005) Clinical Research 4: Qualitative data collection and analysis Intensive and Critical Care Nursing 21(2): 123-27

Endacott R. Botti M. (2005) Clinical Research 3: Sample selection. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing 21(1): 51-55

Scopelitti J, Hulbert C, Judd F, Grigg M, Endacott R, Wood A. (2004) Professional boundaries, dual relationships and ethical practice in rural mental health. Australia and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 38: 953-959

Endacott R, Gray M, Jasper M, McMullan M, Miller C, Scholes J, Webb C. (2004) Using portfolios in the assessment of learning and competence: the impact of four models Nurse Education in Practice 4(4): 250-257

Endacott R (2004) Clinical Research 2: Legal and ethical issues in research Intensive and Critical Care Nursing 20(5): 313-315

Grigg M, Endacott R, Hermann H, Harvey C. (2004). An ethnographic study of three mental health triage programs. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 13: 146-151

Endacott R (2004) Clinical Research 1: Research questions and design. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing 20(4): 232-235.

Scholes J, Webb C, Gray M, Endacott R, Miller C, Jasper M, McMullan M. Making portfolios work in practice Journal of Advanced Nursing (accepted December 2003)

Endacott R. (2003) The role of the nurse as expert witness: a view from the UK. Plaintiff: 59: 36-38

Webb C, Endacott R, Gray M, Jasper M, McMullan M, Scholes J (2003) Evaluating portfolio assessment systems: what are the appropriate criteria? Nurse Education Today 23(8): 600-609

Endacott R, Scholes J, Freeman M, Cooper S (2003) The reality of clinical learning in critical care settings: a practitioner:student gap? Journal of Clinical Nursing 12: 778-785

Scholes J, Endacott R (2003) The practice competency gap: challenges that impede the introduction of national core competencies Nursing in Critical Care 8(2): 68-77

McMullan M, Endacott R, Gray M, Jasper M, Miller C, Scholes J, Webb C (2003) Portfolios and assessment of competence: a review of the literature Journal of Advanced Nursing 41(3): 283-294

Jones G, Endacott R, Crouch R (2002) Emergency Nursing Care: Principles and Practice London: Greenwich Medical.

Endacott R (2002) Developing Clinical Wisdom: A challenge for academia and health care Worner Research Lecture. La Trobe University, Bendigo November 2002.

Webb C, Endacott R, Gray M, Jasper M, Miller C, McMullan M, Scholes J (2002) Models of portfolios Medical Education 36(10): 897-898.

Jenkins A, Endacott R (2002) Interprofessional education Emergency Nurse 9(10): 14-16.

Scholes J, Endacott R (2002) Evaluation of the effectiveness of educational preparation for critical care nursing London: ENB.

Endacott R (2002) Through the eyes of the expert witness Intensive and Critical Care Nursing 18(2): 73-78.

Endacott R , Nightingale P (2000) Measures of Patient Dependency and Nursing Workload In: Collection Reanimation Bion JB, Saulnier F (eds) pp 43-64.

Scholes J, Endacott R, Chellel A (2000) To prime or to consolidate experience? A review of ENB 199 A&E courses Accident and Emergency Nursing 8: 34-41.

Scholes J, Endacott R, Chellel A (2000) A formula for diversity: a review of critical care curriculum Journal of Clinical Nursing 9: 369-381.

Endacott R, Scholes J, Chellel A (2000) Balancing stakeholder needs: a review of ENB 100 and ENB 415 courses Intensive and Critical Care Nursing 16: 3-12.

Policy into Practice: a personal perspective. The Audit Commission Report (1) – creating a ‘data collecting’ culture in critical care Intensive and Critical Care Nursing (2000) 16: 63-65.

Roles of the allocated nurse and shift leader in the intensive care unit: findings of an ethnographic study Intensive and Critical Care Nursing (1999) 15: 10-18.

Critical care - shifting boundaries and opening the doors (editorial) Intensive and Critical Care Nursing (1999) 15: 4-5.

Endacott R, Edwards B, Crouch R et al (1999) Towards a faculty of emergency nursing Emergency Nurse 7(5): 10-16.

Developing competencies for emergency nursing: a process evaluation report (1999) London: RCN.

Endacott R, Clifford CM, Tripp JH (1999) Can the needs of the child be identified using scenarios? Experiences of a modified Delphi study Journal of Advanced Nursing 30(3): 665-676.

Scholes J, Endacott R, Chellel A (1999) Diversity and Complexity: a documentary analysis of critical care nursing education London, ENB.

The Needs of the Critically Ill Child - review of the literature and report of a modified Delphi study Intensive and Critical Care Nursing (1998) 14: 66-73.

How do intensive care nurses perceive and act on the needs of the critically ill child? Findings of a qualitative study Nursing in Critical Care (1998) 3(4): 164-170.

Clarifying the concept of need: a comparison of two approaches to concept analysis Journal of Advanced Nursing (1997) 25: 471-476.

Endacott R, Jenks C (1997) Respiratory assessment in A&E Emergency Nurse 5(4): 31-38.

Endacott R, Dawson D (1997) Clinical decisions made by nurses in intensive care - results of a telephone survey Nursing in Critical Care 2(4): 191-196.

Member of Working Party for following publications:

Department of Health (2001) The nursing contribution to the provision of comprehensive critical care for adults: a strategic plan for action HMSO, London.

National Health Service Executive (2000) Comprehensive Critical Care HMSO, London.

Audit Commission (1999) Critical to success: the place of efficient and effective critical care services within the acute hospital HMSO, London.

Audit Commission (1999) Critical Care Services Audit Guide. HMSO, London.

Royal College of Nursing (1997) The Nature of Nursing Work in Intensive Care: Results of a Telephone Survey, London, RCN.

Department of Health (1996) Report of the Working Group on Guidelines on admission to and discharge from Intensive Care and High Dependency Units. London, HMSO

Department of Health (1996) Guidelines on admission to and discharge from Intensive Care and High Dependency Units. London, HMSO.

Royal College of Nursing (1995) Dependency Scoring Systems - Guidelines for Nurses. RCN Publishing Company (Chair of Working Party).

Royal College of Nursing (1994) Standards of Care for Nursing Critically Ill Patients. Scutari Press.