OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Contemporary Nurse is 1. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Multifactorial fall interventions for people over 65 years in the acute hospital setting: pre–post-test design	22
A silent weight: the cumulative toll of ‘trauma dumping’ or unexpected self-disclosure in social situations	16
Strategies to encourage participation in debrief sessions with nursing students for whom English is an additional language: A qualitative study	16
Communicating health information to children: is a child-rights-based approach being adopted by nurses? An integrative review	16
Nurse-led entrepreneurship in advancing women’s heart health: the Her Heart story	15
The clinical neglect of vital signs’ assessment: an emerging patient safety issue?	14
Clinical practice guidelines of foot care practice for patients with type 2 diabetes: A scoping review using self-care model	14
The Voice: stronger together	13
The outcomes of cardiac rehabilitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest – a narrative review	13
Special Issue: Digital Health	13
A cross-sectional study of cardiac rehabilitation enrollment barriers in patients at risk for suboptimal outcomes from acute coronary syndrome	12
Pain-related fear among adult patients undergoing open-heart surgery: an interpretative phenomenological analysis	11
Reducing mental health stigma among nursing students through an educational intervention	10
Cultural safety and patient trust: the Hui Process to initiate the nurse-patient relationship	10
Examining the experiences of mid-career nurses in hospitals: a phenomenological study	10
A contemporary approach to improve understanding of the midwifery student continuity of care experience: designing an infographic using appreciative inquiry	9
From vox nullius to the vote for a voice	9
Detecting and managing cognitive impairment in cardiac patients: insights from qualitative interviews with nurses	8
Can an advanced practice nursing framework address workforce shortages? A case study of a regional health service	8
Manual handling and back pain among health care professionals in neurological inpatient and outpatient settings: a mixed methods study	8
Designing, implementing, and evaluating interactive clinical decision-making scenarios: an explorative descriptive study	8
Special Issue: Advances in Frailty Science	8
Reduction in preventable time-critical dose omissions: impact of electronic medication management systems on in-patients	7
Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic’s implication on future technology-integrated healthcare education	7
Exploring the role of the second-level regulated nurse in the Australian nursing workforce: an integrative review	7

Integration of traditional therapies for first nations people within western healthcare: an integrative review	7
Eliminating low-value care to enhance sustainable practice	6
A qualitative analysis investigating competence assessment of undergraduate nursing students	6
The voice of the second-level regulated nursing role: a qualitative approach	6
Managing intravenous potassium infusion: a quality improvement study on clinician's beliefs and practice	6
Exploring psychosocial adaptation to pregnancy in women with gestational diabetes	6
Cultivating cultural empathy among diabetes educators: A pre-post evaluation of a digital story intervention	6
Registered nurses’ knowledge, attitudes and practices of pain management for aged care residents with dementia: an integrative review	5
The evolution of nursing: redefining the boundaries of care	5
Context-Based mapping of patient educational materials and standard clinical terminology	5
Special Issue: Quality Improvement	5
A qualitative study exploring the support needs of newly qualified nurses and their experiences of an online peer support intervention	5
Validation of a vision-screening tool for use by nurses and other non-eye care health practitioners on stroke survivors	5
Dignity-preserving care of people with dementia in different nursing environments: a qualitative systematic review	5
Feasibility and acceptability of nurse-coordinated transitional care for acutely ill complex older adults: trial within a cohort study (TRANSFER-II) protocol	5
A pilot randomised trial of group versus individual education for obese adults with type 2 insulin dependent diabetes	5
Environments that promote recovery in acute care mental health: nursing perspectives explored through interpretative description	5
Community services for older people: a cross-sectional study to explore awareness and the degree of need for long-term care resources	5
Celebrating Australian nurses who are pioneering the response to climate change: A compilation of case studies [Letter]	5
Work characteristics, job satisfaction and intention to leave: a cross-sectional survey of advanced nurse practitioners	4
Exploring the role of personality, perfectionism, and self-compassion on the relationship between clinical decision-making and nurses’ wellbeing	4
Trauma Connect Clinic: Continuing the trauma case management model for patients affected by traumatic injuries: A quality improvement initiative	4
Nurses’ experiences with mobile wireless vital signs monitoring: a qualitative study	4
Content analysis of nurses’ reflections on medication errors in a regional hospital	4
Healthcare professionals’ cultural safety practices for indigenous peoples in the acute care setting – a scoping review	4
Enhancing the recognition and management of neck haematoma following thyroid surgery among healthcare professionals: a quality improvement project	4
Instruments used in graduating nursing students’ exit exams: an integrative review	4
Nursing students led simulations to improve healthcare workers’ hand hygiene compliance	4
The digital revolution in cardiovascular care should not escape scientific scrutiny: a discussion paper	4
Resuscitating ‘ Code Sepsis ’ in the nursing workforce	4
A descriptive cross-sectional online survey of nursing and midwifery students and graduates’ readiness to provide unplanned pregnancy and abortion care	4
Engagement, satisfaction and motivation in online and hybrid learning environments among nursing students: a cross-sectional comparative study	4
Exploring the use of digital technologies in the management of delirium in acute hospital settings: A scoping review	4
eHealth literacy, internet use and health-related behaviour among health sciences students: a cross sectional study	4
Exploring perspectives of nurses' who underwent redeployment in the hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study	4
The feasibility and impact of a brief behavioural intervention for anxiety in later life: perceptions of general practice nurses	4
Predictive factors of sleep quality and burnout in nurses working in transplant units during the COVID-19 lockdown – A cross-sectional study	4
Bridging historical understanding with culturally safe nursing and midwifery care for indigenous people: a scoping review's telling gap in literature	4
Nurse/midwife-to-patient ratios: A scoping review	4
Educators’ ability to use concept mapping as a tool to facilitate meaningful learning	4
Discussion of federal policies affecting broadband expansion and telehealth in Appalachia	4
Why COP28 outcomes matter: insights on addressing climate change, fossil fuels, and global health resilience	4
An online questionnaire exploring how recruiting organisations support international nurses and midwives undertake the OSCE and gain UK professional registration	3
Transforming nursing practice through cutting-edge AI in healthcare: Opportunities, challenges, and ethical implications	3
Kindness beyond care: an integrative review of kindness in the nursing profession	3
Co-designing the future of nursing education: Integrating tradition and innovation	3
Influencing nursing student attitudes toward older adults: a pre/post interventional study	3
Why we need a re-think of patient safety practices	3
Nurse profiles in evaluating incivility: even a slight sexism in employment affects the evaluation	3
Presenting your lived experience of mental health issues to health professional students: Findings from rural and regional Australia	3

The prevalence of frailty among patients with metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis	3
Cultural Safety and clinical safety: A symbiotic relationship for improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and Communities’ health outcomes	3
Advanced practice nurses’ experiences of patient safety: a focus group study	3
Predictors of psychosocial adaptation in haemodialysis patients according to haemodialysis vintage: a quantitative study	3
Experiences of redeployment by haemodialysis nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic: a hermeneutic phenomenological approach	3
An exploratory descriptive cohort study of 90-day prognosis after acute ischaemic stroke with mechanical thrombectomy	3
Introducing new nurse leadership roles through an educational framework to protect the planet and human health	3
A qualitative exploration of transitions, compliance, and onboarding challenges for international students in health professional education degrees	2
User profile of people contacting a stroke helpline (StrokeLine) in Australia: a retrospective cohort study	2
Perspectives on the implementation of health informatics curricula frameworks	2
Special Issue: Quality Improvement	2
Reducing peripheral intravenous catheter related blood stream infections: findings from a quality improvement audit of taskforce strategies	2
Concierge nursing: discussing the case for a new nursing care model	2
Non-pharmacological treatments for shivering post neuraxial anaesthesia for caesarean section: a scoping review	2
Self-compassion and boundaries to prevent empathetic strain	2
Enhancing job satisfaction among advanced nurse practitioners: insights and reflections from Taiwan	2
Special Issue: Quality Improvement	2
Neurological patient and informal caregiver quality of life, and caregiver burden: A cross-sectional study of postdischarge community neurological nursing recipients	2
Strategic de-implementation: strengthening patient safety by eliminating low value care practices	2
Celebrating Australian nurses who are pioneering the response to climate change: a compilation of case studies	2
Developing nursing interventions in Paediatric Emergence Delirium: a scoping review	2
Structural equation modeling for associated factors with self-care behavior among young and middle-aged hypertensive patients: a cross-sectional study	2
Rethinking digital transformation in nursing	2
Validity and reliability of an Emotional Thermometer tool: an exploratory cross-sectional study	2
Leveraging the power and potential of the nursing voice globally to lead in tobacco control	2
Implementation of a nurse practitioner service in a rural setting: a qualitative analysis of healthcare practitioners’ experiences	2
Language tests and tests of competence for registration purposes – a scoping review of the experiences of overseas nurses	2
Motivational factors influencing clinical nurses’ participation in continuing education: a cross-sectional study	2
Development and validation of the Moral Injury Symptom Scale – Clinician Version – Short Form (MISS-CV-SF)	2
Trialling the Distress Thermometer tool on non-oncology general medical and surgical inpatients	2
Supporting self-determination among internationally educated nurses: a discussion	2
Truth, service, and sovereignty: the impact of ANZAC Day actions on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander wellbeing	2
Nurses and midwives reporting of workplace violence and aggression: an integrative review	2
Empowering nurses – a practical guide to artificial intelligence tools in healthcare settings: discussion paper	2
Understanding the hospital discharge planning process for medical patients with dementia	2
Development and psychometric testing of an instrument to measure applicants’ desire to work in nursing	2
Nurse performed bladder ultrasound: a clinical quality improvement initiative	2
Development and psychometric testing of the gender misconceptions of men in nursing (GEMINI) scale among nursing students	2
The relationship between depression, frailty, and successful aging in older adults: a cross-sectional study	1
Nursing applicants’ desire to work in nursing and related factors: a cross-sectional study	1
The role of the ward nurse in recognition and response to clinical deterioration: a scoping review	1
Responding to climate change: the need for nursing leadership	1
Identifying non-technical skills of circulating nurses and their impact on patient safety: a scoping review	1
Nurses’ experience of prehospital sepsis assessment: a qualitative study	1
Factors correlating with self-care behaviors among patients with coronary artery disease: a cross-sectional study	1
Translation and validation of the Work-Related Quality of Life Scale (WRQoLS-2) in a nursing cohort	1
Critical Care Flight Nurses' role within secondary aeromedical services and the inter-hospital transfer of patients with acute spinal cord impairment	1
Capability and digital safety gaps in electrocardiogram interpretation: why clinical judgement still matters in the AI era	1
Common Sense Model program on illness perceptions in patients with impaired awareness of hypoglycemia	1
Misconceptions and the misappropriation of nursing: an ironic response	1
Experiences of nurse preceptors in a continuity-aligned dedicated education unit	1
Competence to expertise in nursing practice	1
The privilege and burden of leadership: nursing and the politics of promised change	1
Special Issue: Advances in Frailty Science	1
A virtual reality intervention to improve formal caregivers’ understanding of community-dwelling people with dementia: a pilot study	1
The development of patient safety and the influence of the nurse: A discursive narrative	1
Climate-fuelled disasters and perinatal health: the catch 22 when undertaking research within an under-resourced health sector	1
Clinical supervision, a reflective intervention to support new graduate nurses and midwives enhance their person-centredness: qualitative evaluation	1
Rural maternity care ‘Things need to change’: a cross-sectional survey	1
How a critical care environment influences nurses’ health and working capacity: a scoping review	1
Preoperative prediction models for postoperative delirium in cardiac surgery patients – a scoping review	1
From simulation to bedside: enhancing clinicians’ preparedness for recognising and responding to acute deterioration	1
Oncology nurse perceptions about life expectancy discussions: a cross-sectional study exploring what patients want to know, and why doctors don’t disclose	1
Advancing healthcare through quality improvement processes	1
Cross-sectional survey of COVID-19-related impacts on mental health of nurses: occupational disruption, organisational preparedness, psychological harm, and moral distress	1
International Cardiac Advanced Life Support course: a cross-sectional descriptive analysis	1
Development of the quality improvement collaborative questionnaire (QuIC) to explore quality improvement partnerships to teach pre-registration nursing students	1