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Completed Projects

Congratulations to the following Research Candidates who have completed their projects. 

LYNN DAVIES, NCAHS

"Seclusion-therapy, Treatment or Punishment?"   ReportPDF File   Appendices  PDF File

MICHELLE DALY, NCAHS

"To investigate a competency-based training program to manage alcohol withdrawal at selected hospitals in the NCAHS"  PDF File  

CHRISTINE STANFORD, NCAHS

"The Needs of Rural Lung Cancer Patients: Research study into the needs (met and unmet) of patients diagnosed with a primary lung cancer who reside within the Coffs Harbour, Bellingen or Nambucca Regions of the North Coast Area Health Service" PDF File

ROSA FLAHERTY, NCAHS

"Trialling a 1-2-3 Magic Parenting Program in a rural Australian Child Protection setting" PDF File

LEANNE WRIGHT, NCAHS

"They just don't like to wait: a comparative study of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people who do not wait for treatment or discharge themselves against medical advice from rural emergency departments" PDF File

DEBBIE SCHWEBEL, NCAHS

"Nurse Executives: Internal and External Influences in the Management of small Rural Hospitals"PDF File

KAREN SAUNDERS, NCAHS

"Does the use of the 'Pressure Sore Prediction Score' prompt nurses to initiate preventative strategies?" PDF File

ROHENA DUNCOMBE, NCAHS

"Rural Community Health intake Study:  Client intake for Adult Counselling in Rural Community Health" PDF File

ALISON MACTAGGART, GSAHS

"Partnerships for Healthier Communities: A study looking at the nature and extent of partnerships between a rural area health service and the local councils in its region"  Final Report PDF File  Three-page Report PDF File Appendices PDF File

CLAUDIA GIUGNI, GWAHS

"A comparative study looking at the effectiveness of two different teaching methods used to improve the integration of the palliative approach into rural residential aged care facilities." PDF File

ANNIE FLINT, GSAHS

"Hearty Health For Rural Women." PDF File

MARGARET HEWETSON , NCAHS

"Professional and personal support needs and future careers of NSW Hospital Pharmacy Graduates"   ReportPDF File   Appendices  PDF File

STUART GARLAND, NCAHS

"Qualitative experiences of clients and carers who have accessed the Extended Aged Care in the Home (EACH) packages in Rural NSW" Report PDF File