Papers by rebecca O'Reilly
Journal of Advanced Nursing
AimsTo explore Australian healthcare providers' perspectives on factors that influence disclo... more AimsTo explore Australian healthcare providers' perspectives on factors that influence disclosure and domestic violence screening through the lens of Heise's (1998) integrated ecological framework.DesignThis paper reports the findings that were part of a sequential mixed methods study with survey data informing interview questions. Participants for interviews were recruited after expressing an interest after completing surveys, as well as via snowball sampling.MethodsSemi‐structured interviews were undertaken in 2017 with 12 practicing healthcare providers delivering care to women in the perinatal period in Greater Western Sydney, NSW, Australia. Data were analysed using Braun and Clarke's (2006) six‐step thematic approach.FindingsThe findings were framed within Heise's integrated ecological framework under four main themes. The main themes were ‘Ontogenic: Factors preventing women from disclosing’; ‘Microsystem: Factors preventing healthcare providers from asking’; ...
Primary health care (PHC) is a philosophy or approach to health care whereby health is acknowledg... more Primary health care (PHC) is a philosophy or approach to health care whereby health is acknowledged as a fundamental right, as well as an individual and collective responsibility. This approach requires that health care addresses the causes of poor health, not only its symptoms. The focus is on care for the person, not simply treatment of her or his health condition. Most health care systems have been developed to respond to illness, rather than to create and support wellness. Affordable, sustainable health care appropriate to local need, ensuring social justice, equity, community participation and promoting health, is the goal of PHC. For this to be truly achieved, change in health care systems must occur
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92214 Sigma Theta Tau International's 29th International Nursing Research Congress First-Year... more 92214 Sigma Theta Tau International's 29th International Nursing Research Congress First-Year Undergraduate Nursing Students' Self-Efficacy in Numeracy Rebecca O'Reilly, PhD1 Miranda Daly2 Mitchell Hughes, MAppLing, GradDipEd, BA3 Lucie M. Ramjan, PhD4 Yenna Salamonson, PhD5 Annette Stunden, MSN6 Linda Gregory, EdD, MEd (AdultEd)6 (1)School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Penrith NSW 2751 Australia, Australia (2)School of Nurisng and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Penrith NSW 2751 Australia, Australia (3)School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia (4)School of Nurisng and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia (5)School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney Univeristy, Penrith NSW 2751, Australia (6)School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Penrith NSW 2751, Australia Purpose: This study reviewed the open-ended responses from a survey which examined students’ selfefficac...
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal, 2017
Higher education strategic plans are increasingly focussed on employability outcomes for students... more Higher education strategic plans are increasingly focussed on employability outcomes for students, and for students graduating with a degree in nursing or midwifery, employment is not necessarily guaranteed.
Nurse Education in Practice, 2020
The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) or Assessment (OSCA) has traditionally been ... more The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) or Assessment (OSCA) has traditionally been used in disciplines such as medicine and nursing, to assess students' competence to perform clinical skills safely in a simulated hospital environment. Despite its accepted use, a validated and reliable tool has yet to be developed and tested to assess students' perception of and satisfaction with this mode of assessment. This study developed and tested the psychometric properties of a brief Objective Structured Clinical Examination tool for assessing student perception that could have transferability across health education settings. The study used a cross-sectional survey design. Final year students (n = 727) enrolled in an undergraduate nursing program in Western Sydney completed the 10-item Satisfaction with Nursing Skill Examination: Objective Structured Clinical Assessment (SINE-OSCA) Scale in 2017. Exploratory factor analysis uncovered a one-component structure with component loading that ranged from 0.45 to 0.86. Cronbach's alpha of the SINE-OSCA was 0.91. Socio-demographic group comparisons revealed that respondents who were: i) male (p = 0.003); ii) non-native-born (p < 0.001); iii) non-English-speaking (p < 0.001); and iv) International (p = 0.001), reported higher satisfaction with clinical assessments, as measured by the SINE-OSCA scale. The SINE-OSCA scale demonstrates validity and reliability in identifying students who may have difficulty with this mode of clinical skill assessment.
BMC Women's Health, 2018
Background: Domestic violence against women is a global endemic that can commence or escalate dur... more Background: Domestic violence against women is a global endemic that can commence or escalate during pregnancy and continue postpartum. Pregnant and postpartum women generally access health care providers more at this time than at any other time in their lives. Despite this, little is known about primary health care providers' screening practices for domestic violence. The purpose of this paper is to present survey findings that identified domestic violence screening practices of community based health care providers in pregnant and postpartum women. Methods: This paper reports on the survey results of a larger sequential mixed methods study that involved a survey and semi-structured interviews, and used a pragmatic approach to the data collection and analysis. The survey sought information via both fixed choice and open responses. Quantitative data from the surveys were entered into the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS™ Version 22) and analysed using descriptive statistics. Open responses were collated and then integrated and presented with the quantitative data. Results: Results revealed that some health care providers did not screen for domestic violence. Factors contributing to this lack of screening included: a lack of recognition that this was part of their role; and a lack of domestic violence screening policies and/or reminder systems. Further barriers to domestic violence screening were identified as a lack of time, resources and confidence in undertaking the screening and referral of women when domestic violence was detected. Conclusions: The findings reported in this paper confirm that further insights into the domestic violence screening practices of community based health care providers is required. Findings also have the potential to inform interventions that can be implemented to increase domestic violence screening and promote appropriate referral practices.
This chapter will set the scene for the study presented in this thesis by identifying the need fo... more This chapter will set the scene for the study presented in this thesis by identifying the need for child protection in the Australian context. What is presently known about child protection workers (CPWs) and their employing child protection services (CPSs) roles in child protection is included in this chapter. Additionally, a summary of workplace stress and its interplay with child protection work is given. Additionally, this chapter will identify the aims of the study and its significance. Definitions of terms and an outline of the thesis are also provided.
Nurse Education in Practice
Nurse Education in Practice
Journal of Clinical Nursing
International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches, 2011
Abstract Child protection organisations face the challenge of ensuring provision of adequate chil... more Abstract Child protection organisations face the challenge of ensuring provision of adequate child protection, while maintaining a stable workforce. It is essential therefore, to appreciate the daily work demands of Child Protection Workers (CPWs). This paper draws from a ...
Nurse education today, 2008
Most of the attrition from nursing courses occurs in the first year of study. Devising university... more Most of the attrition from nursing courses occurs in the first year of study. Devising university strategies to reduce attrition requires an understanding of why students leave. The aim of this study was to explore whether students who leave a nursing course in the first semester leave for the same or different reasons than students who leave in the second semester of study. Seventeen students who had left the course were interviewed by telephone: seven in the first semester and ten in the second. In the first semester, students who leave consider themselves unprepared for university, have competing roles outside university and develop a strong dislike of the nursing course. They decide quickly that the course is unsuitable and leave. Those who leave in second semester would prefer to stay but events in their life create a crisis where they can no longer cope with university studies. These students hope to return to nursing whereas students who leave in the first semester are unlike...
Women and Birth, 2007
Research is vital to achieve optimum health outcomes for pregnant women, children and families. R... more Research is vital to achieve optimum health outcomes for pregnant women, children and families. Recently, the benefit of setting research priorities to effectively utilize limited resources has been identified. Currently there is a lack of published Australian research data relevant to the practice of midwifery. Consultation with current practitioners is important to fulfill the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) key priority for a healthy start to life, ensure limited resources are expended appropriately and promote evidence-based midwifery practice. The aim of this study was to ascertain the perceived research priorities and the research experience of midwives in NSW, Australia. Postal questionnaire sent to the 1000 subscribers of Australian Midwifery, of whom 90% (900) are midwives, in March 2005 with key open-ended questions to ascertain midwifery research priorities and research experience of participants. Respondents were all midwives with 95% indicating they were currently practising as a midwife. They identified six priority areas: professional practice; clinical issues; education and support; breastfeeding; psychosocial factors; rural/indigenous issues. Priorities for research were identified and the need for a link between research and professional midwifery practice was highlighted. Midwives were positive about the possibility of becoming more actively involved in research and/or advocates for evidence based practice. The opportunity exists to take the broad priority areas from this study and develop research questions of relevance for the midwifery profession.
Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, 2010
Domestic violence (DV) against women during pregnancy affects many women and unborn infants world... more Domestic violence (DV) against women during pregnancy affects many women and unborn infants worldwide. Pregnancy presents a window of opportunity for health care providers to identify DV and provide appropriate intervention. The aim of this systematic review was to appraise the effectiveness of DV screening and interventions for women identified for DV through screening in pregnancy. The Cochrane Library, EMBASE, MEDLINE, and PsycINFO were searched from January 1995 to November 2009 to identify potentially relevant studies. Studies using any comparative methodology from both national and international arenas were included but had to be in the English language. Nine studies (13 references) met the inclusion criteria, five for screening and four for interventions. Of the five screening studies, the identification of DV was significantly higher compared to studies that used a nonstandardized screen or no screen at all. There was also evidence that recurrent screening throughout the pregnancy further increased identification rates. There was some evidence that interventions for pregnant women who had experienced DV reduced the amount of violence experienced by these women, but the evidence is very limited by the small number of randomized studies with small participant numbers. Further research is required to establish the most effective interventions for women who are identified at risk of DV during pregnancy.
Journal of Child Health Care, 2010
Globally, child protection services are under-resourced and unable to meet the demands associated... more Globally, child protection services are under-resourced and unable to meet the demands associated with the increasing numbers of families who are being exposed to child abuse and neglect. Family support and family preservation interventions are the methods cited within the literature as those employed by child protection services to address this issue. Intensive family preservation services and cognitive behavioural therapy are discussed as the most effective interventions currently used by child protection services. This article presents a review of the literature on the efficacy of family-centred interventions for child abuse and neglect. Revealed in this review is that such efficacy remains controversial, with literature affirming that the most successful practice is a combination of interventions applied simultaneously. The literature reviewed suggests that more contemporary Keywords child abuse • child neglect • child protection • family centred care
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