Dr Karen Davies
Honorary Research Fellow
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work
Journal Articles
Marsh, Nicole, Larsen, Emily, O’Brien, Catherine, Peach, Hannah, Keogh, Samantha, Davies, Karen, Mihala, Gabor, Hewer, Barbara, Booker, Catriona, McCarthy, Alexandra L., Flynn, Julie and Rickard, Claire M. (2023). Controlling peripheral intravenous catheter failure by needleless connector design: A pilot randomised controlled trial. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 32 (21-22), 7909-7919. doi: 10.1111/jocn.16852
Davies, Karen M., Coombes, Ian D., Keogh, Samantha, Hay, Karen and Whitfield, Karen M. (2023). Medication administration evaluation and feedback tool: Longitudinal cohort observational intervention. Collegian, 30 (3), 417-423. doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2022.12.001
Keogh, Samantha, Shelverton, Caroline, Flynn, Julie, Mihala, Gabor, Mathew, Saira, Davies, Karen M., Marsh, Nicole and Rickard, Claire M. (2020). Implementation and evaluation of short peripheral intravenous catheter flushing guidelines: a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial. BMC Medicine, 18 (1) 252, 252. doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-01728-1
Davies, Karen M., Coombes, Ian D., Keogh, Samantha, Hay, Karen and Whitfield, Karen M. (2020). Medication administration evaluation and feedback tool: inter-rater reliability in the clinical setting. Collegian, 28 (4), 369-375. doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2020.10.001
Davies, Karen M., Coombes, Ian D., Keogh, Samantha, Hay, Karen, Hurst, Cameron and Whitfield, Karen M. (2019). Medication administration evaluation and feedback tool: Simulation reliability testing. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 32, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ecns.2019.03.010
Davies, Karen M., Coombes, Ian D., Keogh, Samantha and Whitfield, Karen M. (2019). Medication administration evaluation tool design: an expert panel review. Collegian, 26 (1), 118-124. doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2018.05.001
Keogh, Samantha, Flynn, Julie, Marsh, Nicole, Higgins, Niall, Davies, Karen and Rickard, Claire M. (2015). Nursing and midwifery practice for maintenance of vascular access device patency. A cross-sectional survey. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 52 (11) 2618, 1678-1685. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.07.001
Davies, Karen, Mitchell, Charles and Coombes, Ian (2015). Nursing issues: The role of observation and feedback in enhancing performance with medication administration. Journal of Law and Medicine, 23 (2), 316-321.
Keogh, Samantha, Marsh, Nicole, Higgins, Niall, Davies, Karen and Rickard, Claire (2014). A time and motion study of peripheral venous catheter flushing practice using manually prepared and prefilled flush syringes. Journal of Infusion Nursing, 37 (2), 96-101. doi: 10.1097/nan.0000000000000024
Conference Papers
Davies, Karen, Hay, Karen, Whitfield, Karen, Chippindall, Karen, Donovan, Peter, Keogh, Samantha and Coombes, Ian (2022). How using the medication administration evaluation feedback tool improves nurses infection prevention strategies: Stepped wedge cluster randomised trial. 2022 ACIPC International Conference, Sydney, NSW Australia, 13-16 November 2022. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.idh.2022.09.052
Marsh, Nicole, Larsen, Emily, O'Brien, Catherine, Peach, Hannah, Keogh, Samantha, Davies, Karen, Mihala, Gabor, Hewer, Barbara, Booker, Catriona, McCarthy, Alexandra, Flynn, Julie and Rickard, Claire (2022). Comparing neutral and negative pressure needleless connectors - A pilot randomised controlled trial. 2022 ACIPC International Conference, Sydney, Australia, 13-16 November 2022. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.idh.2022.09.032
Keogh, S., Flynn, J., Marsh, N., Higgins, N., Davies, K. and Rickard, C. (2014). Intravenous device flushing in the critical care setting: A pilot study. 38th Australian and New Zealand Scientific Meeting on Intensive Care and the 19th Annual Paediatric and Neonatal intensive Care Conference, Hobart, TAS Australia, October 2013. Philadelphia, PA United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2013.10.035