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Journal Articles
Baxter, Kimberley A., Muller, Jennifer, Copland, David A., Foster, Nadine E., Doig, Emmah, Schults, Jessica A., Charles, Karina R., Young, Adrienne, Manzanero, Silvia, Smyth, Tanya and Anemaat, Lisa (2026). Towards meaningful consumer and community involvement in health research: a qualitative study of consumer and researcher experiences. Health Expectations, 29 (2) e70620, 1-11. doi: 10.1111/hex.70620
Charles, Karina R., Schults, Jessica A., Duff, Jed, Jenkins, Kathleen P., Cucchi, Marta and Long, Debbie (2026). Family-centred care interventions in paediatric intensive care units: a scoping review. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 93 104350. doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2026.104350
Charles, Karina R., Long, Debbie A., Lake, Anna, Hall, Lisa, Spotswood, Naomi E., Poulter, Amber-Louise, Rahiman, Sarfaraz, Gibbons, Kristen S., Rickard, Claire M., Schults, Jessica A. and Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Paediatric Study Group (2026). Consumer Perspectives on PICU Safety and Quality. Nursing in Critical Care, 31 (2) e70359, 1-7. doi: 10.1111/nicc.70359
Anemaat, Lisa, Baxter, Kimberley A., Doig, Emmah, Muller, Jennifer, Foster, Nadine E., Schults, Jessica, Charles, Karina R., Young, Adrienne, Manzanero, Silvia, Smyth, Tanya, O’Sullivan, Michael, Robinson, Gail, Latimore, Rachel, Tam, Diana and Copland, David A. (2026). Experiences of current practice, priorities and strategies for enabling meaningful consumer and community involvement collaborations in health and medical research in Queensland, Australia. Research Involvement and Engagement, 12 (1) 13, 13. doi: 10.1186/s40900-026-00847-y
Charles, Karina R, Schults, Jessica A, Marsh, Nicole, Osborne, Sonya R, Rees, Sharon, Mihala, Gabor, Smith, Sarah and Rickard, Claire M (2026). Clinically indicated removal versus routine removal of peripheral venous catheters. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2026 (1) CD007798, CD007798. doi: 10.1002/14651858.cd007798.pub6
Schults, Jessica A., Wu, Yue, Snelling, Thomas, Pérez Chacón, Gladymar, Ball, Daner, Charles, Karina, Marsh, Julie, McLeod, Charlie, Yasuda, Hideto and Rickard, Claire M. (2025). Central venous catheter infections: building a causal model with expert domain knowledge to inform future clinical trials. Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control, 14 (1) 116. doi: 10.1186/s13756-025-01630-6
Charles, Karina R., Dow, Belinda, Schults, Jessica A., Stocker, Christian, Anthony, Lori, Minogue, Jessicah, Gibbons, Kristen S. and Long, Debbie (2025). Family functioning and parent behavioural changes post‐admission to the paediatric intensive care unit: a single‐centre cohort study. Nursing in Critical Care, 30 (6) e70182, 1-10. doi: 10.1111/nicc.70182
Rickard, Claire M., Stewardson, Andrew J., Havers, Sally M., Buetti, Niccolo, Polkinghorne, Kevan R., MacPhail, Aleece, McQuilten, Zoe, Lazarus, Benjamin, Charles, Karina R., Schults, Jessica A. and on behalf of the IVCare Trial Study Group (2025). Interventions to prevent bloodstream infections associated with central venous access devices: priorities for an adaptive platform trial. American Journal of Infection Control, 53 (9), 1004-1007. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2025.06.003
Schults, Jessica A., Havers, Sally, Henderson, Belinda, Healy, Sally, Runnegar, Naomi, Hurst, Trish, Charles, Karina, Smith, Alison, Clark, Julia E., Birch, Robyn, Campbell, Joanne, Carrucan, Janine, Gamlin, John, Geary, Janice, Heather, Christopher, MacBeth, Deborough A, Maxwell, Kylie, Simpson, Paul, Smith, Sarah, Lovegrove, Josephine, Ball, Daner, Hall, Lisa and Rickard, Claire M. (2025). Expert consensus and recommendations for Healthcare-Associated Infection surveillance in Queensland, Australia: A modified Delphi study. American Journal of Infection Control, 53 (8), 849-854. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2025.02.012
Curlis, Joanne, Charles, Karina R., Royle, Ruth, Rickard, Claire M., Ball, Daner, Rahiman, Sarfaraz and Schults, Jessica A. (2025). Endotracheal tube‐associated complications in paediatric critical care: a systematic review and meta‐analysis. Nursing in Critical Care, 30 (4) e70066, 1-15. doi: 10.1111/nicc.70066
Schults, Jessica, Charles, Karina, Long, Debbie, Brown, Georgia, Copnell, Beverley, Dargaville, Peter, Davies, Kylie, Erikson, Simon, Forrest, Kate, Harnischfeger, Jane, Irwin, Adam, Kendrick, Tina, Lake, Anna, Ntoumenopoulos, George, Waak, Michaela, Woodard, Mark, Tume, Lyvonne, Cooke, Marie, Mitchell, Marion, Hall, Lisa and Ullman, Amanda (2025). Corrigendum to “The Paediatric AirWay Suction (PAWS) appropriateness guide for endotracheal suction interventions” [Aust Crit Care 35 (2022) 651–660]. Australian Critical Care, 38 (4) 101224, 1-1. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2025.101224
Schults, Jessica A., Hall, Lisa, Charles, Karina R., Rickard, Claire M., Le Marsney, Renate, Ergetu, Endrias, Gregg, Alex, Byrnes, Joshua, Rahiman, Sarfaraz, Long, Debbie, Lake, Anna and Gibbons, Kristen (2024). Hospital-acquired complications in critically ill children and PICU length of stay, duration of respiratory support, and economics: propensity score matching in a single-center cohort, 2015-2020. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 26 (3), e304-e314. doi: 10.1097/PCC.0000000000003668
Schults, Jessica A., Kleidon, Tricia, Charles, Karina, Young, Emily Rebecca and Ullman, Amanda J. (2024). Peripherally inserted central catheter design and material for reducing catheter failure and complications. The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 6 (6) CD013366, CD013366. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013366.pub2
Long, Debbie, Minogue, Jessicah, Charles, Karina, Morgan, Suzanne, Schults, Jessica, Le Marsney, Renate, Stocker, Christian, Gibbons, Kristen S. and Dow, Belinda (2024). Neurodevelopmental outcome and quality of life in children admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit: A single-centre Australian cohort study. Australian Critical Care, 37 (6), 903-911. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2024.05.001
Schults, Jessica A., Young, Emily R., Marsh, Nicole, Larsen, Emily, Corley, Amanda, Ware, Robert S., Murgo, Marghie, Alexandrou, Evan, McGrail, Matthew, Gowardman, John, Charles, Karina R., Regli, Adrian, Yasuda, Hideto, Rickard, Claire M. and the RSVP Study Investigators (2024). Risk factors for arterial catheter failure and complications during critical care hospitalisation: a secondary analysis of a multisite, randomised trial. Journal of Intensive Care, 12 (1) 12, 12. doi: 10.1186/s40560-024-00719-1
Schults, Jessica A., Charles, Karina R., Millar, Johnny, Rickard, Claire M., Chopra, Vineet, Lake, Anna, Gibbons, Kristen, Long, Debbie, Rahiman, Sarfaraz, Hutching, Katrina, Winderlich, Jacinta, Spotswood, Naomi E., Johansen, Amy, Secombe, Paul, Pizimolas, Georgina A., Tu, Quyen, Waak, Michaela, Allen, Meredith, McMullan, Brendan and Hall, Lisa (2024). Establishing a paediatric critical care core quality measure set using a multistakeholder, consensus-driven process. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 26 (2), 71-79. doi: 10.1016/j.ccrj.2024.01.002
Schults, Jessica A., Charles, Karina R., Harnischfeger, Jane, Ware, Robert S., Royle, Ruth H., Byrnes, Joshua M., Long, Debbie A., Ullman, Amanda J., Raman, Sainath, Waak, Michaela, Lake, Anna, Cooke, Marie, Irwin, Adam, Tume, Lyvonne and Hall, Lisa (2023). Implementing paediatric appropriate use criteria for endotracheal suction to reduce complications in mechanically ventilated children with respiratory infections. Australian Critical Care, 37 (1), 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2023.09.008
Walsh, Caitlin M., Rickard, Claire M., Charles, Karina R., Ball, Daner and Schults, Jessica A. (2023). Insights into the barriers and enablers faced by nurse/midwife clinician researchers in Australia. Collegian, 30 (6), 843-850. doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2023.09.005
Long, Debbie, Anderson, Vicki A., Crossley, Louise, Sood, Nikita Tuli, Charles, Karina R., MacDonald, Anna D., Bora, Samudragupta, Pestell, Carmela F., Murrell, Kathryn, Pride, Natalie A., Anderson, Peter J., Badawi, Nadia, Rose, Brian, Baillie, Heidi, Masterson, Kate, Chumbes Flores, Jenipher, Sherring, Claire, Raman, Sainath, Beca, John, Erickson, Simon, Festa, Marino, Anderson, Benjamin W., Venugopal, Prem, Yim, Deane, Andrews, David, Cheung, Michael, Brizard, Christian, Gentles, Thomas L., Iyengar, Ajay ... Gibbons, Kristen S. (2023). Longitudinal cohort study investigating neurodevelopmental and socioemotional outcomes in school-entry aged children after open heart surgery in Australia and New Zealand: the NITRIC follow-up study protocol. BMJ Open, 13 (8) e075429, e075429. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075429
Schults, Jessica, Edwards, Felicity, Charles, Karina, Irwin, Adam D., Rickard, Claire M., Harris, Patrick N. A., Paterson, David L. and Laupland, Kevin (2023). Evolving insights into the epidemiology of Moraxella species bloodstream infection from two decades of surveillance in Queensland, Australia. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 42 (2), 209-216. doi: 10.1007/s10096-022-04540-2
Schults, Jessica A., Rickard, Claire M., Charles, Karina, Rahiman, Sarfaraz, Millar, Johnny, Baveas, Thimitra, Long, Debbie, Kleidon, Tricia M., Macfarlane, Fiona, Mehta, Nilesh M., Runnegar, Naomi and Hall, Lisa (2022). Quality measurement and surveillance platforms in critically ill children: A scoping review. Australian Critical Care, 36 (4), 499-508. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2022.07.006
Schults, Jessica A., Charles, Karina, Harnischfeger, Jane, Erikson, Simon, Burren, Juerg, Waak, Michaela, Blackwood, Bronagh, Tume, Lyvonne N., Long, Debbie and on behalf of the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Paediatric Study Group (2022). Ventilator weaning and extubation practices in critically ill children: An Australian and New Zealand survey of practice. Australian Critical Care, 36 (4), 509-514. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2022.06.004
Charles, Karina, Hall, Lisa, Ullman, Amanda and Schults, Jessica A (2022). Methodology minute: Utilising the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method to develop guidelines for infection prevention. American Journal of Infection Control, 50 (3), 345-348. doi: 10.1016/j.ajic.2021.12.012
Schults, Jessica A., Kleidon, Tricia M., Gibson, Victoria, Ware, Robert S., Monteagle, Emily, Paterson, Rebecca, Charles, Karina, Keys, Adam, McBride, Craig A., McTaggart, Steven, Lawton, Benjamin, Macfarlane, Fiona, Sells, Chloe, Rickard, Claire M. and Ullman, Amanda J. (2022). Improving peripheral venous cannula insertion in children: a mixed methods study to develop the DIVA key. BMC Health Services Research, 22 (1) 220, 220. doi: 10.1186/s12913-022-07605-2
Schults, Jessica, Paterson, Rebecca, Kleidon, Tricia, Cooke, Marie, Ullman, Amanda, McNeil, Keith, Chopra, Vineet, Charles, Karina, Ray-Barruel, Gillian, Marsh, Nicole, Sullivan, Clair, Sturgess, David J. and Rickard, Claire (2021). Understanding consumer preference for vascular access safety and quality measurement: an international survey. Australian Health Review, 46 (1), 12-20. doi: 10.1071/AH21053
Schults, Jessica, Charles, Karina, Long, Debbie, Brown, Georgia, Copnell, Beverley, Dargaville, Peter, Davies, Kylie, Erikson, Simon, Forrest, Kate, Harnischfeger, Jane, Irwin, Adam, Kendrik, Tina, Lake, Anna, Ntoumenopoulos, George, Waak, Michaela, Woodard, Mark, Tume, Lyvonne, Cooke, Marie, Mitchell, Marion, Hall, Lisa and Ullman, Amanda (2021). The Paediatric AirWay Suction (PAWS) appropriateness guide for endotracheal suction interventions. Australian Critical Care, 35 (6), 651-660. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2021.10.005
Schults, Jessica A., Charles, Karina, Long, Debbie, Erikson, Simon, Brown, Georgia, Waak, Michaela, Tume, Lyvonne, Hall, Lisa and Ullman, Amanda J. (2021). Appropriate use criteria for endotracheal suction interventions in mechanically ventilated children: The RAND/UCLA development process. Australian Critical Care, 35 (6), 661-667. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2021.10.006
Schults, Jessica A., Paterson, Rebecca S., Cooke, Marie, Richards, Julianne, Charles, Karina, Raithatha, Bhavesh, Theodoros, Joanne and Alcock, Mark (2021). Selection and reporting of outcome measures used in long-term follow-up studies of children and adolescents with chronic pain: a scoping review. Journal of Child Health Care, 26 (4) 13674935211026124, 1-23. doi: 10.1177/13674935211026124
Schults, Jessica A., Cooke, Marie, Long, Debbie, Schibler, Andreas, Ware, Robert S., Charles, Karina, Irwin, Adam and Mitchell, Marion L. (2021). Normal saline and lung recruitment with paediatric endotracheal suction (NARES): a pilot, factorial, randomised controlled trial. Australian Critical Care, 34 (6), 530-538. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2021.01.006
Conference Papers
Schults, Jessica, Charles, Karina, Rickard, Claire and Hall, Lisa (2025). Aligning Parent Measurement Priorities with Healthcare-Associated Infection Burden in Paediatric Intensive Care Units. 2025 ACIPC International Conference, Hobart, TAS Australia, 16-19 November 2025. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.idh.2025.10.021
Schults, Jessica, Healy, Sally, Havers, Sally, Henderson, Belinda, Charles, Karina, Smith, Alison, Hall, Lisa, Carrucan, Janine, Smith, Sarah, Hurst, Trish, Birch, Robyn and Rickard, Claire (2024). 87. Establishing a core healthcare associated infection surveillance measurement set for Queensland using a modified Delphi process. 2024 ACIPC International Conference, Hobart, TAS Australia, 16-19 November 2025. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.idh.2024.09.018
Charles, Karina, Gibbons, Kristen, Dow, Belinda, Minogue, Jessicah, Schults, Jessica, Stocker, Christian and Long, Debbie (2024). Family functioning post paediatric intensive care admission. Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society/Australian College of Critical Care Nursing Intensive Care Annual Scientific meeting, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 10-12 April 2024. Philadelphia, PA United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2024.07.035
Schults, Jessica, Charles, Karina, Rickard, Claire, Miller, Johnny, Lake, Anna, Gibbons, Kristen, Long, Debbie, Rahiman, Sarfaraz, Hutching, Katrina and Hall, Lisa (2024). Defining core quality measures for paediatric critical care using a multi-stakeholder, consensus driven process. Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society/Australian College of Critical Care Nursing Intensive Care Annual Scientific meeting, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 10-12 April 2024. Philadelphia, PA United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2024.07.021
Schults, Jessica, Hall, Lisa, Charles, Karina, Rickard, Claire, Le Marsney, Renate, Byrnes, Joshua, Rahiman, Sarfaraz, Long, Debbie, Lake, Anna and Gibbons, Kristen (2024). Healthcare-associated complications in critically ill children: A propensity score matched study. Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society/Australian College of Critical Care Nursing Intensive Care Annual Scientific meeting, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 10-12 April 2024. Philadelphia, PA United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2024.07.003
Charles, Karina, Lake, Anna, Spotswood, Naomi E., Poulter, Amber-Louise, Rahiman, Sarfaraz, Long, Debbie and Schults, Jessica (2024). Family experiences and perceptions of quality and safety of care in PICU. Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society/Australian College of Critical Care Nursing Intensive Care Annual Scientific meeting, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 10-12 April 2024. Philadelphia, PA United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2024.07.024
Schults, Jessica, Charles, Karina, Long, Debbie, Erikson, Simon, Irwin, Adam, Waak, Michaela, Hall, Lisa and Ullman, Amanda (2021). Recommendations for endotracheal suction interventions in children with highly infectious respiratory disease: results from a RAND/UCLA binational appropriateness panel. 9th International Australasian College for Infection Prevention and Control (ACIPC) online conference, Online, 7-10 November 2021. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.idh.2021.09.031