Adjunct Professor Sue Kruske

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Kruske, Sue, Lenthall, Sue, Kildea, Sue, Knight, Sabina, Mackay, Beverley and Hegney, Desley G. (2012). Rural and remote area nursing. In Diane Brown and Helen Edwards (Ed.), Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems 3rd ed. (pp. 208-219) Chatswood, NSW, Australia: Mosby.

Kildea, Sue, Kruske, Sue and Sherwood, Juanita (2010). Midwives working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. In Sally Pairman, Jan Pincombe, Sally K. Tracy and Carol Thorogood (Ed.), Midwifery: Preparation for Practice 2nd ed. (pp. 162-176) Chatswood, NSW Australia: Churchill Livingstone.

Kruske, S., Lenthall, S., Kildea, S., Knight, S., Mackay, V. and Hegney, Desley G. (2008). Rural and remote area nursing. In Diane Brown, Helen Edwards, Diane Brown and Helen Edwards (Ed.), Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems 2nd ed. (pp. 200-214) Australia: Academic Press (Elsevier Press).

Kruske, S., Lenthall, S., Kildea, S., Knight, S., Mackay, B. and Hegney, D. (2007). Rural and remote area nursing. In Lewis's medical-surgical nursing: Assessment and Management of clinical problems 2 ed. (pp. 200-215) Australia: Elsevier Australia.

Josif, Cathryn M., Kruske, Sue, Kildea, Sue V. and Barclay, Lesley M. (2017) The quality of health services provided to remote dwelling aboriginal infants in the top end of northern Australia following health system changes: a qualitative analysis. BMC Pediatrics, 17 93: . doi:10.1186/s12887-017-0849-1

Rolfe, Margaret I., Donoghue, Deborah Anne, Longman, Jo M., Pilcher, Jennifer, Kildea, Sue, Kruske, Sue, Kornelsen, Jude, Grzybowski, Stefan, Barclay, Lesley and Morgan, Geoffrey Gerard (2017) The distribution of maternity services across rural and remote Australia: does it reflect population need?. BMC Health Services Research, 17 1: . doi:10.1186/s12913-017-2084-8

Rossiter, Chris, Schmied, Virginia, Kemp, Lynn, Fowler, Cathrine, Kruske, Sue and Homer, Caroline S. E. (2017) Responding to families with complex needs: a national survey of child and family health nurses. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 73 2: 386-398. doi:10.1111/jan.13146

Kildea, Sue, Hickey, Sophie, Nelson, Carmel, Currie, Jody, Carson, Adrian, Reynolds, Maree, Wilson, Kay, Kruske, Sue, Passey, Megan, Roe, Yvette, West, Roianne, Clifford, Anton, Kosiak, Machellee, Watego, Shannon and Tracy, Sally (2017) Birthing on Country (in Our Community): a case study of engaging stakeholders and developing a best practice Indigenous maternity service in an urban setting. Australian Health Review, .

Olley, Hannah, Psaila, Kim, Fowler, Cathrine, Kruske, Sue, Homer, Caroline and Schmied, Virginia (2017) ‘Being the bridge and the beacon’: a qualitative study of the characteristics and functions of the liaison role in child and family health services in Australia. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26 1-2: 91-102. doi:10.1111/jocn.13373

Kruske, Sue, Kildea Sue, Jenkinson, Bec, Pilcher, Jennifer, Robin, Sarah, Rolfe, Margaret, Kornelsen, Jude and Barclay, Lesley (2016) Primary Maternity Units in rural and remote Australia: Results of a national survey. Midwifery, 40 1-9. doi:10.1016/j.midw.2016.05.004

Barclay, Lesley, Kornelsen, Jude, Longman, Jo, Robin, Sarah, Kruske, Sue, Kildea, Sue, Pilcher, Jennifer, Martin, Tanya, Grzybowski, Stefan, Donoghue, Deborah, Rolfe, Margaret and Morgan, Geoff (2016) Reconceptualising risk: perceptions of risk in rural and remote maternity service planning. Midwifery, 38 63-70. doi:10.1016/j.midw.2016.04.007

Jenkinson, Bec, Kruske, Sue, Stapleton, Helen, Beckmann, Michael, Reynolds, Maree and Kildea, Sue (2016) Women's, midwives' and obstetricians' experiences of a structured process to document refusal of recommended maternity care. Women and Birth, 29 6: 531-541. doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2016.05.005

Kildea, Sue, Gao, Yu, Rolfe, Margaret, Josif, Cathryn M., Bar-Zeev, Sarah J., Steenkamp, Malinda, Kruske, Sue, Williams, Desley, Dunbar, Terry and Barclay, Lesley M. (2016) Remote links: redesigning maternity care for Aboriginal women from remote communities in Northern Australia - a comparative cohort study. Midwifery, 34 47-57. doi:10.1016/j.midw.2016.01.009

Thompson, Robyn, Kruske, Sue, Barclay, Lesley, Linden, Karin, Gao, Yu and Kildea, Sue (2016) Potential predictors of nipple trauma from an in-home breastfeeding programme: a cross-sectional study. Women and Birth, 29 4: 336-344. doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2016.01.002

Watson, Bernadette M., Heatley, Michelle L., Gallois, Cindy and Kruske, Sue (2015) The importance of effective communication in interprofessional practice: perspectives of maternity clinicians. Health Communication, 31 4: 400-407. doi:10.1080/10410236.2014.960992

Hennegan, Julie, Redshaw, Maggie and Kruske, Sue (2015) Another country, another language and a new baby: a quantitative study of the postnatal experiences of migrant women in Australia. Women and Birth, 28 4: e124-e133. doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2015.07.001

Jenkinson, Bec, Kruske, Sue, Stapleton, Helen, Beckmann, Michael, Reynolds, Maree and Kildea, Sue (2015) Maternity care plans: a retrospective review of a process aiming to support women who decline standard care. Women and Birth, 28 4: 303-309. doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2015.05.003

King, Suzanne, Kildea, Sue, Austin, Marie-Paule, Brunet, Alain, Cobham, Vanessa E., Dawson, Paul A., Harris, Mark, Hurrion, Elizabeth M., Laplante, David P., McDermott, Brett M., McIntyre, H. David, O'Hara, Michael W., Schmitz, Norbert, Stapleton, Helen, Tracy, Sally K., Vaillancourt, Cathy, Dancause, Kelsey N., Kruske, Sue, Reilly, Nicole, Shoo, Laura, Simcock, Gabrielle, Turcotte-Tremblay, Anne-Marie and Ping, Erin Yong (2015) QF2011: a protocol to study the effects of the Queensland flood on pregnant women, their pregnancies, and their children's early development. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 15 1: 109.2-109.47. doi:10.1186/s12884-015-0539-7

Zadoroznyj, Maria, Brodribbb, Wendy E., Young, Kate, Kruske, Sue and Miller, Yvette D. (2015) 'I really needed help': what mothers say about their post-birth care in Queensland, Australia. Women and Birth, 28 3: 246-251. doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2015.03.004

Schmied, Virginia, Homer, Caroline, Fowler, Cathrine, Psaila, Kim, Barclay, Lesley, Wilson, Ian, Kemp, Lynn, Fasher, Michael and Kruske, Sue (2015) Implementing a national approach to universal child and family health services in Australia: professionals' views of the challenges and opportunities. Health and Social Care in the Community, 23 2: 159-170. doi:10.1111/hsc.12129

Kruske, Sue, Schultz, Tracy, Eales, Sandra and Kildea, Sue (2015) A retrospective, descriptive study of maternal and neonatal transfers, and clinical outcomes of a Primary Maternity Unit in rural Queensland, 2009–2011. Women and Birth, 28 1: 30-39. doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2014.10.006

Fowler, Cathrine, Schmied, Virginia, Psaila, Kim, Kruske, Sue and Rossiter, Chris (2015) Ready for practice: what child and family health nurses say about education. Nurse Education Today, 35 2: e67-e72. doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2014.11.002

Psaila, Kim, Schmied, Virginia, Fowler, Catherine and Kruske, Sue (2015) Interprofessional collaboration at transition of care: perspectives of child and family health nurses and midwives. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 24 1-2: 160-172. doi:10.1111/jocn.12635

Brodribb, Wendy, Zadoroznyj, Maria, Nesic, Michelle, Kruske, Sue and Miller, Yvette D. (2015) Beyond the hospital door: a retrospective, cohort study of associations between birthing in the public or private sector and women's postpartum care. BMC Health Services Research, 15 1: 1-11. doi:10.1186/s12913-015-0689-3

Pilcher, Jennifer, Kruske, Sue and Barclay, Lesley (2014) A review of rural and remote health service indexes: are they relevant for the development of an Australian rural birth index?. BMC Health Services Research, 14 548: 1-8. doi:10.1186/s12913-014-0548-7

Psaila, Kim, Fowler, Cathrine, Kruske, Sue and Schmied, Virginia (2014) A qualitative study of innovations implemented to improve transition of care from maternity to child and family health (CFH) services in Australia. Women and Birth, 27 4: e51-e60. doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2014.08.004

Stevens, Gabrielle, Thompson, Rachel, Kruske, Sue, Watson, Bernadette and Miller, Yvette D. (2014) What are pregnant women told about models of maternity care in Australia? A retrospective study of women’s reports. Patient Education and Counseling, 97 1: 114-121. doi:10.1016/j.pec.2014.07.010

Hennegan, Julie, Kruske, Sue and Redshaw, Maggie (2014) Remote access and care: a comparison of Queensland women's maternity care experience according to area of residence. Women and Birth, 27 4: 281-291. doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2014.06.012

Barclay, Lesley, Kruske, Sue, Bar-Zeev, Sarah, Steenkamp, Malinda, Josif, Cathryn, Narjic, Concepta Wulili, Wardaguga, Molly, Belton, Suzanne, Gao, Yu, Dunbar, Terry and Kildea, Sue (2014) Improving Aboriginal maternal and infant health services in the 'Top End' of Australia; synthesis of the findings of a health services research program aimed at engaging stakeholders, developing research capacity and embedding change. BMC Health Services Research, 14 241: 1-9. doi:10.1186/1472-6963-14-241

Longman, Jo, Pilcher, Jennifer M., Donoghue, Deborah A., Rolfe, Margaret, Kildea, Sue V., Kruske, Sue, Oats, Jeremy J. N., Morgan, Geoffrey G. and Barclay, Lesley M. (2014) Identifying maternity services in public hospitals in rural and remote Australia. Australian Health Review, 38 3: 337-344. doi:10.1071/AH13188

Jenkinson, Bec, Young, Kate and Kruske, Sue (2014) Maternity services and the discharge process: a review of practice in Queensland. Women and Birth, 27 2: 114-120. doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2013.12.001

Redshaw, Maggie, Hennegan, Julie and Kruske, Sue (2014) Holding the baby: early mother-infant contact after childbirth and outcomes. Midwifery, 30 5: E177-E187. doi:10.1016/j.midw.2014.02.003

Parker, Susan, McKinnon, Loretta and Kruske, Sue (2014) ‘Choice, culture and confidence’: key findings from the 2012 having a baby in Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander survey. BMC Health Srvices Research, 14 1: . doi:10.1186/1472-6963-14-196

Psaila, Kim, Kruske, Sue, Fowler, Cathrine, Homer, Caroline and Schmied, Virginia (2014) Smoothing out the transition of care between maternity and child and family health services: perspectives of child and family health nurses and midwives’. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 14 1: . doi:10.1186/1471-2393-14-151

Schmied, Virginia, Fowler, Cathrine, Rossiter, Chris, Homer, Caroline, Kruske, Sue and The CHoRUS Team (2014) Nature and frequency of services provided by child and family health nurses in Australia: results of a national survey. Australian Health Review, 38 2: 177-185. doi:10.1071/AH13195

Josif, Cathryn M., Barclay, Lesley, Kruske,Sue and Kildea, Sue (2014) 'No more strangers': investigating the experiences of women, midwives and others during the establishment of a new model of maternity care for remote dwelling aboriginal women in northern Australia. Midwifery, 30 3: 317-323. doi:10.1016/j.midw.2013.03.012

Bar-Zeev, Sarah, Barclay, Lesley, Kruske, Sue and Kildea, Sue (2014) Factors affecting the quality of antenatal care provided to remote dwelling Aboriginal women in northern Australia. Midwifery, 30 3: 289-296. doi:10.1016/j.midw.2013.04.009

Psaila, Kim, Schmied, Virginia, Fowler, Cathrine and Kruske, Sue (2014) Discontinuities between maternity and child and family health services: Health professional's perceptions. BMC Health Services Research, 14 4: . doi:10.1186/1472-6963-14-4

Bar-Zeev, Sarah, Barclay, Lesley, Kruske, Sue, Bar-Zeev, Naor, Gao, Yu and Kildea, Sue (2013) Use of Maternal Health Services by Remote Dwelling Aboriginal Women in Northern Australia and Their Disease Burden. Birth, 40 3: 172-181. doi:10.1111/birt.12053

Bar-Zeev, Sarah J., Kruske, Sue G., Barclay, Lesley M., Bar-Zeev, Naor and Kildea, Sue V. (2013) Adherence to management guidelines for growth faltering and anaemia in remote dwelling Australian Aboriginal infants and barriers to health service delivery. Bmc Health Services Research, 13 250.1-250.12. doi:10.1186/1472-6963-13-250

Zadoroznyj, Maria, Brodribb, Wendy, Falconer, Lauren, Pearce, Lauren, Northam, Casey and Kruske, Sue (2013) A qualitative study of pharmacy nurse providers of community based post-birth care in Queensland, Australia. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 13 144.1-144.10. doi:10.1186/1471-2393-13-144

Young, Kate and Kruske, Sue (2013) How valid are the common concerns raised against water birth? A focused review of the literature. Women and Birth, 26 2: 105-109. doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2012.10.006

Michels, Allie, Kruske, Sue and Thompson, Rachel (2013) Women's postnatal psychological functioning: the role of satisfaction with intrapartum care and the birth experience. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 31 2: 172-182. doi:10.1080/02646838.2013.791921

Brodribb, Wendy, Kruske, Sue and Miller, Yvette D. (2013) Baby-friendly hospital accreditation, in-hospital care practices, and breastfeeding. Pediatrics, 131 4: 685-692. doi:10.1542/peds.2012-2556

Kruske, Sue, Young, Kate, Jenkinson, Bec and Catchlove, Ann (2013) Maternity care providers' perceptions of women's autonomy and the law. Bmc Pregnancy and Childbirth, 13 . doi:10.1186/1471-2393-13-84

Young, Jeanine and Kruske, Sue (2013) Re: Letters to the editor Re: Fetherston C, Leach JS 2012, Analysis of the ethical issues in the breastfeeding and bedsharing debate. Breastfeeding Review, 21 1: 38-38.

Kruske, Sue (2013) Response to editorial: meeting the needs of rural and regional families: educating midwives. Collegian, 20 1: 11-12. doi:10.1016/j.colegn.2013.01.002

Rumbold, A., Kruske, S., Boyle, J., Weckert, R., Putland, S., Giles, L., Barcley, L. and Kildea, S. (2013) Can the fetal fibronectin test be used by remote dwelling pregnant women to predict the onset of labour at term and delay transfer for birth in regional settings?. Rural and Remote Health, 13 1: .

Byers, Lyn, Kulitja, Selina, Lowell, Anne and Kruske, Sue (2012) ‘Hear our stories’: child-rearing practices of a remote Australian Aboriginal community. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 20 6: 293-297. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1584.2012.01317.x

Watson, Bernadette M., Heatley, Michelle L., Kruske, Sue G. and Gallois, Cindy (2012) An empirical investigation into beliefs about collaborative practice among maternity care providers. Australian Health Review, 36 4: 466-470. doi:10.1071/AH11104

Steenkamp, Malinda, Rumbold, Alice R., Kildea, Sue, Bar-Zeev, Sarah J., Kruske, Sue, Dunbar, Terry and Barclay, Lesley (2012) Measuring what matters in delivering services to remote-dwelling Indigenous mothers and infants in the Northern Territory, Australia. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 20 4: 228-237. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1584.2012.01279.x

Kruske, S. and Grant, J. (2012) Educational preparation for maternal, child and family health nurses in Australia. International Nursing Review, 59 2: 200-207. doi:10.1111/j.1466-7657.2011.00968.x

Kruske, Sue, Belton, Suzanne, Wardaguga, Molly and Narjic, Concepta (2012) Growing up our way: the first year of life in remote Aboriginal Australia. Qualitative Health Research, 22 6: 777-787. doi:10.1177/1049732311432717

Bar-Zeev, Sarah J., Kruske, Sue G., Barclay, Lesley M., Bar-Zeev, Naor H., Carapetis, Jonathan R. and Kildea, Sue V. (2012) Use of health services by remote dwelling Aboriginal infants in tropical northern Australia: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Pediatrics, 12 19.1-19.8. doi:10.1186/1471-2431-12-19

Schmied, Virginia, Donovan, Jenny, Kruske, Sue, Kemp, Lyn, Homer, Caroline and Fowler, Cathrine (2011) Commonalities and challenges: A review of Australian state and territory maternity and child health policies. Contemporary Nurse, 40 1: 106-117.

Thompson, Robyn E., Kildea, Sue V., Barclay, Lesley M. and Kruske, Sue (2011) An account of signiﬁcant events inﬂuencing Australian breastfeeding practice over the last 40 years. Women and Birth, 24 3: 97-104. doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2010.08.005

Heatley, Michelle and Kruske, Sue (2011) Defining collaboration in Australian maternity care. Women and Birth, 24 2: 53-57. doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2011.02.002

Schmied, Virginia, Mills, Annie, Kruske, Sue, Kemp, Lynn, Fowler, Cathrine and Homer, Caroline (2010) The nature and impact of collaboration and integrated service delivery for pregnant women, children and families. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 19 23-24: 3516-3526. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03321.x

Kildea, S., Kruske, S., Barclay, L. and Tracy, S. (2010) ‘Closing the gap’: how maternity services can contribute to reducing poor maternal infant health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. Rural and Remote Health, 10 3: .

Bailey, Emily J., Maclennan, Carolyn, Morris, Peter S., Kruske, Sue G., Brown, Ngiare and Chang, Anne B. (2009) Risks of severity and readmission of Indigenous and non-Indigenous children hospitalised for bronchiolitis. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 45 10: 593-597. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01571.x

Bailey, Emily J., Cates, Christopher J., Kruske, Sue G., Morris, Peter S., Chang, Anne B. and Brown, Ngiare (2009) Culture-specific programs for children and adults from minority groups who have asthma. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2: . doi:10.1002/14651858.CD006580.pub4

Bailey, Emily J., Morris, Peter S., Kruske, Sue G. and Chang, Anne B. (2008) Clinical pathways for chronic cough in children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2: CD006595.1-CD006595.11. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD006595.pub2

Bailey, E. J., Morris, P. S., Kruske, S., Cates, C. J. and Chang, A. B. (2008) Culture-specific programs for children and adults from minority groups who have asthma (Review). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2: CD006580.1-CD006580.22. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD006580.pub2

Kruske, Sue, Schmied, Virginia and Cook, Margaret (2007) The ‘Earlybird’ gets the breastmilk: findings from an evaluation of combined professional and peer support groups to improve breastfeeding duration in the first eight weeks after birth. Maternal and Child Nutrition Journal, 3 2: 108-119. doi:10.1111/j.1740-8709.2007.00078.x

Kruske, Sue, Kildea, Sue and Barclay, Leslie (2006) Cultural safety and maternity care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Women and Birth, 19 3: 73-77. doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2006.07.001

Kildea, Sue, Kruske, Sue and Bowell, Libby (2006) Maternity emergency care: short course in maternity emergencies for remote area health staff with no midwifery qualifications. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 14 3: 111-116. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1584.2006.00785.x

Kildea, Sue and Kruske, Sue (1998) Back from the bush. Australian Journal of Holistic Nursing, 5 1: 47-48.

Thompson, Robyn, Kildea, Sue, Kruske, Sue and Barclay, Lesley A. O. (2015). Reducing painful nipple trauma and associated breastfeeding complications. In: Super Midwives - Making a Difference, Australian College of Midwives, 19th Biennial Conference. 19th Biennial Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, (S29-S29). 5-8 October 2015. doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2015.07.098

Farrington, Cath, Kildea, Sue, Barclay, Lesley and Kruske, Sue (2011). That same face is always with me. In: Women and Birth. , , (S17-S17). . doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2011.07.065

Jenkinson, Bec, Josey, Natalie and Kruske, Sue (2014) BirthSpace: an evidence-based guide to birth environment design Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies, The University of Queensland

Kruske, Sue, Kildea, Sue and Sherwood, Juanita (2010) Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women: providing maternity care Not available: Not available

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