Journal Articles
Curtis, Kate, Considine, Julie, Kennedy, Belinda, Murphy, Margaret, Lam, Mary K., Morris, Darcy, Aggar, Christina, Fry, Margaret, McPhail, Steven M., Hughes, James, Dinh, Michael and Shaban, Ramon Z. (2026). Implementing an emergency nursing framework improves the quality of clinical handover: A stepped-wedge cluster randomised control trial. Australasian Emergency Care. doi: 10.1016/j.auec.2026.01.003
Curtis, Kate, Murphy, Margaret, Lam, Mary K., Kennedy, Belinda, Shaban, Ramon Z., Fry, Margaret, Aggar, Christina, Hughes, James, Alkhouri, Hatem, Dinh, Michael, McPhail, Steven, Waters, Donna and Considine, Julie (2026). Reducing inpatient deterioration and improving patient safety in emergency departments with a standardised nursing framework: A stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 173 105256, 105256-173. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2025.105256
Almutairi, Abdulmalik, Coyer, Fiona, Keogh, Samantha and Hughes, James (2025). Factors influencing pain management in patients presenting to the emergency department: a mixed-method systematic review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 172 105214, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2025.105214
Alshyyab, Muhammad Ahmed, Albsoul, Rania Ali, FitzGerald, Gerard, Hughes, James and Arabiat, Diana (2025). Missed Infection Control Practices Among Nurses in Medical and Surgical Wards in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study. Research in Nursing and Health, 48 (6), 737-749. doi: 10.1002/nur.70023
Lee, Nigel, McCarthy, Alexandra, Ballard, Emma, Eley, Robert, Isoardi, Katherine and Hughes, James (2025). Practice variations in pharmacological management of acute renal colic pain: a cross-sectional survey study. Australasian Emergency Care. doi: 10.1016/j.auec.2025.10.004
Kourouche, Sarah, Considine, Julie, Li, Ling, Murphy, Margaret, Shaban, Ramon Z., Lam, Mary K., Berendsen Russell, Saartje, Fry, Margaret, Aggar, Christina, Dinh, Michael M., Shetty, Amith, Shaw, Timothy, Seimon, Radhika V., Aryal, Nanda R., Hughes, James A., Varndell, Wayne and Curtis, Kate (2025). Identifying Barriers and Enablers for Nurse-Initiated Care for Designing Implementation at Scale in Australian Emergency Departments: A Mixed Methods Study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 34 (7), 2718-2736. doi: 10.1111/jocn.17693
Curtis, Kate, Kennedy, Belinda, Considine, Julie, Murphy, Margaret, Kourouche, Sarah, Lam, Mary K., Shaban, Ramon Z., Aggar, Christina, Hughes, James A. and Fry, Margaret (2025). Data-driven implementation strategy to optimise clinician behaviour change at scale in complex clinical environments: a multicentre emergency care study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 81 (5), 2701-2721. doi: 10.1111/jan.16461
Kapuralalage, Thilini Nisansala Egoda, Chan, Ho Fai, Hughes, James, Torgler, Benno and Whyte, Stephen (2025). Association between health anxiety and self-triage decisions: evidence from a cross-sectional study with Australian emergency department non-urgent patients. BMJ Open, 15 (4) e090123, 1-10. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-090123
Curtis, Kate, Kennedy, Belinda, Considine, Julie, Lam, Mary K., Aggar, Christina, Shaban, Ramon Z., Hughes, James A., Fry, Margaret, Alkhouri, Hatem and Murphy, Margaret (2025). Use of the structured emergency nursing framework HIRAID® improves patient experience: A stepped-wedge cluster randomised control trial in rural, regional and metropolitan Australia. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 87 103948, 103948. doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2025.103948
Alshyyab, Muhammad Ahmed, Ebbini, Muna A. L., Alslewi, Asma’a, Hughes, James, Borkoles, Erika, FitzGerald, Gerard and Albsoul, Rania Ali (2024). Factors Influencing Medication Administration Errors as Perceived by Nurses in Pediatric Units in a Jordanian Tertiary Hospital: A Qualitative Descriptive Study. Western Journal of Nursing Research, 46 (3), 201-209. doi: 10.1177/01939459241227768
Mccahill, Robyn, Keogh, Samantha and Hughes, James A. (2023). Adult pain and anticipatory anxiety assessment in the emergency department: an integrative literature review. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 32 (15-16), 4492-4501. doi: 10.1111/jocn.16520
Ali Albsoul, Rania, Fitzgerald, Gerard, Hughes, James A and Alshyyab, Muhammad Ahmed (2023). Risk factors for in-hospital patient falls: A retrospective analysis. British Journal of Health Care Management, 29 (7), 182-190. doi: 10.12968/bjhc.2021.0148
Albsoul, Rania Ali, Alshyyab, Muhammad Ahmed, Hughes, James A., Jones, Lee and Fitzgerald, Gerard (2023). A Cross-sectional Study Evaluating the Association Between the Nursing Practice Environment and Missed Nursing Care in Medical and Surgical Wards in Jordan. Journal of Nursing Care Quality, 38 (3), E34-E41. doi: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000692
Curtis, Kate, Dinh, Michael M., Shetty, Amith, Kourouche, Sarah, Fry, Margaret, Considine, Julie, Li, Ling, Lung, Thomas, Shaw, Timothy, Lam, Mary K., Murphy, Margaret, Alkhouri, Hatem, Aggar, Christina, Russell, Saartje Berendsen, Seimon, Radhika V., Hughes, James A., Varndell, Wayne and Shaban, Ramon Z. (2023). The Emergency nurse Protocols Initiating Care—Sydney Triage to Admission Risk Tool (EPIC-START) trial: protocol for a stepped wedge implementation trial. Implementation Science Communications, 4 (1) 70. doi: 10.1186/s43058-023-00452-0
Albsoul, Rania Ali, Safadi, Reema Rafiq, Alshyyab, Muhammad Ahmed, FitzGerald, Gerard, Hughes, James A. and Ahmad, Muayyad (2023). Missed Nursing Care in Medical and Surgical Wards in Jordan: A Cross-Sectional Study. Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 24 (2), 140-150. doi: 10.1177/15271544231155845
Albsoul, Rania Ali, Hughes, James, Alshyyab, Muhammad Ahmed and Fitzgerald, Gerard (2023). A scoping review of the literature of interventions for enhancing nurses' resilience in acute care settings. Journal of Health Organization and Management, 37 (1), 53-66. doi: 10.1108/JHOM-04-2022-0127
Albsoul, Rania Ali, Alshyyab, Muhammad Ahmed, Hughes, James A., Jones, Lee and FitzGerald, Gerard (2023). Examining the reasons for missed nursing care from the viewpoints of nurses in public, private, and university hospitals in Jordan: A cross-sectional research. Collegian, 30 (1), 110-118. doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2022.08.001
Curtis, Kate, Fry, Margaret, Kourouche, Sarah, Kennedy, Belinda, Considine, Julie, Alkhouri, Hatem, Lam, Mary, McPhail, Steven M., Aggar, Christina, Hughes, James, Murphy, M., Dinh, Michael and Shaban, Ramon (2023). Implementation evaluation of an evidence-based emergency nursing framework (HIRAID): study protocol for a step-wedge randomised control trial. BMJ Open, 13 (1) e067022. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067022
Hughes, James A., Alexander, Kimberley E., Spencer, Lyndall and Yates, Patsy (2022). Factors associated with the experience of patients presenting in pain to the emergency department. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 31 (9-10), 1273-1284. doi: 10.1111/jocn.15983
Althagafi, Suhair M and Hughes, James A (2022). Identifying the relationship between patient-reported outcomes and treatment with opiates in the adult emergency department – A cross-sectional study. International Emergency Nursing, 62 101152, 62. doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2022.101152
Schmidt, Matilda, Brownlie, Julia, Arnold, Amy, Lai, Kim and Hughes, James A. (2022). Emergency clinicians’ interpretation and application of Anti-D guidelines. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 39 (1) 2020.391.316, 2-6. doi: 10.37464/2020.391.316
Albsoul, Rania Ali, FitzGerald, Gerard, Hughes, James A and Ahmed Alshyyab, Muhammad (2021). Missed nursing care and complexity theory: a conceptual paper. Journal of Research in Nursing, 26 (8), 809-823. doi: 10.1177/17449871211013073
Hughes, James A., Alexander, Kimberly E., Spencer, Lyndall and Yates, Patsy (2021). Factors associated with time to first analgesic medication in the emergency department. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 30 (13-14), 1973-1989. doi: 10.1111/jocn.15750
Chen, Minyan and Hughes, James A. (2020). The role of cognitive impairment in pain care in the emergency department for patients from residential aged care facilities: a retrospective, case-control study. Australasian Emergency Care, 23 (2), 114-118. doi: 10.1016/j.auec.2019.09.003
Higgs, Leonie, Atkinson, Diane, Brown, Nathan J., Schnitker, Linda, Lock, Caitlin, Merlo, Gregory, Kramer, David, Bennett, Leanne and Hughes, James A. (2020). The effects of therapeutic activity kits in emergency department patients with dementia: study protocol for a pragmatic randomized control trial. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 76 (6) jan.14350, 1449-1457. doi: 10.1111/jan.14350
Marks, Jacqueline, Markwell, Alexandra, Randell, Thomas and Hughes, James (2020). Domestic and family violence, non-lethal strangulation and social work intervention in the emergency department. EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 32 (4) 1742-6723.13519, 676-678. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13519
Duncan, Jill, Brown, Nathan J., Hughes, James A., Trudgett, Scott, Crilly, Julia, Rothwell, Sean and Rosengren, David (2019). Security interventions are frequently undocumented in emergency department clinical notes. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 31 (5), 797-804. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13257
Judge, Chantelle, Eley, Rob, Miyakawa-Liu, Monica, Brown, Nathan J, McCosker, Laura, Livesay, Georgia, Hughes, James A and Vallmuur, Kirsten (2019). Characteristics of accidental injuries from power tools treated at two emergency departments in Queensland. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 31 (3), 436-443. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13201
Hughes, James A., Sheehan, Maureen and Evans, Jill (2018). Treatment and outcomes of patients presenting to an adult emergency department involuntarily with substance misuse. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 27 (2), 593-599. doi: 10.1111/inm.12340
Shao, Emily, Hughes, James and Eley, Rob (2017). The presenting and prescribing patterns of migraine in an Australian emergency department: a descriptive exploratory study. World Journal of Emergency Medicine, 8 (3), 170-176. doi: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2017.03.002
McErlean, Deanne R. and Hughes, James A. (2017). Who falls in an adult emergency department and why—A retrospective review. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 20 (1), 12-16. doi: 10.1016/j.aenj.2016.11.001
Hughes, James and Doolabh, Ammara (2016). Heated, humidified, high-flow nasal oxygen usage in the adult Emergency Department. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 19 (4), 173-178. doi: 10.1016/j.aenj.2016.05.003
Conference Papers
Vu, Thanh, Nguyen, Anthony, Brown, Nathan J. and Hughes, James (2019). Identifying patients with pain in emergency departments using conventional machine learning and deep learning. 17th Annual Workshop of the Australasian Language Technology Association, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 4-6 December 2019. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Australasian Language Technology Association.
Leskarac, C., Cabilan, C. J., Hughes, J., Eley, R. and Tuckett, A. (2018). Who is more likely to receive nurse-initiated analgesia in the Emergency Department?. Emergency Medicine QLD Autumn Symposium, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 31 May-1 June 2018.
Jory, M., Hughes, J., Eley, R. and Tuckett, A. (2017). Examination of the content and patterns of content in Triage documentation. Emergency Medicine Research Foundation, Queensland Autumn Symposium, Brisbane / Brisbane Convention Centre, 25-26 May 2017.