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DR ALLISON WILLIAMS



Contact Details

Organization: Nursing
Position: SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW
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Homepage: http://www.nursing.unimelb.edu.au/member_profiles/williams_allison
Work: 03 83449446
Fax: 03 93474375
Room: 407
Level: 04
Building: 234 Queensberry St.
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
The health care needs and management of consumers with complex chronic conditions. Disease self-management, diabetes, kidney disease, continuity of care of comorbidities, clinical nurse education Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Applied Science Monash University 31-Dec-1993
Graduate Diploma La Trobe University 31-Dec-1992
Master of Nursing La Trobe University 31-Dec-1996
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 30-Apr-2006
Renal Care Royal Melbourne Hospital 31-Dec-1980
Intensive Care Prince Henry's Hospital - Melbourne 31-Dec-1976
Coronary Care Prince Henry's Hospital - Melbourne 31-Dec-1975

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) University of Melbourne - Best theoretical & methodological paper 15-Jun-2002
Scholarship Prize Renal Society of Australasia Birgit Munro Memorial Renal Nurses Scholarship 01-Feb-2006
Other (Award) Cabrini Hospital (Malvern) 14-Nov-2001

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Pain assessment and management of patients with chronic renal failure Chief Investigator NURSES & MIDWIVES BOARD Major Research Grant (NURSES BOARD OF VIC) 07/04/2004
Improving safety and quality: psychosocial influences of managing medicines by consumers with chronic health problems Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 26/03/2007
THE PAIN CONTROL PRACTICES OF CONSUMERS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE Chief Investigator NURSES BOARD OF VIC Minor Grant 01/04/2007
Medication self-management in consumers with language difficulties Chief Investigator NURSES BOARD OF VIC Mona Menzies Postdoctoral Research Grant 01/01/2008
Examining the complexity of communication processes across transition points from the emergency department to improve medication safety Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/01/2009
Psychosocial influences of managing medicines by consumers with diabetic kidney disease Chief Investigator SIGMA THETA TAU INTERNATIONAL Small Grants 01/06/2009
Medication self-management in non-English speaking consumers with cardiovascular disease, diabetes and kidney disease Chief Investigator AMGEN AUSTRALIA PTY LTD RSA/AMGEN Career Mobility Sponsorships 01/06/2010

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2009

Publications in 2008

Book Chapters

  • Working with people with chronic conditions
    Year: 2008
    Book: Community Nursing in Australia
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishers(Carlton South)
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Journal Articles

  • A structured literature review of pain assessment and management of patients with chronic kidney disease
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Nursing
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 69-81
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  • Adherence to multiple, prescribed medications in diabetic kidney disease: A qualitative study of consumers' and health professionals' perspectives
    Year: 2008
    Journal: International Journal of Nursing Studies
    Volume: 45
    Page numbers: 1742-1756
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  • And another thing...Caring for the 'whole' person
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Carillon
    Volume: 9
    Issue: 32
    Page numbers: 3
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  • Determining caseloads in the community care of frail older people with chronic illnesses
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Nursing and Healthcare of Chronic Illness: an international interdisciplinary journal
    Volume: 17
    Issue: 5a
    Page numbers: 60-66
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  • Health care professionals' views of implementing a policy of open disclosure of errors
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Health Services Research and Policy
    Volume: 13
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 227-232
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  • Interventions to improve medication adherence in people with multiple chronic conditions: a systematic review
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Advanced Nursing
    Volume: 63
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 132-143
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  • Managing pain in chronic kidney disease: patient participation in decision-making
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Advanced Nursing
    Volume: 61
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 201-210
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  • Patients' and family members' experiences of open disclosure following adverse events
    Year: 2008
    Journal: International Journal for Quality in Health Care
    Volume: 20
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 421-432
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  • The National Open Disclosure Pilot: evaluation of a policy implementation initiative
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Medical Journal of Australia
    Volume: 188
    Issue: 7
    Page numbers: 397-400
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Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • A structured literature review of pain assessment and management of patients with chronic kidney disease


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Nursing
    Volume: 7
    Page numbers: 1-13
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  • Balancing safety with effective pain control in patients with chronic kidney disease


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
    Volume: 13
    Page numbers: 820-822
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  • Communication between patients with chronic kidney disease and nurses about managing pain in the acute hospital setting


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Clinical Nursing
    Volume: 16
    Issue: 11c
    Page numbers: 358-367
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  • Continuity of care and general wellbeing of patients with comorbidities requiring joint replacement


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Journal of Advanced Nursing
    Volume: 57
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 244-256
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  • Pain management in hospitalised patients with chronic kidney disease and comorbidities


    Year: 2007
    Journal: Renal Society of Australasia Journal
    Volume: 3
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 76-83
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • An evaluation of an early warning clinical marker referral tool
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
    Volume: 22
    Page numbers: 274-282
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  • Nurse-led clinics reduce severity of childhood atopic eczema: a review of the literature
    Year: 2006
    Journal: British Journal of Dermatology
    Volume: 155
    Page numbers: 1242-1248
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  • Staff experiences of an early warning indicator for unstable patients in Australia
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Nursing in Critical Care
    Volume: 11
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 118-127
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Accurate dry weight assessment: Reducing the incidence of hypertension and cardiac disease in patients on hemodialysis
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Nephrology Nursing Journal
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 631-636
    Publisher: Jannetti Publications
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  • Patients with comorbidities perceived that acute care services did not fully acknowledge or accomodate the comprehensive care they required
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Evidence-Based Nursing
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 30
    Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group(London)
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  • Patients with comorbidities: Perceptions of acute care services
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Advanced Nursing
    Volume: 46
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 13-22
    Publisher: Blackwell Science(Oxford)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Assessing patient satisfaction with day surgery at a metropolitan public hospital
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing
    Volume: 21
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 35-41
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • An emancipatory praxis study of nursing students on clinical practicum in New Zealand: pushed to the peripheries


    Year: 2002
    Journal: Contemporary Nurse
    Volume: 12
    Page numbers: 185-193
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  • Free-style PBL using a journal club
    Year: 2002
    Journal: The Australian Electronic Journal of Nursing Education
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 1
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  • Issues concerning the on-going care of patients with comorbidities in acute care and post-discharge in Australia: a literature review
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Advanced Nursing
    Volume: 40
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 131-140
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Assessing Australian undergraduate clinical learning
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Collegian
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 9-13
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