The University of Newcastle, Researcher report.

Researcher: Associate Professor Ashley Kable
School: School of Nursing and Midwifery
Personal URL: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/staff/profile/ashley.kable.html

Funded Projects

Please note, only grants administered through the University of Newcastle Research Office are recorded here. For a more complete picture of the researcher's grant history a Personal URL may be supplied, above.

Research Team Initial Year Duration (Years) Funding Body/Client Award Type Title of Project Collaborating Partners Total Cash $ Total Inkind $
Associate Professor Ashley Kable 2011 1 University of Newcastle - Faculty of Health Travel Grant Fourth Internaitonal Clinical Skill Conference, Prato, Italy, 22 - 25 May 2011   2000  
Doctor Suzanne Snodgrass;Professor Clare Collins;Ms Carole James;Associate Professor Ashley Kable;Mrs Maya Guest;Ms Samantha Ashby;Professor Ronald Plotnikoff;Doctor Patrick McElduff 2011 1 Hunter Medical Research Institute Project Grant Adult lifestyle incentives for vitality and energy (ALIVE): Supporting health professionals to assist clients with weight management through lifestyle changes   20000  
Associate Professor Ashley Kable 2011 1 University of Newcastle Equity Research Fellowship Second victims of adverse events in acute health care   4000  
Associate Professor Ashley Kable 2011 1 University of Newcastle Equity Research Fellowship Kable - ERF Teaching Relief   14000  
Professor Isabel Higgins;Associate Professor David Sibbritt;Conjoint Professor Sian Maslin-Prothero;Associate Professor Ashley Kable;Doctor Peter Summons 2010 1 University of Newcastle Linkage Pilot Research Grant An evaluation of the effectiveness of an educational intervention to increase pain management in older people in acute care settings   10000  
Mrs Maya Guest;Ms Carole James;Professor Darren Rivett;Associate Professor Ashley Kable 2009 1 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales WorkCover Assist Applied Research Projects The outcome of occupational rehabilitation of NSW nurses   114050  
Associate Professor Ashley Kable 2008 1 University of Newcastle Travel Grant Royal College of Nursing Australian Annual Conference, Sheraton Hotel Perth, 25/9/2008 - 27/9/2008   1468  
Mrs Maya Guest;Associate Professor Ashley Kable 2008 3 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales WorkCover Assist Applied Research Projects Resistance to care, workplace injury and effects on the nursing workforce in NSW   103160  
Professor Michael Hazelton;Associate Professor Ashley Kable 2008 1 University of Newcastle Career Enhancement Fellowship for Academic Women CEF admin relief Kable   50000  
Associate Professor Ashley Kable 2008 1 University of Newcastle Career Enhancement Fellowship for Academic Women Development of the School of Nursing and Midwifery research profile and performance   4525  
Mrs Maya Guest;Associate Professor Ashley Kable 2007 1 WorkCover Authority of New South Wales WorkCover Assist Applied Research Projects Needlestick and sharps injuries among NSW nurses employed in both public and private, city, regional, rural and remote health care facilities.   86972  
Associate Professor Ashley Kable 2003 1 University of Newcastle Travel Grant Safety and Quality in Action - A National Australian Conference on Safety and Quality in Health Care, Perth 14 - 16 July, 2003.   651  
Associate Professor Ashley Kable 2002 1 University of Newcastle Travel Grant 13th Annual AAQHC Conference Surfers Paradise, Qld   284  
Conjoint Professor Robert Gibberd;Conjoint Professor Allan Spigelman;Associate Professor Ashley Kable 1998 1 NSW Department of Health Ministerial Advisory Committee - Quality in Health Care Surgical Adverse Events Study, 1998   42500  

Research Higher Degree Supervision

For a more complete picture of the researcher's supervision history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Current Student Supervision

Program Supervision Level Research Topic
M Philosophy (Nursing) Principal Supervisor Human Patient Simulation (HPS) Manikins and Information Communication Technology (ICT): Use and Quality Indicators in Australian Schools of Nursing
M Philosophy (Nursing) Principal Supervisor Patient Perspectives on Managing Fluid Gain Between Haemodialysis Sessions
PhD (Midwifery) Principal Supervisor Midwife-provided Antenatal Breastfeeding Educational Program for Increasing the Rate of Breastfeeding at One Month After Birth in Thailand
PhD (Nursing) Co-Supervisor An Enquiry into the Assessment and Management of Targeted Violence Using a Threat Assessment Process
PhD (Nursing) Principal Supervisor How do nurse's knowledge of ageing and attitudes towards older persons influence clinical practice and therapeutic interactions in Emergency Department settings
PhD (Nursing) Principal Supervisor Post Operative Clinical Outcomes for Patients Undergoing Major Orthopeadic Surgery Following Venothromboembolism (VTE) Prophalaxis
PhD (Nursing) Co-Supervisor The Experience of Registered Nurses Who Mentor Undergraduate Nursing Students
PhD (Nursing) Co-Supervisor The VENT Study: Violence in the Emergency Department and Triage

Total Equivalent Full-time Student Units (EFTSU):

Supervision Level EFTSU
Masters 0.500
PhD 2.200

Student Completions

NB - the completions shown here are only those for the University of Newcastle obtained since 2001.

Program Year Research Topic
M Nursing [R] 2006 What Factors Influence Clinician Participation in Quality Improvement in the Intensive Care Environment?
PhD (Midwifery) 2010 Feeling Like a Genius: Enhancing Women's Changing Embodied Self During First Childbearing
PhD (Nursing) 2010 The Process of Response of Mental Health Nurses who have Experienced Assaults by Their Patients: A Grounded Theory Study Conducted in Mental Health Inpatient Settings

Research Publications

Please note, the publications listed here:
(1) relate to the researcher's position at the University of Newcastle only
(2) are for selected categories of publications, and
(3) relate to publication year 1998, onwards.
For a more complete picture of the researcher's publication history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Journal Article

Arthur Carol, Kable Ashley Kathryn, Levett-Jones Tracy Lynn, ’Human patient simulation manikins and information communication technology use in Australian schools of nursing: A cross-sectional survey’, Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 7 e219-e227 (2011) [C1]

Kable Ashley Kathryn, Guest Maya, McLeod Mary, ’Organizational risk management and nurses' perceptions of workplace risk associated with sharps including needlestick injuries in nurses in New South Wales, Australia’, Nursing & Health Sciences, 13 246-254 (2011) [C1]

Pich Jacqueline Vivienne, Hazelton Michael John, Sundin Deborah Jane, Kable Ashley Kathryn, ’Patient-related violence at triage: A qualitative descriptive study’, International Emergency Nursing, 19 12-19 (2011) [C1]

James Carole Lesley, Southgate Erica Lee, Kable Ashley Kathryn, Rivett Darren Anthony, Guest Maya, Bohatko-Naismith Joanna, ’The Return-To-Work Coordinator role: Qualitative insights for nursing’, Journal of Occupational Rehabilitation, 21 220-227 (2011) [C1]

Southgate Erica Lee, James Carole Lesley, Kable Ashley Kathryn, Bohatko-Naismith Joanna, Rivett Darren Anthony, Guest Maya, ’Workplace injury and nurses: Insights from focus groups with Australian return-to-work coordinators’, Nursing & Health Sciences, 13 192-198 (2011) [C1]

Guest Maya, Kable Ashley Kathryn, McLeod Mary, ’A survey of sharps including needlestick injuries in nurses in New South Wales, Australia’, Healthcare Infection, 15 77-83 (2010) [C1]

Meedya Shahla, Fahy Kathleen Margaret, Kable Ashley Kathryn, ’Factors that positively influence breastfeeding duration to 6 months: A literature review’, Women and Birth, 23 135-145 (2010) [C1]

Pich Jacqueline Vivienne, Hazelton Michael John, Sundin Deborah Jane, Kable Ashley Kathryn, ’Patient-related violence against emergency department nurses’, Nursing & Health Sciences, 12 268-274 (2010) [C1]

Kable Ashley Kathryn, Gibberd Robert William, Spigelman Allan, ’Adverse events in five surgical procedures’, Clinical Governance: An International Journal, 14 145-155 (2009) [C1]

Levett-Jones Tracy Lynn, Kenny Raelene Peta, Van Der Riet Pamela Jane, Hazelton Michael John, Kable Ashley Kathryn, Bourgeois Sharon, Luxford Yoni, ’Exploring the information and communication technology competence and confidence of nursing students and their perception of its relevance to clinical practice’, Nurse Education Today, 29 612-616 (2009) [C1]

Kable Ashley Kathryn, Gibberd Robert William, Spigelman Allan, ’Measuring compliance with surgical antibiotic protocols: An intervention’, Clinical Governance, 13 296-304 (2008) [C1]

Kable Ashley Kathryn, Gibberd Robert William, Spigelman Allan, ’Predictors of adverse events in surgical admissions in Australia’, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 20 406-411 (2008) [C1]

Spigelman Allan David, Kable Ashley Kathryn, Gibberd Robert William, ’Results of an intervention to improve compliance with prophylactic antibotic protocols for elective surgery’, ANZ Journal of Surgery, 76 Supp 1 A28 (2006) [C5]

Kable Ashley Kathryn, Gibberd Robert William, Spigelman Allan David, ’Complications after discharge for surgical patients’, ANZ Journal of Surgery, 74 92-98 (2004) [C1]

Kable Ashley Kathryn, Gibberd Robert William, Spigelman Allan David, ’Re: Complications after discharge for surgical patients’, ANZ Journal of Surgery, 74 805-807 (2004) [C4]

Spigelman Allan David, Gibberd Robert William, Kable Ashley Kathryn, ’What happens to patients after discharge?’, ANZ Journal of Surgery 42 (2003) [C5]

Kable Ashley Kathryn, Gibberd Robert William, Spigelman Allan David, ’Adverse events in surgical patients in Australia’, International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 14(4) 269-276 (2002) [C1]

Kable Ashley Kathryn, Gibberd Robert William, Spigelman Allan David, ’Adverse events in nine common elective surgical procedures’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 70 78 (2000) [C3]

Kable Ashley Kathryn, ’Surgical adverse events study’, NSW Department of Health - (1999) [C3]

Chapter in Book

Kable Ashley Kathryn, Bourgeois Sharon, ’Nursing care of clients having surgery’, Medical Surgical Nursing: Critical Thinking in Client Care, Pearson Australia, Frenchs Forest, NSW, 57-89 (2011) [B2]

Conference Publication

Hunter Sharyn, Arthur Carol, Roche Janiece Margaret, Levett-Jones Tracy Lynn, Kable Ashley Kathryn, ’Prudent use of simulation dollars to achieve good learning outcomes’, 4th International Clinical Skills Conference: Showcasing Innovation and Evidenced Based Clinical Skills Education and Practice: Abstracts, Prato, Tuscany (2011) [E3]

Arthur Carol, Levett-Jones Tracy Lynn, Kable Ashley Kathryn, ’Quality indicators for the design and implementation of simulation experiences’, 4th International Clinical Skills Conference: Showcasing Innovation and Evidenced Based Clinical Skills Education and Practice: Abstracts, Prato, Tuscany (2011) [E3]

Kable Ashley Kathryn, Guest Maya, McLeod M, ’Resistance to care and effects on nurses in NSW, Australia’, 4th International Clinical Skills Conference: Showcasing Innovation and Evidenced Based Clinical Skills Education and Practice: Abstracts, Prato, Tuscany (2011) [E3]

Collins Clare Elizabeth, Snodgrass Suzanne Nicole, Kable Ashley Kathryn, James Carole Lesley, Ashby Samantha Elizabeth, Plotnikoff Ronald Cyril, ’The Community Healthy Adults Project: A survey of health professional¿s knowledge and practice in client weight management’, 2011 Annual Meeting of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA) eProceedings, Melbourne, VIC (2011) [E3]

Kable Ashley Kathryn, Guest Maya, Rivett Darren Anthony, Bohatko-Naismith Joanna, ’The outcome of occupational rehabilitation of NSW nurses: Experiences of injured nurses’, 5th International Congress on Innovations in Nursing, Perth, WA (2011) [E3]

Arthur Carol, Levett-Jones Tracy Lynn, Kable Ashley Kathryn, ’Australian simulation and technology survey’, 3rd International Nurse Education Conference. Programme, Sydney (2010) [E3]

Harmon Charles William, Hazelton Michael John, Kable Ashley Kathryn, ’Developing sustainable strategies for assisting assaulted mental health nurses’, Violence in the Health Sector: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Violence in the Health Sector - From Awareness to Sustainable Action, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2010) [E2]

Arthur Carol, Levett-Jones Tracy Lynn, Kable Ashley Kathryn, ’Identifying quality indicators for the use of human patient simulation manikins and ICT - A Delphi study’, Symposium: Simulation and Beyond. Creative Teaching Approaches for Improving Patient Safety. Program, Pokolbin, NSW (2010) [E3]

Bowen Lynette Joy, Keatinge Diana Rosemary, Kable Ashley Kathryn, ’Looking after an undergraduate student nurse: What is it really like for a registered nurse?’, 3rd International Nurse Education Conference. Programme, Sydney (2010) [E3]

Pich Jacqueline Vivienne, Hazelton Michael John, Kable Ashley Kathryn, Sundin Deborah Jane, ’Patient-related violence against emergency department nurses: A review of the literature’, Violence in the Health Sector: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Violence in the Health Sector - From Awareness to Sustainable Action, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2010) [E3]

Pich Jacqueline Vivienne, Hazelton Michael John, Kable Ashley Kathryn, Sundin Deborah Jane, ’Patient-related violence at triage: A qualitative descriptive study’, Violence in the Health Sector: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Violence in the Health Sector - From Awareness to Sustainable Action, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2010) [E2]

Kable Ashley Kathryn, Guest Maya, Butrej Trish, McLeod Mary, ’Sharps including needlestick (SIN) injuries in nurses in New South Wales’, Supporting the Healthcare Workforce. Innovations in OHS, Melbourne, Vic (2010) [E3]

Arthur Carol, Roche Janiece Margaret, Levett-Jones Tracy Lynn, Hoffman Kerry Anne, Kable Ashley Kathryn, Hunter Sharyn, ’The simulation 'pot of gold': How should we spend it?’, SimTech Health 2010: Education and Innovation in Healthcare. Conference Handbook with Program and Abstracts, Melbourne, Vic (2010) [E3]

Guest Maya, Kable Ashley Kathryn, McLeod Mary, Butrej Trish, ’HSharps including needlestick injuries in NSW nurses: Results from the NSW SIN study’, Australasian Epidemiologist, Dunedin, NZ (2009) [E3]

Arthur Carol, Kable Ashley Kathryn, Levett-Jones Tracy Lynn, Bourgeois Sharon, ’Human patient simulation manikin and information communication technology use in Australian nurse education’, Australasian Nurse Educators Conference 2009: Concurrent Sessions, Christchurch, NZ (2009) [E3]

James Carole Lesley, Southgate Erica Lee, Bohatko-Naismith Joanna, Rivett Darren Anthony, Guest Maya, Kable Ashley Kathryn, ’Return to work co-ordinators: Contributions to the occupational rehabilitation process for injured nurses’, Inaugural Conference for OT Australia NSW-ACT 2009: Conference Abstract Handbook, Sydney, NSW (2009) [E3]

Kable Ashley Kathryn, Guest Maya, McLeod M, Butrej T, ’Sharps injuries including needlestick (SIN) in nurses in New South Wales, Australia’, Third International Clinical Skills Conference. Abstracts, Papers, Workshops and Posters, Prato, Italy (2009) [E3]

Kenny Raelene Peta, Levett-Jones Tracy Lynn, Kable Ashley Kathryn, ’The information communication technology profile of commencing bachelor of nursing students enrolled in three Australian universities’, RCNA Annual Conference 09: Program and Book of Abstracts, Melbourne, VIC (2009) [E3]

Bohatko-Naismith Joanna, Rivett Darren Anthony, Guest Maya, James Carole Lesley, Kable Ashley Kathryn, Southgate Erica Lee, ’The occupational rehabilitiation of NSW nurses’, 2nd Passionate about Practice Conference 2009, Brisbane, QLD (2009) [E3]

Kable Ashley Kathryn, Levett-Jones Tracy Lynn, Maynard John Mervyn, ’Enhancing academic staff understanding of the learning needs of Indigenous Australian students in a tertiary education setting’, 13th National Nurse Education Conference. Program, Sydney, NSW (2008) [E3]

Guest Maya, Kable Ashley Kathryn, McLeod Mary, Butrej Trish, ’Perceptions of sharps including needlestick injuries and related practices among NSW nurses: Results from the NSW SIN study’, Healthcare Infection, Melbourne, VIC (2008) [E3]

Kable Ashley Kathryn, Guest Maya, McLeod Mary, Butrej Trish, ’Sharps including needlestick injuries in NSW nurses: Results from the NSW SIN study’, Healthcare Infection, Melbourne, VIC (2008) [E3]

Kable Ashley Kathryn, Gibberd Rw, Spigelman Allan David, ’Surgical Adverse Events in Australia’, The Australian & New Zealand Journal of Surgery, Melbourne (2000) [E3]

Contract Report, Consultant's Report

Kable Ashley Kathryn, Guest Maya, McLeod Mary, Butrej Trish, McElduff Patrick, Barker Daniel, ‘A Cross Sectional Survey of Sharps including Needlestick (SIN) Injuries Among NSW Nurses in 2007: Study Report’, Workcover NSW, 79 (2010) [R1]

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