Nurses’ experiences of providing oral care to hospitalised patients: A qualitative study
Nurses have a pivotal role in oral care and it is important that this is part of patient care in hospital. The findings will inform a comprehensive co-design process to develop an intervention to be examined in a multi-centre randomised control trial.
Authors
- Martin Kiernan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9926-7781)
- Andrew J. Stewardson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6805-1224)
- Julee McDonagh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8299-9871)
- Peta Ellen Tehan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0014-3023)
- Jenny Sim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6863-0541)
- Philip L. Russo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3822-0554)
- Rhonda Lynne Wilson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9252-2321)
- Allen Cheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3152-116X)
- Helen A. Rawson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5363-729X)
- Katrina Browne (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8141-0092)
- BRETT G. MITCHELL (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4220-8291)
- Sonja Dawson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9145-212X)
- Auxillia Madhuvu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6841-1461)
- Georgia Matterson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2483-5938)
Institutions
- Avondale University (AU)
- Gosford Hospital (AU)
- Wollongong Hospital (AU)
- Cabrini Hospital (AU)
- Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research centre (AU)
- Monash Health (AU)
- Central Coast Local Health District (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
- Australian Catholic University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infection Disease & Health
- Published
- 2025-05-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idh.2025.05.002
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Nosocomial Infections in ICU
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.55