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Dr Judith Pugh

Adjunct Senior Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Email: j.pugh@ecu.edu.au

Judith is the Neurological Change and Development Nurse at the Neurological Council of Western Australia and an Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Edith Cowan University.

Background

Judith has a clinical nursing background in coronary and intensive care at Sydney Hospital, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (1984 – 1995), occasionally working in nurse staff development and lecturing/clinical tutoring roles at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Curtin University. She utilised her background in the arts, communications and health as the Health Education Officer at the Hepatitis Council of WA (1997 – 2003) and as Research Associate in the Social Justice Research Centre, ECU (2010 – 2015). Since completing her Registered Nurse Renewal of Registration Program, Judith returned to nursing research as Research Associate in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, ECU (2010 – 2015) and Senior Research Fellow, School of Health Professions, Murdoch University (2016 – 2018).

Professional Associations

  • Australian Feldenkrais Guild Inc.

Research Areas and Interests

  • Nurses' exercise, fitness and musculoskeletal health
  • Generic community neurological nursing models of care
  • The Feldenkrais Method.

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2006.
  • Master of Education, Curtin University of Technology, 1994.
  • Post Grad Dip in Curriculum & Educational Technology, Curtin University of Technology, 1989.

Research Outputs

2022

Journal Articles

  • Pugh, J., McCoy, K., Needham, M., Jiang, L., Giles, M., McKinnon, E., Heine, K. (2022). Evaluation of an Australian neurological nurse-led model of postdischarge care. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30(4), E962-E973. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13498.
  • Pugh, J., McCoy, K., Williams, A., Pienaar, C., Bentley, B., Monterosso, L. (2022). Neurological patient and informal caregiver quality of life, and caregiver burden: A cross-sectional study of postdischarge community neurological nursing recipients. Contemporary Nurse, 58(2-3), 138-152. https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2022.2086892.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Pugh, J., Gelder, L., Cormack, K., Williams, A., Twigg, D., Giles, M., Blazevich, T. (2021). Changes in exercise and musculoskeletal symptoms of novice nurses: A one-year follow-up study. Collegian: The Australian Journal of Nursing Practice, Scholarship and Research, 28(2), 206-213. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2020.07.002.

2019

Journal Articles

  • Pugh, J., Williams, A., Bentley, B., Pienaar, CA., McCoy, K., Monterosso, L. (2019). Neurological patients’ and caregivers’ post-discharge challenges explored in a World Café. Collegian: The Australian Journal of Nursing Practice, Scholarship and Research, 26(5), 528-533. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2019.02.004.
  • Pugh, J., Cormack, K., Gelder, L., Williams, A., Twigg, D., Blazevich, T. (2019). Exercise, fitness and musculoskeletal health of undergraduate nursing students: A cross‐sectional study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 75(10), 2110-2121. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13990.
  • Pugh, J., McCoy, K., Williams, A., Bentley, B., Monterosso, L. (2019). Rapid evidence assessment of approaches to community neurological nursing care for people with neurological conditions post-discharge from acute care hospital. Health and Social Care in the Community, 27(1), 43-54. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12576.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Myers, H., Pugh, J., Twigg, D. (2018). Identifying nurse-sensitive indicators for stand-alone high acuity areas: A systematic review. Collegian: The Australian Journal of Nursing Practice, Scholarship and Research, 25(4), 447-456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2017.10.004.
  • Cramer, J., Pugh, J., Slatyer, S., Twigg, D., Robinson, M. (2018). Issues impacting on enrolled nurse education for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students: a discussion. Contemporary Nurse, 54(3), 258-267. https://doi.org/10.1080/10376178.2018.1493347.
  • Pugh, J., Cramer, J., Slatyer, S., Twigg, D., Robinson, M. (2018). Adaptation and pretesting of the College Persistence Questionnaire V3 (Short Form) for measuring intention to persist among Aboriginal Diploma of Nursing students. Nurse Education Today, 61(February), 162-168. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2017.11.021.

2016

Journal Articles

  • Twigg, D., Cramer, J., Pugh, J. (2016). Nurse staffing and workload drivers in small rural hospitals: An imperative for evidence. Online Journal of Rural Nursing and Health Care, 16(1), 97-121. https://doi.org/10.14574/ojrnhc.v16i1.370.
  • Twigg, D., Myers, H., Duffield, C., Pugh, J., Gelder, L., Roche, M. (2016). The impact of adding assistants in nursing to acute care hospital ward nurse staffing on adverse patient outcomes: An analysis of administrative health data. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 63(November), 189-200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2016.09.008.
  • Twigg, D., Pugh, J., Gelder, L., Myers, H. (2016). Foundations of a nursing-sensitive outcome indicator suite for monitoring public patient safety in Western Australia. Collegian: The Australian Journal of Nursing Practice, Scholarship and Research, 23(2), 167-181. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colegn.2015.03.007.
  • Slatyer, S., Cramer, J., Pugh, J., Twigg, D. (2016). Barriers and enablers to retention of Aboriginal Diploma of Nursing students in Western Australia: An exploratory descriptive study. Nurse Education Today, 42(2016), 17-22. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2016.03.026.

2015

Journal Articles

  • Pugh, J., Twigg, D., Giles, M., Myers, H., Gelder, L., Davis, S., King, M. (2015). Impact and costs of home-based trial of void compared with the day care setting. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 71(3), 559-569. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12525.
  • Pugh, J., Gelder, L., Williams, A., Twigg, D., Wilkinson, A., Blazevich, T. (2015). Validity and reliability of an online extended version of the Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ-E2) to measure nurses' fitness. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 24(23-24), 3550-3563. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.12971.

2014

Journal Articles

2013

Journal Articles

  • Pugh, J., Twigg, D., Martin, TL., Rai, T. (2013). Western Australia facing critical losses in its midwifery workforce: A survey of midwives' intentions. Midwifery, 29(5), 497-505. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.midw.2012.04.006.

Reports

  • Twigg, D., Pugh, J., Gelder, L., Myers, H. (2013). Effect of Nurse Staffing and Care Delivery Models on Patient Outcomes in the Western Australian Acute Care Context: Phase 1 Baseline Nurse Sensitive Indicators - Interim Report for Comment. Perth, W.A.. Edith Cowan University.

2012

Journal Articles

  • Taylor, C., Pugh, J., Goodwach, R., Coles, J. (2012). Sexual trauma in women: The importance of identifying a history of sexual violence. Australian Family Physician, 41(7), 538-542.

2011

Journal Articles

  • O'Connor, M., Pugh, J., Jiwa, M., Hughes, J., Fisher, C. (2011). The palliative care interdisciplinary team: Where is the community pharmacist?. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 14(1), 7-11. https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2010.0369.

Reports

  • Twigg, D., Pugh, J. (2011). A Survey of Midwives Working in Western Australia, April 2010. Perth, W.A.. Edith Cowan University.

2008

Journal Articles

Research Projects

  • The Impact of Fitness Levels and Leisure-Time Exercise Patterns on the Risk of Occupational Musculoskeletal Disorders among New Graduate Registered Nurses in Western Australia, WA Nurses Memorial Charitable Trust, Grant, 2014 ‑ 2018, $8,737.
  • The Application of Evidence Based Practice in the Acute Care Hospital Setting in Perth, Western Australia: A Grounded Theory Study of the Perspective of Nurses, WA Nurses Memorial Charitable Trust, Grant, 2016 ‑ 2018, $9,560.
  • Evaluation of Fiona Stanley Hospital Ward Practice Environments from the Perspective of Nurses and Midwives., South Metropolitan Health Service, Grant, 2013 ‑ 2017, $50,000.
  • Developing and evaluating an assessment and planning instrument to facilitate resources to support Aboriginal people who undertake nursing education, Department of Health WA, Grant, 2014 ‑ 2017, $68,394.
  • Measuring the Effect of Nurse Staffing and Care Delivery Models upon Patient Outcomes (Nursing Sensitive Outcomes) in the Western Australian Acute Care Context, Department of Health WA, Grant, 2010 ‑ 2016, $165,000.
  • Developing a Set of Midwifery-Sensitive Patient Outcome Indicators: A Delphi Study, Department of Health WA, Grant, 2014 ‑ 2015, $28,496.
  • Midwifery Workforce Plan - Safe Affordable and Sustainable Midwifery Staffing Phase 1 and Phase 2, Department of Health WA, Grant, 2010 ‑ 2014, $36,227.
  • Impact and Costs of Home-based Trial of Void Case Managed by Advanced Practice Nurse Compared to Day Case Setting, Edith Cowan University, ECU Industry Collaboration Grant - 2012 (Round 1), 2012 ‑ 2013, $49,259.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

No data available

Completed Supervisions

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Migration matters: The experience of united kingdom registered nurses migrating to Western Australia.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Antenatal clinic: Using ethnographic methods to listen to the voices of pregnant adolescents
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