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Professor Leanne Aitken

Associate Dean for Research & Enterprise

School of Health Sciences

Contact details

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Professor Leanne Aitken MG19, Myddelton Street building
City, University of London
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom

About

Overview

Professor Leanne Aitken is a critical care nurse who joined City, University of London as a Professor of Critical Care in 2013 in a part-time role and has been full time since April 2016. She is currently the Associate Dean, Research & Enterprise. Professor Aitken concurrently holds an academic title as Professor at Griffith University in Brisbane, Australia.

Professor Aitken has had a varied career in critical care nursing, including roles in clinical, management, education and research. Professor Aitken's current research focuses on interventions that can be delivered during and after critical illness or injury to improve recovery after time in the intensive care unit, decision-making practices of critical care nurses and a range of clinical practice issues. Her various roles also incorporate mentoring academic and clinical staff through the research process.

Professor Aitken is a Fellow of both the American Academy of Nursing and the Australian College of Nursing as well as a Life Member of the Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN). She is a co-editor of the ACCCN Critical Care Nursing text that is published by Elsevier. She is also a Fulbright Alumnus after receiving a Fulbright Senior Scholarship to undertake research examining recovery after trauma with Dr Therese Richmond at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Health Science (Nursing) Honours, Graduate Diploma of Science in Medicine (Clinical Epidemiology), Doctor of Philosophy and Graduate Certificate in Management.

Memberships of professional organisations

  1. Fellow, American Academy of Nursing
  2. Life Member, Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (ACCCN)
  3. Member, American Association of Critical Care Nurses
  4. Member, Society of Critical Care Medicine
  5. Member, American Thoracic Society
  6. Member, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
  7. Fellow, Australian College of Nursing

Awards

  1. World Federation of Critical Care Nurses (2013) Honorary Ambassador
  2. ANZICS Clinical Trials Group (CTG) Scientific Meetings (2009) Best Nursing Paper presented at Australian & New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting on Intensive Care, Perth
  3. Fulbright Program (2009) Fulbright Senior Scholarship
  4. Edith Cowan University (1992) Faculty of Health and Human Sciences Medal
  5. Edith Cowan University (1992) Health Services Credit Union Prize for demonstrated excellence in the Bachelor of Health Science in Nursing Honours course
  6. Edith Cowan University (1992) Health Benefit Fund Prize for the most outstanding Honours thesis in the Bachelor of Health Science in Nursing course

Research

Research overview

Professor Aitken';s research focuses on recovery after critical illness and injury, decision making practices of critical care nurses and a range of clinical practice issues including sedation management within critical care.

Professor Aitken's industry sector is Critical Care Nursing and her research area expertise is in:

- Critical care, including recovery
- Injury and trauma management
- Decision making

Grants

Professor Aitken's research focuses on recovery after critical illness and injury, decision making practices of critical care nurses and a range of clinical practice issues including sedation management within critical care. Current and recently completed grants and activities:

- Sanderson P, Aitken L, Dekker S, Venkatesh B, Grundgeiger T, Liu D. Interruptions, work coordination and resilience, funded $489,000 Australian Research Council, 2014 - 2016.

- Aitken L, Ullman A, Mitchell M, Kenardy J, Le Brocque R, Rattray J, Gosden C, Macfarlane B, Diaries for Intensive Care Unit Survivors (DISCUSS), funded $12,000 Griffith Health Institute & $2,000 Centre for Health Practice Innovation, 2014.

- Cooke M, Aitken L, Walker R, Effect of pre-operative education on patients' pain and anxiety following joint replacement: A feasibility study, funded $10,000 Griffith Health Institute, $3,800 Centre for Health Practice Innovation, $8,000 NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Nursing, 2013.

- M Mitchell, S Weber, S Birgan, L Aitken, S Sykes, How well prepared is the PAH DRS to support the NCCTRC & RDH in times of crisis? a critical review, funded $72,256 NCCTRC Trauma and disaster Management Grant, 2013.

- B Venkatesh, P Sanderson, L Aitken, Assessment of the burden and consequences of interruptions in health care to workflow and patient outcomes, funded $75,000 PA Research Foundation, 2013.

- M Castillo (PhD student), L Aitken, M Cooke (Supervisors), Intensive Care Anxiety and Emotional Recovery (ICARe), funded $7,500 ACCCN Novice Researcher Grant & $11,100 Intensive Care Foundation Grant, 2012.

- A Marshall, L Aitken, W Moyle, Potentially modifiable factors predicting outcomes in older adults admitted to intensive care, funded $20,000 ACCCN Experienced Researcher Grant & $13,900 Griffith Health Institute Project Grant & Research Centre for Clinical and Community Practice Innovation, 2012.

- L Aitken, W Chaboyer, T Richmond, M Schuetz, J Whitty, B Douglas, Trauma Recovery: Identified Priorities by Stakeholders (TRIPS), funded $75,000 NCCTRC Trauma and Disaster Research Management Grant, 2011.

- W Chaboyer, C Rickard, L Aitken, M Wallis, J Webster, M Cooke, L Thalib, P Scuffham, D Doran, N Cullum, Nursing Interventions for hospitalised patients, funded $2,449,280 National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Centre for Research Excellence, 2010.

- M Mitchell, L Aitken, B Vankatesh, S Wetzig, D Shum, Delirium and long-term cognitive impairment in ICU patient (LOGIC), funded $20,000 Australian College of Critical Care Nurses (Experienced Researcher) & funded $14,876 Griffith Health Institute & Research Centre for Clinical & Community Practice Innovation & $75,000, PA Research Foundation, 2011.

- L Aitken, M Mitchell, S Wetzig, T Bucknall, B Venkatesh, J-L Cook, J Abbey, Testing a complex Intervention for Realising Optimal management of Analgesia Delirium and Sedation (InROADS), funded $29,955 Qld Nursing Council (Experienced) Research Grant & funded $24,993 Qld Health Nursing Research (Experienced) Grant, 2010.

Research centres

- Centre for Health Services Research, City University
- Centre for Health Practice Innovation, Griffith Health Institute, Griffith University, Australia

Principal collaborators

- Professor Wendy Chaboyer, Griffith University
- Professor Andrea Marshall, Griffith University
- Professor Wendy Moyle, Griffith University
- Professor Therese Richmond, University of Pennsylvania
- Professor Penny Sanderson, University of Queensland
- Associate Professor Marion Mitchell, Griffith University & Princess Alexandra Hospital

Publications

Publications by category

Book

  1. Aitken, L., Marshall, A. and Chaboyer, W. (2016). ACCCN's Critical Care Nursing. Elsevier Health Sciences. ISBN 978-0-7295-4200-5.

Chapters (4)

  1. Aitken, L. and Elliott, R. Psychological Care. In Aitken, L.M., Marshall, A. and Chaboyer, W. (Eds.), ACCCN’s Critical Care Nursing (pp. 164–192). Elsevier Australia. ISBN 978-0-7295-4200-5.
  2. Rattray, J. and Aitken, L. Recovery and rehabilitation. In Aitken, L.M., Marshall, A. and Chaboyer, W. (Eds.), ACCCN’s Critical Care Nursing (pp. 73–105). Elsevier Australia. ISBN 978-0-7295-4200-5.
  3. Aitken, L., Chaboyer, W. and Marshall, A. Scope of critical care practice. In Aitken, L.M., Marshall, A. and Chaboyer, W. (Eds.), ACCCN’s Critical Care Nursing (pp. 3–18). Elsevier Australia. ISBN 978-0-7295-4200-5.
  4. Bucknall, T.K. and Aitken, L. Think aloud technique. In Gerrish, K. and Lathlean, J. (Eds.), The Research Process in Nursing (pp. 441–454). Chichester: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. ISBN 2-01-403076-6.

Conference papers and proceedings (6)

  1. Aitken, L., Kydonaki, K., Blackwood, B., Trahair, L.G., Purssell, E., Sekhon, M. … Walsh, T. (2020). The inconsistent relationship between depth of sedation and outcome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  2. Davis, C., Mitchell, M., Powell, M., Takashima, M. and Aitken, L. (2019). Sleep and Delirium in the Intensive Care: A Pre–post Cohort Study Following Implementation of a Unit-wide Sleep Bundle.
  3. Nickels, M., Aitken, L., Barnett, A., Walsham, J. and McPhail, S. (2019). In-bed Cycling with Critically Ill Patients: Practical Lessons From a Randomised Trial.
  4. Alberto, L., Marshall, A.P., Walker, R., Pálizas, F. and Aitken, L.M. (2019). Accuracy of a Qsofa Based Sepsis Screening Tool.
  5. Nickels, M., Aitken, L., Walsham, J., Barnett, A. and McPhail, S. (2019). EARLY IN-BED CYCLING VERSUS USUAL CARE IN THE ICU ON MUSCLE ATROPHY AND MOBILITY: A RANDOMIZED TRIAL.
  6. Fealy, N., Aitken, L., du Toit, E., Baldwin, I. and Lo, S. (2017). Blood flow rate and circuit life in continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT): a randomised controlled trial (RCT). The 41st Australian and New Zealand Scientific meeting on Intensive Care Oct 2016, Perth, Australia.

Journal articles (145)

  1. Brook, J., Aitken, L.M., MacLaren, J.A. and Salmon, D. (2021). An intervention to decrease burnout and increase retention of early career nurses: a mixed methods study of acceptability and feasibility. BMC Nursing, 20(1). doi:10.1186/s12912-020-00524-9.
  2. Hill, M.C., Salmon, D., Chudleigh, J. and Aitken, L.M. (2021). Practice nurses’ perceptions of their immunization role and strategies used to promote measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine uptake in 2014 – 2018: A qualitative study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 77(2), pp. 948–956. doi:10.1111/jan.14652.
  3. Nickels, M.R., Aitken, L.M., Walsham, J., Crampton, L.J., Barnett, A.G. and McPhail, S.M. (2020). Exercise interventions are delayed in critically ill patients: a cohort study in an Australian tertiary intensive care unit. Physiotherapy (United Kingdom), 109, pp. 75–84. doi:10.1016/j.physio.2019.06.011.
  4. Smith, D., Cartwright, M., Dyson, J., Hartin, J. and Aitken, L.M. (2020). Patterns of behaviour in nursing staff actioning the afferent limb of the rapid response system (RRS): A focused ethnography. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 76(12), pp. 3548–3562. doi:10.1111/jan.14551.
  5. Castillo, M.I., Mitchell, M., Davis, C., Powell, M., Le Brocque, R., Ullman, A. … Aitken, L.M. (2020). Feasibility and acceptability of conducting a partially randomised controlled trial examining interventions to improve psychological health after discharge from the intensive care unit. Australian Critical Care, 33(6), pp. 488–496. doi:10.1016/j.aucc.2020.01.002.
  6. Nickels, M.R., Aitken, L.M., Barnett, A.G., Walsham, J., King, S., Gale, N.E. … McPhail, S.M. (2020). Effect of in-bed cycling on acute muscle wasting in critically ill adults: A randomised clinical trial. Journal of Critical Care, 59, pp. 86–93. doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2020.05.008.
  7. Brook, J., Leanne Aitken, , MacLaren, D.J.-.A. and Salmon, D. (2020). Co-production of an intervention to increase retention of early career nurses: Acceptability and feasibility. Nurse Education in Practice, 47, pp. 102861–102861. doi:10.1016/j.nepr.2020.102861.
  8. Alberto, L., Aitken, L.M., Walker, R.M., Pálizas, F. and Marshall, A.P. (2020). Implementing a quick Sequential (Sepsis-Related) Organ Failure Assessment sepsis screening tool: An interrupted times series study. International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 32(6), pp. 388–395. doi:10.1093/intqhc/mzaa059.
  9. Parker, M., Barlow, S., Hoe, J. and Aitken, L. (2020). Persistent barriers and facilitators to seeking help for a dementia diagnosis: A systematic review of 30 years of the perspectives of carers and people with dementia. International Psychogeriatrics, 32(5), pp. 611–634. doi:10.1017/S1041610219002229.
  10. Nickels, M.R., Aitken, L.M., Barnett, A.G., Walsham, J. and McPhail, S.M. (2020). Acceptability, safety, and feasibility of in-bed cycling with critically ill patients. Australian Critical Care, 33(3), pp. 236–243. doi:10.1016/j.aucc.2020.02.007.
  11. Walker, R.M., Burmeister, E., Jeffrey, C., Birgan, S., Garrahy, E., Andrews, J. … Aitken, L.M. (2020). The impact of an integrated electronic health record on nurse time at the bedside: A pre-post continuous time and motion study. Collegian, 27(1), pp. 63–74. doi:10.1016/j.colegn.2019.06.006.
  12. Crouch, S., Trahair, L.G. and Aitken, L.M. (2020). The use of altered rapid response calling criteria in a tertiary referral facility. Australian Critical Care. doi:10.1016/j.aucc.2020.07.011.
  13. Paterson, R.S., Kenardy, J.A., Dow, B.L., De Young, A.C., Pearson, K., Aitken, L.M. … Long, D.A. (2020). Accuracy of delirium assessments in critically ill children: A prospective, observational study during routine care. Australian Critical Care. doi:10.1016/j.aucc.2020.07.012.
  14. Smith, D., Sekhon, M., Francis, J.J. and Aitken, L.M. (2019). How actionable are staff behaviours specified in policy documents? A document analysis of protocols for managing deteriorating patients. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 28(21-22), pp. 4139–4149. doi:10.1111/jocn.15005.
  15. Tobiano, G., Murphy, N., Grealish, L., Hervey, L., Aitken, L.M. and Marshall, A.P. (2019). Effectiveness of nursing rounds in the Intensive Care Unit on workplace learning. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing. doi:10.1016/j.iccn.2019.03.003.
  16. Brook, J., Aitken, L., Webb, R., MacLaren, J. and Salmon, D. (2019). Characteristics of successful interventions to reduce turnover and increase retention of early career nurses: A systematic review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 91, pp. 47–59. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2018.11.003.
  17. Smith, D., Francis, J.J. and Aitken, L.M. (2019). DEveloping a Complex Intervention for DEteriorating patients using theoretical modelling (DECIDE study): Study protocol. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 75(9), pp. 2024–2035. doi:10.1111/jan.14076.
  18. Aitken, L.M., Bucknall, T., Kent, B., Mitchell, M., Burmeister, E. and Keogh, S.J. (2018). Protocol-directed sedation versus non-protocol-directed sedation in mechanically ventilated intensive care adults and children. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2018(11), pp. 1–1. doi:10.1002/14651858.cd009771.pub3.
  19. Santomauro, C., Powell, M., Davis, C., Liu, D., Aitken, L. and Sanderson, P. (2018). Interruptions to intensive care nurses and clinical errors and procedural failures: A controlled study of causal connection. Journal of Patient Safety. doi:10.1097/PTS.0000000000000528.
  20. Calleja, P., Aitken, L.M. and Cooke, M. (2018). Strategies to Improve Information Transfer for Multitrauma Patients. Clinical nursing research pp. 1054773818788508–1054773818788508. doi:10.1177/1054773818788508.
  21. Hunter, J., Rawlings-Anderson, K., Lindsay, T., Bowden, T. and Aitken, L.M. (2018). Exploring student nurses’ attitudes towards those who are obese and whether these attitudes change following a simulated activity. Nurse Education Today, 65, pp. 225–231. doi:10.1016/j.nedt.2018.03.013.
  22. Fealy, N., Aitken, L., du Toit, E., Bailey, M. and Baldwin, I. (2018). Evaluation of Urea and Creatinine change during Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy: Effect of blood flow rate. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 20(1), pp. 41–41.
  23. Santomauro, C., Powell, M., Davis, C., Liu, D., Aitken, L. and Sanderson, P. (2018). Interruptions to intensive care nurses lead to clinical errors. Australian Critical Care, 31(2), pp. 125–125. doi:10.1016/j.aucc.2017.12.038.
  24. Spooner, A., Aitken, L. and Chaboyer, W. (2018). Implementation and evaluation of an electronic minimum dataset for nursing team leader handover in the intensive care: An interventional study. Australian Critical Care, 31(2), pp. 112–112. doi:10.1016/j.aucc.2017.12.004.
  25. Spooner, A., Chaboyer, W. and Aitken, L. (2018). Using the Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle to manage interruptions during nursing team leader handover in the intensive care unit: Quality improvement project. Australian Critical Care, 31(2), pp. 132–132. doi:10.1016/j.aucc.2017.12.056.
  26. Spooner, A.J., Aitken, L.M., Corley, A. and Chaboyer, W. (2018). Developing a minimum dataset for nursing team leader handover in the intensive care unit: A focus group study. Australian Critical Care, 31(1), pp. 47–52. doi:10.1016/j.aucc.2017.01.005.
  27. Harward, M., Smith, A. and Aitken, L.M. (2018). Inconsistent VAP definitions raise questions of usefulness. Australian Critical Care, 31(1), pp. 54–55. doi:10.1016/j.aucc.2017.01.004.
  28. Bliss, M. and Aitken, L.M. (2018). Does simulation enhance nurses' ability to assess deteriorating patients? Nurse Education in Practice, 28, pp. 20–26. doi:10.1016/j.nepr.2017.09.009.
  29. Spooner, A.J., Aitken, L.M. and Chaboyer, W. (2017). Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of an evidence-based electronic minimum dataset for nursing team leader handover: A descriptive survey. Australian Critical Care. doi:10.1016/j.aucc.2017.09.001.
  30. Menear, A., Elliott, R., M Aitken, L., Lal, S. and McKinley, S. (2017). Repeated sleep-quality assessment and use of sleep-promoting interventions in ICU. Nursing in Critical Care, 22(6), pp. 348–354. doi:10.1111/nicc.12315.
  31. Fealy, N., Aitken, L., du Toit, E., Lo, S. and Baldwin, I. (2017). Faster Blood Flow Rate Does Not Improve Circuit Life in Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy. Critical Care Medicine, 45(10). doi:10.1097/ccm.0000000000002568.
  32. McCurdie, T., Sanderson, P. and Aitken, L.M. (2017). Applying social network analysis to the examination of interruptions in healthcare. Applied Ergonomics, 67, pp. 50–60. doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2017.08.014.
  33. Walker, R., Huxley, L., Juttner, M., Burmeister, E., Scott, J. and Aitken, L.M. (2017). A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Using Prophylactic Dressings to Minimize Sacral Pressure Injuries in High-Risk Hospitalized Patients. Clinical Nursing Research, 26(4), pp. 484–503. doi:10.1177/1054773816629689.
  34. Mitchell, M.L., Shum, D.H.K., Mihala, G., Murfield, J.E. and Aitken, L.M. (2017). Long-term cognitive impairment and delirium in intensive care: A prospective cohort study. Australian Critical Care. doi:10.1016/j.aucc.2017.07.002.
  35. Mitchell, M.L., Kean, S., Rattray, J.E., Hull, A.M., Davis, C., Murfield, J.E. … Aitken, L.M. (2017). A family intervention to reduce delirium in hospitalised ICU patients: A feasibility randomised controlled trial. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 40, pp. 77–84. doi:10.1016/j.iccn.2017.01.001.
  36. Corley, A., Rickard, C.M., Aitken, L., Johnston, A., Barnett, A., Fraser, J.F. … Smith, A.F. (2017). High-flow nasal cannulae for respiratory support in adult intensive care patients. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017(5). doi:10.1002/14651858.CD010172.pub2.
  37. Nickels, M., Aitken, L.M., Walsham, J., Watson, L. and McPhail, S. (2017). Clinicians’ perceptions of rationales for rehabilitative exercise in a critical care setting: A cross-sectional study. Australian Critical Care, 30(2), pp. 79–84. doi:10.1016/j.aucc.2016.03.003.
  38. Aitken, L.M., Elliott, R., Mitchell, M., Davis, C., Macfarlane, B., Ullman, A. … McKinley, S. (2017). Sleep assessment by patients and nurses in the intensive care: An exploratory descriptive study. Australian Critical Care, 30(2), pp. 59–66. doi:10.1016/j.aucc.2016.04.001.
  39. Mitchell, M.L. and Aitken, L.M. (2017). Flexible visiting positively impacted on patients, families and staff in an Australian Intensive Care Unit: A before-after mixed method study. Australian Critical Care, 30(2), pp. 91–97. doi:10.1016/j.aucc.2016.01.001.
  40. Aitken, L.M., Rattray, J. and Hull, A.M. (2017). The creation of patient diaries as a therapeutic intervention – for whom? Nursing in Critical Care, 22(2), pp. 67–69. doi:10.1111/nicc.12286.
  41. Nickels, M., Aitken, L., Walsham, J., Watson, L. and McPhail, S. (2017). Exercise is delayed in critically ill patients: a five year observational study in an Australian tertiary intensive care unit. AUSTRALIAN CRITICAL CARE, 30(2), pp. 119–120. doi:10.1016/j.aucc.2017.02.029.
  42. Fealy, N., Aitken, L., Toit, E.D., Baldwin, I. and Bailey, M. (2017). Blood flow rate and solute maintenance in continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT): a randomised controlled trial (RCT). Australian Critical Care, 30(2), pp. 126–127. doi:10.1016/j.aucc.2017.02.048.
  43. McCurdie, T., Sanderson, P., Aitken, L.M. and Liu, D. (2017). Two sides to every story: The Dual Perspectives Method for examining interruptions in healthcare. Applied Ergonomics, 58, pp. 102–109. doi:10.1016/j.apergo.2016.05.012.
  44. McCurdie, T., Sanderson, P. and Aitken, L.M. (2017). Traditions of research into interruptions in healthcare: A conceptual review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 66, pp. 23–36. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2016.11.005.
  45. Aitken, L.M., Chaboyer, W., Jeffrey, C., Martin, B., Whitty, J.A., Schuetz, M. … Richmond, T.S. (2016). Indicators of injury recovery identified by patients, family members and clinicians. Injury, 47(12), pp. 2655–2663. doi:10.1016/j.injury.2016.10.006.
  46. Calleja, P., Aitken, L. and Cooke, M. (2016). Staff perceptions of best practice for information transfer about multitrauma patients on discharge from the emergency department: a focus group study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 25(19-20), pp. 2863–2873. doi:10.1111/jocn.13334.
  47. Spooner, A.J., Aitken, L., Corley, A., Fraser, J.F. and Chaboyer, W. (2016). Nursing Team Leader handover in the intensive care unit contains diverse information and lacks structure: An observational study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 61, pp. 165–172. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2016.05.006.
  48. Castillo, M.I., Cooke, M.L., Macfarlane, B. and Aitken, L.M. (2016). In ICU state anxiety is not associated with posttraumatic stress symptoms over six months after ICU discharge: A prospective study. Australian Critical Care, 29(3), pp. 158–164. doi:10.1016/j.aucc.2015.09.003.
  49. Castillo, M.I., Cooke, M., Macfarlane, B. and Aitken, L.M. (2016). Factors associated with anxiety in critically ill patients: A prospective observational cohort study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 60, pp. 225–233. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2016.05.007.
  50. Grundgeiger, T., Dekker, S., Sanderson, P., Brecknell, B., Liu, D. and Aitken, L.M. (2016). Obstacles to research on the effects of interruptions in healthcare. BMJ Quality & Safety, 25(6), pp. 392–395. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004083.
  51. Cooke, M., Walker, R., Aitken, L.M., Freeman, A., Pavey, S. and Cantrill, R. (2016). Pre-operative self-efficacy education vs. usual care for patients undergoing joint replacement surgery: a pilot randomised controlled trial. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 30(1), pp. 74–82. doi:10.1111/scs.12223.
  52. Aitken, L.M., Bucknall, T., Kent, B., Mitchell, M., Burmeister, E. and Keogh, S. (2016). Sedation protocols to reduce duration of mechanical ventilation in the ICU: A Cochrane Systematic Review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 72(2), pp. 261–272. doi:10.1111/jan.12843.
  53. Aitken, L.M., Castillo, M.I., Ullman, A., Engström, Å., Cunningham, K. and Rattray, J. (2016). What is the relationship between elements of ICU treatment and memories after discharge in adult ICU survivors? Australian Critical Care, 29(1), pp. 5–14. doi:10.1016/j.aucc.2015.11.004.
  54. Mitchell, M.L., McKinnon, L., Aitken, L.M., Weber, S., Birgan, S. and Sykes, S. (2016). Enhancing disaster preparedness of specialty nurses on a national scale. Disaster Prevention and Management, 25(1), pp. 11–26. doi:10.1108/DPM-02-2015-0026.
  55. Kydonaki, K., Huby, G., Tocher, J. and Aitken, L.M. (2016). Understanding nurses' decision-making when managing weaning from mechanical ventilation: A study of novice and experienced critical care nurses in Scotland and Greece. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 25(3-4), pp. 434–444. doi:10.1111/jocn.13070.
  56. Castillo, M.I., Cooke, M.L., Macfarlane, B. and Aitken, L.M. (2016). Trait anxiety but not state anxiety during critical Illness was associated with anxiety and depression over 6 months after ICU. Critical Care Medicine, 44(1), pp. 100–110. doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000001356.
  57. Smith, D.J. and Aitken, L.M. (2016). Use of a single parameter track and trigger chart and the perceived barriers and facilitators to escalation of a deteriorating ward patient: A mixed methods study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 25(1-2), pp. 175–185. doi:10.1111/jocn.13104.
  58. Aitken, L.M., Macfarlane, B., Chaboyer, W., Schuetz, M., Joyce, C. and Barnett, A.G. (2015). Physical Function and Mental Health in Trauma Intensive Care Patients: A 2-Year Cohort Study. Critical Care Medicine, 44(4), pp. 734–746. doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000001481.
  59. Boyde, M., Grenfell, K., Brown, R., Bannear, S., Lollback, N., Witt, J. … Aitken, L. (2015). What have our patients learnt after being hospitalised for an acute myocardial infarction? Australian Critical Care, 28(3), pp. 134–139. doi:10.1016/j.aucc.2014.05.003.
  60. Aitken, L.M., Fealy, N., du Toit, E. and Baldwin, I. (2015). Continuous renal replacement therapy: current practice in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 17(2), pp. 83–91.
  61. Wassenaar, A., van Den Boogaard, M., van Achterberg, T., Slooter, A.J.C., Kuiper, M.A., Hoogendoorn, M.E. … Pickkers, P. (2015). Multinational development and validation of an early prediction model for delirium in ICU patients. Intensive Care Medicine, 41(6), pp. 1048–1056. doi:10.1007/s00134-015-3777-2.
  62. Massey, D., Aitken, L.M. and Chaboyer, W. (2015). The impact of a nurse led rapid response system on adverse, major adverse events and activation of the medical emergency team. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 31(2), pp. 83–90. doi:10.1016/j.iccn.2014.11.005.
  63. Walker, R., Aitken, L.M., Huxley, L. and Juttner, M. (2015). Prophylactic dressing to minimize sacral pressure injuries in high-risk hospitalized patients: A pilot study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 71(3), pp. 688–696. doi:10.1111/jan.12543.
  64. Aitken, L.M., Bucknall, T., Kent, B., Mitchell, M., Burmeister, E. and Keogh, S.J. (2015). Protocol-directed sedation versus non-protocol-directed sedation to reduce duration of mechanical ventilation in mechanically ventilated intensive care patients. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017(6). doi:10.1002/14651858.CD009771.pub2.
  65. Aitken, L.M. and Marshall, A.P. (2015). Monitoring and optimising outcomes of survivors of critical illness. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 31(1), pp. 1–9. doi:10.1016/j.iccn.2014.10.006.
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  77. Elliott, D., Aitken, L.M., Bucknall, T.K., Seppelt, I.M., Webb, S.A.R., Weisbrodt, L. … McKinley, S. (2013). Patient comfort in the intensive care unit: A multicentre, binational point prevalence study of analgesia, sedation and delirium management. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 15(3), pp. 213–219.
  78. Castillo, M.I., Aitken, L.M. and Cooke, M.L. (2013). Study protocol: Intensive care anxiety and emotional recovery (Icare) - A prospective study. Australian Critical Care, 26(3), pp. 142–147.
  79. Kleinpell, R., Aitken, L. and schorr, C.A. (2013). Implications of the new international sepsis guidelines for nursing care. American Journal of Critical Care, 22(3), pp. 212–222.
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  98. Gardner, G., Woollett, K., Daly, N., Richardson, B. and Aitken, L.M. (2010). Innovation in clinical learning for the acute hospital environment: Nursing grand rounds. Nurse Education Today, 30(8), pp. 737–741.
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  113. Aitken, L.M. and Marshall, A.P. (2007). Writing a case study: Ensuring a meaningful contribution to the literature. Australian Critical Care, 20(4), pp. 132–136.
  114. Deverill, J. and Aitken, L.M. (2007). Treatment of extradural haemorrhage in Queensland: Interhospital transfer, preoperative delay and clinical outcome. EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 19(4), pp. 325–332.
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  2. Connolly, F.R., Aitken, L.M. and Tower, M. (2013). An integrative review of self-efficacy and patient recovery post acute injury.