Richard Wiechula

Research Interests

Aged Care Nursing Decision Making Health and Community Services Health Information Systems Nursing Nutrition and Dietetics Public Health and Health Services Quality Assurance

APrf Richard Wiechula

School of Nursing and Midwifery

College of Health

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Dr Rick Wiechula is a Senior Lecturer in the Adelaide Nursing School and the Director of the Centre for Evidence-based Practice South Australia : A Joanna Briggs Centre of Excellence. He is a registered nurse with a clinical background in orthopaedic and plastic surgical nursing. The focus of his teaching is evidence-based practice and in particular knowledge translation and knowledge synthesis. Research activities include wound care, practice improvement and the conduct of systematic reviews.

Date Position Institution name
2011 - ongoing Senior Lecturer Adelaide Nursing School, University of Adelaide
2009 - ongoing Director Centre for Evidence-based Practice South Australia

Date Institution name Country Title
2004 University of Adelaide Australia DNurs
1998 University of Adelaide Australia MNSc
1993 University of South Australia Australia BN
1979 Flinders University Australia BA

Date Title Institution name Country
1986 Orthopaedic Nursing Certificate Royal Adelaide Hospital Australia
1984 Registered General Nurse Royal Adelaide Hospital Australia

Year Citation
2024 Pollock, D., Barker, T. H., Stone, J. C., Aromataris, E., Klugar, M., Scott, A. M., . . . Munn, Z. (2024). Predatory journals and their practices present a conundrum for systematic reviewers and evidence synthesisers of health research: A qualitative descriptive study.. Research Synthesis Methods, 15(2), 257-274.
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2024 Konno, R., Inoue, K., Matsushita, Y., Hashimoto, K., Wiechula, R., To, T., & Schultz, T. J. (2024). Barriers to Advance Care Planning in Older Adults With Dementia, Their Families and Healthcare Professionals: An Umbrella Review of Qualitative Evidence. Research on Aging, 46(5-6), 339-358.
DOI Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC5
2024 Alanazi, S., Wiechula, R., & Foley, D. (2024). Perceptions of followership among nurses: A qualitative study. International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, 7, 13 pages.
DOI Scopus3 WoS1 Europe PMC2
2024 McLiesh, P., Wiechula, R., & Rasmussen, P. (2024). Institutional ethnography: A methodology for exploring complex problems in healthcare systems. Nursing and Health Sciences, 26(3), e13152-1-e13152-7.
DOI Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC1
2023 Rochmawati, E., & Wiechula, R. (2023). Family Caregivers’ Preparedness with Death and Dying: An Ethnographic Study. Jurnal Keperawatan Indonesia, 26(2), 107-118.
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2023 Barker, T. H., Pollock, D., Stone, J. C., Klugar, M., Scott, A. M., Stern, C., . . . Munn, Z. (2023). How should we handle predatory journals in evidence synthesis? A descriptive survey-based cross-sectional study of evidence synthesis experts.. Research synthesis methods, 14(3), 370-381.
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2023 Alanazi, S., Wiechula, R., & Foley, D. (2023). Followership in health care clinicians: A scoping review. Jbi Evidence Synthesis, 21(9), 1764-1793.
DOI Scopus5 WoS3 Europe PMC3
2023 McLiesh, P., Rasmussen, P., & Wiechula, R. (2023). Do contemporary patient assessment requirements align with expert nursing practice?. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 40(3), 28-35.
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2022 Assaye, A. M., Wiechula, R., Schultz, T. J., & Feo, R. (2022). Missed nursing care, nurse staffing levels and patient safety outcomes in low‐income country acute care settings: An observational study. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 28(1), 9 pages.
DOI Scopus25 WoS21 Europe PMC17
2022 Assaye, A. M., Feo, R., Wiechula, R., & Schultz, T. J. (2022). The experiences and perceptions of nurses regarding patient care provision in acute medical and surgical care units of two hospitals in Ethiopia. Applied Nursing Research, 65, 1-8.
DOI Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC4
2022 Alanazi, S., Wiechula, R., & Foley, D. (2022). Followership in nurses working in Saudi Arabian hospitals: A cross-sectional study. Nursing Forum, 57(6), 1289-1298.
DOI Scopus4 WoS3 Europe PMC4
2021 Alanazi, S., Wiechula, R., & Foley, D. (2021). Followership in health care clinicians: a scoping review protocol. Jbi Evidence Synthesis, 19(12), 3308-3314.
DOI Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC6
2021 Munn, Z., Barker, T., Stern, C., Pollock, D., Ross-White, A., Klugar, M., . . . Shamseer, L. (2021). Should I include studies from "predatory" journals in a systematic review? Interim guidance for systematic reviewers.. JBI Evid Synth, 19(8), 1915-1923.
DOI Scopus36 WoS23 Europe PMC22
2021 Wilson, M., Ostroff, C., Wilson, M. E., Wiechula, R., & Cusack, L. (2021). Profiles of intended responses to requests for assisted dying: a cross-sectional study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 124(104069), 104069.
DOI Scopus4 WoS4 Europe PMC3
2021 Iskandar, A. C., Rochmawati, E., & Wiechula, R. (2021). Experiences and perspectives of suffering in cancer: A qualitative systematic review. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 54, 102041-1-102041-10.
DOI Scopus27 WoS20 Europe PMC14
2021 Assaye, A. M., Wiechula, R., Schultz, T. J., & Feo, R. (2021). The impact of nurse staffing on patient and nurse workforce outcomes in acute care settings in low- and middle-income countries: a quantitative systematic review.. JBI Evid Synth, 19(4), 751-793.
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2021 Wilson, M., Wilson, M., Edwards, S., Cusack, L., & Wiechula, R. (2021). Role of attitude in nurses' responses to requests for assisted dying.. Nursing ethics, 28(5), 670-686.
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2020 Voldbjerg, S. L., Wiechula, R., Sørensen, E. E., & Grønkjaer, M. (2020). Newly graduated nurses' socialization resulting in limiting inquiry and one-sided use of knowledge sources An ethnographic study.. J Clin Nurs, 30(5-6), 701-711.
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2020 McInnes, E., Harvey, G., Hiller, J. E., Phillips, R., Page, T., & Wiechula, R. (2020). Factors affecting procurement of wound care products: a qualitative study of hospital managers and clinicians' views. AUSTRALIAN HEALTH REVIEW, 45(1), 8 pages.
DOI Scopus4 WoS7 Europe PMC4
2020 Barker, T. H., Dias, M., Stern, C., Porritt, K., Wiechula, R., Aromataris, E., . . . Munn, Z. (2020). Guidelines rarely used GRADE and applied methods inconsistently: a methodological study of Australian guidelines. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 130, 125-134.
DOI Scopus19 WoS15 Europe PMC12
2020 Iskandar, A. C., Rochmawati, E., & Wiechula, R. (2020). Patient's experiences of suffering across the cancer trajectory: A qualitative systematic review protocol. JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING, 77(2), 6 pages.
DOI Scopus13 WoS11 Europe PMC12
2020 Konno, R., Inoue, K., Schultz, T., & Wiechula, R. (2020). Best evidence for advance care planning in older adults with dementia and their families: an umbrella review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 18(4), 841-848.
DOI Scopus3 WoS2 Europe PMC2
2020 Wiechula, R. (2020). Connections for life: joining the dots for healthy aging.. JBI evidence synthesis, 18(4), 643-644.
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2020 Wilson, M. R., Wiechula, R., Cusack, L., & Wilson, M. (2020). Nurses' intentions to respond to requests for legal assisted dying: a Q-methodological study.. J Adv Nurs, 76(2), 642-653.
DOI Scopus5 WoS6 Europe PMC4
2020 Feo, R., Conroy, T., Wiechula, R., Rasmussen, P., & Kitson, A. (2020). Instruments measuring behavioural aspects of the nurse–patient relationship: A scoping review. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 29(11-12), 1808-1821.
DOI Scopus38 WoS37 Europe PMC32
2019 Assaye, A. M., Wiechula, R., Schultz, T. J., & Feo, R. (2019). Nurse staffing models in medical-surgical units of acute care settings: A cross-sectional study.. Int J Nurs Pract, 26(1), e12812.
DOI Scopus6 WoS4 Europe PMC7
2019 Cusack, L., Wiechula, R., Schultz, T., Dollard, J., & Maben, J. (2019). Anticipated advantages and disadvantages of a move to 100% single-room hospital in Australia: A case study. Journal of Nursing Management, 27(5), 963-970.
DOI Scopus18 WoS15 Europe PMC16
2019 Kerr, F., Wiechula, R., Feo, R., Schultz, T., & Kitson, A. (2019). Neurophysiology of human touch and eye gaze in therapeutic relationships and healing: A scoping review. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 17(2), 209-247.
DOI Scopus27 Europe PMC17
2019 Conlon, L., Wiechula, R., & Garlick, A. (2019). Hermeneutic phenomenological study of military nursing officers. Nursing research, 68(4), 267-274.
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2019 Kornhaber, R., Rickard, G., McLean, L., Wiechula, R., Lopez, V., & Cleary, M. (2019). Burn care and rehabilitation in Australia: health professionals’ perspectives. Disability and Rehabilitation, 41(6), 714-719.
DOI Scopus17 WoS15 Europe PMC14
2019 Konno, R., Inoue, K., Schultz, T., & Wiechula, R. (2019). Best evidence for advance care planning in older adults with dementia and their families: an umbrella review protocol.. JBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports.
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2018 Griggs, K., Wiechula, R., & Cusack, L. (2018). Geriatric Nursing Sensitive Indicators and quality nursing care for the older person: a scoping review protocol. Jbi Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 16(1), 39-45.
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2018 Rochmawati, E., Wiechula, R., & Cameron, K. (2018). Centrality of spirituality/religion in the culture of palliative care service in Indonesia: an ethnographic study. Nursing and Health Sciences, 20(2), 231-237.
DOI Scopus44 WoS35 Europe PMC29
2018 Feo, R., Conroy, T., Wiechula, R., Rasmussen, P., Frensham, L., & Kitson, A. (2018). Instruments measuring behavioral aspects of the nurse-patient relationship: A scoping review protocol. Jbi Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 16(10), 1939-1946.
DOI Scopus4 Europe PMC3
2018 Fang, A., & Wiechula, R. (2018). The effectiveness and safety of regional citrate anticoagulation in intermittent haemodialysis/ haemodiafiltration - a systematic review. Renal Society of Australasia Journal, 14(2), 39-51.
2018 Assaye, A. M., Wiechula, R., Schultz, T. J., & Feo, R. R. (2018). Impact of nurse staffing on patient and nurse workforce outcomes in acute care settings in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review protocol. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 16(12), 2260-2267.
DOI Scopus2 Europe PMC2
2018 Teekens, P., Wiechula, R., & Cusack, L. (2018). Perceptions and experiences of nurses and midwives in continuing professional development: A systematic review protocol. Jbi Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 16(9), 1758-1763.
DOI Scopus5 Europe PMC2
2018 Dias, M. M., Munn, Z., Porritt, K., Tufanaru, C., Stern, C., Aromataris, E., . . . Schünemann, H. (2018). Use of GRADE in Australian clinical practice guidelines: a methodological review protocol. JBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports, 16(11), 2092-2096.
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2018 Alboliteeh, M., Magarey, J., & Wiechula, R. (2018). The professional journey of Saudi nurse graduates: A lived experience. Clinical Nursing Studies, 6(1), 76-83.
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2017 Sabyani, H., Wiechula, R., Magarey, J., & Donnelly, F. (2017). Experiences of healthcare professionals of having their significant other admitted to an acute care facility: A qualitative systematic review. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 15(5), 1409-1439.
DOI Scopus3 Europe PMC3
2017 Alboliteeh, M., Magarey, J., & Wiechula, R. (2017). The profile of Saudi nursing workforce: a cross-sectional study. Nursing Research and Practice, 2017, 1-9.
DOI WoS41 Europe PMC26
2017 Feo, R., Conroy, T., Marshall, R., Rasmussen, P., Wiechula, R., & Kitson, A. (2017). Using holistic interpretive synthesis to create practice-relevant guidance for person-centred fundamental care delivered by nurses. Nursing Inquiry, 24(2), 11 pages.
DOI Scopus58 WoS55 Europe PMC40
2017 Voldbjerg, S., Grønkjær, M., Wiechula, R., & Sørensen, E. (2017). Newly graduated nurses' use of knowledge sources in clinical decision-making: An ethnographic study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(9-10), 1313-1327.
DOI Scopus27 WoS26 Europe PMC19
2017 Feo, R., Rasmussen, P., Wiechula, R., Conroy, T., & Kitson, A. (2017). Developing effective and caring nurse-patient relationships. Nursing Standard Royal College of Nursing Great Britain 1987, 31(28), 54-63.
DOI Scopus77 Europe PMC62
2016 Page, T., Magarey, J., & Wiechula, R. (2016). The impact of exposure time on biophysical parameters of the wound environment and patient comfort during dressing changes: a descriptive study. Wound Practice & Research: Journal of the Australian Wound Management Association, 24(3), 151-158.
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2016 Schultz, T., Roupas, P., Wiechula, R., Krause, D., Gravier, S., Tuckett, A., . . . Kitson, A. (2016). Nutritional interventions for optimizing healthy body composition in older adults in the community: an umbrella review of systematic reviews. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 14(8), 257-308.
DOI Scopus20 Europe PMC14
2016 Wiechula, R., Conroy, T., Kitson, A., Marshall, R., Whitaker, N., & Rasmussen, P. (2016). Umbrella review of the evidence: What factors influence the caring relationship between a nurse and patient?. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 72(4), 723-734.
DOI Scopus154 WoS136 Europe PMC108
2016 Rochmawati, E., Wiechula, R., & Cameron, K. (2016). Current status of palliative care services in Indonesia: a literature review. International Nursing Review, 63(2), 180-190.
DOI Scopus35 WoS26 Europe PMC19
2016 Kerr, F., Wiechula, R., Feo, R., Schultz, T., & Kitson, A. (2016). The neurophysiology of human touch and eye gaze and its effects on therapeutic relationships and healing: a scoping review protocol. Jbi Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 14(4), 60-66.
DOI Scopus1 Europe PMC2
2016 Dale, C. M., Wiechula, R., Lewis, A., McArthur, A., Breen, H., Scarborough, A., & Rose, L. (2016). Partnerships to improve oral hygiene practices: Two complementary approaches. Nursing leadership, 29(1), 47-58.
DOI Scopus3 Europe PMC2
2016 Wright, S., Wiechula, R., & McLiesh, P. (2016). The effectiveness of prehabilitation for adults having elective surgery: A systematic review protocol. Jbi Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 14(2), 78-92.
DOI Scopus7 Europe PMC5
2016 Sabyani, H., Wiechula, R., Magarey, J., & Donnelly, F. (2016). Healthcare professionals' experiences of having a significant other admitted into an acute care facility: a qualitative systematic review protocol. JBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports, 14(5), 103-109.
DOI Scopus1 Europe PMC1
2015 Kraft, L., Wiechula, R., & Conroy, T. (2015). The effectiveness of acute pain management for opioid tolerant or opioid dependent patients: a systematic review protocol.. JBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports, 13(9), 120-135.
DOI Europe PMC3
2015 Sharrad, S., de, C., Aylward, P., & Wiechula, R. (2015). An exploration of adolescents' decisions to abstain or refrain from alcohol consumption in Australian social settings: a qualitative systematic review.. JBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports, 13(10), 156-179.
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2015 Kornhaber, R., Wiechula, R., & McLean, L. (2015). The effectiveness of collaborative models of care that facilitate rehabilitation from a traumatic injury: a systematic review. JBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports, 13(8), 190-210.
DOI Scopus10 Europe PMC1
2015 Kornhaber, R., Wiechula, R., & McLean, L. (2015). The effectiveness of collaborative models of care that facilitate rehabilitation from a traumatic injury: a systematic review protocol. JBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports, 13(4), 100-113.
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2014 Schultz, T., Roupas, P., Wiechula, R., Krause, D., Gravier, S., & Kitson, A. (2014). Nutritional interventions for optimizing healthy body composition in older adults in the community: a protocol for an umbrella review of studies of effectiveness and qualitative perceptions and experiences. The JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 12(11), 31-47.
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2014 Wiechula, R., & Everett, I. (2014). Effectiveness of pro-forma use in the assessment of minor upper limb injuries for minimizing diagnostic error, inappropriate investigations, referral, mismanagement and suboptimal patient care: a systematic review protocol. The JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports, 12(8), 27-37.
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2014 Schultz, T., Kitson, A., Soenen, S., Long, L., Shanks, A., Wiechula, R., . . . Lange, K. (2014). Does a multidisciplinary nutritional intervention prevent nutritional decline in hospital patients? A stepped wedge randomised cluster trial. e-SPEN Journal, 9(2), 284-e90.
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2013 Kitson, A., Schultz, T., Long, L., Shanks, A., Wiechula, R., Chapman, I., & Soenen, S. (2013). The prevention and reduction of weight loss in an acute tertiary care setting: Protocol for a pragmatic stepped wedge randomised cluster trial (the PRoWL Project). BMC Health Services Research, 13(299), 1-9.
DOI Scopus18 WoS14 Europe PMC13
2013 Donnelly, F., & Wiechula, R. (2013). An example of qualitative comparative analysis in nursing research. Nurse Researcher, 20(6), 6-11.
DOI Scopus8 Europe PMC2
2012 Lau, B., Magarey, J., & Wiechula, R. (2012). Violence in the emergency department: an ethnographic study (part II). International Emergency Nursing, 20(3), 126-132.
DOI Scopus49 WoS51 Europe PMC36
2012 Lynch, T., Magarey, J., & Wiechula, R. (2012). What is the experience of migrant nurses in attempting to meet the English language requirements for registration in Australia?. Journal of Teaching and Education (Online), 1(3), 143-149.
2012 McLiesh, P., & Wiechula, R. (2012). Identifying and reducing the incidence of post discharge Venous ThromboEmbolism (VTE) in orthopaedic patients: a systematic review. JBI Library of Systematic Reviews, 10(41), 2658-2710.
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2012 Donnelly, F., & Wiechula, R. (2012). Clinical placement and case study methodology: a complex affair. Nurse Education Today, 32(8), 873-877.
DOI Scopus8 WoS5 Europe PMC5
2012 Lau, B., Magarey, J., & Wiechula, R. (2012). Violence in the emergency department: an ethnographic study (Part I). International Emergency Nursing, 20(2), 69-75.
DOI Scopus17 WoS19 Europe PMC14
2012 McLiesh, P., & Wiechula, R. (2012). Identifying and reducing the incidence of post discharge Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) in orthopaedic patients: a systematic review.. JBI library of systematic reviews, 10(28 Suppl), 1-14.
DOI Europe PMC1
2011 Conlon, L., & Wiechula, R. (2011). Preparing nurses for future disasters - the Sichuan experience. Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 14(4), 246-250.
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2011 Kitson, A., Silverston, H., Wiechula, R., Zeitz, K., Marcoionni, D., & Page, T. (2011). Clinical nursing leaders’, team members’ and service managers’ experiences of implementing evidence at a local level. Journal of Nursing Management, 19(4 Sp Iss), 542-555.
DOI Scopus29 WoS26 Europe PMC24
2011 Frankowska, D., & Wiechula, R. (2011). Women's experience of becoming caregivers to their ill partners: Gadamerian hermeneutics. Australian Journal of Primary Health, 17(1), 48-53.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC3
2010 Rochmawati, E., & Wiechula, R. (2010). Education strategies to foster health professional students' clinical reasoning skills. Nursing and Health Sciences, 12(2), 244-250.
DOI Scopus43 WoS36 Europe PMC23
2010 Pearson, A., Wiechula, R., Jordan, Z., & Stern, C. (2010). Policy related to varicose veins in publicly funded elective surgery programs: a comprehensive systematic review (vol 7, pg 250, 2009). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EVIDENCE-BASED HEALTHCARE, 8(1), 42.
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2009 Wiechula, R., Conroy, T., & Donnelly, F. (2009). Systematic reviews by postgraduate students: the current state of play, feasibility and appropriateness of conducting reviews. JBI Evidence Implementation, 7(3).
2009 Wiechula, R., Kitson, A., Marcoionni, D., Page, T., Zeitz, K., & Silverston, H. (2009). Improving the fundamentals of care for older people in the acute hospital setting: facilitating practice improvement using a Knowledge Translation Toolkit. International Journal of Evidence-based Healthcare, 7(4), 283-295.
DOI Scopus33 WoS27 Europe PMC27
2009 Gordge, L., De Young, J., & Wiechula, R. (2009). Reducing functional decline of older people in an acute-care setting: are we providing adequate care to maintain/optimise the functional status of our elder patients?. International Journal of Evidence-based Healthcare, 7(3), 181-186.
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2009 Davy, C., Lovino, C., Kavanagh, S., & Wiechula, R. (2009). Organisational challenges when enabling ease of access for the elderly around a large acute hospital campus. International Journal of Evidence-based Healthcare, 2009(7), 296-300.
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2009 Mcliesh, P., Mungall, D., & Wiechula, R. (2009). Are we providing the best possible pain management for our elderly patients in the acute-care setting?. International Journal of Evidence-based Healthcare, 7(3), 173-180.
DOI Scopus14 WoS14 Europe PMC7
2009 Pearson, A., Wiechula, R., Jordan, Z., & Louey, M. (2009). Policy related to abdominoplasty in publicly funded elective surgery programs: a systematic review. International Journal of Evidence-based Healthcare, 2009(7), 75-93.
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2009 Pearson, A., Wiechula, R., Jordan, Z., & Stern, C. (2009). Policy related to varicose veins in publicly funded elective surgery programs: a comprehensive systematic review. International Journal of Evidence-based Healthcare, 7(4), 250-269.
DOI Scopus2 WoS3 Europe PMC1
2009 Pearson, A., Wiechula, R., Jordan, Z., & Henstridge, V. (2009). Policy related to rhinoplasty in publicly funded elective surgery programs: a systematic review. International Journal of Evidence-based Healthcare, 7(2), 94-111.
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2007 Pearson, A., Wiechula, R., Court, A., & Lockwood, C. (2007). A re-consideration of what constitutes "evidence" in the healthcare professions. Nursing Science Quarterly, 20(1), 85-88.
DOI Scopus63 WoS55 Europe PMC44
2006 Pearson, A., O'Brien Pallas, L., Thomson, D., Doucette, E., Tucker, D., Wiechula, R., . . . Jordan, Z. (2006). Systematic review of evidence on the impact of nursing workload and staffing on establishing healthy work environments. International Journal of Evidence-based Healthcare, 4(4), 337-384.
DOI WoS49 Europe PMC35
2006 Donnelly, F., & Wiechula, R. (2006). The lived experience of a tracheostomy tube change: a phenomenological study. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 15(9), 1115-1122.
DOI Scopus34 WoS28 Europe PMC24
2006 Pearson, A., Pallas, L. O., Thomson, D., Doucette, E., Tucker, D., Wiechula, R., . . . Jordan, Z. (2006). Systematic review of evidence on the impact of nursing workload and staffing on establishing healthy work environments.. JBI library of systematic reviews, 4(8), 1-69.
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2005 Pearson, A., Wiechula, R., Court, A., & Lockwood, C. (2005). The JBI model of evidence-based health care. International Journal of Evidence-based Healthcare, 3(8), 207-215.
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2003 Wiechula, R. (2003). The use of moist wound-healing dressings in the management of split-thickness skin graft donor sites: a systematic review. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 9(2), S9-S17.
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Year Citation
2024 Conroy, T. (2024). Evidence-based practice/knowledge translation: A practical guide. In Transitions in Nursing Preparing for Professional Practice (pp. 191-208).
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2016 Wiechula, R., Conroy, T., & McLiesh, P. (2016). Evidence-based practice/knowledge translation: a practical guide. In E. Chang, & J. Daly (Eds.), Transitions in Nursing: Preparing for Professional Practice, 4th edition (4th ed., pp. 175-193). Chatswood, NSW: Elsevier.
2015 Kitson, A., Wiechula, R., Conroy, T., Whitaker, N., Holly, C., & Salmond, S. (2015). Case study of the Signature Project - an Australian- US knowledge translation project. In G. Harvey, & A. Kitson (Eds.), Implementing evidence-based practice in healthcare: A facilitation guide (1 ed., pp. 185-204). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
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2015 Wiechula, R., Shanks, A., Schultz, T., Whitaker, N., & Kitson, A. (2015). Case study of the PRoWL project - a whole-system implementation project involving nursing and dietetic lead facilitators. In G. Harvey, & A. Kitson (Eds.), Implementing evidence-based practice in healthcare: A facilitation guide (1 ed., pp. 169-184). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
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Year Citation
2011 Long., Kitson., Shanks, A., Wiechula., Schultz., Chapman., . . . Whitaker. (2011). Preparing to PROWL‐prevention and reduction of weight loss in the acute care setting. In International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare Vol. 9 (pp. 311-312). Adelaide, Australia.
2010 Kitson, A., Marcoionni, D., Page, T., Wiechula, R., & Zeitz, K. (2010). Using knowledge translation to transform the fundamentals of care: the older person and improving care project. In Proceedings of Oxford Knowledge Translation symposium (pp. 61-71). UK.

Year Citation
2021 Barker, T., Munn, Z., Dias, M., Porritt, K., Tufanaru, C., Stern, C., . . . Schunemann, H. (2021). Guidelines rarely used GRADE and applied methods inconsistently. Poster session presented at the meeting of GIN Conference 2021.
2019 Barker, T., Munn, Z., Dias, M., Porritt, K., Tufanaru, C., Stern, C., . . . Schunemann, H. (2019). Use of GRADE in Australian clinical practice guidelines. Poster session presented at the meeting of G-I-N & JBI 2019 Adelaide.
2014 Salkaya, A., Wiechula, R., & Kernick, J. (2014). The lived experiences of graduate nurses working in an intensive care unit as first placement after graduation: A phenomenological study. Poster session presented at the meeting of AUSTRALIAN CRITICAL CARE. ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC.
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2014 Rochmawati, E., Wiechula, R., & Cameron, K. (2014). Family caregiver involvement in home based palliative care for cancer patients in Indonesia. Poster session presented at the meeting of Asia-Pacific Journal Of Clinical Oncology. Melbourne, Vic.: Wiley.
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Year Citation
2015 Donnelly, F. (2015). The influence of clinical placement and experiential learning on student nurse development: an exploratory case study.

Year Citation
- Wilson, M., Wilson, M., Edwards, S., Cusack, L., & Wiechula, R. (n.d.). Stage 2: data and analyses.
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Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2020 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Self-management of adults living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy in North-west Ethiopia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Habtamu Abera Areri
2019 - 2024 Principal Supervisor Followership of Nurses in Saudi Arabia: A Mixed Methods Study Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Sulaiman Mohammed Alanazi
2018 - 2022 Principal Supervisor Understanding Australian Nurses' Intentions To Respond To Requests For Legal Assisted Dying Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Michael Richard Wilson
2017 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Determinants of Nursing-Sensitive Patient Safety Outcome Among Patients Admitted to Medical and Surgical Acute Care Settings in Ethiopia: A Mixed-Methods Study Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Ashagre Molla Assaye
2017 - 2025 Co-Supervisor Rethinking assessment: Institutional factors influencing expert nursing practice Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Paul Christopher McLiesh
2016 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Geriatric Nursing-Sensitive Indicators, a Framework for Delivering Quality Nursing Care for the Older Person: A Scoping Review Master of Clinical Science Master Part Time Mrs Kim Elizabeth Griggs
2015 - 2019 Co-Supervisor When a patient's family member is a nurse: a portfolio of research Doctor of Nursing Doctorate Full Time Mr Hussamaldeen Mohammed M Sabyani
2012 - 2013 Principal Supervisor Roads to Recovery: Adult Burn Survivors' 'Lived Experience' of Rehabilitation Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time APrf Rachel Kornhaber
2012 - 2016 Principal Supervisor An Exploration of Palliative Care Services in Two Palliative Care Facilities in Indonesia: An Ethnographic Study Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Erna Rochmawati
2012 - 2018 Principal Supervisor Designing a Simulation Intervention to Reduce Stress among New Graduate Registered Nurses in the Intensive Care Units in Saudi Arabia: A Mixed Methods Design Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Ayidah Sanad Mubarak Alqarni
2010 - 2015 Co-Supervisor Choosing to become a Nurse in Saudi Arabia and the Lived Experience of New Graduates: A Mixed Methods Study Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Mohammed Alboliteeh
2008 - 2009 Co-Supervisor People with Cancer from Rural Areas Undergoing Treatment in Metropolitan Hospitals: Rural-Urban Differentials and the Impact of Cancer Treatment Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Ms Kate Cameron
2006 - 2014 Principal Supervisor The Influence of Clinical Placement and Experimental Learning on Student Nurse Development: An Exploratory Case Study Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Prof Francis Donnelly
2006 - 2013 Principal Supervisor Trauma Teams in Action Doctor of Nursing Doctorate Part Time Mrs Lisa Conlon
2005 - 2009 Co-Supervisor Violence in the Emergency Department: An Ethnographic Study Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Dr Jacqui Lau
2005 - 2015 Co-Supervisor The impact of exposure time on biophysical parameters of the wound environment and patient comfort during dressing changes: a descriptive study Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Dr Tamara Page

Date Role Board name Institution name Country
2017 - ongoing Board Member Program Board Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences - -

Date Role Committee Institution Country
2017 - ongoing Co-Chair Australasian Region Committee of Joanna Briggs Institute Collaborating Centres - -
2011 - ongoing Member Research & Research Teaching Committee, Adelaide Nursing School - -

Date Role Membership Country
1994 - ongoing Member Australian Wound Management Association -
1993 - ongoing Member South Australian Wound Management Association -
1981 - ongoing Member Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation -

Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country
2014 - ongoing Editor Editorial Board of the JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports - -

Date Office Name Institution Country
2017 - ongoing Academic Lead Innovation, Bachelor of Health and Medical Sciences - -
2004 - ongoing Peer reviewer, International Journal of Evidence-based Healthcare - -
1998 - ongoing Peer reviewer, International Journal of Nursing Practice - -

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