04 Sep 2025

Articles of Interest

From innovative cancer nurse self-assessment tools to insights into cannabis use in advanced cancer, pain management in Parkinson’s, nurse staffing policy impacts, and the future of supportive care — CNSA Members are leading the way. Explore the latest open access studies and key publications from August 2025.

New publications by members in August:

Fiona Crawford-Williams (Macclesfield, Australia), Gillian Kruss (Beaumaris, Australia), Carla Thamm (Brisbane, Australia), Gemma McErlean (Bangor, Australia), Jane Mahony (Pymble, Australia), Olivia Cook (Sandringham, Australia): Development and Psychometric Testing of a Comprehensive Cancer Nurse Self-Assessment Tool (CaN-SAT) for Identifying Cancer Nursing Skills - Journal of Clinical Nursing. Aug 2025. View »

Marion Eckert (Camden Park, Australia): Factors Influencing Pain Management Practices in People With Parkinson's Disease: A Qualitative Descriptive Study - Parkinson's Disease. Aug 2025. View »

Jane Phillips (Brisbane, Australia): Benefits and Burdens of Vaporized Botanical Cannabis Flower Bud for Cancer-Related Anorexia: A Qualitative Study of the Experiences of People with Advanced Cancer Enrolled as Inpatients in a Phase I/IIb Clinical Trial and Their Family Carers - Journal of Palliative Medicine. Aug 2025. View »

Natalie Bradford (South Brisbane, Australia): Together and Apart: A Gender-Informed Qualitative Analysis of Childhood Brain Tumour and the Parental Relationship - Psycho-Oncology. Aug 2025. View »

Raymond Chan (Adelaide, Australia), Patsy Yates (Brisbane, Australia): Five prerequisites to achieving excellence in supportive cancer care by 2030: oncology nursing in the driver's seat - Supportive Care in Cancer. Aug 2025. View »

Catherine Paterson (Adelaide, Australia), Raymond Chan (Adelaide, Australia): Geriatric assessment in older adults with cancer: A global scoping review of barriers and strategies to implementation - Journal of Geriatric Oncology. Aug 2025. View »

Patsy Yates (Brisbane, Australia): Minimum nurse staffing policy intervention in Queensland Australia improved nurse wellbeing and patient safety: A quasi-experimental intervention study - International Journal of Nursing Studies. Aug 2025. View »

Tracey Nicholls (Bedford Park, Australia): Multidisciplinary Care of Locally Advanced Mucosal Head and Neck Cancer: An Australian Perspective - Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology. Aug 2025. View »