Associate Professor Caleb Ferguson

Journal Articles

• Singh, G., Bowers, A., Ferguson, C., McDonagh, J., Ivynian, S., Chambers, S. and Hickman, L. (2023), 'Hospital service use in the last year of life by Indigenous Australians who died of heart failure or cardiomyopathy : a linked data study', Collegian, vol 30, no 4 , pp 571 - 577.
• Johnson, M., Ferguson, C., Thornton, A., Israel, J., Cruickshank, M., Deboroah, D., Fernandez, R., Fry, M., Hickman, L., Hosie, A., Inglis, S., McErlean, G., McInnes, E., Perry, L., Sheppard-Law, S., Wynne, R., Parsons, M. and Middleton, S. (2023), 'Exploring the SPHERE Nursing and Midwifery Clinician Researcher Career Pathway : a qualitative study', Collegian, vol 30, no 6 , pp 795 - 804.
• Shaikh, F., Wynne, R., Castelino, R., Inglis, S., Davidson, P. and Ferguson, C. (2023), 'Practices, beliefs, and attitudes of clinicians in prescribing direct oral anticoagulants for obese adults with atrial fibrillation : a qualitative study', International Journal of Clinical Pharmacy, vol 45, no 4 , pp 962 - 969.
• Shiyab, W., Ferguson, C., Rolls, K. and Halcomb, E. (2023), 'Solutions to address low response rates in online surveys', European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, vol 22, no 4 , pp 441 - 444.
• Halligan, D., Janes, G., Conner, M., Albutt, A., Debono, D., Carland, J., Sheppard-Law, S., Taylor, N., Middleton, S., Mcinnes, E., Ferguson, C. and Lawton, R. (2023), 'Identifying safety practices perceived as low value : an exploratory survey of healthcare staff in the United Kingdom and Australia', Journal of Patient Safety, vol 19, no 2 , pp 143 - 150.
• Middleton, R., Metusela, C., Marriott-Statham, K., Ferguson, C. and Davidson, P. (2023), 'The engagement of older people living with chronic lung disease in a peer support community-based exercise programme : a qualitative study', Health Expectations, vol 26, no 6 , pp 2409 - 2417.
• Alex, J., Ferguson, C., Ramjan, L., Montayre, J., Lombardo, L. and Salamonson, Y. (2022), 'Bundle-of-care interventions to improve self-management of patients with urinary catheters : study protocol', Collegian, vol 29, no 3 , pp 405 - 413.
• Lombardo, L., Ferguson, C., George, A., Villarosa, A., Villarosa, B., Kong, A., Wynne, R. and Salamonson, Y. (2022), 'Interventions to promote oral care regimen adherence in the critical care setting : a systematic review', Australian Critical Care, vol 35, no 5 , pp 583 - 594.
• Luckett, T., Roberts, M., Smith, T., Garcia, M., Dunn, S., Swan, F., Ferguson, C., Kochovska, S., Phillips, J., Pearson, M., Currow, D. and Johnson, M. (2022), 'Implementing the battery-operated hand-held fan as an evidence-based, non-pharmacological intervention for chronic breathlessness in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) : a qualitative study of the views of specialist respiratory clinicians', BMC Pulmonary Medicine, vol 22, no 1 .
• Ferguson, C., Hickman, L., Lombardo, L., Downie, A., Bajorek, B., Ivynian, S., Inglis, S. and Wynne, R. (2022), 'Educational needs of people living with atrial fibrillation : a qualitative study', Journal of the American Heart Association, vol 11, no 15 .
• Ajwani, S., Ferguson, C., Kong, A., Villarosa, A. and George, A. (2021), 'Patient perceptions of oral health care following stroke : a qualitative study', BMC Oral Health, vol 21 .
• Ferguson, C., Henshall, C. and Albert, N. (2021), 'Global perspectives on under-funding for clinical research training fellowships in nursing', Journal of Clinical Nursing, vol 30, no 9-10 , pp 48 - 50.
• Singh, G., Ferguson, C., Davidson, P. and Newton, P. (2021), 'Attitudes and practices towards palliative care in chronic heart failure : a survey of cardiovascular nurses and physicians', Contemporary Nurse, vol 57, no 1-2 , pp 113 - 127.
• Parker, K., Phillips, J., Luckett, T., Agar, M., Ferguson, C. and Hickman, L. (2021), 'Analysis of discharge documentation for older adults living with dementia : a cohort study', Journal of Clinical Nursing, vol 30, no 23-24 , pp 3634 - 3643.
• Wynne, R., Davidson, P., Duffield, C., Jackson, D. and Ferguson, C. (2021), '[In Press] Workforce management and patient outcomes in the intensive care unit during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond : a discursive paper', Journal of Clinical Nursing, .
• Wynne, R., Jackson, D., Prince, J., O'Regan, A., Kirk, A. and Ferguson, C. (2021), 'Clinical quality registries : an approach to support research capacity building in clinical academic partnerships', Journal of Clinical Nursing, vol 30, no 7-8 , pp 29 - 31.
• Wynne, R., Ferguson, C. and Davidson, P. (2021), 'Outcomes of COVID-19 patients admitted to Australian intensive care units during the first four months of the pandemic', Medical Journal of Australia, vol 215, no 10 , pp 485 - 485.
• Shaikh, F., Wynne, R., Castelino, R., Inglis, S. and Ferguson, C. (2021), 'Effectiveness of direct oral anticoagulants in obese adults with atrial fibrillation : a systematic review of systematic reviews and meta-analysis', Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, vol 8 .
• Lombardo, L., Wynne, R., Hickman, L. and Ferguson, C. (2021), 'New technologies call for new strategies for patient education', European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, vol 20, no 5 , pp 399 - 401.
• Ferguson, C. and Wynne, R. (2021), 'The role of small incentives in qualitative research, and the impact of online recruitment during COVID', Contemporary Nurse, vol 57, no 1-2 .
• Gawthorne, J., Fasugba, O., Levi, C., McInnes, E., Ferguson, C., McNeil, J., Cadilhac, D., Everett, B., Fernandez, R., Fry, M., Goldsmith, H., Hickman, L., Jackson, D., Maguire, J., Murray, E., Perry, L. and Middleton, S. (2021), 'Are clinicians using routinely collected data to drive practice improvement? : a cross-sectional survey', International Journal for Quality in Health Care, vol 33, no 4 .
• Lucas, C., Power, T., Hayes, C. and Ferguson, C. (2020), '"Two heads are better than one" : pharmacy and nursing students' perspectives on interprofessional collaboration utilizing the RIPE model of learning', Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, vol 16, no 1 , pp 25 - 32.
• McDonagh, J., Salamonson, Y., Ferguson, C., Prichard, R., Jha, S., Macdonald, P., Davidson, P. and Newton, P. (2020), 'Evaluating the convergent and discriminant validity of three versions of the frailty phenotype in heart failure : results from the FRAME-HF study', European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, vol 19, no 1 , pp 55 - 63.
• Hickman, L., Ferguson, C., Davidson, P., Allida, S., Inglis, S., Parker, D. and Agar, M. (2020), 'Key elements of interventions for heart failure patients with mild cognitive impairment or dementia : a systematic review', European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, vol 19, no 1 , pp 8 - 19.
• Ferguson, C., George, A., Villarosa, A., Kong, A., Bhole, S. and Ajwani, S. (2020), 'Exploring nursing and allied health perspectives of quality oral care after stroke : a qualitative study', European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, vol 19, no 6 , pp 505 - 512.
• Bramwell, S., Meyerowitz-Katz, G., Ferguson, C., Jayaballa, R., McLean, M. and Maberly, G. (2020), 'The effect of an mHealth intervention for titration of insulin for type 2 diabetes : a pilot study', European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, vol 19, no 5 , pp 386 - 392.
• Singh, G., Ramjan, L., Ferguson, C., Davidson, P. and Newton, P. (2020), 'Access and referral to palliative care for patients with chronic heart failure : a qualitative study of healthcare professionals', Journal of Clinical Nursing, vol 29, no 9-10 , pp 1576 - 1589.
• Wright, R., Ferguson, C., Bodrick, M., Balkhy, H., Jackson, D. and Davidson, P. (2020), 'Social media and drug resistance in nursing training : using a Twitterchat to develop an international community of practice for antimicrobial resistance', Journal of Clinical Nursing, vol 29, no 13-14 , pp 2723 - 2729.
• Lucas, C., Power, T., Ferguson, C. and Hayes, C. (2020), 'Enhancing pre-licenced pharmacists' communication and interprofessional collaboration utilizing the RIPE model of interprofessional learning : a qualitative study', Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, vol 16, no 10 , pp 1379 - 1386.
• Singh, G., Ivynian, S., Ferguson, C., Davidson, P. and Newton, P. (2020), 'Palliative care in chronic heart failure : a theoretically guided, qualitative meta-synthesis of decision-making', Heart Failure Reviews, vol 25, no 3 , pp 457 - 467.
• Ivynian, S., Ferguson, C., Newton, P. and DiGiacomo, M. (2020), 'Factors influencing care-seeking delay or avoidance of heart failure management : a mixed-methods study', International Journal of Nursing Studies, vol 108 .
• Ferguson, C., Inglis, S., Breen, P., Gargiulo, G., Byiers, V., Macdonald, P. and Hickman, L. (2020), 'Clinician perspectives on the design and application of wearable cardiac technologies for older adults : qualitative study', JMIR Aging, vol 3, no 1 .
• Lucas, C., Power, T., Kennedy, D., Forrest, G., Hemsley, B., Freeman-Sanderson, A., Courtney-Harris, M., Ferguson, C. and Hayes, C. (2020), 'Conceptualisation and development of the RIPE-N model (reflective interprofessional education-network model) to enhance interprofessional collaboration across multiple health professions', Reflective Practice, vol 21, no 5 , pp 712 - 730.
• Geia, L., Baird, K., Bail, K., Barclay, L., Bennett, J., Best, O., Birks, M., Blackley, L., Blackman, R., Bonner, A., Bryant, R., Buzzacott, C., Campbell, S., Catling, C., Chamberlain, C., Cox, L., Cross, W., Cruickshank, M., Cummins, A., Dahlen, H., Daly, J., Darbyshire, P., Davidson, P., Denny-Wilson, E., De Souza, R., Doyle, K., Drummond, A., Duff, J., Duffield, C., Dunning, T., East, L., Elliott, D., Elmir, R., Fergie, D., Ferguson, C., Fernandez, R., Flower, D., Foureur, M., Fowler, C., Fry, M., Gorman, E., Grant, J., Gray, J., Halcomb, E., Hart, B., Hartz, D., Hazelton, M., Heaton, L., Hickman, L., Homer, C., Hungerford, C., Hutton, A., Jackson, D., Johnson, A., Kelly, M., Kitson, A., Knight, S., Levett-Jones, T., Lindsay, D., Lovett, R., Luck, L., Malloy, L., Manias, E., Mannix, J., Marriott, R., Martin, M., Massey, D., McCloughen, A., McGough, S., McGrath, L., Mills, J., Mitchell, B., Mohamed, J., Montayre, J., Moroney, T., Moyle, W., Moxham, L., Northam, H., Nowlan, S., O'Brien, T., Ogunsiji, O., Patterson, C., Pennington, K., Peters, K., Phillips, J., Power, T., Procter, N., Ramjan, L., Ramsay, N., Rasmussen, B., Rihari-Thomas, J., Rind, B., Robinson, M., Roche, M., Sainsbury, K., Salamonson, Y., Sherwood, J., Shields, L., Sim, J., Skinner, I., Smallwood, G., Smallwood, R., Stewart, L., Taylor, S., Usher, K., Virdun, C., Wannell, J., Ward, R., West, C., West, R., Wilkes, L., Williams, R., Wilson, R., Wynaden, D. and Wynne, R. (2020), 'A unified call to action from Australian nursing and midwifery leaders : ensuring that Black Lives Matter', Contemporary Nurse, vol 56, no 4 , pp 297 - 308.
• Alex, J., Salamonson, Y., Ramjan, L., Montayre, J., Fitzsimons, J. and Ferguson, C. (2020), 'The impact of educational interventions for patients living with indwelling urinary catheters : a scoping review', Contemporary Nurse, vol 56, no 4 , pp 309 - 330.
• Ferguson, C., Inglis, S., Gallagher, R. and Davidson, P. (2020), 'Reflecting on the impact of cardiovascular nurses in Australia and New Zealand in International Year of the Nurse and Midwife', Heart, Lung and Circulation, vol 29, no 12 , pp 1744 - 1748.
• Inglis, S., Naismith, C., White, K., Hendriks, J., Bray, J., Hickman, L., Aldridge, C., Bardsley, K., Cameron, J., Candelaria, D., Cartledge, S., Du, H., Ferguson, C., Martin, L., Selkow, T., Wynne, R., Driscoll, A., Gallagher, R., Clark, R. and Davidson, P. (2020), 'CSANZ COVID-19 cardiovascular nursing care consensus statement : executive summary', Heart, Lung and Circulation, vol 29, no 9 , pp 1263 - 1267.
• Ferguson, C., Inglis, S., Breen, P., Gargiulo, G., Macdonald, P., Byiers, V. and Hickman, L. (2020), 'Wearable cardiac technologies for older adults : clinician perspectives on the design and application', Heart, Lung and Circulation, vol 29, no Suppl. 2 , pp 384 - 384.
• Ferguson, C., Turkmani, S., Hickman, L., Breen, P., Gargiulo, G., Macdonald, P. and Inglis, S. (2020), 'Perceptions of older adults towards the use of wearable cardiac monitoring technologies', Heart, Lung and Circulation, vol 29, no Suppl. 2 , pp 325 - 325.
• Ferguson, C., Inglis, S., Breen, P., Gargiulo, G., Macdonald, P., Byiers, V. and Hickman, L. (2020), 'Acceptance and uptake of wearable cardiac technologies in older adults : a systematic review and meta-synthesis', Heart, Lung and Circulation, vol 29, no Suppl. 2 , pp 381 - 381.
• Alex, J., Ramjan, L., Salamonson, Y. and Ferguson, C. (2020), 'Nurses as key advocates of self-care approaches to chronic disease management', Contemporary Nurse, vol 56, no 2 , pp 101 - 104.
• Parker, K., Hickman, L., Phillips, J. and Ferguson, C. (2020), 'Interventions to optimise transitional care coordination for older people living with dementia and concomitant multimorbidity and their caregivers : a systematic review', Contemporary Nurse, vol 56, no 5-6 , pp 505 - 533.
• Lucas, C., Power, T., Hayes, C. and Ferguson, C. (2019), 'Development of the RIPE model (Reflective Interprofessional Education Model) to enhance interprofessional collaboration', Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, vol 15, no 4 , pp 459 - 464.
• Luckett, T., Agar, M., DiGiacomo, M., Ferguson, C., Lam, L. and Phillips, J. (2019), 'Health status of people who have provided informal care or support to an adult with chronic disease in the last 5 years : results from a population-based cross-sectional survey in South Australia', Australian Health Review, vol 43, no 4 , pp 408 - 414.
• Ferguson, C., Hickman, L., Phillips, J., Newton, P., Inglis, S., Lam, L. and Bajorek, B. (2019), 'An mHealth intervention to improve nurses' atrial fibrillation and anticoagulation knowledge and practice : the EVICOAG study', European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, vol 18, no 1 , pp 7 - 15.
• Orchard, J., Neubeck, L., Freedman, B., Li, J., Webster, R., Zwar, N., Gallagher, R., Ferguson, C. and Lowres, N. (2019), 'eHealth tools to provide structured assistance for atrial fibrillation screening, management, and guideline-recommended therapy in metropolitan general practice : the AF-SMART Study', Journal of the American Heart Association, vol 8, no 1 .
• Ferguson, C., Hickman, L., Macbean, C. and Jackson, D. (2019), 'The wicked problem of patient misidentification : how could the technological revolution help address patient safety?', Journal of Clinical Nursing, vol 28, no 13 , pp 2365 - 2368.
• Koo, K., Ferguson, C., Ling, L., Cleland, J. and Inglis, S. (2019), 'Implantable device monitoring versus usual care for managing individuals with heart failure [Intervention Protocol]', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol 2019, no 8 .
• Ferguson, C., Hendriks, J., Gallagher, C., Bajorek, B. and Inglis, S. (2019), 'Clinical service organisation for adults with atrial fibrillation [Protocol]', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol 8 .
• Mamaghani, E., Rahmani, A., Hassankhani, H., Saunders, C., Dean, S., Ferguson, C. and Irajpour, A. (2019), 'Effective chacteristics of Iranian nursing students in their relationship with clinical nurses', Journal of Caring Sciences, vol 8, no 3 , pp 173 - 179.
• Ivynian, S., Ferguson, C. and Davidson, P. (2019), 'Time to re-think the terminology of heart failure?', European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, vol 18, no 8 , pp 648 - 650.
• Koo, K., Inglis, S., Freedman, B., Thijs, V. and Ferguson, C. (2019), 'Implantable cardiac monitors compared with conventional methods for the detection of atrial high-rate episodes in individuals with embolic stroke of undetermined source [Intervention Protocol]', Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol 2019, no 11 .
• McDonagh, J., Ferguson, C. and Newton, P. (2018), 'Frailty assessment in heart failure : an overview of the multi-domain approach', Current Heart Failure Reports, vol 15, no 1 , pp 17 - 23.
• Hickman, L., DiGiacomo, M., Phillips, J., Rao, A., Newton, P., Jackson, D. and Ferguson, C. (2018), 'Improving evidence based practice in postgraduate nursing programs : a systematic review', Nurse Education Today, vol 63 , pp 69 - 75.
• Sabater-Hernandez, D., Tudball, J., Ferguson, C., Franco-Trigo, L., Hossain, L. and Benrimoj, S. (2018), 'A stakeholder co-design approach for developing a community pharmacy service to enhance screening and management of atrial fibrillation', BMC Health Services Research, vol 18, no 145 .
• Shaikh, F., Pasch, L., Newton, P., Bajorek, B. and Ferguson, C. (2018), 'Addressing multimorbidity and polypharmacy in individuals with atrial fibrillation', Current Cardiology Reports, vol 20, no 5 .
• Jha, S., McDonagh, J., Prichard, R., Newton, P., Hickman, L., Fung, E., Macdonald, P. and Ferguson, C. (2018), '#Frailty : a snapshot Twitter report on frailty knowledge translation', Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 37, no 4 , pp 309 - 312.
• Ferguson, C., Hickman, L., Wright, R., Davidson, P. and Jackson, D. (2018), 'Preparing nurses to be prescribers of digital therapeutics', Contemporary Nurse, vol 54, no 4-5 , pp 345 - 349.
• Brieger, D., Amerena, J., Attia, J., Bajorek, B., Chan, K., Connell, C., Freedman, B., Ferguson, C., Hall, T., Haqqani, H., Hendriks, J., Hespe, C., Hung, J., Kalman, J., Sanders, P., Worthington, J., Yan, T. and Zwar, N. (2018), 'National Heart Foundation of Australia and Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand : Australian clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation 2018', Medical Journal of Australia, vol 209, no 8 , pp 356 - 362.
• Brieger, D., Amerena, J., Attia, J., Bajorek, B., Chan, K., Connell, C., Freedman, B., Ferguson, C., Hall, T., Haqqani, H., Hendriks, J., Hespe, C., Hung, J., Kalman, J., Sanders, P., Worthington, J., Yan, T. and Zwar, N. (2018), 'National Heart Foundation of Australia and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand : Australian clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation 2018', Heart, Lung and Circulation, vol 27, no 10 , pp 1209 - 1266.
• Sibbritt, D., Peng, W., Lauche, R., Ferguson, C., Frawley, J. and Adams, J. (2018), 'Efficacy of acupuncture for lifestyle risk factors for stroke : a systematic review', PLoS One, vol 13, no 10 .
• Fung, E., Yang, X., Newton, P., Ferguson, C., Gastelurrutia, P., Lupon, J., Bayes-Genis, A., Jha, S. and Macdonald, P. (2018), 'Letter by Fung et al regarding article, "Frailty and clinical outcomes in heart failure : a systematic review and meta-analysis"', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, vol 19, no 12 , pp 1143 - 1146.
• Orchard, J., Neubeck, L., Freedman, B., Webster, R., Patel, A., Gallagher, R., Li, J., Hespe, C., Ferguson, C., Zwar, N. and Lowres, N. (2018), 'Atrial fibrillation screen, management and guideline recommended therapy (AF SMART II) in the rural primary care setting : an implementation study protocol', BMJ Open, vol 8, no 10 .
• Yang, X., Lupon, J., Vidan, M., Ferguson, C., Gastelurrutia, P., Newton, P., Macdonald, P., Bueno, H., Bayes-Genis, A., Woo, J. and Fung, E. (2018), 'Impact of frailty on mortality and hospitalization in chronic heart failure : a systematic review and meta-analysis', Journal of the American Heart Association, vol 7, no 23 .
• Ferguson, C., Shaikh, F. and Bajorek, B. (2017), 'Patient self-testing and self-management of anticoagulation is safe and patients are satisfied with these programmes', Evidence-Based Nursing, vol 20, no 4 , pp 110 - 111.
• Xu, X., Parker, D., Ferguson, C. and Hickman, L. (2017), 'Where is the nurse in nutritional care?', Contemporary Nurse, vol 53, no 3 , pp 267 - 270.
• Ferguson, C., DiGiacomo, M., Gholizadeh, L., Ferguson, L. and Hickman, L. (2017), 'The integration and evaluation of a social-media facilitated journal club to enhance the student learning experience of evidence-based practice : a case study', Nurse Education Today, vol 48 , pp 123 - 128.
• Jha, S., McDonagh, J., Ferguson, C., Macdonald, P. and Newton, P. (2017), 'Commentary response : frailty, not just about old people : Reply to Smith GD & Kydd A (2017) Getting care of older people right : the need for appropriate frailty assessment?', Journal of Clinical Nursing, vol 26, no 23 , pp 4 - 5.
• Ferguson, C., Inglis, S., Newton, P., Middleton, S., Macdonald, P. and Davidson, P. (2017), 'Barriers and enablers to adherence to anticoagulation in heart failure with atrial fibrillation : patient and provider perspectives', Journal of Clinical Nursing, vol 26, no 23 , pp 4325 - 4334.
• Ferguson, C., Inglis, S., Newton, P., Middleton, S., Macdonald, P. and Davidson, P. (2017), 'Multi-morbidity, frailty and self-care: important considerations in treatment with anticoagulation drugs. Outcomes of the AFASTER study', European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, vol 16, no 2 , pp 113 - 124.
• Peng, W., Lauche, R., Ferguson, C., Frawley, J., Adams, J. and Sibbritt, D. (2017), 'Efficacy of Chinese herbal medicine for stroke modifiable risk factors : a systematic review', Chinese Medicine, vol 12, no 1 .
• Lauche, R., Peng, W., Ferguson, C., Cramer, H., Frawley, J., Adams, J. and Sibbritt, D. (2017), 'Efficacy of Tai Chi and qigong for the prevention of stroke and stroke risk factors : a systematic review with meta-analysis', Medicine (Philadelphia), vol 96, no 45 .
• Dean, S., Lewis, J. and Ferguson, C. (2017), 'Editorial : Is technology responsible for nurses losing touch?', Journal of Clinical Nursing, vol 26, no 5-6 , pp 583 - 585.
• Ferguson, C., Hickman, L., Lal, S., Newton, P., Kneebone, I., McGowan, S. and Middleton, S. (2016), 'Addressing the stroke evidence-treatment gap', Contemporary Nurse, vol 52, no 2-3 , pp 253 - 257.
• Ferguson, C., Inglis, S., Newton, P., Middleton, S., Macdonald, P. and Davidson, P. (2016), 'Education and practice gaps on atrial fibrillation and anticoagulation : a survey of cardiovascular nurses', BMC Medical Education, vol 16, no 9 .
• Ebrahimi, H., Hassankhani, H., Namdar, H., Khodadadi, E. and Ferguson, C. (2016), 'Experiences of Iranian family caregivers supporting individuals with multiple sclerosis : a qualitative study', International Journal of Medical Research and Health Sciences, vol 5, no 9 , pp 174 - 182.
• Gallagher, R., Psaroullis, T., Ferguson, C., Neubeck, L. and Gallagher, P. (2016), 'Social media practices on Twitter : maximising the impact of cardiac associations', British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, vol 11, no 10 , pp 481 - 487.
• Ferguson, C., DiGiacomo, M., Saliba, B., Green, J., Moorley, C., Wyllie, A. and Jackson, D. (2016), 'First year nursing students' experiences of social media during the transition to university : a focus group study', Contemporary Nurse, vol 52, no 5 , pp 625 - 635.
• Ferguson, C., Inglis, S., Newton, P., Middleton, S., Macdonald, P. and Davidson, P. (2015), 'The caregiver role in thromboprophylaxis management in atrial fibrillation : a literature review', European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, vol 14, no 2 , pp 98 - 107.
• Ferguson, C., Davidson, P., Scott, P., Jackson, D. and Hickman, L. (2015), 'Augmented reality, virtual reality and gaming : an integral part of nursing', Contemporary Nurse, vol 51, no 1 , pp 1 - 4.
• Weaver, R., Ferguson, C., Wilbourn, M. and Salamonson, Y. (2014), 'Men in nursing on television : exposing and reinforcing stereotypes', Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol 70, no 4 , pp 833 - 842.
• Ferguson, C., Inglis, S., Newton, P., Middleton, S., Macdonald, P. and Davidson, P. (2014), 'Atrial fibrillation : stroke prevention in focus', Australian Critical Care, vol 27, no 2 , pp 92 - 98.
• Davidson, P., Newton, P., Ferguson, C., Daly, J., Elliott, D., Homer, C., Duffield, C. and Jackson, D. (2014), 'Rating and ranking the role of bibliometrics and webometrics in nursing and midwifery', The Scientific World Journal, vol 2014 .
• Rahmani, A., Ferguson, C., Jabarzadeh, F., Mohammadpoorasl, A., Moradi, N. and Pakpour, V. (2014), 'Supportive care needs of Iranian cancer patients', Indian Journal of Palliative Care, vol 20, no 3 , pp 224 - 228.
• Ferguson, C. and Jackson, D. (2014), 'If it's posted, is it published? : intellectual property, conferences and social media', Collegian, vol 21, no 2 , pp 79 - 80.
• Rahmani, A., Howard, F., Sattarzadeh, N., Ferguson, C., Asgari, A. and Ebrahimi, H. (2014), 'Viewpoints of fertile women on gestational surrogacy in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran', Indian Journal of Medical Ethics, vol 11, no 1 , pp 29 - 33.
• Mogadasian, S., Abdollahzadeh, F., Rahmani, A., Ferguson, C., Pakanzad, F., Pakpour, V. and Heidarzadeh, H. (2014), 'The attitude of Iranian nurses about do not resuscitate orders', Indian Journal of Palliative Care, vol 20, no 1 , pp 21 - 25.
• Aghdam, A., Rahmani, A., Nejad, Z., Ferguson, C., Mohammadpoorasl, A. and Sanaat, Z. (2014), 'Fear of cancer recurrence and its predictive factors among Iranian cancer patients', Indian Journal of Palliative Care, vol 20, no 2 , pp 128 - 133.
• Ferguson, C., Inglis, S., Newton, P., Middleton, S., Macdonald, P. and Davidson, P. (2013), 'Atrial fibrillation and thromboprophylaxis in heart failure : the need for patient-centered approaches to address adherence', Vascular Health and Risk Management, vol 9 , pp 3 - 11.
• Ferguson, C. (2013), 'It's time for the nursing profession to leverage social media', Journal of Advanced Nursing, vol 69, no 4 , pp 745 - 747.
• Valizadeh, L., Barzegar, M., Akbarbegloo, M., Zamanzadeh, V., Rahiminia, E. and Ferguson, C. (2013), 'The relationship between psychosocial care and attitudes toward illness in adolescents with epilepsy', Epilepsy and Behavior, vol 27, no 1 , pp 267 - 271.
• Zamanzadeh, V., Rahmani, A., Valizadeh, L., Ferguson, C., Hassankhani, H., Nikanfar, A. and Howard, F. (2013), 'The taboo of cancer : the experiences of cancer disclosure by Iranian patients, their family members and physicians', Psycho-Oncology, vol 22, no 2 , pp 396 - 402.
• Cleary, M., Jackson, D., Ferguson, C. and Watson, R. (2013), 'Social media and the new e-professionalism', Contemporary Nurse, vol 45, no 2 , pp 152 - 154.
• Rahmani, A., Mohammadian, R., Ferguson, C., Golizadeh, L., Zirak, M. and Chavoshi, H. (2012), 'Posttraumatic growth in Iranian cancer patients', Indian Journal of Cancer, vol 49, no 3 , pp 287 - 292.
• Valizadeh, L., Zamanzadeh, V., Rahmani, A., Howard, F., Nikanfar, A. and Ferguson, C. (2012), 'Cancer disclosure : experiences of Iranian cancer patients', Nursing and Health Sciences, vol 14, no 2 , pp 250 - 256.