Dr Yenna Salamonson

• Biography
• Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise
• Awards 
• Grants/Current Projects
• Selected Publications
• Community Interests
• Contact details

Biography

Yenna Salamonson has worked in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at UWS since 1987. Her teaching interests are in applied bioscience, pathophysiology and pharmacology. Yenna has over 20 years of clinical experience, principally in coronary care, intensive care and acute/high dependency nursing. She was the lead author in a number of recent empirical research papers related to nursing education and is currently undertaking a funded educational research project to improve the academic performance of nursing students for whom English is their second language. Yenna is a strong advocate of the use of technology such as Web-based learning to address the different learning needs of nursing students and has been a key driver in redesigning and redeveloping teaching units to a blended learning format. In addition to educational research, Yenna is also actively involved in research related to cardiovascular disease management and care and is currently co-supervising five PhD students in this area. Her expertise is in quantitative methods and she provides support and consultancy to a range of personnel and projects within the School. She is a grant reviewer for the National Heart Foundation of Australia and is also an active peer reviewer for several national and international journals.

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Areas of Research/Teaching Expertise

Research Interests

Cardiovascular nursing
Health behaviours
Medical emergency team
Pain management
Blended learning
Web-based learning
Improving academic performance of ESL nursing students

Teaching Interests

Applied bioscience, pathophysiology & pharmacology
Quantitative research methods
Research training and supervision
Cardiovascular nursing
High dependency nursing

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Awards

2008

Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (College of Health & Science Learning and Teaching Award) - $2,500 prize

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Grants/Current Projects

Current Research Funding

2008
Sessional Academics Teaching in Nursing
Funding: University of Western Sydney College of Health & Science Research Grant, $25,000.
Chief Investigators: Halcomb, E., Jackson, D., Andrew, S., Salamonson, Y., & Peters, K.

2008
Learning approaches across health and science courses (LASAC)
Funding: Education Research Grants in Health & Science (ERGHS), $4,832.80.
Research Team: Salamonson, Y., Bhathal, R., Khoo, C., Koch, J., & Wilson, I.

2008
Supporting Academic Performance and Improvement, targeting English as Second Language Nursing StudenTs (SAPIENT Project)
Funding: Rotary Club of Liverpool West Grant, $5,000.
Research Team: Salamonson, Y., & Koch, J.

2007-2009
Using Computer-Assisted LeArning to Improve academic performance in nursing Students for whom English is a Second language (The CALAIS Project)
Funding: UWS Learning & Teaching Grant, $19,890. Research Team: Salamonson, Y., Koch, J., Davidson, P.M., Frost, S., & Dunncliff, K.

2006-2007
PRomoting Academic Success in NESB First Year Nursing Students (PRACS)
Funding: UWS Student Equity Grant, $22,457.
Research Team: Salamonson, Y., Everett, B., O’Reilly R., Andrew, S., Davidson, P., Smith, A., Koch, J., & Martins, R.

MOdels of Care And Satisfaction in Nursing, and Patient Outcomes (MOCASIN)
Funding: NMB Category 5 Scholarship, $21,505.
Research Team: Andrew, S., Salamonson, Y., Davidson, P. M., Whitby, S., Everett; B., Finkel, R., & Rolley, J.

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Selected Publications

2008

Andrew, S., Salamonson, Y., Weaver, R., Smith, A., O'Reilly, R. & Taylor. C. (2008). Hate the course or hate to go: Semester difference in first year nursing attrition. Nurse Education Today, 28(7), 865-872.

Andrew, S., Salamonson, Y. & Halcomb, E. J. (2008). Examining attrition and persistence of nursing students: Integrating mixed methods data analysis using NVivo. International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches, 2(1), 36-43.

Davidson, P.M., Salamonson, Y., Webster, J., Andrew, S., DiGiacomo, M., Gholizadeh, L., Newton, P. & Moser, D. (2008). Changes in depression in the immediate post-discharge phase in a cardiac rehabilitation population assessed by the Cardiac Depression Scale (Brief Report). Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, 28(5), , 312-315.

Du, H., Davidson, P.M., Salamonson, Y., Everett, B., Zecchin, R. & Newton, P. (2008). Preliminary evaluation of a self-administered, modified six minute walk test. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 17(S3), S206.

Everett, B., Davidson, P.M., Sheerin, N., Salamonson, Y., & DiGiacomo, M. (2008). Pragmatic insights into a nurse-delivered motivational interviewing intervention in the outpatient cardiac rehabilitation setting (Brief Report). Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, 28(1), 61-64.

Fernandez, R.S., Salamonson, Y., Griffiths, R., Juergens, C. & Davidson, P. (2008). Awareness of risk factors for coronary heart disease following interventional cardiology procedures: A key concern for nursing practice. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 14, 433-440.

Fernandez, R. S., Salamonson, Y., Griffiths, R., Juergens, C., & Davidson, P. (2008). Sociodemographic predictors and reasons for participation in an outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program following percutaneous coronary intervention. International Journal of Nursing Practice, 14(3), 237-242.

Fernandez, R. S., Salamonson, Y., Juergens, C., Griffiths, R., & Davidson, P. (2008) Development and preliminary testing of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Enrolment Obstacles (CREO) scale. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 7(2), 96-102.

Halcomb, E. J., Davidson, P. M., Salamonson, Y., & Ollerton, R. (2008). Nursing in Australian general practice: Implications for chronic disease management. Journal of Nursing and Healthcare of Chronic Illness, 17(5a), 6-15.

Hardy, M., Salamonson, Y., Keating, T. & Murphy, J. (2008) Traffic light system to control the spread of multi-resistant organisms in ICU. Australian Nursing Journal, 15(11), 47-48.

Rolley, J.X., Davidson, P.M., Dennison, C.R., Ong, A., Everett, B. & Salamonson, Y. (2008). Medication adherence self-report instruments: Implications for practice and research. Journal of cardiovascular Nursing, 23(6), 467-505.

Rolley, J.X., Davidson, P.M., Salamonson, Y. (2008). Diabetes: A global and local epidemic and a key consideration for cardiovascular nurses. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 17(S3), S74.

Salamonson, Y., Everett, B., Koch, J., Andrew, S., & Davidson, P. M. (2008). English-language acculturation predicts academic performance in nursing students who speak English as a second language. Research in Nursing & Health, 31(1), 86-94.

Salamonson, Y., Everett, B., Koch, J., & Frost, S. A. (2008). The effectiveness of elaborative feedback on academic performance in a web-based introductory pharmacology elective. Peer-reviewed paper submitted for the “Distance Education Association of New Zealand (DEANZ)” Conference 2008 17–20 August.

Tam, V., Frost, S.A., Hillman, K.M. & Salamonson, Y. (2008). A nomogram for individual risk of unplanned admission to intensive care. Resuscitation, 79(2), 241-248.

2007

Fernandez, R. S., Griffiths, R., Everett, B., Salamonson, Y., Andrew, S., & Davidson, P. (2007). Effectiveness of brief structured interventions on risk factor modification for patients with coronary heart disease – A systematic review. International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, 5, 370-405.

Fernandez, R., Davidson, P., Griffiths, R., Juergens, C., & Salamonson, Y. (2007). What do we know about the long term medication adherence in patients following percutaneous coronary intervention? Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 25(2), 53-61.

Salamonson, Y., Everett, B., & Andrew, S., Koch, J., & Davidson, P. M. (2007). Differences in universal diverse orientation among nursing students in Australia. Nursing Outlook, 55(6), 296-302.

Fernandez, R. S., Davidson, P., Salamonson, Y., Griffiths, R., & Juergens, C. (2007). The health related quality of life trajectory in patients following percutaneous coronary intervention: a snapshot (Brief Report). Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, 27(4), 223-226.

Hammond, J., Salamonson, Y., Davidson, P., Everett, B., & Andrew, S. (2007). Why do women underestimate the risk of cardiac disease? A literature review. Australian Critical Care, 20(2), 53-59.

Salamonson, Y., Everett, B., Davidson, P., & Andrew, S. (2007). Magnitude of change in cardiac health-enhancing behaviours six months following an acute myocardial infarction. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 6(1), 66-71.

Fernandez, R. S., Salamonson, Y., Juergens, C., Griffiths, R., & Davidson, P. (2007). Validation of the Revised Cardiac Rehabilitation Preference Form in post-Percutaneous Coronary Intervention patients (Brief Report). Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, 27(6), 390-394.

Fernandez, R., Davidson, P., Griffiths, R., Juergens, C., & Salamonson, Y. (2007). Perception of coronary risk factors in patients following percutaneous coronary intervention. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 16(Supplement 2), S4.

Fernandez, R., Salamonson, Y., Griffiths, R., Juergens, C., & Davidson, P. (2007). Health related quality of life trajectory in patients following percutaneous coronary intervention. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 16(Supplement 2), S182.

2006

Salamonson, Y., & Andrew, S. (2006). Academic performance in nursing students: Influence of part-time employment, age and ethnicity. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 55(3), 342-349.

Salamonson, Y., van Heere, B., Everett, B., & Davidson, P. (2006). Voices from the floor: Nurses' perceptions of the medical emergency team. Intensive & Critical Care Nursing, 22(3), 138-143.

Fernandez, R. S., Griffiths, R., Juergens, C., Davidson, P. & Salamonson, Y. (2006). Persistence of coronary risk factor status in participants 12-18 months following percutaneous coronary intervention. Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 21(5), 379-387.

2005

Everett, B., & Salamonson, Y. (2005). Differences in postoperative opioid consumption in patients prescribed patient-controlled analgesia versus intramuscular injection. Pain Management Nursing, 6(4), 137-144.

Davidson, P., Webster, J. K., Salamonson, Y., Andrew, S., DiGiacomo, M., Paull, M., & Moser, D. K. (2005). Changes in self-reported depression scores in the immediate post-discharge phase in a cardiac rehabilitation population assessed by the cardiac depression scale. Heart, Lung and Circulation 14(1), 127: S53.

Salamonson, Y., & Lantz, J. (2005). Factors influencing nursing students' preference for a hybrid format delivery in a pathophysiology course. Nurse Education Today, 25(1), 9-16.

Salamonson, Y., & Everett, B. (2005). Demographic disparities in the prescription of patient-controlled analgesia for postoperative pain. Acute Pain, 7(1), 21-26.

Pre-2005

Salamonson, Y., Kariyawasam, A., van Heere, B., & O'Connor, C. (2001). The evolutionary process of Medical Emergency Team (MET) implementation: reduction in unanticipated ICU transfers. Resuscitation, 49(2), 135-41.

Jackson, D., Daly, J., Davidson, P., Elliott, D., Cameron-Traub, E., Wade, V., Chin, C., & Salamonson. Y. (2000). Women recovering from first-time myocardial infarction (MI): A feminist qualitative study. Journal of Advanced Nursing 32(6), 1403-11.

Daly, J., Elliott, D., Cameron-Traub, E., Salamonson, Y., Davidson, P., Jackson, D., Wade, V., & Chin, C. (2000). Health status, perceptions of coping, and social support immediately after discharge of survivors of acute myocardial infarction. American Journal of Critical Care 9(1), 62-9.

Salamonson Y. (2000). The ineffectiveness of a non-weight based heparin regimen in achieving therapeutic activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) in acute coronary syndrome. Australian Critical Care, 13(4), 128-133.

Chapters in Books

Dixon, K., & Salamonson, Y. (2005). Endocrine health breakdown. In E. Chang, J. Daly, & D. Elliott (Eds.). Pathophysiology applied to nursing practice. Sydney: Elsevier.

Book Ancillaries

Everett, B. & Salamonson, Y. (2003). Ancillaries to Accompany Pharmacology for Health Professionals (Authors: Bryant, B., Knights, K, & Salerno, E.) Sydney: Mosby/Elsevier.

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Community Interests

• Member, Sigma Theta Tau International (Xi Omicron Chapter)
• Member, Australian Nurse Teachers' Society

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