Mr Steven A Frost

Mr Steven A Frost

LECTURER,
School of Nursing and Midwifery

Personal

Qualifications

  • MPubHealth University of New South Wales

UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • School of Nursing and Midwifery

Professional Memberships

  • American Society of Bone and Mineral Research (2008-09-01 - 2012-12-31)

Contact

Email:S.Frost@uws.edu.au
Extension:3415
Mobile:
Location:7.G.08
Campbelltown
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Biography

Steven Frost is a lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at University of Western Sydney. He began teaching at the School of Nursing and Midwifery in 2005, after previously working for the Area Health Service since 1994 in various roles such as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Intensive Care and Clinical Nurse Consultant for the MET Research and Training Unit in the Simpson Centre for Health Services Research. Steven has a Post-Graduate Certificate in Intensive Nursing (Liverpool Hospital 1997), a Masters in Public Health (School of Community Medicine and Public Health UNSW 2003) and is currently a PhD candidate - UNSW in Osteoporosis Epidemiology (thesis title - Bone Loss and Fracture Risk). Steven is also a conjoint-lecturer with the University of New South Wales School of Medicine - South Western Sydney Clinical School.

This information has been contributed by Mr Frost.

Awards

  • Morris Cram Award - for outstanding academic and professional development in a postgraduate nursing course within Liverpool Health Service 1997-11-28

Teaching

Previous Teaching Areas

  • 400206 Evidence-based Nursing, 2012
  • 400761 Family Health Care: High Acuity Nursing, 2012

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Frost, S. and Alexandrou, E. (2013), 'Higher nurse staffing levels associated with reductions in unplanned readmissions to intensive care or operating theatre, and in postoperative in-hospital mortality in heart surgery patients', Evidenced Based Nursing, .
  • Frost, S. and Alexandrou, E. (2013), 'Importance of predictors of rehospitalisation in heart failure : a survey of heart failure experts', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 5.
  • Frost, S. (2013), 'Excess mortality attributable to hip-fracture : a relative survival analysis', Bone, 7.
  • Frost, S. (2013), 'Patient, provider and system factors influencing rehospitalisation in adults with heart failure', Contemporary Nurse, 13.
  • Alexandrou, E., Murgo, M., Calabria, E., Spencer, T., Carpen, H., Brennan, K., Frost, S., Davidson, P. and Hillman, K. (2012), 'Nurse-led central venous catheter insertion-procedural characteristics and outcomes of three intensive care based catheter placement services', International Journal of Nursing Studies, 7.
  • Betihavas, V., Davidson, P., Newton, P., Frost, S., Macdonald, P. and Stewart, S. (2012), 'What are the factors in risk prediction models for rehospitalisation for adults with chronic heart failure?', Australian Critical Care, 10.
  • Hunt, L., Leanne, L., Van Luenen, H., Alexandrou, E., Frost, S., Davidson, P., Hillman, K. and D'Amours, S. (2012), 'A comparison of fluid instillation volumes to assess intra-abdominal pressure using Kron's methods', The Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 4.
  • Betihavas, V., Newton, P., Frost, S., Alexandrou, E., Macdonald, P. and Davidson, P. (2012), 'Importance of Predictors of Rehospitalisation in Heart Failure: A Survey of Heart Failure Experts', Heart Lung Circ, 1.
  • Alexandrou, E., Ramjan, L., Murphy, J., Murphy, J., Hunt, L., Betihavas, V. and Frost, S. (2012), 'Training of Undergraduate Clinicians in Vascular Access: An Integrative Review', The Journal of the Association for Vascular Access (JAVA), 13.
  • Alexandrou, E., Murgo, M., Calabria, E., Spencer, T., Carpen, H., Brennan, K., Frost, S., Davidson, P. and Hillman, K. (2012), 'Nurse-led central venous catheter insertion-Procedural characteristics and outcomes of three intensive care based catheter placement services', International Journal of Nursing Studies, 7.
  • Alexandrou, E., Murphy, J., Hunt, L., Betihavas, V. and Frost, S. (2012), 'Training of undergraduate clinicians in vascular access : an integrative review', The Journal of the Association for Vascular Access (JAVA), 13.
  • Betihavas, V., Davidson, P., Newton, P., Frost, S., Macdonald, P. and Stewart, S. (2012), 'What are the factors in risk prediction models for rehospitalisation for adults with chronic heart failure?', Australian Critical Care, 10.
  • Hunt, L., Van Luenen, H., Alexandrou, E., Frost, S., Davidson, P., Hillman, K. and D'Amours, S. (2012), 'A comparison of fluid instillation volumes to assess intra-abdominal pressure using Kron's methods', Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 4.
  • Betihavas, V., Newton, P., Hui, Y., Macdonald, P., Frost, S., Stewart, S. and Davidson, P. (2011), 'Australia's health care reform agenda: Implications for the nurses' role in chronic heart failure management', Australian Critical Care, 9.
  • Alexandrou, E., Ramjan, L., Spencer, T., Frost, S., Salamonson, Y., Davidson, P. and Hillman, K. (2011), 'The Use of Midline Catheters in the Adult Acute Care Setting - Clinical Implications and Recommendations for Practice', Journal of the Association for Vascular Access (JAVA), 6.
  • Frost, S., Nguyen, N., Black, D., Eisman, J. and Nguyen, T. (2011), 'Risk factors for in-hospital post-hip fracture mortality', Bone, 6.
  • Davidson, P., Salamonson, Y., Rolley, J., Everett, B., Fernandez, R., Andrew, S., Newton, P., Frost, S. and Denniss, R. (2011), 'Perception of cardiovascular risk following a percutaneous coronary intervention: A cross sectional study', International Journal of Nursing Studies, 6.
  • Koch, J., Salamonson, Y., Du, H., Frost, S., Dunncliff, K. and Davidson, P. (2011), 'Value of web-based learning activities for nursing students who speak english as a second language', Journal of Nursing Education, 8.
  • Alexandrou, E., Spencer, T., Frost, S., Parr, M., Davidson, P. and Hillman, K. (2010), 'Establishing a Nurse-Led Central Venous Catheter Insertion Service', JAVA: The Journal of The Association for Vascular Access, 7.
  • Frost, S., Tam, V., Alexandrou, E., Hunt, L., Salamonson, Y., Davidson, P., Parr, M. and Hillman, K. (2010), 'Readmission to intensive care: development of a nomogram for individualising risk', Critical Care Resuscitation, 7.
  • Yacopetti, N., Alexandrou, E., Spencer, T., Frost, S., Davidson, P., O'Sullivan, G. and Hillman, K. (2010), 'Central venous catheter insertion by a clinical nurse consultant or anaesthetic medical staff: a single-centre observational study', Critical care and resuscitation, 6.
  • Frost, S., Davidson, P., Alexandrou, E., Hunt, L., Salamonson, Y., Tam, V., Parr, M., Aneman, A. and Hillman, K. (2010), 'Unplanned admission to the intensive care unit in the very elderly and risk of in-hospital mortality', Critical Care and Resuscitation, 6.
  • Gholizadeh, L., Salamonson, Y., Davidson, P., Parvan, K., Frost, S., Chang, S. and Hare, D. (2010), 'Cross-cultural validation of the Cardiac Depression Scale in Iran', British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 12.
  • Frost, S., Alexandrou, E., Bogdanovski, T., Salamonson, Y., Parr, M. and Hillman, K. (2009), 'Unplanned admission to intensive care after emergency hospitalisation: Risk factors and development of a nomogram for individualising risk', Resuscitation, 7.
  • Frost, S., Nguyen, N., Center, J., Eisman, J. and Nguyen, T. (2009), 'Timing of repeat BMD measurements: development of an absolute risk-based prognostic model', Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 8.
  • Frost, S., Alexandrou, E., Bogdanovski, T., Salamonson, Y., Davidson, P., Parr, M. and Hillman, K. (2009), 'Severity of Illness and Risk of Readmission to Intensive Care: A Meta-analysis', Resuscitation, 6.
  • Alexandrou, E., Spencer, T., Frost, S., Parr, M., Davidson, P. and Hillman, K. (2009), 'A review of the nursing role in central venous cannulation: implications for practice policy and research', Journal of clinical nursing, 10.
  • Tam, V., Frost, S., Hillman, K. and Salamonson, Y. (2008), 'Using administrative data to develop a nomogram for individualising risk of unplanned admission to intensive care', Resuscitation, 8.
  • Nguyen, N., Frost, S., Center, J., Eisman, J. and Nguyen, T. (2008), 'Development of prognostic nomograms for individualizing 5-year and 10-year fracture risks', Osteoporosis International, 14.
  • Frost, S., Nguyen, N., Center, J., Eisman, J. and Nguyen, T. (2007), 'Discordance of longitudinal changes in bone density between densitometers', Bone, 8.
  • Nguyen, N., Frost, S., Center, J., Eisman, J. and Nguyen, T. (2007), 'Development of a nomogram for individualizing hip fracture risk in men and women', Osteoporosis International, 9.
  • Smith, B., Zehle, K., Bauman, A., Chau, J., Frost, S., Hawkshaw, B. and Thomas, M. (2006), 'Quantitative methods used in Australian health promotion research: a review of publications from 1992-2002', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 5.

Conference Papers

  • Frost, S., Nguyen, N., Eisman, J. and Nguyen, T. (2009), 'Misdiagnosis of osteoporosis based on a single bone mineral density measurement', Joint Meeting of the International Bone & Mineral Society and the Australian & New Zealand Bone & Mineral Society, 2nd Joint Meeting of the International Bone & Mineral Society and the Australian & New Zealand Bone & Mineral Society, Sydney, Australia.
  • Salamonson, Y., Everett, B., Koch, J. and Frost, S. (2008), 'The effectiveness of elaborative feedback on academic performance in a web-based introductory pharmacology elective', DEANZ 2008 Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.
  • Frost, S., Nguyen, N., Center, J., Eisman, J. and Nguyen, T. (2008), 'Excess of Post-fracture Mortality Among Men and Women: A Relative Survival Analysis', ASBMR Annual Scientific Meeting, Montreal, Canada.
  • Frost, S., Nguyen, N., Center, J., Eisman, J. and Ngyuyen, T. (2007), 'Five-year and long-term risks of developing osteoporosis and/or fracture: A natural history analysis', IBMS Program and Abstracts, 17th Scientific Meeting of the International Bone & Mineral Society, Montreal, Canada.

Research

Epidemiology

Health Services Research

Osteoporosis

Risk Prediction

This information has been contributed by Mr Frost.

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