Dr David Evans

Welcome to my web page. I took up the position as Senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery early in 2006. Prior to that I worked at the University of Adelaide, The Joanna Briggs Institute for Evidence Based Nursing and at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. I am currently the Program Director for Research Degrees, and in this role I coordinate the PhD and Research Masters programs. I am also the Program Director for the Division of Health Sciences Honours program. I am the Course Coordinator for the two Minor Thesis courses and the three Project courses.

My areas of research interest include all aspects of acute care nursing, evidence based practice, program evaluation and research reviews. I am currently involved in a range of different program evaluations and am a member of a team that is working with industry partners to develop a program of research into respite care and reminiscence therapy for carers of people with dementia.

• Evidence Based Practice
• Systematic and critical reviews of the literature
• Clinical audit and program evaluations
• All aspects of research and research methodologies

Royal College of Nursing, Australia

Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia

PhD (Adelaide)

Master of Nursing Studies (FUSA)

Bachelor of Nursing (FUSA)

Diploma of Nursing(SACAE)

Intensive Care Nursing Certificate (QEH)

Advanced Clinical Nursing Course (QEH)

General Nursing Certificate (RAH)

• Respite and support for carers of people with dementia
• Aged care nursing
• Evidence based practice and systematic reviews
• Acute care nursing

Koch, B, Fitzgerald, L, Evans, D, O’Donnell, M and McAuliffe, L 2008 Chapter 12, Use it or lose it: putting research action; in Borbasi, S, Jackson, D and Langford, R (Editors), Navigating the Maze of Nursing Research, Mosby.

Mohammadi, N, Evans, D and Jones, T, 2007, Muslims in Australian hospitals: the clash of cultures, International Journal of Nursing Practice, 13(5), 310-315.

Kim,EAN, Mordiffi, SZ, Bee, WH, Devi, K, and Evans D, 2007, Evaluation of three fall risk assessment tools in an acute care setting, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 60(4), 427-435.

Evans, D 2007, Chapter 11, Integrative reviews of quantitative and qualitative research: overview of methods, in; Webb, C and Roe, B (Editors), Reviewing Research Evidence for Nursing Practice: Systematic Reviews, Oxford, Blackwell Publishing.

Evans, D 2007, Chapter 15, Integrative reviews of restraint use, in; Webb, C and Roe, B, (Editors) Reviewing Research Evidence for Nursing Practice: Systematic Reviews, Oxford, Blackwell Publishing.

Evans, D 2004, The systematic review report, Collegian, 11(2), 8-11.

Evans, D 2003, Hierarchy of evidence: a framework for the ranking of evidence evaluating nursing interventions, Journal of Clinical Nursing, 12,1, 77-84.

Evans, D Wood, J and Lambert L 2003, Patient Injury and Physical Restraint Devices: A Systematic Review, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 41,3, 274-282.

Cameron, K Borbasi, S Quested, B and Evans, D 2003, A matter of taste: the experience of chemotherapy related taste changes, Australian Journal of Cancer Nursing, 4,1, 3-9.

Hodgkinson, B Evans, D and Wood, J 2003, Maintaining oral hydration in older adults: a systematic review, International Journal of Nursing Practice, 9,3, S19-S28.

Page, T Lockwood, C and Evans, D 2003, The prevention and management of shoulder pain in the hemiplegic patient, JBI Reports, Blackwell Publishing Asia, 1(15), 149-166.

Evans, D 2002, Database searches for qualitative research, Journal of the Medical Library Association, 90(3), 290-293.

Evans, D 2002, Systematic reviews of interpretive research: interpretive data synthesis of processed data, Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 20(2), 22-26.

Evans, D 2002, The effectiveness of music as an intervention for hospital patients: a systematic review, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 37(1), 8-18.

Evans, D Wood, J and Lambert L 2002, A review of physical restraint minimisation in the acute and residential care setting, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 40(6) 616-625.

Evans, D and FitzGerald, M 2002, The experience of physical restraint: a systematic review of qualitative research, Contemporary Nurse, 13, 126-135.

Evans, D and FitzGerald, M 2002, Reasons for physically restraining patients and residents: a systematic review and content analysis, International Journal of Nursing Studies, 39, 735-743.

Borbasi, S Cameron, K Quested, B Olver, I To, B and Evans, D 2002, More than a sore mouth: patients’ experience of mucositis, Nursing Oncology Forum, 29(7), 1051-1057.

Evans, D 2001, Systematic reviews of nursing research, Intensive & Critical Care Nursing, 17, 51-57.

Evans, D Hodgkinson, B and Berry, J 2001, Vital signs in hospital patients: a systematic review, International Journal of Nursing Studies, 38(6) 643-650.

Evans, D and Pearson, A 2001, Systematic reviews of qualitative research, Clinical Effectiveness in Nursing, 5(3) 111-117.

Evans, D and Pearson, A 2001, Systematic reviews: gatekeepers of nursing knowledge, Journal of Clinical Nursing, 10, 593-599.

Evans, D Hodgkinson, B Lambert, L and Wood, J 2001, Fall risk factors in the hospital setting: a systematic review, International Journal of Nursing Practice, 7, 38-45.

Charnock, Y and Evans, D 2001, Nursing management of chest drains: a systematic review, Australian Critical Care, 14:4, 156-160.

Evans, D and Kowanko, I 2000, Literature reviews: evolution of a research methodology, Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 18(2) 31-36

Jones, T and Evans, D 2000, Conducting a systematic review, Australian Critical Care Nursing Journal, 13(2) 66-71.

Evans, D Hodgkinson, B Lambert, L and Wood, J 1999, Falls in hospitals: a systematic review, Clinical Effectiveness in Nursing, 3, pp. 106 – 111.

I am able to provide media comment in the following areas of expertise:

Discipline: Nursing

• Doctoral Study
• literature and systematic reviews
• evidence based practice