Associate Professor Louisa Lam
FedUni Associate
Campus
Biography
Dr Louisa Lam is committed to improving the health of our population through innovative teaching and translational research to enhance and extend current thinking and clinical practices. Dr Lam’s research focuses on cardiovascular disease diagnosis and management; nurses’ work satisfaction, burnout and resilience; and workplace aggression experience.
Louisa has more than 30 years of clinical nursing and academic experience in Hong Kong and Australia. She has worked as a registered nurse, lecturer, research fellow, project coordinator, project manager and senior lecturer at different schools and centres at Monash University, where she managed clinical trials in the areas of intensive and emergency care patient management, observational injury prevention studies and road trauma studies.
Louisa is a Senior Lecturer at Federation University Australia and currently holds the position of Higher Degree by Research Coordinator after nearly two years as Deputy Dean of the School of Health.
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- Publications
Smoking Among Healthcare Professionals in Australia: A Scoping Review
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- DOI reference: 10.3390/ijerph22010113
A study of academic resilience, psychological resilience and psychological distress in undergraduate nursing students in Hong Kong and Australia during COVID-19 restrictions
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.nepr.2025.104331
Contextual determinants impacting final year nursing students' emergency team communication during deteriorating patient simulations: A grounded theory study
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.nedt.2024.106183
Health and wellbeing of staff working at higher education institutions globally during the post-COVID-19 pandemic period: evidence from a cross-sectional study
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- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12889-024-19365-1
Effectiveness of Protection Motivation Theory on clinical factors, behavior change, and cardiovascular disease: An integrative review
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.ijnsa.2024.100267
Exploring the alignment between paramedicine's professional capabilities and competency frameworks for current and evolving scopes of practice: a literature review
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- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12909-023-04992-w
"Resisting social identity threat and maintaining resilience": A qualitative study of Chinese parents following the loss of an only child
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- DOI reference: 10.1037/tra0001262
The impact of COVID-19 on stress and resilience in undergraduate nursing students: A scoping review
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.nepr.2023.103785
Newly qualified graduate nurses’ experiences of workplace incivility in healthcare settings: An integrative review.
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.nepr.2023.103611
Psychological Distress, Fear and Coping Strategies among Hong Kong People During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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- DOI reference: 10.1007/s12144-021-02338-7
Associations between perceived overqualification, transformational leadership and burnout in nurses from intensive care units: A multicentre survey
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- DOI reference: 10.1111/jonm.13774
Psychological impact of COVID-19 on healthcare workers: Cross-sectional analyses from 14 countries
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- DOI reference: 10.1017/gmh.2022.35
Nurse leadership in promoting and supporting civility in health care settings: A scoping review
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- DOI reference: 10.1111/jonm.13883
Factors influencing the transition and retention of mental health nurses during the initial years of practice: Scoping review
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- DOI reference: 10.1111/jonm.13882
Quality of life in cancer patients with different preferences for nurse spiritual therapeutics: The role of psychological capital
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- DOI reference: 10.1111/jan.15023
Assessment of emergency department staff awareness, access and utilisation of advance care directives and goals of care: A cross-sectional survey
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.auec.2021.12.002
Air pollution perception in ten countries during the COVID-19 pandemic
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- DOI reference: 10.1007/s13280-021-01574-2
Associations between perceived overqualification, organisational commitment and work passion of nurses: A multicentre cross-sectional study
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- DOI reference: 10.1111/jonm.13610
"Resisting Social Identity Threat and Maintaining Resilience": A Qualitative Study of Chinese Parents Following the Loss of an Only Child
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- DOI reference: 10.1037/tra0001262
COVID-19: Factors associated with psychological distress, fear, and coping strategies among community members across 17 countries
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- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12992-021-00768-3
Willingness, preferred ways and potential barriers to use pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention among men who have sex with men in China
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- DOI reference: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053634
Undergraduate Health Professional Students’ Team Communication in Simulated Emergency Settings: A Scoping Review
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.ecns.2021.07.004
The way we do things around here. A qualitative study of the workplace aggression experiences of Victorian nurses, midwives and care personnel
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.colegn.2020.02.012
Feasibility of brief distress screening for family caregivers of adults diagnosed with schizophrenia in Changsha, Hunan, China
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- DOI reference: 10.1111/jpm.12663
Severity of illness and distress in caregivers of patients with schizophrenia: Do internalized stigma and caregiving burden mediate the relationship?
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- DOI reference: 10.1111/jan.14648
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mobility in ten countries and associated perceived risk for all transport modes
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- DOI reference: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245886
Resilience-based multifactorial model of depression among people who lost an only-child in China
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- DOI reference: 10.11817/j.issn.1672-7347.2021.190301
Association between psychological capital and spiritual care competencies of clinical nurses: A multicentre cross-sectional study
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- DOI reference: 10.1111/jonm.13303
Influence of core competence on voice behavior of clinical nurses: A multicenter cross-sectional study
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- DOI reference: 10.2147/PRBM.S309565
Condom use consistency and associated factors among college student men who have sex with men from seven colleges in changsha city: A cross-sectional survey
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- DOI reference: 10.2147/HIV.S305932
A WeChat-based "Three Good Things" positive psychotherapy for the improvement of job performance and self-efficacy in nurses with burnout symptoms: A randomized controlled trial
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- DOI reference: 10.1111/jonm.12927
Hospital Nurses' Simulation-Based Education Regarding Patient Safety: A Scoping Review
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.ecns.2019.11.006
Impact of WeChat-based 'three good things' on turnover intention and coping style in burnout nurses
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- DOI reference: 10.1111/jonm.13111
Chinese mental health professionals’ perceptions of shared decision-making regarding people diagnosed with schizophrenia: A qualitative study
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- DOI reference: 10.1111/inm.12771_1
Compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue in Australian emergency nurses: A descriptive cross-sectional study
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.ienj.2019.06.008
Survey data regarding perceived air quality in Australia, Brazil, China, Ghana, India, Iran, Italy, Norway, South Africa, United States before and during Covid-19 restrictions
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106169
A survey dataset to evaluate the changes in mobility and transportation due to COVID-19 travel restrictions in Australia, Brazil, China, Ghana, India, Iran, Italy, Norway, South Africa, United States
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106459
Feeling responsible: Family caregivers’ attitudes and experiences of shared decision-making regarding people diagnosed with schizophrenia: A qualitative study
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.pec.2020.10.032
Shared decision-making in serious mental illness: A comparative study
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.pec.2020.03.009
Perceptions of shared decision-making in severe mental illness: An integrative review
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- DOI reference: 10.1111/jpm.12558
I am the person who knows myself best: Perception on shared decision-making among hospitalized people diagnosed with schizophrenia in China
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- DOI reference: 10.1111/inm.12718
Validation of the distress thermometer for caregivers of children and adolescents with schizophrenia
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- DOI reference: 10.1111/jan.14233
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and endotracheal intubation decisions for adults with advance care directive and resuscitation plans in the emergency department
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.auec.2020.05.003
Translation and psychometric testing of a decision-making scale
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- DOI reference: 10.1111/jpm.12601
Non-pharmacological depression therapies for older Chinese adults: A systematic review & meta-analysis
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.archger.2020.104037
The risk factors of antenatal depression: A cross-sectional survey
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- DOI reference: 10.1111/jocn.14955
An evaluation of a positive psychological intervention to reduce burnout among nurses
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.apnu.2019.08.004
In response to: Non opioid analgesics for managing postoperative pain after cardiothoracic surgeries
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- DOI reference: 10.4103/aca.ACA_16_19
A systematic review of prevalence and risk factors of postpartum depression in Chinese immigrant women
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.wombi.2018.11.019
A study protocol of mobile phone app-based cognitive behaviour training for the prevention of postpartum depression among high-risk mothers
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- DOI reference: 10.1186/s12889-019-6941-8
Using the theory of planned behaviour to predict nurse's intention to undertake dual practice in China: A multicentre survey
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- DOI reference: 10.1111/jocn.14791
The effects of resilience and turnover intention on nurses' burnout: Findings from a comparative cross-sectional study
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- DOI reference: 10.1111/jocn.14637
Workplace aggression experiences and responses of Victorian nurses, midwives and care personnel
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.colegn.2018.09.003
Newly qualified graduate nurses’ experiences of workplace incivility in Australian hospital settings
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.colegn.2018.08.003
Burnout and its association with resilience in nurses: A cross-sectional study
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- DOI reference: 10.1111/jocn.13952
The efficacy of different modes of analgesia in postoperative pain management and early mobilization in postoperative cardiac surgical patients: A systematic review
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- DOI reference: 10.4103/aca.ACA_186_17
Female nurses' burnout symptoms: No association with the Hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2016.11.020
Exploring resilience in Chinese nurses: a cross-sectional study
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- DOI reference: 10.1111/jonm.12457
Positive psychotherapy for depression and self-efficacy in undergraduate nursing students: A randomized, controlled trial
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- DOI reference: 10.1111/inm.12255
Reply to Letter to the Editor: Below is our response to the concerns raised by Dr. Bianchi et al. regarding our manuscript (Guo, Y., Lam, L., Luo, Y., Plummer, V., Cross, W., Li, H., Yin, Y., Zhang, J., 2017. Female nurses’ burnout symptoms: no association with the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis. Psychoneuroendocrinology 77,47–50.)
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- DOI reference: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2017.02.008
Does B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Testing Affect Outcome and Management of Patients With Acute Dyspnea?
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- DOI reference: 10.7326/0003-4819-151-4-200908180-00022
B-type natriuretic peptide testing, clinical outcomes, and health services use in emergency department patients With dyspnea a randomized trial
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- DOI reference: 10.7326/0003-4819-150-6-200903170-00004
B-type natriuretic peptide testing and the accuracy of heart failure diagnosis in the emergency department
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- DOI reference: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.109.869438
Meta-analysis: Effect of B-type natriuretic peptide testing on clinical outcomes in patients with acute dyspnea in the emergency setting
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- DOI reference: 10.7326/0003-4819-153-11-201012070-00006
A meta-analysis of haemorrhage with ticlopidine and clopidogrel following coronary artery stent placement
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- DOI reference: 10.5083/ejcm.20424884.80