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Desley Hegney

Researcher at Central Queensland University

Publications -  234
Citations -  7108

Desley Hegney is an academic researcher from Central Queensland University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Nurse education. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 234 publications receiving 6317 citations. Previous affiliations of Desley Hegney include University of Adelaide & University of Queensland.

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Why nurses are resigning from rural and remote Queensland health facilities

TL;DR: Hegney et al. as mentioned in this paper investigated factors that influenced nurses' decisions to leave rural and remote area practice, the factors that motivated them to remain in practice, and those factors nurses considered irrelevant to leaving or staying in rural/remote area nursing.
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Exploring the Influence of Psychological Factors on Breastfeeding Duration, Phase 1: Perceptions of Mothers and Clinicians

TL;DR: Forty-five psychological factors thought to influence the duration of breastfeeding were identified, including the mother's priorities and mothering self-efficacy, faith in breast milk, adaptability, stress, and breastfeeding self- efficacy.
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Can We Predict Burnout among Student Nurses? An Exploration of the ICWR-1 Model of Individual Psychological Resilience

TL;DR: Support is found for the major pathways of the model that resilience had a significant influence on the relationship between mindfulness, self-efficacy and coping, and psychological adjustment (burnout scores), and as predicted, Neuroticism moderated the relationships between coping and burnout.
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Experiences of regional and rural people with cancer being treated with radiotherapy in a metropolitan centre

TL;DR: The need for a radiotherapy centre in the location of Toowoomba is supported as a way of providing some equity and access to such treatment for the rural people of Queensland.