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Modeling the Impact of Antimicrobial Resistance on Medical Preparedness and Response for a Nuclear or Radiological Public Health Emergency Open

Amber R. Phipps, Sue Cammarata, Jane Falvey, Matthew Clay, Courtney Bess , et al. · 2025

Objective Antimicrobial resistant infections are expected to increase the rate of antibiotic treatment failure in patients during a mass casualty incident. We aim to examine the potential impact of rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR) on …

Preventing Paediatric Scalds: A 5 Year Descriptive Analysis, Do We Need to Change Our Approach? Open

Nagi S. El Saghir, Joseph Stallard, Reyan Saghir, Amber R. Phipps, U Anwa , et al. · 2021

Introduction: Scald injuries are the most common type of thermal injury in the paediatric population [1]. Despite domestic accidental scalds being so common, there is limited awareness of the frequency and severity of these injuries. Aware…

Improving the Compliance of Intraoperative Antibiotic Redosing: A Quality Improvement Initiative Open

Michelle LeRiger, Amber R. Phipps, Bridget Norton, Rachel A. Spitznagel · 2020

Introduction: At Children’s Hospital and Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, the intraoperative antibiotic redosing guidelines and the time frame considered compliant for redosing were unclear. This lack of clarity plus an ill-defined proce…

592. Assessment of Time Spent in the Room by Nurses and Nursing Assistants on a Pediatric Ward by Patient Isolation Status and Demographics Open

Kari Simonsen, Robin High, Mary Fortini, Lindsay Hegemann, Susan Beedle , et al. · 2019

Background Published reports have raised concern that RNs spend less time in hospital rooms of patients requiring isolation precautions. Other patient-related factors including race/ethnicity, primary language, and socio-economic factors r…

Disclosure of Adverse Events: A Guide for Clinicians Open

Kimberly A. Peterson, Mary Rutherford, Denise Drvol, Darlene Barkman, Amber R. Phipps , et al. · 2019

Introduction: Children’s Hospitals’ Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS) acknowledged a recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatrics to develop education programs on the communication of adverse events with patients and families. S…

Don't Have a Doubt, Get the Catheter Out: A Nurse-Driven CAUTI Prevention Protocol Open

Melissa M. Schiessler, Lisa Darwin, Amber R. Phipps, Lindsay Hegemann, Brenda Heybrock , et al. · 2019

Background: Despite the use of sterile technique for indwelling urinary catheter insertion, as well as use of the defined catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) bundle elements per Children’s Hospitals’ Solutions for Patient S…

Do Not Have Doubt, Get the Catheter Out: A Nurse-Driven CAUTI Prevention Protocol Open

Melissa M. Schiessler, Lisa M. Darwin, Amber R. Phipps, Lindsay Hegemann, Brenda Heybrock , et al. · 2019

Background: Despite the use of sterile technique for catheter insertion, and use of the defined The Children’s Hospitals' Solutions for Patient Safety (SPS) catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) bundle elements, the CAUTI ra…

Reducing Serious Safety Events and Priority Hospital-Acquired Conditions in a Pediatric Hospital with the Implementation of a Patient Safety Program Open

Amber R. Phipps, Melisa Paradis, Kimberly A. Peterson, Jill Jensen, Katie R. Nielsen , et al. · 2018

The No Harm Patient Safety Program was interwoven into the organization's strategic mission and values, and key messaging was used to purposefully tie the many interventions being implemented back to it. These interventions were associated…

Strategies to Retain Employees in Clinical Laboratories Open

Amber R. Phipps · 2016

With 30 million citizens gaining access to U.S. healthcare through the Affordable Care Act by 2016, healthcare managers need preanalytic employees to ensure quality healthcare services can be provided. The purpose of this qualitative singl…

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