Overview
Background
Dr Amy Johnston currently holds a conjoint senior research fellow/senior lecturer position between University of QLD and Metro South Hospital & Health Service, Department of Emergency Medicine (based at Princess Alexandra hospital) and senior lectureship in School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work. For the past 4 years she worked across the academic and healthcare environments to conduct her own research as well as supporting clinicians to develop the skills and confidence to participate in, and conduct research projects relevant to their clinical work. Amy is a neurobiologist and nurse with extensive teaching and research experience and a particular interest in Emergency Department service delivery and patient flow. Her wide experience has helped her develop a broadening national and international profile. She has co-authored in excess of 90 (96) publications, 143 abstracts, between awarded approximately $0.8million in grant funding, and supported 3 PhD candidates to completion with another 5 currently working towards their PhD qualifications. Her H-index is 23 (Scopus). Field weighted citation impact 2016-2019 = 1.62 (SciVal March 2020), with 16.7% of publications in the top 10% most cited worldwide, 28.6% of publications in the top 10% of journals and 21.4% demonstrating international collaboration.
Researcher ID B-2931-2010; ORCID 0000-0002-9979-997X
Availability
- Dr Amy Johnston is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science, University of New England Australia
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of New England Australia
- Postgraduate Diploma, Open University (UK)
- Masters (Coursework) of Education, Open University (UK)
- Bachelor of Nursing, Griffith University
Research interests
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Clinical Biosciences
Nursing is a continually evolving profession that requires practitioners that have both hands-on skills and an underpinning, knowledge-based questioning approach that ensures that they are always able to provide patients with the best possible care. Thus, as a nursing academic it is my shared responsibility to support nursing students to develop the capacity to continually seek current evidence, integrate that evidence into their practice and then reflect on and evaluate their practice. A nurse who can communicate clearly and effectively with a client, undertake a thorough patient assessment, critically clinically reason, synthesis evidence and then implement individualised common sense solutions for consumers that is based on their personal needs and on sound foundational knowledge and research evidence is the ideal outcome of any program I help deliver.
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Emergency Care
My developing research profile is eclectic, but currently centred around patient safety, in all its aspects, in emergency care, particularly from a nursing and multidisciplinary perspective. I am involved in number of research projects including projects linking various pre-hospital and hospital data sources to better understand the patient journey and outcomes, that evaluate Service Delivery (Patient Flow) models that include the Emergency Department such as specialist staff roles (ambulance offload nurse) and combinations of staff roles and units (early assessment and streaming system). I am also central to multi-site projects evaluating hospital avoidance strategies linked to mass gathering events such as ‘schoolies’ and ‘marathon’ leading forward into care delivery for Commonwealth games. I am PI on a project examining workforce factors that impact on ED staff at a state, and International level, with sites as far as Sweden. My most recent projects include exploring recognition and response to sepsis by registered nurses in emergency departments. I am contributing to projects exploring Occupational violence with EDs and documentation of domestic violence in EDs.
Works
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2024
Journal Article
Exploring clinicians’ knowledge and attitudes toward the care needs of complex adult users of an Emergency Department: A descriptive mixed methods study
Binnie, Vicki and Johnston, Amy N.B. (2024). Exploring clinicians’ knowledge and attitudes toward the care needs of complex adult users of an Emergency Department: A descriptive mixed methods study. International Emergency Nursing, 75 101481, 101481. doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2024.101481
2024
Journal Article
‘I've got to go in there with my armour on’: Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Adults Who Frequently Attend Emergency Departments
Binnie, Vicki, Jessup, Melanie, Le Brocque, Robyne and Johnston, Amy N. B. (2024). ‘I've got to go in there with my armour on’: Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Adults Who Frequently Attend Emergency Departments. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. doi: 10.1111/inm.13379
2024
Journal Article
Fast-Track Training in Emergency Department During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evaluation of a Hybrid Education Model
Xu, Hui (Grace), Johnston, Amy N.B. and Ray-Barruel, Gillian (2024). Fast-Track Training in Emergency Department During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evaluation of a Hybrid Education Model. Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal, 46 (2), 169-181. doi: 10.1097/tme.0000000000000516
2024
Journal Article
Modelling a two‐stream emergency department segregation and admission system from COVID‐19 early rapid antigen testing: a pilot study
Johnston, Amy, Wong, Andy, Appo, Casey, Eley, Robert and Staib, Andrew (2024). Modelling a two‐stream emergency department segregation and admission system from COVID‐19 early rapid antigen testing: a pilot study. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 36 (2), 283-287. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.14351
2023
Journal Article
Factors impacting emergency department clinicians’ peripheral intravenous catheter practice: A qualitative analysis
Xu, Hui Grace, Ullman, Amanda J., Rickard, Claire M. and Johnston, Amy (2023). Factors impacting emergency department clinicians’ peripheral intravenous catheter practice: A qualitative analysis. International Emergency Nursing, 71 101366, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2023.101366
2023
Journal Article
Tougher laws, too few prosecutions? A mixed methods study of nurses’ experiences regarding the reporting of occupational violence to the police
Cabilan, C.J., Judge, Chantelle, Field, Rachael, Eley, Rob and Johnston, Amy N.B. (2023). Tougher laws, too few prosecutions? A mixed methods study of nurses’ experiences regarding the reporting of occupational violence to the police. Collegian, 30 (5), 686-692. doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2023.08.003
2023
Journal Article
The Development and Validation of a Standardised Eight-Station OSCE for Registration of Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Delphi Study
Alizadeh, Samaneh, Zamanzadeh, Vahid, Ostovar, Shahriar, Ghaffari, Reza, Moonaghi, Hossein Karimi, Johnston, Amy and Valizadeh, Leila (2023). The Development and Validation of a Standardised Eight-Station OSCE for Registration of Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Delphi Study. Nurse Education in Practice, 73 103817, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2023.103817
2023
Journal Article
Exploring assessment policies for clinical practice: A scoping review of the literature
Hughes, Lynda J., Johnston, Amy N.B., Byrne, Jacqueline H. and Massey, Debbie (2023). Exploring assessment policies for clinical practice: A scoping review of the literature. Collegian, 30 (4), 530-538. doi: 10.1016/j.colegn.2023.03.007
2023
Journal Article
e-Learning interventions for nurses to prevent venous thromboembolism in patients: a realist review
Dyke, Ellen V., Jauncey-Cooke, Jacqueline and Johnston, Amy N. B. (2023). e-Learning interventions for nurses to prevent venous thromboembolism in patients: a realist review. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 32 (15-16), 4441-4453. doi: 10.1111/jocn.16571
2023
Journal Article
Introducing a digital occupational violence risk assessment tool into an emergency department: a pilot implementation study
Cabilan, C.J., McRae, Joshua, Ganzon, Katherine, Appo, Casey, Rogers, Stefanie, O’Sullivan, Madeline, Eley, Robert, Snoswell, Centaine and Johnston, Amy (2023). Introducing a digital occupational violence risk assessment tool into an emergency department: a pilot implementation study. Journal of Emergency Nursing, 49 (3), 360-370. doi: 10.1016/j.jen.2023.01.007
2023
Journal Article
Emergency nursing nurse sensitive indicators: an integrative review
Borg, Sarah, Henderson, Amanda, Taurima, Karen and Johnston, Amy N. B. (2023). Emergency nursing nurse sensitive indicators: an integrative review. International Emergency Nursing, 66 101234, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2022.101234
2022
Journal Article
Utilising a nurse navigator model of care to improve prisoner health care and reduce prisoner presentations to a tertiary emergency department
Collett, Shane, Wong, Andy, Taurima, Karen, Livesay, Georgia, Dehn, Anja and Johnston, Amy N. B. (2022). Utilising a nurse navigator model of care to improve prisoner health care and reduce prisoner presentations to a tertiary emergency department. Australasian Emergency Care, 25 (4), 341-346. doi: 10.1016/j.auec.2022.04.004
2022
Journal Article
Development and validation of a script concordance test to assess biosciences clinical reasoning skills: a cross-sectional study of 1st year undergraduate nursing students
Redmond, Catherine, Jayanth, Aiden, Beresford, Sarah, Carroll, Lorraine and Johnston, Amy N. B. (2022). Development and validation of a script concordance test to assess biosciences clinical reasoning skills: a cross-sectional study of 1st year undergraduate nursing students. Nurse Education Today, 119 105615, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2022.105615
2022
Journal Article
Monthly Identification of High Frequency Emergency Presenters to Improve Care Delivery and Evaluation: A Unique Methodological Approach
Wong, Andy, Johnston, Amy N. B., Collett, Shane and Eley, Robert (2022). Monthly Identification of High Frequency Emergency Presenters to Improve Care Delivery and Evaluation: A Unique Methodological Approach. Ochsner Journal, 22 (4), 313-318. doi: 10.31486/toj.22.0080
2022
Conference Publication
A systematic review of the effectiveness of interventions to improve opioid prescribing in ED for acute non-admitted musculoskeletal pain
Nikles, Jane, Johnston, Amy, van Driel, Mieke, Perez, Siegfried, Ritchie, Carrie, Elphinston, Rachel and Sterling, Michele (2022). A systematic review of the effectiveness of interventions to improve opioid prescribing in ED for acute non-admitted musculoskeletal pain. Recover Injury Research Centre, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 6 October 2022.
2022
Journal Article
Compression socks reduce running-induced intestinal damage
Zadow, Emma K., Edwards, Kate H., Kitic, Cecilia M., Fell, James W., Adams, Murray J., Singh, Indu, Kundur, Avinash, Johnston, Amy N.B., Crilly, Julia, Bulmer, Andrew C., Halson, Shona L. and Wu, Sam S.X. (2022). Compression socks reduce running-induced intestinal damage. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 36 (9), 2461-2464. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000003870
2022
Conference Publication
Evaluation of the impacts of the digital occupational violence patients risk assessment tool in the emergency department: a before and after study
Cabilan, C.J., Johnston, Amy, Eley, Rob and Snoswell, Centaine L. (2022). Evaluation of the impacts of the digital occupational violence patients risk assessment tool in the emergency department: a before and after study. International Council of Nurses (ICN) Congress 2022, Dublin, Ireland, 21-24 August 2022. International Council of Nurses.
2022
Journal Article
Inter-rater reliability of the occupational violence risk assessment tool for emergency departments
Cabilan, C. J., Eley, Robert, Snoswell, Centaine, Jones, Andrew T. and Johnston, Amy N. B. (2022). Inter-rater reliability of the occupational violence risk assessment tool for emergency departments. Australasian Emergency Care, 26 (1), 54-58. doi: 10.1016/j.auec.2022.07.007
2022
Journal Article
Validity and reliability of the novel three‐item occupational violence patient risk assessment tool
Cabilan, C. J., McRae, Joshua, Learmont, Ben, Taurima, Karen, Galbraith, Sue, Mason, Dale, Eley, Robert, Snoswell, Centaine and Johnston, Amy N. B. (2022). Validity and reliability of the novel three‐item occupational violence patient risk assessment tool. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 78 (4), 1176-1185. doi: 10.1111/jan.15166
2022
Journal Article
Nurses’ competency in electrocardiogram interpretation in acute care settings: a systematic review
Chen, Yingyan, Kunst, Elicia, Nasrawi, Dima, Massey, Debbie, Johnston, Amy N. B., Keller, Kathryn and Fengzhi Lin, Frances (2022). Nurses’ competency in electrocardiogram interpretation in acute care settings: a systematic review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 78 (5), 1245-1266. doi: 10.1111/jan.15147
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Amy Johnston is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Engaging Nurses in online learning: Using a Mixed-Methods RE-AIM Framework to evaluate engagement with and Translation of online learning into Practice
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Jacqueline Jauncey-Cooke
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Exploring the influence of adverse childhood experiences among adults who frequently present to Emergency Departments.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Robyne Le Brocque
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
The development, implementation, and evaluation of a digital occupational violence patient risk assessment tool in the emergency department
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Centaine Snoswell, Dr Rob Eley
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Recognition, Escalation, and Management of Paediatric Sepsis in the Emergency Department
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Luregn Schlapbach
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