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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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
2021
Journal Article
Optimising emergency department and acute care for people experiencing mental health problems: A nominal group study
Marynowski-Traczyk, Donna, Wallis, Marianne, Broadbent, Marc, Scuffham, Paul, Young, Jesse T., Johnston, Amy N. B., Fitzgerald, Gerard, Heffernan, Ed, Kinner, Stuart A., Zhang, Ping, Keijzers, Gerben, Bosley, Emma, Martin-Khan, Melinda, Shevlin, Laurie and Crilly, Julia (2021). Optimising emergency department and acute care for people experiencing mental health problems: A nominal group study. Australian Health Review, 46 (5), 519-528. doi: 10.1071/AH21092
2021
Journal Article
Queensland Pediatric Sepsis Breakthrough Collaborative: Multicenter Observational Study to Evaluate the Implementation of a Pediatric Sepsis Pathway Within the Emergency Department
Harley, Amanda, Lister, Paula, Gilholm, Patricia, Rice, Michael, Venkatesh, Bala, Johnston, Amy N.B., Massey, Debbie, Irwin, Adam, Gibbons, Kristen and Schlapbach, Luregn J. (2021). Queensland Pediatric Sepsis Breakthrough Collaborative: Multicenter Observational Study to Evaluate the Implementation of a Pediatric Sepsis Pathway Within the Emergency Department. Critical Care Explorations, 3 (11) e0573, 1-14. doi: 10.1097/cce.0000000000000573
2021
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Knowledge translation following the implementation of a state-wide Paediatric Sepsis Pathway in the emergency department- a multi-centre survey study
Harley, Amanda, Schlapbach, Luregn J., Lister, Paula, Massey, Debbie, Gilholm, Patricia and Johnston, Amy N. B. (2021). Knowledge translation following the implementation of a state-wide Paediatric Sepsis Pathway in the emergency department- a multi-centre survey study. BMC Health Services Research, 21 (1) 1161, 1161. doi: 10.1186/s12913-021-07128-2
2021
Journal Article
Current management of adults receiving oral anti-cancer medications: A scoping review
Richmond, J. P., Kelly, M. G., Johnston, A., Murphy, P. J. and Murphy, A. W. (2021). Current management of adults receiving oral anti-cancer medications: A scoping review. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 54 102015, 102015. doi: 10.1016/j.ejon.2021.102015
2021
Journal Article
Illustrating a novel methodology and paradigm applied to Emergency Department research
Binnie, Vicki, Le Brocque, Robyne, Jessup, Melanie and Johnston, Amy N. B. (2021). Illustrating a novel methodology and paradigm applied to Emergency Department research. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 77 (10) jan.15017, 4045-4054. doi: 10.1111/jan.15017
2021
Journal Article
Challenges of objective structured clinical examination in undergraduate nursing curriculum: Experiences of faculties and students
Zamanzadeh, Vahid, Ghaffari, Reza, Valizadeh, Leila, Karimi-Moonaghi, Hossein, Johnston, Amy N.B. and Alizadeh, Samaneh (2021). Challenges of objective structured clinical examination in undergraduate nursing curriculum: Experiences of faculties and students. Nurse Education Today, 103 104960, 104960. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104960
2021
Journal Article
Utilising the invitational theory provides a framework for understanding assessors’ experiences of failure to fail
Hughes, Lynda J., Johnston, N.B. Amy and Mitchell, Marion L. (2021). Utilising the invitational theory provides a framework for understanding assessors’ experiences of failure to fail. Nurse Education in Practice, 55 103135, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2021.103135
2021
Journal Article
Isolated systolic hypertension in young males: a scoping review
Scott, Holly, Barton, Matthew J. and Johnston, Amy N. B. (2021). Isolated systolic hypertension in young males: a scoping review. Clinical Hypertension, 27 (1) 12, 12. doi: 10.1186/s40885-021-00169-z
2021
Journal Article
Challenges in the recognition and management of paediatric sepsis — the journey
Harley, Amanda, Schlapbach, Luregn J., Johnston, Amy N. B. and Massey, Debbie (2021). Challenges in the recognition and management of paediatric sepsis — the journey. Australasian Emergency Care, 25 (1), 23-29. doi: 10.1016/j.auec.2021.03.006
2021
Journal Article
Nursing students' perceptions of clinical relevance and engagement with bioscience education: a cross-sectional study of undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students
Barton, Matthew J., Bentley, Steven, Craft, Judy, Dupen, Oliver, Gordon, Christopher, Cayanan, Elizabeth A., Kunst, Elicia, Connors, Amanda, Todorovic, Michael and Johnston, Amy N.B. (2021). Nursing students' perceptions of clinical relevance and engagement with bioscience education: a cross-sectional study of undergraduate and postgraduate nursing students. Nurse Education Today, 99 104767, 104767. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2021.104767
2021
Journal Article
What can we do about occupational violence in emergency departments? A survey of emergency staff
Cabilan, C.J., Eley, Rob, Snoswell, Centaine L. and Johnston, Amy N.B. (2021). What can we do about occupational violence in emergency departments? A survey of emergency staff. Journal of Nursing Management, 30 (6), 1386-1395. doi: 10.1111/jonm.13294
2021
Journal Article
Moving forward: barriers and enablers to failure to fail – a mixed methods meta-integration
Hughes, Lynda J., Mitchell, Marion L. and Johnston, Amy N. B. (2021). Moving forward: barriers and enablers to failure to fail – a mixed methods meta-integration. Nurse Education Today, 98 104666, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104666
2021
Journal Article
Final-year nursing students' foundational knowledge and self-assessed confidence in interpreting cardiac arrhythmias: a cross-sectional study
Chen, Yingyan, Nasrawi, Dima, Massey, Debbie, Johnston, Amy N. B., Keller, Kathryn and Kunst, Elicia (2021). Final-year nursing students' foundational knowledge and self-assessed confidence in interpreting cardiac arrhythmias: a cross-sectional study. Nurse Education Today, 97 104699, 104699. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104699
2021
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Final year nursing student's exposure to education and knowledge about sepsis: a multi-university study
Harley, Amanda, Massey, Debbie, Ullman, Amanda J., Reid-Searl, Kerry, Schlapbach, Luregn J., Takashima, Mari, Venkatesh, Bala, Datta, Rachit and Johnston, Amy N.B. (2021). Final year nursing student's exposure to education and knowledge about sepsis: a multi-university study. Nurse Education Today, 97 104703, 104703. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104703
2021
Journal Article
International nurse education leaders’ experiences of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study
Ion, Robin, Craswell, Alison, Hughes, Lynda, Johnston, Amy, Kilbride, Lynn, Hubbard-Murdoch, Natasha and Massey, Debra (2021). International nurse education leaders’ experiences of responding to the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 77 (9), 3797-3805. doi: 10.1111/jan.14892
2020
Journal Article
Adult frequent presentation to emergency departments and adverse childhood experiences: a scoping review
Binnie, Vicki, Le Brocque, Robyne, Jessup, Melanie and Johnston, Amy N.B. (2020). Adult frequent presentation to emergency departments and adverse childhood experiences: a scoping review. Australasian Emergency Care, 24 (4), 264-279. doi: 10.1016/j.auec.2020.11.002
2020
Journal Article
Fatigue and recovery in shiftworking nurses: A scoping literature review
Gifkins, Jane, Johnston, Amy, Loudoun, Rebecca and Troth, Ashlea (2020). Fatigue and recovery in shiftworking nurses: A scoping literature review. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 112 103710, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2020.103710
2020
Journal Article
Longitudinal description and evaluation of an emergency department avoidance strategy for a youth mass gathering (Schoolies) in Australia
Johnston, Amy N. B., Byrne, Jacqueline H., Bost, Nerolie, Aitken, Michael, Wadham, Jasmine, Donnelly, Tonya, Timms, Jo and Crilly, Julia (2020). Longitudinal description and evaluation of an emergency department avoidance strategy for a youth mass gathering (Schoolies) in Australia. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 33 (2) 1742-6723.13609, 270-278. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13609
2020
Journal Article
Work-based strategies/interventions to ameliorate stressors and foster coping for clinical staff working in emergency departments: a scoping review of the literature
Elder, Elizabeth Gaye, Johnston, Amy, Wallis, Marianne and Crilly, Julia (2020). Work-based strategies/interventions to ameliorate stressors and foster coping for clinical staff working in emergency departments: a scoping review of the literature. Australasian Emergency Care, 23 (3), 181-192. doi: 10.1016/j.auec.2020.02.002
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
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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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