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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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
2020
Journal Article
Core components of a staff wellness strategy in emergency departments: A clinician‐informed nominal group study
Elder, Elizabeth, Johnston, Amy N.B., Byrne, Jacqueline H., Wallis, Marianne and Crilly, Julia (2020). Core components of a staff wellness strategy in emergency departments: A clinician‐informed nominal group study. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 33 (1) 1742-6723.13561, 25-33. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13561
2020
Journal Article
Emergency healthcare delivery for young adults during a planned mass gathering: a retrospective observational study
Crilly, Julia, Ranse, Jamie, Bost, Nerolie, Donnelly, Tonya, Timms, Jo, Gilmour, Kate, Aitken, Michael and Johnston, Amy (2020). Emergency healthcare delivery for young adults during a planned mass gathering: a retrospective observational study. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 32 (2), 250-257. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13399
2020
Journal Article
Engaging with nurses to develop an occupational violence risk assessment tool for use in emergency departments: a participatory action research inquiry
Cabilan, C. J., Johnston, Amy N. B. and Eley, Robert (2020). Engaging with nurses to develop an occupational violence risk assessment tool for use in emergency departments: a participatory action research inquiry. International Emergency Nursing, 52 100856, 100856. doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2020.100856
2020
Journal Article
The demoralisation of nurses and medical doctors working in the emergency department: a qualitative descriptive study
Elder, Elizabeth, Johnston, Amy N. B., Wallis, Marianne and Crilly, Julia (2020). The demoralisation of nurses and medical doctors working in the emergency department: a qualitative descriptive study. International Emergency Nursing, 52 100841, 100841. doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2020.100841
2020
Journal Article
Peripheral intravenous cannula insertion and use in a tertiary hospital emergency department: a cross-sectional study
Thomas, Clare E, Cabilan, C.J. and Johnston, Amy N.B. (2020). Peripheral intravenous cannula insertion and use in a tertiary hospital emergency department: a cross-sectional study. Australasian Emergency Care, 23 (3), 166-172. doi: 10.1016/j.auec.2020.02.001
2020
Journal Article
Interventions to support safe medication administration by emergency department nurses: an integrative review
Millichamp, Tracey and Johnston, Amy N. B. (2020). Interventions to support safe medication administration by emergency department nurses: an integrative review. International Emergency Nursing, 49 100811, 100811. doi: 10.1016/j.ienj.2019.100811
2020
Journal Article
Measuring assessors’ experiences of grading marginal student performances in clinical assessments – The assess-safe tool: Development and preliminary psychometric validation
Hughes, Lynda J., Mitchell, Marion L., Jones, Cindy and Johnston, Amy N. B. (2020). Measuring assessors’ experiences of grading marginal student performances in clinical assessments – The assess-safe tool: Development and preliminary psychometric validation. Nurse Education in Practice, 43 102701, 102701. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2020.102701
2020
Journal Article
Understanding sharps use in an Australian Emergency Department: a mixed methods organisational case study
Judge, Chantelle, Sinnott, Michael, Eley, Rob, Wong, Andy and Johnston, Amy N.B. (2020). Understanding sharps use in an Australian Emergency Department: a mixed methods organisational case study. Australasian Emergency Care, 23 (1), 23-28. doi: 10.1016/j.auec.2019.12.006
2020
Journal Article
A case study - Implementing a registered nurse professional recognition program across a Queensland hospital and health service
Bamford-Wade, Anita, Lavender, Samantha, Massey, Debbie, Anderson, Vinah, Clayton, Samantha and Johnston, Amy (2020). A case study - Implementing a registered nurse professional recognition program across a Queensland hospital and health service. Nurse Education in Practice, 42 102689, 1-6. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2019.102689
2020
Journal Article
Key occupational stressors in the ED: an international comparison
Greenslade, Jaimi H., Wallis, Marianne, Johnston, Amy N. B., Carlström, Eric, Wilhelms, Daniel B. and Crilly, Julia (2020). Key occupational stressors in the ED: an international comparison. Emergency Medicine Journal, 37 (2), 106-111. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2018-208390
2019
Journal Article
Development of a revised Jalowiec Coping Scale for use by emergency clinicians: a cross-sectional scale development study
Greenslade, Jaimi H., Wallis, Marianne C., Johnston, Amy, Carlström, Eric, Wilhelms, Daniel, Thom, Ogilvie, Abraham, Louisa and Crilly, Julia (2019). Development of a revised Jalowiec Coping Scale for use by emergency clinicians: a cross-sectional scale development study. BMJ Open, 9 (12) e033053, 1-9. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033053
2019
Journal Article
Staff perceptions of the emergency department working environment: an international cross‐sectional survey
Crilly, Julia, Greenslade, Jaimi H., Johnston, Amy, Carlström, Eric, Thom, Ogilvie, Abraham, Louisa, Mills, Donna and Wallis, Marianne (2019). Staff perceptions of the emergency department working environment: an international cross‐sectional survey. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 31 (6), 1082-1091. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13325
2019
Journal Article
Improving emergency department transfer for patients arriving by ambulance: a retrospective observational study
Crilly, Julia, Johnston, Amy N.B., Wallis, Marianne, O'Dwyer, John, Byrnes, Joshua, Scuffham, Paul, Zhang, Ping, Bosley, Emma, Chaboyer, Wendy and Green, David (2019). Improving emergency department transfer for patients arriving by ambulance: a retrospective observational study. EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 32 (2) 1742-6723.13407, 271-280. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13407
2019
Journal Article
The digital age: A scoping review of nursing students' perceptions of the use of online discussion boards
Massey, Debbie, Johnston, Amy N.B., Byrne, Jacqueline H. and Osborne, Debora M. (2019). The digital age: A scoping review of nursing students' perceptions of the use of online discussion boards. Nurse Education Today, 81, 26-33. doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2019.06.013
2019
Journal Article
Review article: Identifying occupational violence patient risk factors and risk assessment tools in the emergency department: a scoping review
Cabilan, C. J. and Johnston, Amy N. B. (2019). Review article: Identifying occupational violence patient risk factors and risk assessment tools in the emergency department: a scoping review. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 31 (5) 1742-6723.13362, 730-740. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13362
2019
Journal Article
Stressors and coping strategies of emergency department nurses and doctors: a cross-sectional study
Xu, Hui (Grace), Johnston, Amy N.B., Greenslade, Jaimi H., Wallis, Marianne, Elder, Elizabeth, Abraham, Louisa, Thom, Ogilvie, Carlström, Eric and Crilly, Julia (2019). Stressors and coping strategies of emergency department nurses and doctors: a cross-sectional study. Australasian Emergency Care, 22 (3), 180-186. doi: 10.1016/j.auec.2018.10.005
2019
Journal Article
Review article: Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patient presentations to the emergency department via police: a scoping review
Crilly, Julia, Johnston, Amy N.B., Wallis, Marianne, Polong-Brown, Josea, Heffernan, Ed, Fitzgerald, Gerard, Young, Jesse T. and Kinner, Stuart (2019). Review article: Clinical characteristics and outcomes of patient presentations to the emergency department via police: a scoping review. EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, 31 (4), 506-515. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13300
2019
Journal Article
Mental health presentations to the emergency department: a perspective on the involvement of social support networks
Marynowski-Traczyk, Donna, Broadbent, Marc, Kinner, Stuart A., FitzGerald, Gerard, Heffernan, Ed, Johnston, Amy, Young, Jesse T., Keijzers, Gerben, Scuffham, Paul, Bosley, Emma, Martin-Khan, Melinda, Zhang, Ping and Crilly, Julia (2019). Mental health presentations to the emergency department: a perspective on the involvement of social support networks. Australasian Emergency Care, 22 (3), 162-167. doi: 10.1016/j.auec.2019.06.002
2019
Journal Article
Review article: Interventions for people presenting to emergency departments with a mental health problem: a systematic scoping review
Johnston, Amy N.B., Spencer, Melinda, Wallis, Marianne, Kinner, Stuart A., Broadbent, Marc, Young, Jesse T., Heffernan, Ed, Fitzgerald, Gerry, Bosley, Emma, Keijzers, Gerben, Scuffham, Paul, Zhang, Ping, Martin-Khan, Melinda and Crilly, Julia (2019). Review article: Interventions for people presenting to emergency departments with a mental health problem: a systematic scoping review. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 31 (5) 1742-6723.13335, 715-729. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.13335
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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