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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2015
Journal Article
Student learning styles in anatomy and physiology courses: Meeting the needs of nursing students
Johnston, A. N. B., Hamill, J., Barton, M. J., Baldwin, S., Percival, J., Williams-Pritchard, G., Salvage-Jones, J. and Todorovic, M. (2015). Student learning styles in anatomy and physiology courses: Meeting the needs of nursing students. Nurse Education in Practice, 15 (6), 415-420. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2015.05.001
2015
Journal Article
Review article: systematic review of three key strategies designed to improve patient flow through the emergency department
Elder, Elizabeth, Johnston, Amy N. B. and Crilly, Julia (2015). Review article: systematic review of three key strategies designed to improve patient flow through the emergency department. Emergency Medicine Australasia, 27 (5), 394-404. doi: 10.1111/1742-6723.12446
2015
Book Chapter
Nose, Mouth and Throat
Johnston, A. N. B. (2015). Nose, Mouth and Throat. Physical Examination and Health Assessment. (pp. 1-1) edited by Carolyn Jarvis. St Louis MO United States: Elsevier.
2013
Journal Article
The effect of foot massage on long-term care staff working with older people with dementia: A pilot, parallel group, randomized controlled trial
Moyle, Wendy, Cooke, Marie, O'Dwyer, Siobhan T., Murfield, Jenny, Johnston, Amy and Sung, Billy (2013). The effect of foot massage on long-term care staff working with older people with dementia: A pilot, parallel group, randomized controlled trial. BMC Nursing, 12 (1) 5. doi: 10.1186/1472-6955-12-5
2013
Journal Article
Digital lecture recording: a cautionary tale
Johnston, Amy N. B., Massa, Helen and Burne, Thomas H. J. (2013). Digital lecture recording: a cautionary tale. Nurse Education in Practice, 13 (1), 40-47. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2012.07.004
2012
Journal Article
High flow nasal cannulae for respiratory support in adult intensive care patients
Corley, Amanda, Rickard, Claire M., Aitken, Leanne M., Johnston, Amy, Barnett, Adrian and Fraser, John F. (2012). High flow nasal cannulae for respiratory support in adult intensive care patients. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2012 (11) CD010172. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010172
2012
Journal Article
Lecture Capture: first year student nurses' experiences of a web-based lecture technology
Cooke, Marie, Watson, Bernadette, Blacklock, Edward, Mansah, Martha, Howard, Matylda, Johnston, Amy, Tower, Marion and Murfield, Jenny (2012). Lecture Capture: first year student nurses' experiences of a web-based lecture technology. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 29 (3), 14-21.
2012
Journal Article
Olfactory discrimination predicts cognitive decline among community-dwelling older adults
Sohrabi, H. R., Bates, K. A., Weinborn, M. G., Johnston, A. N. B., Bahramian, A., Taddei, K., Laws, S. M., Rodrigues, M., Morici, M., Howard, M., Martins, G., Mackay-Sim, A., Gandy, S. E. and Martins, R. N. (2012). Olfactory discrimination predicts cognitive decline among community-dwelling older adults. Translational Psychiatry, 2 (5) e118, e118-e118. doi: 10.1038/tp.2012.43
2011
Journal Article
Exploring the effect of foot massage on agitated behaviours in older people with dementia: a pilot study
Moyle, Wendy, Johnston, Amy Nicole Burne and O'Dwyer, Siobhan Therese (2011). Exploring the effect of foot massage on agitated behaviours in older people with dementia: a pilot study. Australasian Journal On Ageing, 30 (3), 159-161. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2010.00504.x
2011
Journal Article
Agreeable smellers and sensitive Neurotics - Correlations among personality traits and sensory thresholds
Croy, Ilona, Springborn, Maria, Loetsch, Joern, Johnston, Amy N. B. and Hummel, Thomas (2011). Agreeable smellers and sensitive Neurotics - Correlations among personality traits and sensory thresholds. PLoS One, 6 (4) e18701, e18701. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0018701
2010
Journal Article
Anatomy for nurses: Providing students with the best learning experience
Johnston, Amy N. B. (2010). Anatomy for nurses: Providing students with the best learning experience. Nurse Education in Practice, 10 (4), 222-226. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2009.11.009
2010
Journal Article
Effects of anesthetic agents on socially transmitted olfactory memories in mice
Burne, T. H. J., Johnston, A. N. B., Wilkinson, L. S. and Kendrick, K. M. (2010). Effects of anesthetic agents on socially transmitted olfactory memories in mice. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 93 (2), 268-274. doi: 10.1016/j.nlm.2009.10.007
2009
Journal Article
Prevalence of smell loss in Parkinson's disease - A multicenter study
Haehner, A., Boesveldt, S., Berendse, H. W., Mackay-Sim, A., Fleischmann, J., Silburn, P. A., Johnston, A. N., Mellick, G. D., Herting, B., Reichmann, H. and Hummel, T. (2009). Prevalence of smell loss in Parkinson's disease - A multicenter study. Parkinsonism and Related Disorders, 15 (7), 490-494. doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2008.12.005
2009
Journal Article
Olfactory dysfunction is associated with subjective memory complaints in community-dwelling elderly individuals
Sohrabi, Hamid R., Bates, Kristyn A., Rodrigues, Mark, Taddei, Kevin, Laws, Simon M., Lautenschlager, Nicola T., Dhaliwal, Satvinder S., Johnston, Amy N. B., Mackay-Sim, Alan, Gandy, Samuel, Foster, Jonathan K. and Martins, Ralph N. (2009). Olfactory dysfunction is associated with subjective memory complaints in community-dwelling elderly individuals. Journal of Alzheimers Disease, 17 (1), 135-142. doi: 10.3233/JAD-2009-1020
2008
Journal Article
Back to the future with hands-on science: Students' perceptions of learning anatomy and physiology
Johnston, Amy Nicole Burne and McAllister, Margaret (2008). Back to the future with hands-on science: Students' perceptions of learning anatomy and physiology. Journal of Nursing Education, 47 (9), 417-421. doi: 10.3928/01484834-20080901-04
2008
Journal Article
Back to the future with hands-on science: Students' perceptions of learning anatomy and physiology
Johnston, Amy Nicole Burne and McAllister, Margaret (2008). Back to the future with hands-on science: Students' perceptions of learning anatomy and physiology. Journal of Nursing Education, 48 (9), 417-421.
2008
Journal Article
A comparison of protocols for passive and discriminative avoidance learning tasks in the domestic chick
Gibbs, Marie E., Johnston, Amy N. B., Mileusnic, Radmila and Crowe, Simon F. (2008). A comparison of protocols for passive and discriminative avoidance learning tasks in the domestic chick. Brain Research Bulletin, 76 (3), 198-207. doi: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2008.02.032
2008
Journal Article
Aposematic colouration enhances memory formation in domestic chicks trained in a weak passive avoidance learning paradigm
Johnston, Amy N. and Burne, Thomas H.J. (2008). Aposematic colouration enhances memory formation in domestic chicks trained in a weak passive avoidance learning paradigm. Brain Research Bulletin, 76 (3), 313-316. doi: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2008.02.016
2007
Journal Article
Light experience and the development of behavioural lateralization in chicks. III. Learning to distinguish pebbles from grains
Rogers, L. J., Andrew, R. J. and Johnston, A. N. B. (2007). Light experience and the development of behavioural lateralization in chicks. III. Learning to distinguish pebbles from grains. Behavioural Brain Research, 177 (1), 61-69. doi: 10.1016/j.bbr.2006.11.002
2006
Journal Article
Olfactory Ability in the Healthy Population: Reassessing Presbyosmia
Mackay-Sim, Alan, Johnston, Amy N. B., Owen, Caroline and Burne, Thomas H. J. (2006). Olfactory Ability in the Healthy Population: Reassessing Presbyosmia. Chemical Senses, 31 (8), 763-771. doi: 10.1093/chemse/bjl019
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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