The Experience of Acute Mechanical Ventilation From the Patient's Perspective

Melanie Roberts¹, Shannon Johnson Bortolotto, Ruth A Weyant+3

• ¹Melanie Roberts, DNP, RN-BC, CNS, CCNS, CCRN, is currently the clinical nurse specialist at University of Colorado Health, Medical Center of the Rockies and Poudre Valley Hospital. She holds dual certification, CCNS and CCRN. Dr Roberts earned her doctor of nursing practice degree from the University of Northern Colorado in 2016 and her master of science degree in 1996. She has practiced in critical care for 35 years and as a clinical nurse specialist in critical care for 23 years. Shannon Johnson Bortolotto, MS, RN, APRN, CCNS, University of Colorado Health: University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora. Ruth A. Weyant, MSN, RN, CCRN-CMC, University of Colorado Health: Medical Center of the Rockies, Loveland. Leighann Jock, MSN, RN, CCNS, has a master of science degree in nursing and is a certified clinical nurse specialist. She has 23 years of adult critical care experience, working with all types of populations. She is currently working as the clinical nurse specialist for the Sepsis Program at UCHealth, Memorial Hospital. Trent LaLonde, PhD, is currently an associate professor and chair for the Department of Applied Statistics and Research Methods at the University of Northern Colorado. Dr Lalonde earned his doctor of philosophy degree from Arizona State University in 2009, with a research focus on quasi-likelihood estimation for joint generalized linear mixed models. He finds applications of his research in longitudinal data analysis, intensive longitudinal data, marginal estimation in the presence of time-dependent covariates, and the joint modeling of multiple outcome properties. Dr Lalonde has contributed to longitudinal studies as a coinvestigator on projects funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health, and Institute of Education Sciences, among others. Ann Henderson, PhD, APRN, CNS, started her career in Finance and Economics and worked in the financial field for more than 20 years. She dedicated herself to helping others through nursing beginning in 1993 with a BSN from Regis University. Dr Henderson taught at the University of Northern Colorado School of Nursing for a number of years before moving to the University of Colorado Health System. There she worked in Clinical Education developing the Nurse Residency Program for a newly certified Magnet Hospital. Dr Henderson has published numerous articles and presented at various conferences throughout her career.