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Christine E DeForge1, Natalie H Yip, Amy L Dzierba

  • 1Christine E. DeForge, MSN, RN, CCRN, is a PhD student at Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY and a staff nurse at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY. Her research and clinical interests include adult critical care nursing and long-term outcomes for critically ill patients. Natalie H. Yip, MD, is an assistant professor of medicine and associate director of Medical Intensive Care Units and Medical Critical Care Service, New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY. Her research and clinical interests include health services research in critical care. Amy L. Dzierba, PharmD, is a clinical pharmacist and program director of the Critical Care Pharmacy Residency at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY. Her research and clinical interests include sedation/analgesia/delirium in mechanically ventilated patients, pharmacotherapy for the management of ARDS, pharmacokinetic changes in critically ill patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygen support, and treatment of patients with pulmonary hypertension. Patrick G. Ryan, MA, MS, RN, NP-C, CNS, CWOCN, CCRN, is a critical care clinical nurse specialist at New York Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY. His background is in pulmonary critical care nursing, and has extensive experience with acute respiratory distress syndrome treatment modalities including ECMO and prone positioning. His interests also include strategies to reduce hospital-acquired conditions with concentrations on central line associated blood stream infections and pressure injuries. Elaine L. Larson, RN, PhD, is Anna C. Maxwell Professor Emerita and Special Lecturer, Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY, Professor of Epidemiology Emerita, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, and Scholar in Residence at the New York Academy of Medicine, New York, NY. Her research is primarily in infection prevention and control. She was the editor of the American Journal of Infection Control for 25 years.

Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing : DCCN
|April 7, 2020
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