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Tess
(Theresa) M. Pape, PhD, RN, CNOR is the
founder of ATRANE and the recipient of a best practice award in 2002
from MEDSURG Nursing Journal for her medication safety
research.
In 2010 Dr. Pape won the
Nurse of the Year award in Teaching Excellence from Gannett
Healthcare Group and Johnson & Johnson.
With years of experience in the health care field
both in the hospital and in academia, she currently teaches nursing
courses online for Texas Woman's University in Denton. In the
past she managed a large hospital’s system - quality improvement data
collection and analysis. She is nationally known for her medication
safety research, has many publications, and has presented at several
national nursing conferences. Recently, she presented for the Joint
Commission to 32 hospital sites regarding Medication Management. She participated in a National Safety Net
project of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation called Urgent Matters in
2003.
Dr. Pape has written
several peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters on topics ranging from Medication
Safety, Legal Ethical topics, Process Improvement, and Nursing
Education. In addition, she has authored a Quality Patient Care textbook
chapter, and a chapter about Medication Safety for The Joint Commission.
More information can be found on the profile page.
When she first
published her 2001 dissertation research in 2003, she received a "best
practice" award. Now these distraction reducing techniques, namely the Medsafe vest
or sash have been shown to reduce med errors significantly. Kaiser
South San Francisco hospital has implemented the vest protocol based on
the pioneering study, and has
found it very effective at reducing medication errors. Other hospitals in the system are implementing the vest
protocol as well. Many other hospitals across the country are finding
this process equally as effective in reducing medication errors, and
improving nurse satisfaction.
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