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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE |
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Tess (Theresa) Pape, PhD, MSN,
BSN, RN, CNOR |
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Education |
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- Nursing -
Texas Womans University - Houston
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MSN - Nursing
Administration & Minor in Education
University of Texas
Medical Branch at
Galveston |
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| BSN - the
University of Texas - Austin |
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| Diploma RN - St Joseph/St. Mary of the Plains College -
Currently Non existent & now under
Wichita State University Wichita, Kansas. |
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| Post-doctoral coursework in
evidence based practice at the
University of Texas
Health Science Center at San Antonio. |
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| Certification in Perioperative Nursing since 1994. |
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Licensure |
Experience |
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Texas
Registered Nurse - Active Status;
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Nursing Faculty:
Associate Professor
Teaching Experience: Doctoral Degree, Master's Degree, RN to BSN Degree,
Baccalaureate Degree and Associate Degree Programs. |
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Certification in
Perioperative nursing (CNOR) 1994 – 1999 |
Hosp. Roles: Hospital Quality
Coordinator, Nursing Consultant, Infection Control
Practitioner, Staff nurse, Charge nurse, Head nurse. |
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Re-Certification in Perioperative nursing (CNOR) 1999 – 2004 and 2004 - 2009 |
Areas: Ortho, Neuro, Rehab, Urology, & Cardiac,
Operating Room. |
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Publications
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Organizations |
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American
Nurses Association &
Texas Nurses Association
Association of Operating Room
Nurses (AORN)
“life-member”
Southern Nursing Research Society
(SNRS)
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society
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Pape, T. M.
(2011, June). The role of distractions and interruptions in operating
room safety. Perioperative Nursing Clinics, 6(2), 101-111. |
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Pape, T. M.
& Dingman, S. D. (2011, April-June). Interruptions and distractions
during anesthesia induction, Plastic Surgical Nursing Journal, 32(2),
1-8. |
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Roberts, R. & Pape, T. M. (2011, January/February). Scholarship
in nursing: Not an isolated concept. MEDSURG Nursing: The Journal of
Adult Health. 20(1) |
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Pape, T. M. &
Richards, B. (2010 February).
Stop
Knowledge Creep.
Nursing Management. |
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University of Texas at Austin
Alumni Association “life-member” |
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Pape,
T. M. (2008 April). Innovation Profile: Checklists with Medication Vest
or Sash Reduce Distractions During Medication Administration AHRQ Innovations Exchange. Available at
http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/content.aspx?id=1799
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Awards, Recognitions |
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Pape,
T. (2011). Chapter 22 Quality patient care in Nursing today:
Transitions and trends. (5th ed.). Elsevier |
September 2011 co-winner of the 2010-2011 MEDSURG Nursing
Professional Issues Writer’s Award for the article entitled "Scholarship
in Nursing: Not an Isolated Concept." |
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Pape, T. M. (2007, August) First Do not Distract -
Chapter in Joint Commission Publication The Nurses Role in Medication
Safety. The Joint Commission. |
2010 Nurse of the Year Award in Teaching
Excellence from Gannet Healthcare Group and Johnson & Johnson. |
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Pape, T (2007, April). Quoted in: What was I doing?
JCAHO Patient Safety Newsletter. |
June
2008 – May 2009: Served on Expert Panel to develop an EBP Consensus
Statement for Associate Degree Nursing Competencies for the University
of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio ACE star model. |
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Pape, T. M (2007, February). Create an inviting
perioperative learning experience. AORN Journal. 48 (2), 354-366. |
Interviewed and featured in NurseWeek article by Anne Federwisch
(2008, July 14). Keep away: Kaiser South San Francisco RNs don yellow
sashes to reduce interruptions and medication errors. |
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Pape, T.
(December 2006). Workaround error. Reprinted in PADONA Pennsylvania
Association Directors of Nursing Administration / Long Term Care Nurses
Journal with permission of AHRQ WebM&M AHRQ WebM&M [online
journal:http://webmm.ahrq.gov]. February 2006. 12-14. |
Served on Expert Panel to develop an EBP Consensus Statement
for Associate Degree Nursing Competencies for the University of Texas
Health Science Center at San Antonio ACE star model. |
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Pape,
T. (2006). Chapter 22 Quality patient care in Nursing today:
Transitions and trends. (5th ed.). Elsevier. |
One of first 100 Innovations
to be displayed on the
AHRQ Innovations Exchange. Available at
http://www.innovations.ahrq.gov/content.aspx?id=1799
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Pape, T. (2006, February ). Workaround error.
AHRQ WebM&M [serial
online]. Available at:
http://www.webmm.ahrq.gov/case.aspx?caseID=118.
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2008, March –winner of the AORN award in the Education
category
of the 2007 AORN Journal Writers Contest for the article “Create
an Inviting Perioperative Learning Experience” |
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Pape, T. (
2005, May-June). Innovative approaches to reducing nurses'
distractions during medication administration . The Journal of
Continuing Education in Nursing. 36 (3), 108-116, 141-142.
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Pape, T (2007, April). Interviewed by JCAHO editor and Quoted in:
What was I doing? JCAHO Patient Safety Newsletter. |
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Pape,
T.
(2004, November 29) Clothes call, too.
Nurseweek. Letter to
the editor. 22-23.
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Abstracts Winner and
Podium Presenter
(2003). Summer Institute on Evidence-Based Practice.
Teaching Evidence
Based Practice to Undergraduate Nursing Students. |
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Pape,
T. (2004).
Quoted and research cited in the 2004 Institute of Medicine (IOM)
publication. Institute of Medicine. (2004). Keeping patients safe:
Transforming the work environment of nurses. Washington DC:
National Academies Press Quality Chasm Series. |
Interviewed and featured
in Nursezone article by Jennifer Larson
(2003, Mar 24). Health Care Industry Can Learn About Safety From
Aviation Industry
http://www.nursezone.com/job/MedicalNewsAlerts.asp?articleID=10247
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Pape,
T.(2003, July/August). Evidence based
nursing practice: To infinity and beyond. JCEN 34 (4), 1-8.
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Featured
in MedSurg Nursing article by Elise Denmon (2003, January 16)
MEDSURG Nursing News Safety Concerns for Patients and Professionals
Study: Apply Airline Safety Methods to Prevent Medical Errors. http://www.medsurgnurse.org/ |
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Pape,
T. (2003, April). Applying airline safety practices to
medication administration. MEDSURG Nursing: The Journal of Adult Health.
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2002 MEDSURG Nursing
Writer’s Award
in the category of Research for Practice/Best Practice. |
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Finger, S. & Pape T.
(2002). Invitational theory and perioperative nursing
preceptorships. AORN 76 (4), 630 - 642.
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2002
Outstanding Doctoral Student
– Texas Woman’s University – Houston Center, TX |
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Pape,
T. (2001, July-August). Searching for the final answer: Factors
contributing to medication administration errors. The Journal of
Continuing Education in Nursing. 32 (4), 152-160, 190-191.
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Pape,
T. (2000) Boyer’s model of scholarly nursing applied to professional
development. AORN, 71 (5). 995-1003.
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Pape,
T. (1999). A systems approach to resolving OR conflict,
AORN, 69
(3), 551-566.
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Pape,
T. (1997). Legal and ethical considerations of informed consent,
AORN, 65 (6), 1122-1127. |
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Presentations |
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October 30, 2011 Podium Presentation at the 41st
Biennial Conference of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society;
Title: Two Hospital Collaborate to Reduce Medication Errors Using
Human Factors Approaches. Grapevine, TX. |
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July
8-9, 2010 A Pilot Study of CRNA Disruptions
During Anesthesia Induction. Poster presented
at the at the 9th Annual Evidence Based Practice Summer
Institute at the Hyatt Hotel and Conference Center, San Antonio, TX
sponsored by the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio. |
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October 7, 2009 Speaker Presentation. Nurses and Medication Delivery:
Reducing Distractions and Interruptions – Why Should you Care?
presented to the Annual N-TONE Kick Off meeting. This was also a 1 hour
CE offering. |
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June 26-27, 2008
Poster presentation. Checklists with Medication Vest
or Sash Reduce Distractions During Medication Administration. presented at
the nursing UTHSCSA Annual Evidence Based Practice Summer Institute at
the Crown Plaza Hotel and Conference Center, San Antonio, TX. |
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June 26-27, 2008
Poster presentation. If to Err is Human – To Distract is
Inhuman. presented at the nursing UTHSCSA Annual Evidence Based Practice
Summer Institute at the Crown Plaza Hotel and Conference Center, San
Antonio, TX. |
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March 18, 2007
Presented Medication Management: Reducing Nurses’ Distractions. as
Joint Commission Audio-conference to 32 hospital sites. |
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December 19,
2007
Presented Medsafe Protocol to Reduce Distractions and
Decrease Medication Errors for nursing directors at Abilene Regional
Medical Center (ARMC). |
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2005,
May 10 Real World Applications of Evidence-Based Practice - But Why
Should I Care? Presented at Abilene Regional Medical Center in honor
of Nurses Week. |
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2004, February 5-6.
Barriers to screening for domestic violence in
the workplace: A study with occupational health nurses. 21st Annual Perinatal Houston Symposium, Women’s Hospital of Texas. Houston, TX
(poster presentation). |
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July
22, 2004 National Webcast representing University Hospital for
Urgent Matters - Reducing Emergency Center Output Constraints. |
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February 12, 2004
National Presentation to 10 grantee hospitals - Urgent Matters
Learning Network Conference Call. Implementation
Tools. |
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November 11-12 2003 Urgent Matters
presenter representing University Hospital
- Admission Discharge Nurse Push-Pull Protocol at Conference Las Vegas Nevada. |
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