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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE |
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Tess Pape, PhD, MSN,
BSN, RN, CNOR |
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Education |
| PhD
- Nursing -
Texas Womans University - Houston
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MSN - Nursing
Administration & Minor in Education
University of Texas
Medical Branch at
Galveston |
| BSN - the
University of Texas - Austin |
| Diploma RN - St Joseph/St. Mary of the Plains College -
Currently Non existent & now under
Wichita State University Wichita, Kansas |
| Post-doctoral coursework in
evidence based practice at the
University of Texas
Health Science Center at San Antonio. |
| 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:
Graduate, RN to BSN, Baccalaureate,
Associate |
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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 |
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Association of Operating Room
Nurses (AORN)
“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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Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society
- Omicron Zeta Chapter |
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University of Texas at Austin
Alumni Association “life-member” |
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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. |
Awards, Recognitions |
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Pape, T (2007, April). Quoted in: What was I doing?
JCAHO Patient Safety Newsletter |
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. M (2007, February). Create an inviting
perioperative learning experience. AORN Journal. 48 (2), 354-366. |
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.
(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. |
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). Chapter 22 Quality patient care in Nursing today:
Transitions and trends. (5th ed.). Elsevier |
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. (2006, February ). Workaround error. AHRQ WebM&M [serial
online]. . Available at:
http://www.webmm.ahrq.gov/case.aspx?caseID=118.
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Abstracts Winner and Poster Presenter
(2008). Summer Institute on Evidence-Based Practice - "If to Err is
Human - To Distract is Inhuman". |
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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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Abstracts Winner and Poster Presenter
(2008). Summer Institute on Evidence-Based Practice -
Checklists with Medication Vest or Sash Reduce
Distractions During Medication Administration |
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Pape,
T.
(2004, November 29) Clothes call, too.
Nurseweek. Letter to
the editor. 22-23. |
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).
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. |
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.(2003, July/August). Evidence based
nursing practice: To infinity and beyond. JCEN 34 (4), 1-8.
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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, April). Applying airline safety practices to
medication administration. MEDSURG Nursing: The Journal of Adult Health.
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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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Finger, S. & Pape T.
(2002). Invitational theory and perioperative nursing
preceptorships. AORN 76 (4), 630 - 642.
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2002 MEDSURG Nursing
Writer’s Award
in the category of Research for Practice/Best Practice. |
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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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2002
Outstanding Doctoral Student
– Texas Woman’s University – Houston Center, |
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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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Texas Nurses Association
- 2001 Delegate to House of
Delegates |
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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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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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2003-Teaching Evidence Based Practice to Undergraduate
Nursing Students |
