Elizabeth Sharpe

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First Name

Elizabeth

Last Name

Sharpe

Credentials

DNP, APRN-CNP, FAANP, FNAP, FAAN

Clinical Professor

sharpe.104@osu.edu

614-292-7575

Address

1577 Neil Ave.

City

Columbus

State

Zip Code

43210

Dr. Elizabeth Sharpe is a Clinical Professor in the College of Nursing at The Ohio State University, where she teaches in the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program. She is a neonatal nurse practitioner and neonatal/pediatric vascular access specialist with over 25 years of clinical experience. She is the lead author of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) Guideline for Neonatal Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICCs), the definitive globally referenced resource on PICCs in infants. She designed and conducted the largest national survey of Neonatal PICCs in the United States and has published in neonatal care, vascular access, simulation and nursing education. She was the first nurse practitioner invited to serve on the Infusion Nurses Society Standards of Practice Committee to guide protocol development for implementing best practices in vascular access and infusion therapy worldwide. She currently serves as a Director-at-Large on the Board of Directors of the Association for Vascular Access Foundation.

Research Interests

Neonatal care
Neonatal and pediatric vascular access
Transition to practice for advanced practice nursing students
Educational innovations for student engagement – assigned discussants, simulation

Publications

Sharpe, E., & Piotrowski, K. (2025). Just-in-Time DNP Book Club: An Inclusive Immersion Experience. Nursing Education Perspectives. DOI: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001448
Roll, K., Lee, M., Bobek, H., & Sharpe, E. (2025). No more crickets: Simulated podcasts and discussants enhance student engagement. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 21(7), 105417. https://doi: 10.1016/j.nurpra.2025.105417
Bobek, H., Lee, M., Roll, K. Linder, S., Shihabuddin, C. & Sharpe, E. (2025). Promoting professionalism for nurse practitioner students for clinical success. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 21(3), 105318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2025.105318
Sharpe, E., Bobek, H. & Shihabuddin, C. (2024). An evidence-based interprofessional collaborative approach to preceptor development. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 20(8), 105126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2024.105126
Sharpe, E. Chapter: Neonatal Vascular Access. (2024). In Moureau, N. & Trick, N. (Eds.), Vessel Health and Preservation: The Right Approach for Vascular Access, 2nd ed. New York NY: Springer Publishing Company.
Snarr, T., Masciola, R., Sayre, C. & Sharpe, E. (2024). Improving Neonatal Resuscitation Competence in Advanced Providers through Simulation: A Quality Improvement Project. Advances in Neonatal Care, 24(5), 435–441. https://doi.org/10.1097/ANC.0000000000001187
Sharpe, E., Teall, A., & King, T.S. (2024). Using assigned peer discussants to enhance engagement and feedback for student presentations. Nursing Education Perspectives, https://doi.org/10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000001332
Siebenaler, L., Masciola, R., Sayre, C. & Sharpe, E. (2024). Implementation of a Standardized Red Blood Cell Transfusion Policy in a Level IV Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Quality Improvement Project. Advances in Neonatal Care, 24(4), 316–323. https://doi.org/10.1097/ANC.0000000000001175
Holt, D., Dodd-Butera, T., Stebel, M., Lichtenberger, H., & Sharpe, E. (2024). Impact of a Vascular Access Specialty Service on Hospitalized Pediatric Patients: A Pilot Feasibility Study. Journal of the Association for Vascular Access, 29(1), 8-34.
Shihabuddin, C., Bobek, H., Sharpe, E., Shihabuddin, B. (2024). Knowledge needs assessment informs new nurse practitioners’ transition to practice. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 20(1), 104852. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2023.104852
Moss, C., Savin, M., Sharpe, E. & Wallman, C. (2023). Preceptors and the new neonatal nurse practitioner educational world. Neonatal Network, 42(6), 329-335. https://doi: 10.1891/NN-2023-0044
Shihabuddin, C., Bobek, H., Sharpe, E., & Momeyer, M. (2023). Supporting nurse practitioner students’ transition to practice. Nurse Educator, 48(2), E67–E68. https://doi.org/10.1097/NNE.0000000000001308
Sharpe, E. Chapter: Central Venous Catheter Care and Occlusion. (2023). In Jnah, A. & McPherson, C. (Eds.), Fetal and Neonatal Pharmacology for the Advanced Practice Nurse. New York NY: Springer Publishing Company.
Tran, V., Rickard, T., Sharpe, E. & Jnah, A. Chapter: Parenteral Nutrition. (2023). In Jnah, A. & McPherson, C. (Eds.), Fetal and Neonatal Pharmacology for the Advanced Practice Nurse. New York NY: Springer Publishing Company.
Sharpe, E. (2023) Chapter: Coombs testing. In Casler, K. & Gawlik, K.(Eds.), Laboratory Screening and Diagnostic Evaluation: An Evidence-Based Approach. New York NY: Springer Publishing Company.
Sharpe, E. (2023) Chapter: Fetal Fibronectin. In Casler, K. & Gawlik, K.(Eds.), Laboratory Screening and Diagnostic Evaluation: An Evidence-Based Approach. New York NY: Springer Publishing Company.
Morrison-Beedy, D., King, T.S., Bochenek, J., O’Brien, T., Sharpe, E. (2023). Building virtual global education (VGE) faculty expertise and organizational capacity. Science Talks, 6 (100196). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sctalk.2023.100196
Sharpe, E. (2022). Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters. In Kenner, C & Boykova, M., Neonatal Care Handbook: An Evidence-Based Approach to Conditions and Procedures, 3rd ed. (pp. 524-529). New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Sykes. S. and ^Sharpe, E. (2022). A Rare Case of Neonatal Disseminated Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) with concomitant Methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) Bacteremia. Advances in Neonatal Care. 22(5):400-407. Doi: 10.1097/ANC. 0000000000000949.
Sharpe, E., Sykes, S. and Marzalik, P. (2021). Virtual Interprofessional Learning due to COVID-19. Journal of Nursing Education, 60(6), 346-351. doi: 10.3928/01484834-20210520-09.
Sharpe, E., Curry, S. & Wyckoff, M. (2022). Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters: Guideline for Practice, 4th edition. Chicago: National Association of Neonatal Nurses.
Gorski, L.; Hadaway, L.; Hagle, M.; Broadhurst, D.; Clare, S.; Kleidon, T.; Meyer, B.; Nickel, B.; Rowley, S.; Sharpe, E.; Alexander, M. (2021). Infusion Therapy Standards of Practice. Journal of Infusion Nursing, 44(suppl 1):S1-S224. Doi:10.1097/NAN.0000000000000396
Sharpe, E. (2020). Innovative Approach to Procedure Skills: A Nurse Practitioner Educator’s Response to COVID-19. Journal of Nursing Education. 59(12):692-696. doi: 10.3928/01484834-20201118-06.
Kayton, A., DeGrazia, M., Sharpe, E., Smith, D., Perez, J., and Weiss, M. (2020). Correlation between heart rate characteristic index score and severity of brain injury in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Advances in Neonatal Care. 20(4), e70-e82. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000686.
Sharpe, E. (2020). Chapter: Introduction to Vascular Access. In Kenner, C., Altimier, L. & Boykova, M. (Eds.), Comprehensive Neonatal Nursing Care, 6th ed. (pp. 955-959). New York NY: Springer Publishing Company.
Bellflower, B., Bordelon, C., Sharpe, E. & Jnah, A. (2019). Chapter: The Renal System. In Jnah, A & Trembath, A., Fetal and Neonatal Physiology for the Advanced Practice Nurse (pp. 239-265). New York NY: Springer Publishing Company.
Pettit, J. & Sharpe, E. (2017). The effect of education on chlorhexidine use in the NICU. Neonatal Network. 36(5), 294-305. Simultaneous publication in JAVA.
Pettit, J. & Sharpe, E. (2017). The effect of education on chlorhexidine use in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Journal of the Association for Vascular Access. 22(3), 115-123.
Sharpe, E., Kuhn, L., Ratz, D., Krein, S.L. and Chopra, V. (2016) Neonatal Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Practices and Providers: Results From the Neonatal PICC1 Survey. Advances in Neonatal Care. 17(3), 209-22. doi: 10.1097/ANC.0000000000000376.
Sharpe, E. (2017). The Power of a Mentor, the Legacy of a Leader, honoring Dr. Janet Pettit. Advances in Neonatal Care. 17(3), 147.
Sharpe, E. (2016). Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters. In Kenner, C & Lott, J., Neonatal Nursing Care Handbook: An Evidence-Based Approach to Conditions and Procedures, 2nd ed. (pp. 492-498). New York: Springer Publishing Company.
Wyckoff, M. & Sharpe, E. (2015). Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters: Guideline for Practice, 3rd edition. Chicago: National Association of Neonatal Nurses.
Sharpe, E. (2014). Neonatal Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) Practices and their Association with Demographics, Training and Radiographic monitoring: Results from a National Survey. Advances in Neonatal Care, 14(5), 329- 335.
Sharpe, E. (2013). Pediatric PICCs (Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters): Cracking the Code of Product Labeling. Journal of the Association for Vascular Access, Volume 18, No. 2, 121-124.
Sharpe, E., Pettit, J & Ellsbury, D. (2013). A National Survey of Neonatal Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) Practices. Advances in Neonatal Care. Volume 13, No. 1, 55-74.
Sharpe, E. and Roig J. (2012). A novel technique for difficult removal of a neonatal peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC). Journal of Perinatology, 32, 70-71. January 2012.
Sharpe, E. (2012). Contributor to Comprehensive Neonatal Nursing Care, 5th ed. (Introduction to Vascular Access). New York: Springer. Kenner, C & Lott, J., 2014.
Catudal, J. and Sharpe, E. (2011). The Wandering Ways of a PICC line: Case Report of a Malpositioned Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) and Correction. The Journal of the Association for Vascular Access, Vol 16, No. 4, Winter 2011.
Sharpe, E. (2010). Repositioning Techniques for Malpositioned Neonatal Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters. Advances in Neonatal Care, Volume 10, No. 3, June 2010.
Sharpe, E. (2009) Guest Editorial, Neonatal Pharmacology, Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews, Vol. 9, No. 1, March 2009.
Sharpe, E. (2008) Tiny Patients, Tiny Dressings: A Guide to the Neonatal PICC Dressing Change. Advances in Neonatal Care, Volume 8, No. 3, June 2008.
Sharpe, E. (2006) Developing a Nurse-Directed Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter Team in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews, December 2006.

Honors

Suzanne Lavere Herbst Award, Association for Vascular Access (2025)
Fellow, American Academy of Nursing (2020)
Fellow, National Academies of Practice (2018)
Fellow, American Association of Nurse Practitioners (2017)
First Janet Pettit Scholar, Association for Vascular Access (2014)

Professional Activities

Board of Directors, Association for Vascular Access Foundation (2020-2026)
Board of Directors, National Association of Neonatal Nurses (2014-2018)
Advisor, Association for Vascular Access Pediatric Special Interest Group (2013-2017)
Executive Board, Vascular Access Certification Corporation (2012-2016)

News

October 08, 2025

From The Lantern: Ohio State College of Nursing set to double undergraduate enrollment

The Ohio State University College of Nursing is aiming to double undergraduate enrollment by 2027 in response to nationwide nursing shortages.

Read all about it in The Lantern:

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October 01, 2025

From Ohio State News: Students in new accelerated nursing program at Ohio State ready for careers

Full-time program can be completed in as few as 18 months

A new program at The Ohio State University College of Nursing is helping students with a degree and an interest in a career in health care reach their goals at an accelerated pace.

The college launched the Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing (aBSN) program in 2024 for students who have finished college in a non-nursing field but desire to have a career in nursing. The full-time program can be completed in as few as 18 months.