Elizabeth Sharpe
Dr. Elizabeth Sharpe is an Associate Professor of Clinical Nursing at The Ohio State University. She is a neonatal nurse practitioner and neonatal/pediatric vascular access specialist with over 25 years of clinical experience. She is the co-author of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) Guideline for Neonatal Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters (PICCs), the definitive resource on PICCs in infants. She designed and conducted the largest survey national survey of Neonatal PICCs in the United States and has published in neonatal care, vascular access, simulation and nursing education. She was 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 is a Director-at-Large on the Association for Vascular Access Foundation Board of Directors.
Research Interests
- Neonatal care
- Neonatal/Pediatric vascular access
- Simulation
- Transition to Practice
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