Rate My Professor Amy Johnston

Amy Johnston is a Research Fellow at the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, at the University of Queensland. She holds a Bachelor of Science with Honours, Bachelor of Nursing, Graduate Diploma in Adult Education, Master of Education, PhD, and is a Registered Nurse. Her academic and professional career encompasses significant roles in nursing research and education. Previously, she served as a Research Associate at Griffith University within the Emergency Care division at Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service and the Menzies Health Institute Queensland. Earlier experience includes Laboratory Manager at the University of New England's Centre for Neuroscience and Animal Behaviour. Johnston's research centres on enhancing emergency department care delivery, staff well-being, and patient outcomes. Key areas include occupational violence risk assessment in emergency settings, fatigue management strategies for shiftworking nurses, the impact of adverse childhood experiences on frequent emergency presenters, mental health presentations, paediatric sepsis recognition and management, nurse-sensitive indicators, prisoner healthcare, electrocardiogram interpretation by nurses, clinical practice assessment policies, and the effects of mass gathering events on health services.