Tiffany Gwartney
Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, USA
Biography
Tiffany Gwartney is a full time Assistant Professor, part time Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP), and Researcher. She completed her Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) at Vanderbilt University in 2015. In addition to her neonatal clinical practice, she has been an Assistant Professor at University of South Florida College of Nursing since May, 2015. Her research interests include “Education, neonatal diabetes, role transition for novice NNPs, simulation and the management of high-risk newborns in the delivery room”. Her doctoral scholarly project was titled “Designing a cyclical continuing education program with simulated neonatal resuscitation skills practice for neonatal nurse practitioners”. She is working towards implementing and publishing her scholarly work in hopes that other neonatal intensive care units (NICU) will adopt similar practices for regular resuscitation skill practice programs.