Dr Amy Spooner

Biography

Dr Amy Spooner is a Research Fellow with the Cancer and Palliative Care Outcomes Centre, School of Nursing and the Centre for Healthcare Transformation, Faculty of Health at Queensland University of Technology and is a Visiting Fellow at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. Amy is a registered nurse with over 10 year’s specialist experience in critical care, including six years as a Nurse Researcher with roles in education, quality and safety. Amy has successfully secured multiple grant funds to carry out investigator-led research, presented papers at international and national conferences, and has 26 papers published in peer reviewed journals. Her recent work in handover communication led to the implementation of two evidence-based electronic handover tools for bedside and senior nurse shift-to-shift handover. Based on her research an educational video for standard six of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards is published on the Queensland Health Electronic Publishing service (QHEPS) intranet which is accessed by the state. Amy has a range of research experience examining early warning systems, lung volumes and ventilation distribution using different modes of oxygen therapy, skin perfusion relating to pressure injuries, intravascular device securement, health service evaluation and is managing a national trial investigating non-pharmacological interventions for chemotherapy induced peripheral neuropathy. Currently her research focus is aged care with interests in nurse-led models, acute deterioration and palliative and end of life care in aged care facilities. Recently she successfully secured a grant for the development of an early warning score for acute deterioration in residential aged care.

Publications

Bull T, Corley A, Lye I, Spooner AJ, Fraser JF. (2019) Cannula and circuit management in peripheral extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: An international survey of 45 countries. PLos One, 14 (12): 1-14.

Linnane MP, Caruana LR, Tronstad O, Corley A, Spooner AJ, Barnett AG, Thomas PJ, Fraser JF, Walsh, JR. (2019) A comparison of the effects of manual hyperinflation and ventilator hyperinflation on restoring end-expiratory lung volume after endotracheal suctioning: A pilot physiologic study. J Crit Care, 49: 77-83.

Spooner, AJ., Booth, N., Downer, TR., Hudson, A., Gordon, L., et al. Chan, R. (2019) Advanced practice profiles and work activities of nurse navigators: An early-stage evaluation. Collegian, 26 (1) 103-109.

Gordon, L., Downer, TR., Spooner, AJ. Booth, N., Hudson, A., et al. Chan, R. (2019) Do nurse navigators bring about fewer patient hospitalisations? J Health Organ Manag, 33 (1): 51-62.

Hudson, A., Spooner AJ., Booth, N., Penny RA., Downer, TR. Gordon, L., et al. Chan, R. (2019) Qualitative insights of patients and carers under the care of nurse navigators. Collegian, 26(1): 110-117.

Spooner AJ, Chaboyer W, Aitken LM. (2019) Interruptions during senior nurse handover in the intensive care unit. J of Nursing Care Quality, 34(1): 15-21.

Spooner AJ, Aitken LM, Chaboyer W. (2018) Implementation of an electronic minimum dataset for intensive care nursing team leader handover using the knowledge-to-action framework. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs, 15(2): 88-96.

Spooner, AJ., Aitken, L.M., Chaboyer, W. (2018) Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of an evidence-based electronic minimum dataset for nursing team leader handover: A descriptive survey. Aust Crit Care, 31(5): 278-283.

Spooner, AJ., Aitken, LM., Corley, A., Chaboyer, W. (2018) Developing a minimum dataset for nursing team leader handover in the intensive care unit: A focus group study. Aust Crit Care, 31(1): 47-52.

Nowicki, J., Mullany, D., Spooner, AJ., Nowicki, T., McKay PM., Corley, A., Fullbrook, P., Fraser, JF. (2018) Are pressure injuries related to skin failure in critically ill patients? Aust Crit Care, 31(5): 257-263.

Corley, A., Edwards, M., Spooner, AJ., Dunster, KR., Anstey, C., Fraser JF. (2017) High-flow oxygen via tracheostomy improves oxygenation in patients weaning from mechanical ventilation:  A randomised crossover study. Intensive Care Medicine, 43(3): 465-567.

Spooner, AJ., Chaboyer, W., Corley, A., Fraser, JF. (2017) Response to letter to the editor: Measurement of the frequency and source of interruptions during bedside handover in the intensive care unit: An observational study. Aust Crit Care J. 30 (2): 58.

Rickard, CM., Edwards, M., Spooner, AJ., Mihala, G., Marsh, N., Best, J., Wendt, T., Rapchuk, I., Gabriel, S., Thomson, B., Corley, A., Fraser, JF. (2016) A four-arm randomised controlled pilot trial of innovative solutions for jugular central venous access device securement in 221 cardiac surgical patients. Journal of Critical Care. Dec; 36: 35-42.

Spooner, AJ., Aitken LM., Corley A., Fraser JF., Chaboyer W. (2016) Nursing team leader handover in the intensive care unit contains diverse and inconsistent content: An observational study. Int J Nurs Stud. Sept; 61: 165-72.

Fraser, JF., Spooner, AJ., Dunster, KR., Anstey, CM., Corley, A. (2016) Nasal high flow oxygen therapy in COPD patients reduces respiratory rate and tissue carbon dioxide whilst increasing tidal and end-expiratory lung volumes: a randomised crossover trial. Thorax. 71(8): 759-61.

DeKayser Ganz, F., Endacott, R., Chaboyer, W., Benbinishty, J., Nun, MB., Ryan, H., Schoter, A., Boulanger, C., Chamberlain, W., Spooner AJ. (2015) The quality of intensive care unit nurse handover related to end of life: A descriptive comparative international study. Int J Nurs Stud, 52(1): 49-56.

Cooke, M., Rapchuk, I., Doi, SA., Spooner, AJ., Wendt, T., Best, J., Edwards, M., O’Connell, L., McCabe, D., McDonald, J., Fraser, JF., Rickard, C. (2015) Wrist acupressure for post-operative nausea and vomiting (WrAP): A pilot study. Complementary therapies in medicine, 23(3): 372–380.

Corley, A., Bull, T., Spooner, AJ., Barnett, AG., Fraser, JF. (2015) Direct extubation onto high flow nasal cannulaes post cardiac surgery versus standard treatment in patients with a BMI ≥30: A randomised controlled trial. Intensive Care Medicine, 41(5): 887-894.

Cooke, M., Rickard, C., Rapchuk, I., Shekar, K., Marshall, AP., Comans, T., Doi, SA., McDonald, J., Spooner, AJ. (2014). PC6 acupoint stimulation for the prevention of postcardiac surgery nausea and vomiting: a protocol for a two-group, parallel, superiority randomised clinical trial. BMJ Open, 4(11): e006179-1-1e006179-7.

Spooner, AJ., Chaboyer, W., Corley, A., Fraser, JF. (2014) Interruptions disrupt bedside nursing handover: A descriptive study. Aust Criti Care, 28(1): 19-23.

Spooner, AJ., Corley, A., Sharpe, N., Barnett, AG., Caruana, L., Fraser JF. (2014) Head of bed elevation improves end expiratory lung volumes in mechanically ventilated patients: A prospective observational study. Respiratory Care, 59(10): 1583-1589.

Edwards, M., Rickard, CM., Rapchuk, I., Corley, A., Marsh, N., Spooner, AJ., Mihala, G., Fraser, JF. (2014) A randomised controlled pilot trial of bordered polyurethane dressings, tissue adhesive, or sutureless securement devices compared with standard polyurethane for the securement of short-term arterial catheters. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 16(3), 175-183.

Spooner, AJ., Chaboyer, W., Corley, A., Fraser, JF. (2013) Understanding current handover practices as a baseline for improvement: An observational study. Int J Nurs Prac, 19(2): 214-220.

Hammond, NE., Spooner, AJ., Corley, A., Barnett, AG., Fraser, JF. (2013) The effect of implementing a modified early warning scoring (MEWS) system on the adequacy of vital sign documentation. Aust Crit Care, Feb 26(1): 18-22.

Corley, A., Spooner, AJ., Barnett, AG., Caruana, LR., Hammond, NE., Fraser, JF. (2012) End-expiratory lung volume recovers more slowly after closed endotracheal suctioning than after open suctioning. A randomised crossover study. J Critical Care, Dec 27(6): 742 e1-7.