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SARAH BISHOP VITTONE

RN MSN MA

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Rockville, Maryland 20853

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*** **. ****’s Hall

School of Nursing and Health Studies

Georgetown University

3700 Resevoir Road NW

Washington D.C. 20057

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EDUCATION

May 1994 Master of Arts - Religious Studies CLINICAL ETHICS

University of Virginia

August 1989 Master of Science – NURSING - Pediatrics

University of Virginia

May 1988 Bachelor of Science - NURSING

University of Virginia

SPECIALTY Clinical Ethics: Decision Making, Surrogacy and Disclosure, Research Ethics

AREAS Clinical Nursing: Pediatrics, Growth and Development

Certifications Pediatric CCRN Alumni

Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Instructor

Professional License Maryland

District of Columbia

FACULTY

2007-present Assistant Professor, Executive Faculty

Georgetown University, School of Nursing and Health Studies

HEST 142 Growth and Development, HEST 001 Freshman Colloquium; N235/N237 Case Study; N518 Health Care Ethics; N256/7Senior Practicum; N258 Senior Project Advisor. Facilities include Children’s National Medical Center, and Georgetown University. Teaching and Learning Council. Values Based Council. Simulation and technology.

2010-2011 Adjunct Distance Faculty

REGIS UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE ETHICS

HCE430 Health Care Ethics 431, HCE 640 Graduate Health Care Ethics (ON LINE) COURSE

2007- 2011 Adjunct Distance Faculty

Gonzaga University, Spokane Washington, School of Nursing

N555 Nursing Ethics (Graduate core), (on line)

2001-2006 Clinical Associate Faculty

The Catholic University of America, School of Nursing

Clinical instructor and lecturer for N478 Pediatrics and N426 Seminar. Facilities include Children’s National Medical Center, HSC Pediatric Center, National Rehabilitation Hospital, Holy Cross Hospital and Georgetown University Hospital.

2003 Clinical Instructor

Georgetown University, School of Nursing and Health Studies

Clinical instructor for N173 Pediatrics. Facility: Holy Cross Hospital

1992-1999 Adjunct Faculty

The University of Virginia, School of Medicine; College of Arts/Science

GSAS 515 Introduction to Clinical Ethics; for Medical and Nursing Students and the general college.

ETHICS

2011-present Research Subject Advocate

CTSA funded position 45%-Office of the Dean of Research- Georgetown-Howard University Clinical and Translational Science Award. 40% to Research Ethics

2007-present Clinical Liaison, Ethics Consultant

Center for Clinical Bioethics- Georgetown University

Ethics rounds in pediatrics, neonatal and adult oncology; general consultation on call, speaker for GUMC internal continuing education

2001-2008 Ethics Resource, Ethics Committee Member

Suburban Hospital Health Care System-Bethesda, Maryland

1990 – 2000 Clinical Associate, Ethics Consultant

Center for Biomedical Ethics, University of Virginia Health System

MANAGEMENT

2001-present Administrative Supervisor

Suburban Hospital Healthcare System- Bethesda Maryland

Clinical management, administrative responsibility and authority for nursing and hospital services. Trauma and ER, emergency response.

2001- 2008 Quality Reviewer and Special Reports

Suburban Hospital Healthcare System- Bethesda Maryland

Quality reporting and analysis for corporate compliance, outcomes and quality improvement.

1995 – 1997 Patient Care Services Manager, Acting –

PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT- UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM

Management, Administrative, and Budget accountability and authority for PICU and the RN, RT, SW, HUC, and support staff.

1996 – 1997 Patient Care Services Manager, Acting

RESPIRATORY CARE SERVICES-CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM

Administrative and Budget responsibility for neonatal, pediatric, emergency and rehabilitative respiratory care services.

CLINICAL

NURSING

1993 – 2000 Clinical Nurse Specialist –

PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT & CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM

Direct Patient Care. Educator. Researcher. Consultant. Outcomes Management. QA. Clinical Expert. Regional and System wide authority accountability. Developed successful Pediatric Sedation Service, implemented and maintained Open Heart Program; Incorporated Pediatric Burn Population; and developed pediatric acuity system. Directly responsible for PICU, NICU and Acute Care Pediatrics. Promotions received – Clinician III in ’91 and Clinician IV in ’93.

1990-1993 Staff Nurse- PEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT & CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM

Direct Patient Care. Primary Nursing.

1989 – 1990 Staff Nurse –

PEDIATRIC/MATERNAL-CHILD REGION- MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER, Savannah

Pediatric/Maternal-Child. Direct patient care.

1988 – 1989 Staff nurse –

KLUGE CHILDREN'S REHABILITATION CENTER

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM

Direct patient care for chronically ill, trauma and recovering pediatric patients.

AWARDS

AACN Research Award 1999 For; Vittone, S., Jutel, A., Whitford, K., Brown, D., & Weise, K. Development of a Clinical Tool For Prediction of Cardiac Output in Critically Ill Children. 9/95-00. Funded

RESEARCH AND Publications

M. Hardy and S. Vittone (In process 2011) Legal and Ethical Issues chapter in, Yearwood, Pearson & Newland (Eds.) Child and Adolescent Behavioral Health: A Resource For Advanced Practice Psychiatric And Primary Care Practitioners In Nursing. Wiley Blackwell Publishing

S. Vittone (2010) Ethical Considerations. In C. Frye and L. Brazen (eds )Perioperative Services: Administration, Resources Management and Patient Care. Aspen Publishing.

S. Vittone (2009) Ethical Considerations. In C. Frye and L. Brazen (eds )Perioperative Services: Administration, Resources Management and Patient Care. Aspen Publishing.

Prehall Publishing: 2008 Chapter reviewer for Child Health Nursing (2009) by Ball and Bindler; The Chronically Ill Child, Pain in Children and Growth and Development. Lab Simulation Reviewer.

Vittone, S. (2002) Ethics in The ICU. Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, (14) 2: 157-163.

Vittone, S. (2001) Lung Transplantation for Cystic Fibrosis: Additional Considerations. Pediatric Nursing (27) 1:90-92.

Sinden, A., Vittone, S., Willson, D., & Zaglul, H. (1998) Improving Timeliness of Nutrition Intervention through a collaborative quality improvement program in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit .Nutrition in Clinical Practice. 13

DeAngelis, G., Vittone, S., McIlhenny, J., Willson, D., Gibson, J., & Alford, B. (1996). Prevalence of Deep Venous Thrombosis in the lower extremity in children in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Pediatric Radiology. 23(11)

Shaw, P., Brown, D., Vittone, S. & Weise, K. (1994) A Comparison of Inductive Modeling Techniques for Pediatric Cardiac Output Prediction. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Humans Information and Technology.

Buck, M., Vittone S. & Zaglul, H. (1993). Vesicular Eruptions following Acyclovir Administration. Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 27: 1458.

Vittone, S. (1993) Another Ethics Perspective. A Letter to the Editor. Critical Care Nurse 13(3), 19.

REGIONAL/NATIONAL SPEAKER

Children’s National Medical Center. Regional Schools of Nursing Collaborative Meeting

American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, National Meeting

National Teaching Institute, American Association Critical Care Nurses Annual Conference,

Developing Hospital Ethics Programs, sponsored by the Center for Biomedical Ethics, UVA,

Association for the Care of Children’s Health, Annual meeting,

American Academy of Pediatrics Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Citizen Sponsor- Amendment to the Virginia Health Care Decisions Act for Minors-93

Member, American Society for Bioethics and Humanities 00-current

Member, Sigma Theta Tau, Beta Kappa 99 & Tau 07-current

Nominating committee Kappa Chapter 2003-05

Member, Mid-Atlantic Pediatric Critical Care Network [MAPCCN] 94-2000

Member, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses 92-current

Instructor, Pediatric Advanced Life Support Instructor 91-05, 07-present

CCRN Certification, 7/92-2004

Certified, Pediatric Advanced Life Support Provider 90-current

Member, Society for Bioethics Consultation 94-97 (pre- ASBH)

Associate Member, The Hastings Center 92-96

Secretary, Monticello Chapter AACN 93-94

Member, American Nurses Association VNA District 7 88-00

Member, Membership Committee, Virginia Nurses Association, District Seven 88-89

References

Jeanne Matthews RN, PhD

Interim Chair, School of Nursing and Health Studies, Georgetown University

Kathleen M. Buckley RN, PhD

Professor, School of Nursing, University of Maryland

Edmund Pellegrino, MD

John Carroll Professor Emeritus of Medicine

Director, Center for Clinical Bioethics

Georgetown University

Carol Taylor RN, PhD

Center for Clinical Bioethics, Georgetown University, 236 Building D,

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Jacky Schultz RN, MSN

Vice President, Suburban Hospital/ Johns Hopkins Healthcare System, Bethesda, Maryland

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