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Jennifer Peterson, CNS

University of California-Irvine PhD
Biography

I am currently a first year PhD student at UCI Program in Nursing Science. I have worked as a staff nurse, charge nurse, preceptor, educator, RN First Assistant, and clinical nurse specialist over the past 29 years in adult and pediatric cardiac critical care, general pediatric critical care, and emergency care. Over the past 15 years, I have worked as a clinical nurse specialist in pediatric cardiac care throughout the spectrum of care (outpatient to critical care). My clinical and research interests include neurodevelopmental outcomes in children and infants with congenital heart disease, physiological and behavioral responses to critical illness, and interventions to promote the achievement of developmental potential in this population of patients. I am interested in new medical and surgical techniques to support infants and children with critical heart disease, family-based interventions to promote family health and functioning in critically ill children and infants, and touch-based interventions such as massage. I am also a certified infant massage instructor. My clinical experience has allowed me to see the improvements in survival in children and infants with congenital heart disease, and many of these survivors face developmental challenges for a variety of reasons. For this reason, improving neurodevelopmental potential and family functioning are crucial to improving the overall outcomes of these children and their families. As a clinical nurse specialist, I am able to influence nursing care provided to these children and their families, and to set standards of care.

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Research/Clinical Practice Area: Jonas Nurse Leader – Neurodevelopmental outcomes in infants and children with congenital heart disease
Dissertation: Effect of infant massage on physiological and behavioral responses to touch in infants with congenital heart disease

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