Educational Background

• Ph.D., Nursing, Duquesne University, 2020
• Master of Science in Nursing, Education, Robert Morris University, 2010
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Carlow University, 2007
• Associate in Science, Nursing, Community College of Allegheny County, 2006

Publications

• Shields, A., & Lin, J. I. (2023). Risk Factors Associated With Pressure Injury in Critically Ill Children With Congenital Heart Disease. American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, 32(3), 216–220. https://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2023811
  
  
• Connor, J. A., LaGrasta, C., Cerrato, B., Porter, C., Gauvreau, K., Morrill, D., Fortkiewicz, J.,
  Mechler, M., Donnellan, A., Kaduc, A., Whalen, R., Shields, A., Bruno, M., Jarden, A.,
  Dey, A., & Hickey, P. A. (2022). Measuring acuity and pediatric critical care nursing
  workload by using ICU CAMEO III. American Journal of Critical Care, 31(2), 119–126.
  https://doi.org/10.4037/ajcc2022907
  
  
• Staveski, S.L., Pickler, R.H., Khoury, P.R.,... Shields, A.S., Curley,M. (2021). Prevalence of ICU Delirium in Postoperative Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Patients. Pediatric critical care medicine, 22(1), 68-78. 
  
  

• Ruiz, V.M., Saenz, L., Lopez-Magallon, A., Shields, A., Ogoe, H.A., Suresh, S., Munoz, R., & Tsui, F.R. (2019). Early prediction of critical events for infants with single-ventricle physiology in critical care using routinely collected data, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 158(1), 234-243.

• Shields, A., Al-Zaiti, S., Kozik, T., Pelter, M., & Carey, M. (2018) Cardiac dysrhythmia during pacing in an infant, American Journal of Critical Care, 27, 519-520.

• Shields, A. (2013). Pathways to improving patient safety and reduced cost: The implementation of clinical effectiveness guidelines for 2 congenital cardiac anomalies, Critical Care Nurse, 33(4), 79-82.