Sheila M Gephart

Sheila M Gephart , PhD, RN, FAAN

Interim Chair, Advanced Nursing Practice and Science Division

Professor

Sheila M Gephart

Sheila Gephart has been a nurse for 20 years and has been a nurse scientist since 2012. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Arizona. She studies technical and parent-engaged solutions to reduce the burden of necrotizing enterocolitis. Her methodological expertise in spreading innovations using informatics, especially clinical decision support technologies, has included algorithm development and testing of tools to measure Electronic health record related unintended consequences. Her research has been funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, National Institute of Nursing Research and the National Library of Medicine. She is an active member of the NEC Society Scientific Advisory Council, the International Neonatal Consortium, and the Editorial Board of Advances in Neonatal Care. She loves to drink coffee, spend time with her 3 teenage daughters, watch murder mysteries with her husband, and disappear into the wilderness. 

Education

  • Ph.D. in Nursing, Nursing, The University of Arizona, 2012
  • B.S., Nursing, Oregon Health Sciences University, 1998

Licensure & Certifications

  • Registered Nurse, Arizona State Board of Nursing, 2007
  • Registered Nurse, Oregon State Board of Nursing, 1997

Awards

  • Excellence in Education Paper Award, Nursing Outlook (American Academy of Nursing), Fall 2020
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, The University of Arizona College of Nursing, Spring 2020
  • Fellow American Academy of Nursing, American Academy of Nursing, Fall 2019
  • Fellow Western Academy of Nursing, Western Academy of Nursing/ Western Institute of Nursing, Spring 2019
  • Brilliant New Investigator Award, Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science, Fall 2018
  • Western Academy of Nursing Fellowship, Western Academy of Nursing/ Western Institute of Nursing, Fall 2018
  • Tucson's Fabulous Fifty Nurses, Spring 2016

Teaching Interests

Nursing education, nursing faculty loan program. Synthesis strategies and theory development for PhD and DNP in nursing programs. Clinical decision support systems and informatics.

Courses

  • Dissertation
    NURS 920 (Spring 2024)
  • Data Mgmnt/Hlthcare Syst
    LIS 634 (Spring 2024)
  • Data Mgmnt/Hlthcare Syst
    NURS 634 (Spring 2024)
  • Dissertation
    NURS 920 (Fall 2023)
  • Dissertation
    NURS 920 (Summer 2023)
  • Practicum
    NURS 694 (Summer 2023)
  • Dissertation
    NURS 920 (Spring 2023)
  • Research Preceptorship
    NURS 791A (Spring 2023)
  • Diverse Pop:Health Disparities
    NURS 787 (Spring 2023)
  • Dissertation
    NURS 920 (Fall 2022)
  • Sci+Practice of Nursing
    NURS 695A (Fall 2022)
  • Practicum
    NURS 694 (Fall 2022)
  • Hum Fac in Hlth Info Tech
    NURS 647 (Fall 2022)
  • DNP Project
    NURS 922 (Summer 2022)
  • Dissertation
    NURS 920 (Summer 2022)
  • Research Preceptorship
    NURS 791A (Summer 2022)
  • Practicum
    NURS 694 (Summer 2022)
  • DNP Project
    NURS 922 (Spring 2022)
  • Dissertation
    NURS 920 (Spring 2022)
  • Research Preceptorship
    NURS 791A (Spring 2022)
  • Practicum
    NURS 694 (Spring 2022)
  • The Nurse Educator Role
    NURS 656 (Spring 2022)
  • Data Mgmnt/Hlthcare Syst
    LIS 634 (Spring 2022)
  • Data Mgmnt/Hlthcare Syst
    NURS 634 (Spring 2022)
  • DNP Project
    NURS 922 (Fall 2021)
  • Dissertation
    NURS 920 (Fall 2021)
  • Sci+Practice of Nursing
    NURS 695A (Fall 2021)
  • Practicum
    NURS 694 (Fall 2021)
  • Hum Fac in Hlth Info Tech
    NURS 647 (Fall 2021)
  • DNP Project
    NURS 922 (Summer 2021)
  • Dissertation
    NURS 920 (Summer 2021)
  • Research Preceptorship
    NURS 791A (Summer 2021)
  • Practicum
    NURS 694 (Summer 2021)
  • DNP Project
    NURS 922 (Spring 2021)
  • Dissertation
    NURS 920 (Spring 2021)
  • Research Preceptorship
    NURS 791A (Spring 2021)
  • Practicum
    NURS 694 (Spring 2021)
  • The Nurse Educator Role
    NURS 656 (Spring 2021)
  • DNP Project
    NURS 922 (Fall 2020)
  • Dissertation
    NURS 920 (Fall 2020)
  • Practicum
    NURS 694 (Fall 2020)
  • Hum Fac in Hlth Info Tech
    NURS 647 (Fall 2020)
  • DNP Project
    NURS 922 (Summer 2020)
  • Research Preceptorship
    NURS 791A (Summer 2020)
  • Practicum
    NURS 694 (Summer 2020)
  • Dissertation
    NURS 920 (Spring 2020)
  • Independent Study
    NURS 799 (Spring 2020)
  • Nurse Rsrch Evidence Bas Rsch
    NURS 512 (Spring 2020)
  • Dissertation
    NURS 920 (Fall 2019)
  • Research Preceptorship
    NURS 791A (Fall 2019)
  • Dissertation
    NURS 920 (Summer 2019)
  • Research Preceptorship
    NURS 791A (Summer 2019)
  • Dissertation
    NURS 920 (Spring 2019)
  • Acd Fclty Role:Thry+Appl
    NURS 602 (Spring 2019)
  • Dissertation
    NURS 920 (Fall 2018)
  • Independent Study
    NURS 799 (Fall 2018)
  • Philosophy& Theory for the DNP
    NURS 704 (Fall 2018)
  • Dissertation
    NURS 920 (Summer 2018)
  • Synthesis Seminar
    NURS 796A (Summer 2018)
  • Dissertation
    NURS 920 (Spring 2018)
  • Research Preceptorship
    NURS 791A (Spring 2018)
  • Dissertation
    NURS 920 (Fall 2017)
  • Dissertation
    NURS 920 (Summer 2017)
  • DNP Project
    NURS 922 (Spring 2017)
  • Dissertation
    NURS 920 (Spring 2017)
  • Independent Study
    NURS 799 (Spring 2017)
  • Research Preceptorship
    NURS 791A (Spring 2017)
  • DNP Project
    NURS 922 (Fall 2016)
  • Dissertation
    NURS 920 (Fall 2016)
  • Research Preceptorship
    NURS 791A (Fall 2016)
  • DNP Project
    NURS 922 (Summer 2016)
  • DNP Project
    NURS 922 (Spring 2016)
  • Dissertation
    NURS 920 (Spring 2016)
  • Research Preceptorship
    NURS 791A (Spring 2016)

Research Impact

I conduct research to help clinicians make evidence-based decisions using a technology called clinical decision support systems. My nursing experience in neonatal intensive care informs my work to prevent and support timely diagnosis of necrotizing enterocolitis in fragile infants- a project we call "NEC-Zero."

Research Interests

Instrument development: GutCheckNEC for timely recognition of necrotizing enterocolitis and the Carrington-Gephart Unintended Consequences of Electronic Health Records Questionnaire (CG-UCE-Q).Dissemination strategies for informatics innovations (especially scalable clinical decision support).Prevention and timely recognition for necrotizing enterocolitis in fragile infants (NEC-Zero project) using the NEC-Zero toolkit and the NEC-Zero clinical decision support dashboard.

Chapters

  • Msowoya, A., & Gephart, S. M. (2018). Patient Centered Evidence Based Practices.. In Evidence-Based Practice for Nursing and Healthcare Quality Improvement(pp 219-230). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.

Journals/Publications

  • Dolan, H., Amidon, B. J., & Gephart, S. M. (2022). Evidentiary and theoretical foundations for virtual simulation in nursing education. Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 37(5), 810-815.
  • Moore, E. F., & Gephart, S. M. (2022). State of the science of care coordination, rurality, and well-being for infants with single ventricle heart disease in the Interstage period, an integrative review. Heart & lung : the journal of critical care, 50(5), 720-729.
  • Ringo, N., & Gephart, S. M. (2022). Exploring Greater Rates of Breastfeeding Among Civilian Military Wives. Nursing for women's health.
  • Tolentino, D. A., Subbian, V., & Gephart, S. M. (2022). Applying Computational Ethnography to Examine Nurses' Workflow Within Electronic Health Records. Nursing research, 70(2), 132-141.
  • Chou, E., Boyce, R. D., Balkan, B., Subbian, V., Romero, A., Hansten, P. D., Horn, J. R., Gephart, S., & Malone, D. C. (2021). Designing and evaluating contextualized drug-drug interaction algorithms. JAMIA open, 4(1), ooab023.
  • Galatzan, B. J., Carrington, J. M., & Gephart, S. (2021). Testing the Use of Natural Language Processing Software and Content Analysis to Analyze Nursing Hand-off Text Data. Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN, 39(8), 411-417.
  • Gephart, S. M., & Quinn, M. (2021). A Call to Action to Fight for Equity and End Necrotizing Enterocolitis Disparities. Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses, 21(5), 333-335.
  • Gephart, S. M., Newnam, K., Weiss, A., Wyles, C., & Shea, K. (2021). Feasibility and Acceptability of a Neonatal Project ECHO (NeoECHO) as a Dissemination and Implementation Strategy to Prevent Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Worldviews on evidence-based nursing, 18(6), 361-370.
  • Galatzan, B. D., Carrington, J. M., & Gephart, S. M. (2021). Testing the Within Methods Triangulation Data Analysis with Nurse Hand-Off Text Data. Computers, Informatics, Nursing.
  • Gephart, S. M., Dolan, H., & Amidon, B. (2021). Evidentiary and Theoretical Foundations for Virtual Simulation in Nursing Education. Journal of Professional Nursing.
  • Moore, E. F., Thomas, K., & Gephart, S. M. (2021). Fresh Perspectives on an Old Method: Secondary Analysis in a Big Data Era. Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN, 39(8), 393-399.
  • Subbian, V., Tolentino, D. A., Subbian, V., & Gephart, S. M. (2021). Applying Computational Ethnography to Examine Nurses' Workflow Within Electronic Health Records.. Nursing Research, 70(2), 132-141. doi:10.1097/nnr.0000000000000486
  • Villa-Zapata, L., Carhart, B. S., Horn, J. R., Hansten, P. D., Subbian, V., Gephart, S., Tan, M., Romero, A., & Malone, D. C. (2021). Serum potassium changes due to concomitant ACEI/ARB and spironolactone therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, 78(24), 2245-2255.
  • Weiss, A. B., Newnam, K. M., Wyles, C., Shea, K., & Gephart, S. M. (2021). Exploring Internal Facilitators' Experience With NeoECHO to Foster NEC Prevention and Timely Recognition Through the iPARIHS Lens. Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses, 21(6), 462-472.
  • Dunn Lopez, K., Gephart, S. M., & Hershberger, P. E. (2020). Using Online Survey Software to Enhance Rigor and Efficiency of Knowledge Synthesis Reviews. Western journal of nursing research, 42(10), 838-845.
  • Gephart, S. M., Newnam, K., Weiss, A., Wyles, C., & Shea, K. D. (2020). Feasibility and Acceptability of a Neonatal Project ECHO as a Dissemination and Implementation Strategy to Prevent Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Worldviews in Evidence based Nursing.
  • Gephart, S. M., Newnam, K., Wyles, C., Bethel, C., Porter, C., Quinn, M. C., Canvasser, J., Umberger, E., & Titler, M. (2020). Development of the NEC-Zero Toolkit: Supporting Reliable Implementation of Necrotizing Enterocolitis Prevention and Recognition. Neonatal network : NN, 39(1), 6-15.
  • Gephart, S. M., Underwood, M. A., Rosito, S., Kim, J. H., & Caplan, M. S. (2020). Grading the evidence to identify strategies to modify risk for necrotizing enterocolitis. Pediatric research, 88(Suppl 1), 41-47.
  • Knapp, S., Kehring, A., Stepp, J., Calton, C. M., Gephart, S. M., Bandlamuri, S., Boyle, K. E., Dietz, G. I., Johnson, H., Romo, R. E., Spencer, M., Bedrick, A. D., & Halpern, M. D. (2020). Elevated Coefficient of Variation in Total Fecal Bile Acids Precedes Diagnosis of Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Scientific reports, 10(1), 249.
  • Moore, E., & Gephart, S. M. (2020). State of the Science of Care Coordination, Rurality, and Well-being for Infants with Single Ventricle Heart Disease in the Interstage Period. Heart and Lung.
  • Shea, K. D., Wyles, C., Weiss, A., Newnam, K., & Gephart, S. M. (2020). Feasibility and Acceptability of a Neonatal Project ECHO as a Dissemination and Implementation Strategy to Prevent Necrotizing Enterocolitis. Worldviews in Evidence based Nursing.
  • Subbian, V., Malone, D. C., Zapata, L. V., Subbian, V., Romero, A., Panic, J., Malone, D. C., Horn, J. R., Hansten, P. D., Gephart, S. M., & Boyce, R. D. (2020). PGI27 GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING WITH CONCOMITANT EXPOSURE TO WARFARIN AND NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS. Value in Health, 23, S147. doi:10.1016/j.jval.2020.04.382
  • Tolentino, D. A., Gephart, S. M., & Subbian, V. (2020). Applying computational ethnography to examine nurses' workflow within the Electronic Health Record. Nursing Research.
  • Tolentino, D. A., & Gephart, S. M. (2020). State of the Science of Dimensions of Nurses' User Experience When Using an Electronic Health Record. Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN.
  • Tolentino, D. A., Patmon, F., & Gephart, S. M. (2020). A descriptive study of nurses' experiences with unintended consequences of the electronic health record in two urban hospitals. Journal of Informatics Nursing.
  • Villa Zapata, L., Hansten, P. D., Horn, J. R., Boyce, R. D., Gephart, S., Subbian, V., Romero, A., & Malone, D. C. (2020). Evidence of Clinically Meaningful Drug-Drug Interaction With Concomitant Use of Colchicine and Clarithromycin. Drug safety, 43(7), 661-668.
  • Villa Zapata, L., Hansten, P. D., Panic, J., Horn, J. R., Boyce, R. D., Gephart, S., Subbian, V., Romero, A., & Malone, D. C. (2020). Risk of Bleeding with Exposure to Warfarin and Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Thrombosis and haemostasis, 120(7), 1066-1074.
  • Caplan, M. S., Underwood, M. A., Modi, N., Patel, R., Gordon, P. V., Sylvester, K. G., McElroy, S., Manzoni, P., Gephart, S., Chwals, W. J., Turner, M. A., Davis, J. M., & , N. E. (2019). Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Using Regulatory Science and Drug Development to Improve Outcomes. The Journal of pediatrics, 212, 208-215.e1.
  • Davis, M., Rosenfeld, A. G., Shea, K. D., Rosenfeld, A. G., Gephart, S. M., Davis, M., Carrington, J. M., & Brewer, B. B. (2019). A model to evaluate data science in nursing doctoral curricula.. Nursing outlook, 67(1), 39-48. doi:10.1016/j.outlook.2018.10.007
  • Gephart, S. M., & Newnam, K. M. (2019). Closing the Gap Between Recommended and Actual Human Milk Use for Fragile Infants: What Will It Take to Overcome Disparities?. Clinics in perinatology, 46(1), 39-50.
  • Gephart, S. M., & Quinn, M. C. (2019). Relationship of Necrotizing Enterocolitis Rates to Adoption of Prevention Practices in US Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses, 19(4), 321-332.
  • Menon, U., Cohn, E., Downs, C. A., Gephart, S. M., & Redwine, L. (2019). Precision health research and implementation reviewed through the conNECT framework. Nursing outlook, 67(4), 302-310.
  • Quinn, J. M., Gephart, S. M., & Davis, M. P. (2019). External Facilitation as an Evidence-Based Practice Implementation Strategy During an Antibiotic Stewardship Collaborative in Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Worldviews on evidence-based nursing, 16(6), 454-461.
  • Wang, J., Gephart, S. M., Mallow, J., & Bakken, S. (2019). Models of collaboration and dissemination for nursing informatics innovations in the 21st century. Nursing outlook, 67(4), 419-432.
  • Bristol, A. A., Nibbelink, C. W., Gephart, S. M., & Carrington, J. M. (2018). Nurses' Use of Positive Deviance When Encountering Electronic Health Records-Related Unintended Consequences. Nursing administration quarterly, 42(1), E1-E11.
  • Caplan, M., Underwood, M., Modi, N., Patel, R., Sylvester, K., McElroy, S., Manzoni, P., Gephart, S. M., Chwals, W., Turner, M., Davis, J., & The NEC Workgroup of the International Neonatal Consortium, . (2018). Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Improving Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment.. Journal of Pediatric Research.
  • Gephart, S. M., Dudding, K. M., & Carrington, J. M. (2018). Neonatal Nurses Experience Unintended Consequences and Risks to Patient Safety With Electronic Health Records.. Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN, 36(4), 167-176. doi:10.1097/cin.0000000000000406
  • Gephart, S. M., Gordon, P. V., Penn, A. H., Gregory, K. E., Swanson, J. R., Maheshwari, A., & Sylvester, K. (2018). Changing the paradigm of defining, detecting, and diagnosing NEC: Perspectives on Bell's stages and biomarkers for NEC. Seminars in pediatric surgery, 27(1), 3-10.
  • Gephart, S. M., Moore, E. F., & Fry, E. (2018). Standardized Feeding Protocols to Reduce Risk of Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Fragile Infants Born Premature or with Congenital Heart Disease: Implementation Science Needed. Critical care nursing clinics of North America, 30(4), 457-466.
  • Gephart, S. M., & Newnam, K. (2018). Closing the gap between recommended and actual human milk use for fragile infants- what will it take to overcome disparities?. Clinics in Perinatology.
  • Gephart, S. M., Davis, M., & Shea, K. (2018). Perspectives on Policy and the Value of Nursing Science in a Big Data Era. Nursing science quarterly, 31(1), 78-81.
  • Gephart, S. M., & Quinn, M. (2018). Relationship of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) rates to adoption of prevention practices in U.S. neonatal intensive care units.. Advances in Neonatal Care.
  • Gephart, S. M., Wyles, C., & Canvasser, J. (2018). Expert consensus to weight an adherence score for audit and feedback of practices that prevent necrotizing enterocolitis in very low birth weight infants. Applied nursing research : ANR, 39, 182-188.
  • Shea, K. D., Brewer, B. B., Carrington, J. M., Davis, M., Gephart, S., & Rosenfeld, A. (2018). A model to evaluate data science in nursing doctoral curricula. Nursing outlook.
  • Wang, J., Gephart, S. M., Mallow, J., & Bakken, S. (2018). Models of collaboration and dissemination for nursing informatics innovations in the 21st century.. Nursing Outlook.
  • Dudding, K. M., Gephart, S. M., & Carrington, J. M. (2017). Neonatal Nurses Experience Unintended Consequences and Risks to Patient Safety With Electronic Health Records. Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN.
  • Gadepalli, S. K., Canvasser, J., Eskenazi, Y., Quinn, M., Kim, J. H., & Gephart, S. M. (2017). Roles and Experiences of Parents in Necrotizing Enterocolitis: An International Survey of Parental Perspectives of Communication in the NICU. Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses, 17(6), 489-498.
  • Gephart, S. M., Fleiner, M., & Kijewski, A. (2017). The ConNECtion Between Abdominal Signs and Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Infants 501 to 1500 g. Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses, 17(1), 53-64.
  • Gephart, S. M., & Eklund, W. M. (2017). THE INAUGURAL NEC SYMPOSIUM: A TRANSDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO TACKLE NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS IN US NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNITS. Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses.
  • Gephart, S. M., Hanson, C., Wetzel, C. M., Fleiner, M., Umberger, E., Martin, L., Rao, S., Agrawal, A., Marin, T., Kirmani, K., Quinn, M., Quinn, J., Dudding, K. M., Clay, T., Sauberan, J., Eskenazi, Y., Porter, C., Msowoya, A. L., Wyles, C., , Avenado-Ruiz, M., et al. (2017). NEC-zero recommendations from scoping review of evidence to prevent and foster timely recognition of necrotizing enterocolitis. Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology, 3, 23.
  • Gephart, S., & Lanning Lowther, L. C. (2017). Necrotizing enterocolitis: Battling an enigma. JAAPA : official journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, 30(8), 8-9.
  • Quinn, J. M., Sparks, M., & Gephart, S. M. (2017). Discharge Criteria for the Late Preterm Infant: A Review of the Literature. Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses, 17(5), 362-371.
  • Sousa, V. E., Shehorn, L. E., Raszewski, R., Lopez, K. D., Gephart, S. M., & Abraham, J. (2017). Integrative review of clinical decision support for registered nurses in acute care settings.. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA, 24(2), 441-450. doi:10.1093/jamia/ocw084
  • Burca, N. D., Gephart, S. M., & Miller, C. (2016). A Nurse's Guide to Promoting Breast Milk Nutrition in Infants With Cleft Lip and/or Palate. Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses, 16(5), 345-346.
  • Burca, N. D., Gephart, S. M., Miller, C., & Cote, C. (2016). Promoting Breast Milk Nutrition in Infants With Cleft Lip and/or Palate. Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses, 16(5), 337-344.
  • Gephart, S. M., Bristol, A. A., Dye, J. L., Finley, B. A., & Carrington, J. M. (2016). Validity and Reliability of a New Measure of Nursing Experience With Unintended Consequences of Electronic Health Records. Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN, 34(10), 436-447.
  • Gephart, S. M., Fleiner, M., & Kijewski, A. (2016). The conNECtion between clinical signs and necrotizing enterocolitis in infants 501-1500 grams. Advances in Neonatal Care.
  • Price, L. E., Shea, K., & Gephart, S. (2016). The Veterans Affairs's Corporate Data Warehouse: Uses and Implications for Nursing Research and Practice. Nursing administration quarterly, 39(4), 311-8.
  • Quinn, M., & Gephart, S. (2016). Evidence for Implementation Strategies to Provide Palliative Care in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses, 16(6), 430-438.
  • Carrington, J. M., Gephart, S. M., Verran, J. A., & Finley, B. A. (2015). Development of an Instrument to Measure the Unintended Consequences of EHRs. Western journal of nursing research, 37(7), 842-58.
  • Gephart, S., Carrington, J. M., & Finley, B. (2015). A Systematic Review of Nurses' Experiences With Unintended Consequences When Using the Electronic Health Record. Nursing administration quarterly, 39(4), 345-56.
  • Gephart, S. M., Martin, L. B., Kijewski, A., & Johnson, S. R. (2015). Joseph's Story: A Case Study of Late-Onset Necrotizing Enterocolitis From Early Birth to Recovery. The Journal of perinatal & neonatal nursing, 29(4), 345-55.
  • Gephart, S. M. (2015). Fostering Best Practice: Strategies for Writing Evidence-Based Practice Briefs. Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses, 15(5), 299-306.
  • Hartley, K. A., Miller, C. S., & Gephart, S. M. (2015). Facilitated tucking to reduce pain in neonates: evidence for best practice. Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses, 15(3), 201-8.
  • Payne, T. H., Hines, L. E., Chan, R. C., Hartman, S., Kapusnik-Uner, J., Russ, A. L., Chaffee, B. W., Hartman, C., Tamis, V., Galbreth, B., Glassman, P. A., Phansalkar, S., van der Sijs, H., Gephart, S. M., Mann, G., Strasberg, H. R., Grizzle, A. J., Brown, M., Kuperman, G. J., , Steiner, C., et al. (2015). Recommendations to improve the usability of drug-drug interaction clinical decision support alerts. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA, 22(6), 1243-50.
  • Vincent, D., Hastings-Tolsma, M., Gephart, S., & Alfonzo, P. M. (2015). Nurse practitioner clinical decision-making and evidence-based practice. The Nurse practitioner, 40(5), 47-54.
  • Gephart, S. M., Gephart, S. M., Spitzer, A. R., Spitzer, A. R., Effken, J. A., Effken, J. A., Dodd, E., Dodd, E., Halpern, M., Halpern, M., McGrath, J. M., & McGrath, J. M. (2014). Discrimination of GutCheckNEC: a clinical risk index for necrotizing enterocolitis. Journal of Perinatology.
  • Gephart, S. M., Spitzer, A. R., Effken, J. A., Dodd, E., Halpern, M., & McGrath, J. M. (2014). Discrimination of GutCheck(NEC): a clinical risk index for necrotizing enterocolitis. Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 34(6), 468-75.
  • Gephart, S. M., & Weller, M. (2014). Colostrum as oral immune therapy to promote neonatal health. Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses, 14(1), 44-51.
  • Gephart, S. M., Wetzel, C., & Krisman, B. (2014). Prevention and early recognition of necrotizing enterocolitis: a tale of 2 tools--eNEC and GutCheckNEC. Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses, 14(3), 201-10; quiz 211-2.
  • Poole, S. N., & Gephart, S. M. (2014). State of the Science for Practice to Promote Breastfeeding Success Among Young Mothers. Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews, 14(3), 112-118. doi:10.1053/j.nainr.2014.06.009
  • Poole, S. N., Gephart, S. M., & Crain, D. R. (2014). Qualitative Description of Neonatal Expert Perspectives About Necrotizing Enterocolitis Risk. Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews, 14(3), 124-130. doi:10.1053/j.nainr.2014.06.004
  • Beall, V., Hall, B., Mulholland, J. T., & Gephart, S. M. (2013). Neonatal Extravasation: An Overview and Algorithm for Evidence-based Treatment. Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews, 13(4), 189-195.
  • Effken, J. A., Reed, P. G., Mcgrath, J. M., Gephart, S. M., & Effken, J. A. (2013). Expert consensus building using e-Delphi for necrotizing enterocolitis risk assessment.. Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN, 42(3), 332-47. doi:10.1111/1552-6909.12032
  • Effken, J. A., Gephart, S. M., Brewer, B. B., & Carley, K. M. (2013). Using *ORA, a network analysis tool, to assess the relationship of handoffs to quality and safety outcomes. Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN, 31(1), 36-44.
  • Gephart, S. M., & Effken, J. A. (2013). Using health information technology to engage patients in their care. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics, 17(3).
  • Gephart, S., Garcia, C., & Gephart, S. M. (2013). The effectiveness of early intervention programs for NICU graduates. Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses, 13(4).
  • Gephart, S. M., & Hanson, C. K. (2013). Preventing necrotizing enterocolitis with standardized feeding protocols: Not only possible, but imperative. Advances in Neonatal Care, 13(1), 48-54.
  • Garcia, C., & Gephart, S. M. (2013). The effectiveness of early intervention programs for NICU graduates. Advances in Neonatal Care, 13(4), 272-278.
  • Gephart, S. M., & Hanson, C. K. (2013). Preventing necrotizing enterocolitis with standardized feeding protocols: not only possible, but imperative. Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses, 13(1), 48-54.
  • Gephart, S. M., & Newnam, K. (2013). Inflammation and immune issues in the neonate. Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews, 13(4), 146-147.
  • Newnam, K., Gephart, S. M., & Wright, L. (2013). Common complications of dysregulated inflammation in the neonate. Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews, 13(4), 154-160.
  • Gephart, S. M., McGrath, J. M., Effken, J. A., & Halpern, M. D. (2012). Necrotizing enterocolitis risk state of the science. Advances in Neonatal Care, 12(2), 77-87.
  • Gephart, S., & Gephart, S. M. (2012). The art of effective handoffs: what is the evidence?. Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses, 12(1).
  • Gephart, S. M., & McGrath, J. M. (2012). Family-Centered Care of the Surgical Neonate. Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews, 12(1), 5-7.
  • Gephart, S., & Gephart, S. M. (2012). Transfusion-associated necrotizing enterocolitis: evidence and uncertainty. Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses, 12(4).
  • Gephart, S. M., & Cholette, M. (2012). PURE Communication: A Strategy to Improve Care Coordination for High-Risk Birth. Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews, 12(2), 109-114.
  • Gephart, S. M., & McGrath, J. M. (2012). Family-Centered Care of the Surgical Neonate. Newborn and infant nursing reviews : NAINR, 12(1), 5-7.
  • Gephart, S. M., & Cholette, M. (2012). P.U.R.E. Communication: A Strategy to Improve Care-Coordination for High Risk Birth. Newborn and infant nursing reviews : NAINR, 12(2), 109-114.
  • Gephart, S. M. (2012). The art of effective handoffs what is the evidence?. Advances in Neonatal Care, 12(1), 37-39.
  • Gephart, S. M. (2012). Transfusio n-associated necrotizing enterocolitis: Evidence and uncertainty. Advances in Neonatal Care, 12(4), 232-236.
  • Gephart, S. M., McGrath, J. M., Effken, J. A., & Halpern, M. D. (2012). Necrotizing enterocolitis risk: state of the science. Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses, 12(2), 77-87; quiz 88-9.
  • Effken, J. A., Carley, K. M., Gephart, S., Verran, J. A., Bianchi, D., Reminga, J., & Brewer, B. B. (2011). Using ORA to explore the relationship of nursing unit communication to patient safety and quality outcomes. International journal of medical informatics, 80(7), 507-17.
  • Effken, J. A., Brewer, B. B., Logue, M. D., Gephart, S. M., & Verran, J. A. (2011). Using Cognitive Work Analysis to fit decision support tools to nurse managers' work flow. International journal of medical informatics, 80(10), 698-707.
  • Gephart, S. M., McGrath, J. M., & Effken, J. A. (2011). Failure to rescue in neonatal care. Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing, 25(3), 275-282.
  • Effken, J., Gephart, S., Bianchi, D., & Verran, J. (2010). Correlations of nursing communication network metrics with patient outcomes. AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium, 2010, 197-201.

Presentations

  • Prettyman, A., & Gephart, S. M. (2022, January). Building Bridges: Engineering a Successful DNP/PhD Program. AACN Doctoral Education Conference. Virtual: AACN.
  • Gephart, S. M. (2021, September). Twists, Turns and Telehealth on the Road to End NEC. Annual Conference. Chicago, Illinois: Academy of Neonatal Nursing.
  • Gephart, S. M. (2021, September). NICU Nurse, I Believe You! GutCheckNEC to Improve NEC Risk Awareness and Communication. Annual conference. Chicago, Illinois: Academy of Neonatal Nursing.
  • Gephart, S. M. (2021, June). NEC risk, Timely recognition and communication. NEC society Nurses and NEC webinar. online: NEC Society.
  • Gephart, S. M., & Wyles, C. (2021, November). NeoECHO as an Implementation Process to Engage NICUs in NEC Prevention. Nurse Leadership Forum. Tucson, Arizona: Synova.
  • Gephart, S. M., Shea, K. D., & Newnam, K. (2021, April). NEC-Zero Initiatives As a Foundation for Neoecho. Western Institute of Nursing. virtual: Western Institute of Nursing.
  • Platt, C. R., & Gephart, S. M. (2021, April). Foster family adaptive theory (FFAT): A mid-range approach to complex family systems. Western Institute of Nursing Communicating Research Conference. Virtual: Western Institute of Nursing.
  • Gephart, S. M. (2020, October). Educating under-resourced units to reduce NEC with NeoECHO. National Association of Neonatal Nursing. Virtual: NANN.
  • Wyles, C., & Gephart, S. M. (2020, October). Appraisal of NEC-Zero Español Toolkit Designed for Families of Fragile Infants. National Association of Neonatal Nurses Educational Conference. Virtual: NANN.
  • Weiss, A., Newnam, K., & Gephart, S. M. (2020, October). Exploring Internal Facilitators’ Experience with NeoECHO to Foster NEC Prevention and Timely Recognition through the iPARHIS Lens. NANN Research Summit. virtual: National Association of Neonatal Nursing.
  • Gephart, S. M. (2019, March). Inertia breaking methods to change practice. NANN Research Summit. Scottsdale, AZ: National Association of Neonatal Nursing.
  • Gephart, S. M., & Gephart, S. M. (2019, March). Sound the Alarm: Risk, Readiness, and Rescue in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. New England Association of Neonatal Nursing Annual Conference. Mystic, CT.
  • Gephart, S. M. (2019, April). Implementation strategies to support Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) risk recognition and prevention in fragile infants: the Nec-Zero project. National Nursing Practice Network Monthly Webinar Series. Online: University of Michigan.
  • Gephart, S. M. (2019, March). Implementation-Ready NEC-Zero Practices for Your NICU Today!. New England Association of Neonatal Nursing Annual Conference. Mystic, CT: New England Association of Neonatal Nursing.
  • Gephart, S. M., Eklund, W., Grogan, C., Vernon, L., & Green, L. (2019, June). Workgroup facilitation: Tools to Support Families with NEC Survivors. NEC Symposium 2019. Ann Arbor, Michigan: NEC Society.
  • Gephart, S. M., & Sylvester, K. (2019, June). NEC Risk: Early Identification and Risk Stratification. NEC Symposium. Ann Arbor, Michigan: NEC Society.
  • Gephart, S. M. (2019, March). Twists and turns on the path to discovery: from GutCheckNEC to NEC-Zero. NANN Research Summit. Scottsdale, AZ: NANN.
  • Slebodnik, M. B., Wyles, C., & Gephart, S. M. (2019, April). Targeted NEC-Zero dissemination to reach caregivers of premature infants. Western Institute of Nursing Communicating Research Conference.
  • Gephart, S. M. (2018, February). NEC-Zero Resources to Reach Caregivers of Premature Infants at Risk for NEC. NNP of Arizona Conference. Chandler, AZ.
  • Gephart, S. M. (2018, September). Precision health research and implementation reviewed through five synergistic principles: Clinical decision support needed to achieve precision health. Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science. Washington, D.C..
  • Gephart, S. M. (2018, October). Playing your part in patient safety to prevent failed rescue. Florida Association of Neonatal Nurse Practitioners 29th Annual NNP Symposium. Clearwater Beach, FL.
  • Gephart, S. M. (2018, May). Innovating within the Electronic Health Record for Quality Care to Reduce Complications of Prematurity. National Pediatric Nurse Scientist Collaborative 2018 Research Fly-In. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  • Gephart, S. M. (2018, October). Getting to zero NEC together: the NEC-Zero project. Florida Association of Neonatal Nurse Practitioners 29th Annual NNP Symposium. Clearwater Beach, FL.
  • Wyles, C., & Gephart, S. M. (2018, January). Two examples of new ways of bridging the information gap by disseminating information: NEC-Zero Project & Project ECHO. Medical Library Group of Southern California & Arizona and the Northern California & Nevada Library Group 2018 Joint Meeting. Scottsdale, AZ.
  • Wyles, C., & Gephart, S. M. (2018, January). Engaging a community during a scoping review. Medical Library Group of Southern California & Arizona and the Northern California & Nevada Library Group 2018 Joint Meeting. Scottsdale, AZ.
  • Carrington, J. M., Shea, K. D., Gephart, S. M., Brewer, B. B., Rosenfeld, A. G., Davis, M. P., Davis, M. P., Rosenfeld, A. G., Brewer, B. B., Gephart, S. M., Shea, K. D., & Carrington, J. M. (2017, spring). Leading Change: Threading Data Science through the Nursing PhD Curriculum. Nursing Annual Regional Conference. Denver, CO: Western Institute of Nursing.
  • Carrington, J. M., Carrington, J. M., Gephart, S. M., Gephart, S. M., Rosenfeld, A. G., Rosenfeld, A. G., Davis, M. P., Davis, M. P., Brewer, B. B., Brewer, B. B., Shea, K. D., & Shea, K. D. (2017, spring). Leading Change: Threading Data Science through the Nursing PhD Curriculum. Nursing Annual Regional Conference. Denver, CO: Western Institute of Nursing.
  • Carrington, J. M., Gephart, S. M., Rosenfeld, A. G., Davis, M. P., Brewer, B. B., & Shea, K. D. (2017, spring). Leading Change: Threading Data Science through the Nursing PhD Curriculum. Nursing Annual Regional Conference. Denver, CO: Western Institute of Nursing.
  • Gephart, S. M. (2017, June). Solving the wicked problem of necrotizing enterocolitis. Denver Advanced Practice Neonatal Nursing Conference. Denver, Colorado: Children’s Hospital Colorado and Frontier Association of Neonatal Nurses.
  • Gephart, S. M. (2017, June). Integrating evidence, engagement and technology in implementation science at the frontline. Children's Hospital of Wisconsin. Milwaukee, WI.
  • Gephart, S. M. (2017, August). Reliability, resilience and rescue. Arizona Research Festival. Phoenix, Arizona.
  • Gephart, S. M., Shea, K. D., Rosenfeld, A. G., Davis, M. P., Brewer, B. B., & Carrington, J. M. (2017, April). Use of NLP to Analyze Core Course Content and Weave in Data Science. InSpire 2017: Developing the Health Informatics Workforce of the Future Conference. La Jolla, California: American Medical Informatics Association.
  • Gephart, S. M., Brewer, B. B., Carrington, J. M., Doyle, M., Shea, K. D., & Rosenfeld, A. G. (2017, January). Weaving data science into the fabric of core curriculum for the nursing research doctorate. Doctoral Education Conference. San Diego, CA: AACN.
  • Quinn, M., & Gephart, S. M. (2017, April). The Current State of NEC Prevention Practices in the NICU. NEC Symposium. Davis, CA: NEC Society and PCORI.
  • Shea, K. D., Brewer, B. B., Davis, M. P., Rosenfeld, A. G., Gephart, S. M., & Carrington, J. M. (2017, January). Weaving data science into the fabric of core curriculum for the nursing research doctorate. AACN Doctoral Education Conference. Coronado, CA: American Academy for Colleges of Nursing.
  • Dudding, K. M., Gephart, S. M., & Carrington, J. M. (2016, April). Neonatal Nurses Experience Frequent Interruptions, Work- arounds, and Risks to Patient Safety with Electronic Health Records.. Research Summit. Scottsdale, AZ: National Association of Neonatal Nurses.
  • Gephart, S. M., & Wyles, C. (2016, September). Quantification and validation of an adherence score for practices that prevent necrotizing enterocolitis in very low birthweight infants. Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science. Washington, D. C..
  • Gephart, S. M., & Wyles, C. (2016, September). SMART on FHIR sharing of clinical decision support for scalable nursing research and interoperable informatics practice. Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science. Washington, D. C.
  • Gephart, S. M., & Wyles, C. (2016, December). Engaging parents and clinicians to design a multi-faceted intervention to prevent neonatal complications. 9th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation. Washington, D.C.: Academy Health.
  • Gephart, S. M., Dunn-Lopez, K., & Abraham, J. (2016, November). Current state of nursing clinical decision support and future directions: an integrative literature review.. In symposium “Designing Next Generation of Clinical Decision Support for Nursing from Hospital to Homecare: AMIA Nursing Informatics Group Pre-Symposium Tutorial.. Chicago, Ill: AMIA.
  • Gephart, S. M., & Rosenfeld, A. G. (2016, December). Adherence scoring to relate adoption of evidence to necrotizing enterocolitis in U.S. NICUs.. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholars National Meeting. Baltimore, MD.
  • Gephart, S. M. (2016, April). Preparing your presentation for publication. 11th Annual National Association of Neonatal Nurses (NANN) Research Summit. Scottsdale, AZ: NANN.
  • Gephart, S. M. (2016, August). Steps to avoid failed rescue in neonatal ICU. Tucson Neonatal and Perinatal Nurses Conference. Tucson, AZ.
  • Quinn, M., Gephart, S. M., & Wyles, C. (2016, September). Identifying sociotechnical influences in early recognition of necrotizing enterocolitis to inform clinical decision support design for neonatal care.. Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science. Washington, D. C..
  • Rosenfeld, A. G., Taylor-Piliae, R. E., Carrington, J. M., Gephart, S. M., Insel, K. C., Loescher, L. J., & Reed, P. G. (2016, January). Defying the skeptics! Strategies and successes of an online PhD program.. AACN Doctoral Education Conference. Florida: AACN.

Poster Presentations

  • Calver, S., & Gephart, S. M. (2021, April). Design and Piloting an EHR Taskbar to Engineer System Resilience for Clinical Practice.. Western Institute of Nursing. Virtual: Western Institute of Nursing.
  • Weiss, A., & Gephart, S. M. (2021, September). Patterns of Knowing Leveraged by Neonatal Nurses and Neonatal Nurse Practitioners During Clinical Deterioration. Annual conference. Chicago, Illinois: Academy of Neonatal Nursing.
  • Zhang, T., Gephart, S. M., & Subbian, V. (2021, December). Barriers and Facilitators to Adoption of Drug-Drug Interaction Clinical Decision Support in US Healthcare Organizations. Dissemination and Implementation Annual Conference. virtual: Academy Health.
  • Tolentino, D. A., Insel, K. C., & Gephart, S. M. (2020, November). The relationship between task-technology fit and nurses’ performance in the EHR. AMIA. Virtual: AMIA.
  • Newnam, K., Shea, K. D., Gephart, S. M., Gephart, S. M., Newnam, K., & Shea, K. D. (2019, April). Project ECHO as an implementation strategy and opportunities to test mechanisms of effectiveness informed by the iPARHIS framework. Western Institute of Nursing Communicating Research Conferene. San Diego, CA.
  • Tolentino, D. A., & Gephart, S. M. (2019, November). From User Experience to Digital Health Adoption (UXA): A Synthesized Framework to Guide Nursing Science. AMIA Annual Conference. Washington, D.C.: AMIA.
  • Gephart, S. M., Tolentino, A., Quinn, M., Wyles, C., Surcouf, J., & Fry, E. (2018, May). NICU Workflow and Technical Needs to Prevent and Support Timely Recognition of Necrotizing Enterocolitis with NEC-Zero CDS. AMIA Clinical Informatics. Scottsdale, AZ: AMIA.
  • Luckart, J., Gephart, S. M., Gregg, S. R., & Pacheco, C. L. (2018, April). Exploration of Preconception Education Using Social Media. Annual Interprofessional Rural Health Professions Conference. Tucson, AZ: AHEC.
  • Gephart, S. M. (2017, April). Towards a NEC prevention checklist. NEC Symposium. Davis, CA: NEC Society.
  • Gephart, S. M., Porter, C., & Wyles, C. (2017, December). Validation of adherence scoring, prevention checklist and parent education materials to reduce necrotizing enterocolitis to zero occurrence (NEC-Zero) in the neonatal intensive care unit.. Academy Health Dissemination and Implementation Science Conference. Washington, D.C.: Academy Health.
  • Owen-Williams, E., Igwe, D., Gephart, S. M., & Pacheco, C. L. (2017, April). PRACTITIONERS PERCEPTION OF IMPLEMENTING THE PEDIATRIC EARLY WARNING SYSTEM (PEWS) IN RURAL PRIMARY CARE. Annual Interprofessional Rural Health Conference. Tucson, AZ: AzAHEC.
  • Rothers, J., Gephart, S. M., & Fleiner, M. (2017, April). GutCheckNEC as Predictor of NEC and Relations with Pediatric Early Warning Scores. NEC Symposium. Davis, CA: PCORI & NEC Society.
  • Rothers, J. L., Fleiner, M., & Gephart, S. M. (2017, April). GutCheckNEC as predictor of NEC and relations with pediatric early warning scores. NEC Symposium. University of California, Davis: NEC Society.
  • Tolentino, D. A., & Gephart, S. M. (2017, April). Sequential pattern analysis of nurses’ EHR navigation and documentation. Communicating Nursing Research. Denver, CO: Western Institute of Nursing.