Ann Peterson | CC

Clinical Nurse Specialist, NIH Clinical Center (CC)
Ann Peterson

E-mail: apeterson1@cc.nih.gov

Biography

Diploma, Mercy College of Nursing, San Diego, CA, BS Chemistry Zoology, Utah State University, Logan, UT, BSN/MSN University of Utah College of Nursing, Salt Lake City, UT, PhD, Uniformed Services University of the Health Services.

Clinical Focus:

Clinical specialty areas include respiratory and infectious disease. She consults with patients providing clinical care and education for airway clearance, utilization of devices and therapies including meter dose inhalers, spacers, nebulized antimicrobials and active cycle breathing. She worked in West Africa on two National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases studies for Ebola vaccines and antiviral treatments in Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Service (Internal & External):

  • Clinical Nurse Specialist Forum
  • Nursing Practice Council
  • Clinical Practice Council
  • Nursing Research Participant Education Committee
  • Hospital Infections Committee at the Clinical Center
  • Member of the Respiratory Nursing Society and Interprofessional Collaborative, frequently serving as a board member

Current Program Interest/Research/ Evidence Based Initiatives:

  • Clinical research includes serving as a Principle Investigator (10-CC-0149) for a study of Pulmonary Nontuberculous Mycobacterial infection with a focus on inflammatory cytokines and microbiology of respiratory secretions.
  • Associate Investigator role for two studies of nebulized nitric oxide in patients with respiratory infections (18-I-Phase 2 Trial of Gaseous Nitric Oxide (gNO) Treating Respiratory Infections in Bronchiectasis; 17-H-0169
  • Experimental Treatment of an Individual Patient with Cystic Fibrosis and Mycobacterium abscessusLung Infection with Nitric Oxide Given Intermittently via Inhalation).

Selected Honors and Awards:

  • 2020 Tannia Cartledge Clinical Research Nursing Mentorship Award
  • 2018 NIH CC CEO Award for the High Flow Oxygen Therapy Committee Work
  • 2018 NIH Nursing Department Chief Award for Clinical Support
  • 2015 NIH Director's Award for NIH Ebola Patient Care Response Team

Selected Presentations and Publications:

Peterson. A. M. (2021). COVID-19 Vaccines, 2021 Virginia Clinical Nurse Specialist Virtual Pharmacology Update-Being Prepared for Prescriptive Authority, Presentation June 11, 2021. Roanoke, VA

Peterson, A. (2020). PREVAIL VII/HONOR TB Skin Testing Class and Practicum, Monrovia, Liberia, Africa. Virtual Presentation, September, 2020.

Bogdanovski, K., Chau, T., Robinson, C. J., MacDonald, S.D., Peterson, A.M., Mashek, C.M., Wallin, W.A., Rimkus, M., Montgomery, F., da Silva, Gupta, S., Ghaffari, A., Zelazny, A.M., and Olivier, K.N. (2020). Antibacterial activity of high-dose nitric oxide against pulmonary Mycobacterium abscessus disease. Access Microbiology 2020, DOI 10.1099/acmi.0.000154., pp. 1-10.

Peterson, A. (2019). Journeys into Nursing Research: Inflammation and Infection, SUSON Research Day, Innovations in Advanced Nursing Practice. Winchester, VA Dec. 6, 2019.

Peterson, A. (2019). Respiratory research updates nebulized nitric oxide and influenza vaccines. Presentation session at the Annual Conference of the Respiratory Nursing Society and Interprofessional Collaborative, Roanoke, VA.

Peterson, A., Krueger, K., MacDonald, S. D., Laprat, J., Premkumar, A., Huss, D., Jeffries, K., Fatungase, F., Robinson, C. J., and Mashek, C. (2019). Role of Clinical Research Nurses: First in the United States- Nebulized Nitric Oxide Therapy for Pulmonary M. abscessus Infection. Poster session presented at the Annual Conference of the Respiratory Nursing Society and Interprofessional Collaborative, Roanoke, VA.

Olivier, K.N., Peterson, A.M., Robinson, C. J., MacDonald, S.D., Montgomery, F.J., Bathe, D.P., & Rimkus, M.V. (2018). Treatment of Refractory Mycobacterium abscessus Lung Infection with Inhaled intermittent Nitric Oxide. 3rd National Bronchiectasis Conference, Washington, D.C.

Peterson, A. Kueger, L., MacDonald, S.D., Premkumar, A., Huss, D., Jeffries, K., Fatungase, Fl., Robinson, C., & Mashek, C. (2018) Role of Clinical Research Nurses: 1st in the United States Nebulized Nitric Oxide Therapy for Pulmonary M. abscessus Infection. Maryland Nurses Association's Annual Convention, November 1, 2018, Baltimore, MD.

Peterson, A. (2017) Discharge Education for Nebulized Antimicrobials through the Use of Interdisciplinary Collaboration, Poster Presentation, Respiratory Nursing Society, 27th Annual Educational conference, September 15-16, (2017), Roanoke, VA.

Jones, I., Koly, C., Peterson, A. & Mashek, C. (2016) Clinical Research nurses manage patients with multi-drug resistant and extensively drug resistant TB. Maryland Nurses Association's Annual convention. October 13-14, 2016, Baltimore, MD.

Peterson, A. (2016). Inter-Professional Respiratory Care of Patients with LTBI/MDR/XDR TB, Advancing the frontiers, respiratory research: 26th Annual Respiratory Nursing Society Conference, October, 2016, Rochester, MN.

Peterson, A. (2016). Research and Humanitarian Global Health Work in Liberia and Sierra Leone, Respiratory Research: 26th Annual Respiratory Nursing Society Conference, October, 2016, Rochester, MN.

Eckes, EJ, Gutierrez, D, Peterson, A, Hubbard, M, Barrett, K, Matlock, A M. Educating Health Care Providers in Treatment of Patients with Ebola Virus Disease,(2016) Critical Care Nurse, 36 (5):14.