Garrett Chan, RN, PhD, FAAN
Associate Professor
Physiological Nursing
School of Nursing

Dr. Chan has been working with academic institutions, healthcare systems, policy organizations, and governments in Norway, Japan, and Switzerland to create the role and educational standards for advanced practice nursing in those countries.

• Current Practice and Practice Competencies of Clinical Nurse Specialists Working in US Emergency Care Settings: A Survey Study.
  Clinical nurse specialist CNS 2023 Wolf L, Perhats C, Delao A, Campbell D, Brim C, Campos G, House D, Rettig A, Williams D, Chan GK
• An overview and policy implications of national nurse identifier systems: A call for unity and integration.
  Nursing outlook 2023 Chan GK, Cummins MR, Taylor CS, Rambur B, Auerbach DI, Meadows-Oliver M, Cooke C, Turek EA, Pittman PP
• VaxForce: Mobilizing interprofessional licensees and students for community COVID-19 vaccination events.
  Public health nursing (Boston, Mass.) 2022 Chan GK, Metzger ON, Sablik M, Goldberg EM
• Quality measures for palliative care in the emergency department.
  Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2022 Goett R, Isaacs ED, Chan GK, Wang D, Aberger K, Pearl R, Rosenberg M, Loffredo AJ, Lamba S
• American Academy of Nursing Expert Panel consensus statement on nursing's roles in ensuring universal palliative care access.
  Nursing outlook 2021 Rosa WE, Buck HG, Squires AP, Kozachik SL, Huijer HA, Bakitas M, Boit JM, Bradley PK, Cacchione PZ, Chan GK, Crisp N, Dahlin C, Daoust P, Davidson PM, Davis S, Doumit MAA, Fink RM, Herr KA, Hinds PS, …
• International consensus-based policy recommendations to advance universal palliative care access from the American Academy of Nursing Expert Panels.
  Nursing outlook 2021 Rosa WE, Buck HG, Squires AP, Kozachik SL, Huijer HA, Bakitas M, Boit JM, Bradley PK, Cacchione PZ, Chan GK, Crisp N, Dahlin C, Daoust P, Davidson PM, Davis S, Doumit MAA, Fink RM, Herr KA, Hinds PS, …
• Nursing Academic Leadership: An Urgent Workforce Shortage in Nursing Education.
  Nursing education perspectives 2021 Apen LV, Rosenblum R, Solvason N, Chan GK
• The Importance and Impact of Nurse Leader Engagement With State Nursing Workforce Centers: Lessons From the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  Nurse leader 2021 Chan GK, Waxman KT, Baggett M, Bakerjian D, Dickow M, Grimley KA, Kiger AJ
• State responses to COVID-19: Potential benefits of continuing full practice authority for primary care nurse practitioners.
  Nursing outlook 2021 Poghosyan L, Pulcini J, Chan GK, Dunphy L, Martsolf GR, Greco K, Todd BA, Brown SC, Fitzgerald M, McMenamin AL, Solari-Twadell PA
• United States Best Practice Guidelines for Primary Palliative Care in the Emergency Department.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2021 Loffredo AJ, Chan GK, Wang DH, Goett R, Isaacs ED, Pearl R, Rosenberg M, Aberger K, Lamba S
• Improving Patients' Early Mobility Through Innovative Interprofessional Education Using Educational Neuroscience Theory.
  Journal of continuing education in nursing 2021 Chan GK, Guo N, Goyena JP, Schmidt K, Shannon A
• Pragmatic Considerations in Incorporating Stakeholder Engagement Into a Palliative Care Transitions Study.
  Medical care 2021 de Forcrand C, Flannery M, Cho J, Reddy Pidatala N, Batra R, Booker-Vaughns J, Chan GK, Dunn P, Galvin R, Hopkins E, Isaacs ED, Kizzie-Gillett CL, Maguire M, Navarro M, Rosini D, Vaughan W, Welsh S, …
• Value-Based Payment: What Does It Mean for Nurses?
  Nursing administration quarterly 2021 Pittman P, Rambur B, Birch S, Chan GK, Cooke C, Cummins M, Leners C, Low LK, Meadows-Oliver M, Shattell M, Taylor C, Trautman D
• Quantifying and Remediating the New Graduate Nurse Resident Academic-Practice Gap Using Online Patient Simulation.
  Journal of continuing education in nursing 2021 Chan GK, Burns EM
• Concerns and Care for Health Care Colleagues during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2021 Goett R, Chan G, DeSandre PL, Wang D, Bowman J, Quest T, Ouchi K, Lamba S
• Effect of emergency critical care nurses and emergency department boarding time on in-hospital mortality in critically ill patients.
  The American journal of emergency medicine 2020 Nesbitt J, Mitarai T, Chan GK, Wilson JG, Niknam K, Nudelman MJR, Cinkowski C, Kohn MA
• Development of an advanced practice preceptor evaluation tool.
  Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 2020 Klein CJ, Chan GK, Pierce L, Van Keuren-Parent K, Cooling M
• Redesigning Nursing Education to Build Healthier Communities: An Innovative Cross-Sector Collaboration.
  Nursing education perspectives 2020 Swan BA, Hilden P, West N, Chan G, Shaffer K, Berg JG, Dickow M, Jones D
• Nurse Practitioner Role and Practice Environment in Primary and in Nonprimary Care in California.
  Medical care research and review : MCRR 2020 Winter S, Chapman SA, Chan GK, Duderstadt K, Spetz J
• Measurement of nonbillable service value activities by nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and clinical nurse specialists in ambulatory specialty care.
  Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 2020 Winter S, Chan GK, Kuriakose C, Duderstadt K, Spetz J, Hsieh D, Platon C, Chapman SA
• Service Value Activities by Nurse Practitioners in Ambulatory Specialty Care.
  Policy, politics & nursing practice 2020 Winter SG, Duderstadt K, Chan GK, Spetz J, Stephan LM, Matsuda E, Chapman SA
• A blinded clinical study using a subepidermal moisture biocapacitance measurement device for early detection of pressure injuries.
  Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society 2020 Okonkwo H, Bryant R, Milne J, Molyneaux D, Sanders J, Cunningham G, Brangman S, Eardley W, Chan GK, Mayer B, Waldo M, Ju B
• Nursing Surveillance for Deterioration in Pediatric Patients: An Integrative Review.
  Journal of pediatric nursing 2019 Stotts JR, Lyndon A, Chan GK, Bekmezian A, Rehm RS
• Role definition is key-Rapid qualitative ethnography findings from a team-based primary care transformation.
  Learning health systems 2019 Brown-Johnson C, Shaw JG, Safaeinili N, Chan GK, Mahoney M, Asch S, Winget M
• Primary Care 2.0: Design of a Transformational Team-Based Practice Model to Meet the Quadruple Aim.
  American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality 2018 Brown-Johnson CG, Chan GK, Winget M, Shaw JG, Patton K, Hussain R, Olayiwola JN, Chang SI, Mahoney M
• Development of Hospice and Palliative Medicine Knowledge and Skills for Emergency Medicine Residents: Using the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Milestone Framework.
  AEM education and training 2018 Shoenberger J, Lamba S, Goett R, DeSandre P, Aberger K, Bigelow S, Brandtman T, Chan GK, Zalenski R, Wang D, Rosenberg M, Jubanyik K
• Balancing the Training of Future Cardiologists With the Provision of Team-Based Care.
  JAMA cardiology 2017 Fernandes SM, Larsen RL, Chan GK
• Trauma advanced practice provider programme development in an academic setting to optimize care coordination.
  Trauma surgery & acute care open 2017 Woodfall MC, Browder TD, Alfaro JM, Claudius MA, Chan GK, Robinson DG, Spain DA
• Exploring the Relationship Among Moral Distress, Coping, and the Practice Environment in Emergency Department Nurses.
  Advanced emergency nursing journal 2016 Zavotsky KE, Chan GK
• Pre-participation screening for athletes and the role of advanced practice providers.
  Journal of electrocardiology 2015 Pickham D, Chan G, Carey M
• A prospective randomized blister prevention trial assessing paper tape in endurance distances (Pre-TAPED).
  Wilderness & environmental medicine 2014 Lipman GS, Ellis MA, Lewis EJ, Waite BL, Lissoway J, Chan GK, Krabak BJ
• A prospective cohort study of acute kidney injury in multi-stage ultramarathon runners: the Biochemistry in Endurance Runner Study (BIERS).
  Research in sports medicine (Print) 2014 Lipman GS, Krabak BJ, Waite BL, Logan SB, Menon A, Chan GK
• Integration of palliative care into emergency medicine: the Improving Palliative Care in Emergency Medicine (IPAL-EM) collaboration.
  The Journal of emergency medicine 2013 Lamba S, DeSandre PL, Todd KH, Bryant EN, Chan GK, Grudzen CR, Weissman DE, Quest TE, Improving Palliative Care in Emergency Medicine Board
• An official American Thoracic Society workshop report: assessment and palliative management of dyspnea crisis.
  Annals of the American Thoracic Society 2013 Mularski RA, Reinke LF, Carrieri-Kohlman V, Fischer MD, Campbell ML, Rocker G, Schneidman A, Jacobs SS, Arnold R, Benditt JO, Booth S, Byock I, Chan GK, Curtis JR, Donesky D, Hansen-Flaschen J, …
• Integrating palliative care in the out-of-hospital setting: four things to jump-start an EMS-palliative care initiative.
  Prehospital emergency care 2013 Lamba S, Schmidt TA, Chan GK, Todd KH, Grudzen CR, Weissman DE, Quest TE, IPAL-EM Board
• Palliative care in emergency medicine: past, present, and future.
  Journal of palliative medicine 2012 Quest TE, Chan GK, Derse A, Stone S, Todd KH, Zalenski R
• The National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists response to the Institute of Medicine's The Future of Nursing report.
  Clinical nurse specialist CNS 2012 National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists task force members, Purvis S, Brown E, Chan GK, Dresser S, Fulton JS, Koyama K, Mayo A, Tracy MF
• Quasi-experimental study to improve nurses' QT-interval monitoring: results of QTIP study.
  American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses 2012 Pickham D, Shinn JA, Chan GK, Funk M, Drew BJ
• High prevalence of corrected QT interval prolongation in acutely ill patients is associated with mortality: results of the QT in Practice (QTIP) Study.
  Critical care medicine 2012 Pickham D, Helfenbein E, Shinn JA, Chan G, Funk M, Weinacker A, Liu JN, Drew BJ
• Emergency nurse perceptions of individual and facility emergency preparedness.
  Journal of emergency nursing 2011 Whetzel E, Walker-Cillo G, Chan GK, Trivett J
• Level 2 and level 3 patients in emergency severity index triage system: comparison of characteristics and resource utilization.
  Advanced emergency nursing journal 2011 Garbez RO, Carrieri-Kohlman V, Stotts N, Chan G
• Trajectories of approaching death in the emergency department: clinician narratives of patient transitions to the end of life.
  Journal of pain and symptom management 2011 Chan GK
• Laser capture microdissection: understanding the techniques and implications for molecular biology in nursing research through analysis of breast cancer tumor samples.
  Biological research for nursing 2011 Zanni KL, Chan GK
• Barriers and perceived needs for understanding and using research among emergency nurses.
  Journal of emergency nursing 2011 Chan GK, Barnason S, Dakin CL, Gillespie G, Kamienski MC, Stapleton S, Williams J, Juarez A, Li S
• How many patients need QT interval monitoring in critical care units? Preliminary report of the QT in Practice study.
  Journal of electrocardiology 2010 Pickham D, Helfenbein E, Shinn JA, Chan G, Funk M, Drew BJ
• Factors influencing patient assignment to level 2 and level 3 within the 5-level ESI triage system.
  Journal of emergency nursing 2010 Garbez R, Carrieri-Kohlman V, Stotts N, Chan G, Neighbor M
• Clinical decision making and management of blunt traumatic thoracic aortic injuries.
  Air medical journal 2008 Pérez LR, Chan GK
• Pain after discharge: A pilot study of factors associated with pain management and functional status.
  Journal of emergency nursing 2006 Garbez RO, Chan GK, Neighbor M, Puntillo K
• The influence of chief complaint on opioid use in the emergency department.
  Journal of opioid management 2006 Puntillo K, Neighbor M, Chan GK, Garbez R
• Understanding the influences that determine nursing practice and the opportunities for involvement: A study of the NCSBN vision paper.
  Journal of emergency nursing 2006 Chan GK, Hackenschmidt A
• End-of-life and palliative care in the emergency department: a call for research, education, policy and improved practice in this frontier area.
  Journal of emergency nursing 2006 Chan GK
• Understanding end-of-life caring practices in the emergency department: developing Merleau-Ponty's notions of intentional arc and maximum grip through praxis and phronesis.
  Nursing philosophy : an international journal for healthcare professionals 2005 Chan GK
• End-of-life models and emergency department care.
  Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2004 Chan GK