Amanda Harley

Amanda is the Queensland State-wide Paediatric Sepsis Clinical Nurse Consultant and first in Australia. Amanda is the paediatric nursing representative on the Queensland Sepsis Steering Committee, a member of the National Sepsis Clinical Reference Group and the Australian paediatric and nursing representative for the Global Sepsis Alliance platform. Amanda has her masters in critical care, a post-graduate qualification in education and a PhD. Her PhD investigated the recognition and management of paediatric sepsis in the ED. Her current role has her involved in the development, implementation, education and evaluation of a state-wide paediatric sepsis pathway. Amanda was the study coordinator for a paediatric sepsis RCT (RESPOND), investigating a fluid-sparing algorithm. She has instigated a number of sepsis projects and is the recipient of multiple grants. Amanda is passionate about sepsis recognition and the roles nurses play. By undertaking clinical practice with research and quality improvement she is encouraging others to do the same.