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Nurse Practitioner, Department of Anesthesiology
abby.hess@cchmc.org
513-636-7422
Board Certified
Dr. Abby Hess (Winterberg), APRN, DNP, is a nurse practitioner and clinical researcher at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. She began her career at Cincinnati Children’s as a research assistant in 2005. She has worked in the perioperative department since 2009, initially as an RN in the post-anesthesia care unit and subsequently as an APRN in the pre-anesthesia consultation clinic. Upon receiving the Doctorate of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree from the University of Cincinnati in 2015, Dr. Hess worked with senior leadership to create a new dual-role combining patient care as a Nurse Practitioner with clinical research. Her research focuses on development and testing of evidence-based digital health solutions for reduction of pediatric preoperative anxiety.
Select achievements include:
Anesthesia
DNP: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2015.
MSN: University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 2011.
Certification: ANCC, Family Nurse Practitioner, 2012.
The Child Induction Behavioral Assessment Tool: A Tool to Facilitate the Electronic Documentation of Behavioral Responses to Anesthesia Inductions. Winterberg, AV; Colella, CL; Weber, KA; Varughese, AM. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing. 2018; 33:296-303.e1.