Author Affiliations: Department of Trauma (Mss Scallon and Lee), Children’s Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska; Department of Emergency (Ms Spencer), Children’s Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska; Division of Emergency Medicine (Drs Timmons and Sneller), Children’s Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska; Division of Pediatric Surgery (Dr Hanna), Children’s Nebraska, Omaha, Nebraska; Department of Biostatistics (Ms Schissel), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska; Department of Pediatrics (Drs Timmons and Sneller), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska; Department of Surgery (Dr Hanna), University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska.

Correspondence: Kylie Scallon, BAN, RN, CPN, CPEN, TCRN, Trauma, Children’s Nebraska, 8200 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE68114 ([email protected]).

Cite as: Scallon, K., Lee, J., Spencer, M., Schissel, M., Timmons, Z., Hanna, A., & Sneller, H. (2024). Nurse-initiated protocol to improve timely antibiotic administration in pediatric open fractures. Journal of Trauma Nursing, 31(3), 158-163. https://doi.org/10.1097/JTN.0000000000000789

This paper was presented at the 2023 Pediatric Trauma Society Annual Scientific Meeting on November 2, 2024, in New Orleans, Louisiana; the paper was chosen as the Society of Trauma Nursing Award winner.

Conceptualization: K.S., Z.T., and M.Sp.; literature study: K.S., J.L., and A.H.; data collection: K.S.; data analysis: K.S., M.Sc.; data interpretation: K.S., Z.T., M.Sc.; writing – original draft: K.S., J.L., A.H., H.S.; writing – review and editing: K.S., J.L., M.Sp., M.Sc., Z.T., A.H., H.S.

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Received: November 20, 2023; Revised: 14 February 2024; Accepted: 07 March 2024