Positions

Selected Publications

Academic Article

Year Title Altmetric
2022 Self-Reported Usage of Safety Equipment Provided Through a Community Partnership Approach to Injury Prevention in the Pediatric Emergency Department.  Pediatric Emergency Care.  38:E1391-E1395. 2022
2022 Utilization of Monitored Beds for Children Admitted with Unintentional Poisonings.  Pediatric Emergency Care.  38:121-125. 2022
2021 Unintentional Opioid Ingestions Presenting to a Pediatric Emergency Department.  Pediatric Emergency Care.  37:498-501. 2021
2021 Social Media Changes in Pediatric Residency Programs During COVID-19 Pandemic 2021
2021 Storage of medications: A survey of families in the pediatric emergency department.  Southern Medical Journal.  114:380-383. 2021
2021 Descriptive Epidemiology of Pediatric Drowning Patients Presenting to a Large Southern US Children's Hospital.  Southern Medical Journal.  114:266-270. 2021
2021 Using a Resident-Led School Outreach Program to Improve Knowledge of All-Terrain Vehicle Safety.  Southern Medical Journal.  114:106-110. 2021
2020 Child passenger safety education in the emergency department: Teen driving, car seats, booster seats, and more 2020
2020 Effect of lock boxes and education on safe storage of medications 2020
2020 Effect of lock boxes and education on safe storage of medications. 2020
2020 Evaluating teen driving knowledge and behaviors following educational outreach 2020
2020 Characteristics of Pediatric Patients with Retained Bullet Fragments and Need for Follow-Up Blood Lead Monitoring.  Southern Medical Journal.  113:23-28. 2020
2019 Teen Driving Education in a Pediatric Emergency Department: Effectiveness of a Toolkit.  Southern Medical Journal.  112:562-565. 2019
2017 Programme directors' opinions on medical genetics education in pediatric residency programmes.  Current Opinion in Pediatrics.  29:619-621. 2017
2017 Risky Teen Driving in a Rural Southern State.  Southern Medical Journal.  110:343-346. 2017
2017 Pediatric Residents' perceptions of potential professionalism violations on social media: A US national survey.  JMIR Medical Education.  3. 2017
2014 Knowledge and management of sports concussions among coaches and certified athletic trainers in Alabama.  Southern Medical Journal.  107:418-423. 2014
2014 Teen driving behaviors in a rural Southern state.  Southern Medical Journal.  107:735-738. 2014
2014 Trends in Alabama teen driving death and injury.  Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery.  77. 2014
2012 Emergency department poisoning visits in children younger than 6 years: Comparing referrals by a regional poison control center to referrals by other sources.  Pediatric Emergency Care.  28:1343-1347. 2012
2011 Assessing the knowledge of all-terrain vehicle safety for children among Alabama pediatricians.  Pediatric Emergency Care.  27:727-730. 2011
2008 Bicycle injury documentation before and after charting intervention.  Pediatric Emergency Care.  24:448-451. 2008
2005 Availability and perceived competence of pediatricians to serve as child protection team medical consultants: A survey of practicing pediatricians.  Southern Medical Journal.  98:423-428. 2005
2003 Who is the boss?.  Pediatric Emergency Care.  19:277-281. 2003
2003 Comparison of Two Forms of Albuterol for Treatment of Acute Bronchospasm in Pediatric Patients.  Southern Medical Journal.  96:440-444. 2003
2003 Pediatric emergency medicine fellowship training in the new millennium.  Pediatric Emergency Care.  19:20-24. 2003
2000 Phenothiazine, butyrophenone, and other psychotropic medication poisonings in children and adolescents 2000
2000 Evaluation of emergency department referrals by telephone triage..  Pediatrics.  105:819-821. 2000
2000 Evaluation of emergency department referrals by telephone triage.  Pediatrics.  105:819-821. 2000
1999 Chloral hydrate.  Pediatric Emergency Care.  15:432-435. 1999
1999 'The silent killer': Chronic acetaminophen toxicity in a toddler.  Pediatric Emergency Care.  15:43-46. 1999
1998 Outpatient pediatric burns: Using mapping to detect geographic areas at risk.  Child: Care, Health and Development.  4:399-406. 1998
1997 Clonidine poisoning in Jefferson County, Alabama.  Annals of Emergency Medicine.  29:511-517. 1997
1997 Hypernatremia in diabetic ketoacidosis 1997
1996 Management of children at risk for occult bacteremia..  Pediatric Emergency Care.  12:460-462. 1996
1996 Effectiveness of child-resistant packaging on toxin procurement in young poisoning victims.  Veterinary and Human Toxicology.  38:380-383. 1996
1996 To what degree of an examination?.  Pediatric Emergency Care.  12:140-144. 1996
1996 Superwarfarin ingestion: Is observation alone the answer?.  Journal of Investigative Medicine.  44. 1996
1995 A comparison of cathartics in pediatric ingestions..  Pediatrics.  96:235-238. 1995
1995 A comparison of cathartics in pediatric ingestions.  Pediatrics.  96:235-238. 1995
1995 Baking soda: A potentially fatal home remedy.  Pediatric Emergency Care.  11:109-111. 1995
1995 Herbs and HIV: The health food industry’s answer.  Southern Medical Journal.  88:911-913. 1995
1995 Varicocele as a presenting feature of wilms’ tumor.  Pediatric Emergency Care.  11:300-301. 1995
1994 Urban/rural differences in child passenger deaths.  Pediatric Emergency Care.  10:34-36. 1994
1992 Albuterol overdose: A case report and differential diagnosis.  Pediatric Emergency Care.  8:268-271. 1992
1992 Pulmonary aspiration of activated charcoal: A complication of its misuse in overdose management.  Pediatric Emergency Care.  8:137-140. 1992
1991 Radiological Case of the Month.  American journal of diseases of children (1960).  145:339-340. 1991

Education And Training

  • Children's Hospital Medical Center, Internship
  • Children's Hospital Medical Center, Residency
  • Children's Hospital Medical Center, Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Doctor of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham 1985
  • Bachelor of Science or Mathematics in Chemistry, Auburn University 1981

    • Full Name

  • Michele Nichols