Sandra Siedlecki
Sandra L. Siedlecki, PhD, RN, APRN-CNS, FAAN is a senior nurse scientist with the Cleveland Clinic Nursing Office of Research and Innovation, contributing faculty member at Walden University, and adjunct Assistant Professor of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University and the University of Akron. Dr. Siedlecki is actively involved in a program of research for chronic non-malignant pain syndrome patients, the effects of complementary therapies on health outcomes, and the long term effects of an Accreta Birth Experience on a woman and her partner.
With more than two decades of didactic and clinical nursing teaching experience, Dr. Siedlecki has instructed and educated students at five colleges, universities and schools of nursing. Her extensive clinical background encompasses critical care and emergency nursing, and her tenured career spans healthcare organizations such as Santa Rosa Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, Ohio State University Hospital, Parma Community General Hospital in Parma, Ohio, and the Veterans Administration Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Siedlecki is a member of numerous industry associations and professional organizations, is well-published and has presented locally and nationally on issues related to research, research utilization, pain, pain management, and the use of complementary therapies. In addition she is editor of the Research Column for the Journal of Clinical Nurse Specialists.
Courses Taught
NURS 6053 - Organizational Leadership
Education
PhD, Case Western Reserve University
MSN, University of Akron
BSN, University of Akron
Diploma, Fairview General Hopsital School of Nursing
Awards / Honors
ANF Scholar, , 2008
Ohio March of Dimes Nurse of the Year Finalist, , 2015
Ohio March of Dimes Distinguished Nurse of the Year, , 2016
Lifetime Achievement Award , Cleveland Clinic, 2017
Faces of Caring Award, , 2014
Magna cum laude, University of Akron, 1987
Publications
Siedlecki, S., Montague, M., Schultz, J. D. (2008). Writing for publication: avoiding common ethical pitfalls.. Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society
Siedlecki, S. (2019). Who needs what? Perceptions of patients and caregivers in oncology phase I Trials. . Journal of Patient Experience
Siedlecki, S., Albert, N. M. (2017). Understanding Interrater Reliability and Validity of Risk Assessment Tools Used to Predict Adverse Clinical Events.. Clinical nurse specialist CNS
Siedlecki, S. (2016). The ethics of peer review: What to know before saying "yes".. Nursing management
Siedlecki, S., Butler, R. S., Burchill, C. N. (2015). Survey design research: a tool for answering nursing research questions.. Clinical nurse specialist CNS
Siedlecki, S., Albert, N. M. (2017). Research-active clinical nurses: against all odds.. Journal of clinical nursing
Siedlecki, S. (2018). Research Intervention Fidelity: Tips to Improve Internal Validity of Your Intervention Studies.. Clinical nurse specialist CNS
Siedlecki, S., Hixson, E. D. (2015). Relationships Between Nurses and Physicians Matter.. Online journal of issues in nursing
Siedlecki, S. (2009). Racial variation in response to music in a sample of African-American and Caucasian chronic pain patients.. Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses
Siedlecki, S. (2017). Original Research: How to Create a Poster That Attracts an Audience.. The American journal of nursing
Siedlecki, S., Hixson, E. (2011). Development and psychometric exploration of the Professional Practice Environment Assessment Scale. Journal of Nursing Scholarship
Siedlecki, S. (2013). Comparative research design: a guide for the clinical nurse specialist.. Clinical nurse specialist CNS
Siedlecki, S. (2018). Avoid Common Mistakes When Presenting Your Research, Evidence-Based Practice, or Quality Improvement Projects.. Clinical nurse specialist CNS
Presentations
Siedlecki, S. (2018). Accuracy and Precision of Noninvasive temperature Monitoring Device Compared to PAC in Adults in ICU. . Society of Critical Care Medicine
Siedlecki, S. (2017). Assessing reliability and validity of risk assessment tools. . Cleveland Clinic
Siedlecki, S. L. (2019). Making a Case for Case Studies. . Cleveland Clinic
Siedlecki, S. L. (2019). Help Change the World: Become a research-Active Critical Care Nurse.. American Association of Critical-Care Nurses,
Siedlecki, S. L. (2019). If not you, then who? The Role of Orthopedic Nurses as Researcher or Scientist. National Association of Orthopedic Nursing.
Siedlecki, S. (2019). Predatory Publications and Conferences: Buyer Beware. . Cleveland Clinic
Siedlecki, S. (2017). The problem with risk assessment tools: Why is everyone at risk?. Academy of Medical Surgical Nursing
Siedlecki, S. (2019). The Professional Practice Environment: Exploring the Research on Nurse/Physician and Nurse/Nurse Relationships. Sigma Theta Tau International
Siedlecki, S. (2019). Who is at Risk for failure to rescue? A Medical-Surgical Nurses’ Dilemma. Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurse