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Linda Chlan

photo of Linda ChlanLinda L. Chlan, PhD, RN
Associate Professor

Telephone Number:
612-624-6658

FAX Number:
612-625-7180

E-mail Address:
chlan001@umn.edu

Office Location:
6-157A Weaver-Densford Hall
 

Mailing Address:

School of Nursing
University of Minnesota
5-140 Weaver-Densford Hall
308 Harvard Street SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Educational Background:

B.A., 1983, Nursing, College of St. Scholastica
M.S., 1992, Nursing Education, Focus Area: Med-Surg Nursing, Related Area: Ed Psych, University of Minnesota
Ph.D., 1997, Nursing, Minor: Psychology, University of Minnesota

Teaching Areas:

Nursing Research
Clinical Foundations
Adult Critical Care Nursing

Research Interests:

Specialty areas are outcomes and effectiveness of nursing interventions; testing non-pharmacologic relaxation and anxiety management techniques with critically ill patients; music intervention. (Recent grants and selected publications are listed below.)

Research and Education Grants:

Title of Project:  Anxiety Self-Management for ICU Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation
Funding Agency: NIH-R01
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 4/1/2006-1/31/2010

Title of Project:  Pilot Testing of a Research Protocol with Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Funding Agency: UMN Young Investigator Award
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 1/1/06-7/1/06

Title of Project: Patient-Controlled Sedation Feasibility Study
Funding Agency: AHC Faculty Research Grant, U of MN
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 1/1/06-12/31/09

Title of Project: Patient-Controlled Sedation Feasibility Study
Funding Agency: U of MN, Center for Excellence in Critical Care
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 8/03-7/04

Title of Project: Acute Effects of Music on Stress in Ventilated Patients
Funding Agency: U of MN, Graduate School Grant-in-Aid
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 7/02-1/04

Title of Project: Effect of 3 groin compression techniques on patient comfort and groin complications after a percutaneous coronary intervention procedure
Funding Agency: American Association of Critical Care Nurses
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 2002

Title of Project: Complementary and Alternative Medicine Curriculum Project
Funding Agency: NIH
Role: Faculty
Project Dates: 9/00-7/05

Title of Project: Effects of music therapy on anxiety, discomfort, satisfaction, and perceived compliance in patients undergoing flexible sigmoidoscopy
Funding Agency: Society of Gastro- enterology Nurses and Associates Iowa Foundation, Fairview University Medical Ctr.
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 1/98-2/99

Title of Project: Investigating the feasibility of a music therapy intervention protocol and selected relaxation measures with mechanically ventilated patients: A pilot study
Funding Agency: FUMC Nursing Research Council
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 3/99-8/99

Title of Project: Investigation of minority patients' anxiety while receiving mechanical ventilation
Funding Agency: U of MN, President's Faculty Multicultural Research Award
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 1/00-8/01

Title of Project: Development of measures of anxiety for mechanically ventilated patients
Funding Agency: U of MN, Graduate School Grant-in-Aid
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 1/00-8/01

Title of Project: Development of Measures of Anxiety for Mechanically Ventilated Patients
Funding Agency: U of MN, Center for Excellence in Critical Care
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 1/15/01-5/12/01

Selected Publications:

Chlan, L., Guttormson, J., Tracy, MF, & Lindstrom Bremer, K. (2009). Strategies for over-coming site and recruitment challenges in research studies based in Intensive Care Units. American Journal of Critical Care, 18(5), 410-417.

Chlan, L. & Heiderscheit, A. (2009). A tool for music preference assessment with critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilatory support. Music Therapy Perspectives, 27(1), 42-47.

Chlan, L. (2009). A review of the evidence for music intervention to manage anxiety in critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilatory support. Archives in Psychiatric Nursing, 23(2), 177-179.

Sabo, J. & Chlan, L. (2008). Densford Clinical Scholars: Effects of three groin compression techniques on patient comfort and groin complications after a percutaneous coronary intervention procedure. Creative Nursing, 14(1), 45-46.

Sabo, J., Chlan, L., & Savik, K. (2008). Relationship among patient characteristics and vascular complications post-percutaneous coronary intervention. Heart & Lung, 37(3), 190-195.

Chlan, L., Engeland, W., Anthony, A., & Guttormson, J. (2007). Influence of music on the stress response in patients receiving mechanical ventilatory support: A pilot study. American Journal of Critical Care 16(2), 139-143.

Disch, J., Chlan, L., Mueller, C., Sabo, J., & Akinkuoto, T. (2006). The Densford Clinical Scholars Program: Improving patient care through research partnerships. Journal of Nursing Administration, 36(12), 567-574.

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Chlan, L.L. (2004). Relationship between two anxiety instruments in patients receiving mechanical ventilatory support. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 48(5), 493-499.

Chlan, L., Savik, K., & Weinert, C. (2003). Development of a shortened state anxiety scale from the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) for patients receiving mechanical ventilatory support. Journal of Nursing Measurement, 11(3), 283-293.

Chlan, L., & Halcón, L. (2003). Developing an integrated baccalaureate nursing education program infusing complementary/alternative therapies into critical care curricula. Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 15(3), 373-379.

Chlan, L. L. (2003). Description of anxiety levels by individual differences and clinical factors in patients receiving mechanical ventilatory support. Heart & Lung, 32(4), 275-282.

Chlan, L. (2002). Editorial: Integrating non-pharmacologic, adjunctive interventions into critical care practice: A means to humanize care? American Journal of Critical Care, 11(1), 14-16.

Chlan, L., Tracy, M., Nelson, B., & Walker, J. (2001). Investigating the feasibliity of a music intervention protocol with patients receiving mechanical ventilatory support. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, 7(6), 80-83

Weinert, C., Chlan, L., & Gross, C. (2001). Sedating Critically Ill Patients: Factors Affecting Nurses' Delivery of Sedative Therapy. American Journal of Critical Care, 10(3), 156-165.

Chlan, L., D. Evans, M. Greenleaf & J. Walker (2000). Effects of a Single Music Therapy Intervention on Anxiety, Discomfort, Satisfaction, and Compliance With Screening Guidelines in Outpatients Undergoing Flexible Sigmoidoscopy. Gastroentroenterology Nursing, 23(4), 148-156.

Chlan, L. (2000). Music therapy as a nursing intervention for patients supported by mechanical ventilation. AACN Clinical Issues: Advanced Practice in Acute and Critical Care, 11(1), 128-138.

Chlan, L. & Tracy, MF. (1999). Music therapy in critical care: Indications and guidelines for intervention. Critical Care Nurse. 19(3), 35-41.

Chlan, L. (1998). Effectiveness of a music therapy intervention on relaxation and anxiety for patients receiving ventilatory assistance. Heart and Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care, 27(3), 169-176.

Chlan, L., Snyder, M., & Finkelstein, S., Hertz, M., Edin, C., Wielinski, C., & Dutta, A. (1998). Promoting adherence to an electronic home spirometry research program after lung transplantation. Applied Nursing Research, 11(1), 36-40.

Snyder, M., Chlan, L., Sabati, N., Finkelstein, S., & Edin, C. (1998). Technology and the home health nurse. Home Healthcare Nurse, 16(6), 388-393.

Finkelstein, S., Snyder, M., Edin, C., Chlan, L., Prasad, B., Dutta, A., Lindgren, B., & Hertz, M. (1996). Monitoring progress after lung-transplantation from home-patient adherence. Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology, 20(6), 203-210.

Chlan, L. (1995). Psychophysiologic responses of mechanically ventilated patients to music: a pilot study. American Journal of Critical Care, 4(3), 233-238.

Center Memberships:

Center for Gerontological Nursing
Center for Spirituality and Healing
Center for Excellence in Critical Care

 

Halcón, L., Kreitzer, M. J., & Leonard, B. (2005). Influence of an experiential education session on nursing students' confidence levels in performing selected complementary therapy skills. Complementary Health Practice Review, 10(3), 189-201.

Chlan, L. L., Sabo, J., & Savik, K. (2005). Effects of three groin compression methods on patient discomfort, distress, and vascular complications following a percutaneous coronary intervention procedure. Nursing Research, 54(6), 391-398.


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