Sandra Edwardson, PhD, RN Professor and Director, Doctorate of Nursing Practice Program Telephone Number: 612-624-1947 FAX Number: 612-626-3255 E-mail Address: edwar002@umn.edu Office Location: 6-151A Weaver-Densford Hall

Co-operative Membership
Leadership, Systems, Informatics and Policy Co-operative

Mailing Address:

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

Educational Background:

B.S.N., 1963, Nursing, St. Olaf College, Minnesota
M.N., 1964, Maternal and Child Nursing, University of Washington
Ph.D., 1980 Hospital and Health Care Administration, University of Minnesota

Research Interests:

Specialty areas are elderly self-care behavior; administrative and health policy issues, especially related to outcomes. (Recent grants and selected publications are listed below.)

Research and Education Grants:

Title of Project: NIS Multi-Country Partnerships Program for Nursing Education and Leadership Development
Funding Agency: American International Health Alliance (USAID Prime)
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 03/2004-09/2006

Title of Project: Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship Program
Funding Agency: HHS/HRSA/BHP/Div of Nursing
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 7/1/02-6/30/04

Title of Project: Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship Program
Funding Agency: HHS/HRSA/BHP/Div of Nursing
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 7/1/01-6/30/04

Title of Project: Interdisciplinary Training in Outcomes Research
Funding Agency: NIH/NINR
Role: Co-Investigator
Project Dates: 1997-1998

Title of Project: Community-University Partnership in Education & Service (CUPES)
Funding Agency: W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 1996-2000

Title of Project: Professional Nurse Traineeship
Funding Agency: Program for Nurse Anesthesia, HRSA, Division of Nursing
Role: Principal Investigator
Project Dates: 1996-Present

Selected Publications:

Disch, J., Edwardson, S., & Adwan, J. (2004). Nursing faculty satisfaction with individual, institutional, and leadership factors. Journal of Professional Nursing, 20(5), 323-332.

Edwardson, S. R. (2004). Matching standards and needs in doctoral education in nursing. Journal of Professional Nursing, 20(1), 40-46.

Edwardson, S. R. (2003). Chaos: A leader's friend or foe. Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice, 4(4), 253-254.

Lindeke, L.L., Ernst. L., Propes, B., Edwardson, S.R., Lepinski, P., Ardito, S., Plotnicoff, G.A., (1999). A model of interdisciplinary education for inner city health care. National Academies of Practice Forum, 1(2), 95-98.

Yen, Miaofen & Edwardson, S.R., (1999). In response to theory approach in scale development. Nursing Research, 48, 234-238.

Edwardson, S.R. & Dean, K.J. (1999). Appropriateness of self care responses to symptoms among elders: Identifying pathways of influence. Research in Nursing and Health, 22, 329-339.

Edwardson, S.R. (1996). Financing Nursing Education in an Era of Managed Care. Nursing & Health Care, 17(4), 180-185.

Dean, K. & Edwardson, S.R. (1996). Additive scoring of reported symptoms: Validity and item bias problems in morbidity scales. European Journal of Public Health, 6(4), 1-6.

Edwardson, S.R., Dean, K.J. and Brauer, D.J. (1995). Symptom consultation in lay networks in an elderly population. Journal of Aging and Health, August 7 (3), 402-416.

Edwardson, S.R. (1995). The progress of nursing administration Can ICUs be used more efficiently? Journal of Nursing Administration, 25(1), 11-12.

Center Membership:

Center for Gerontological Nursing