Sandra Staveski, PhD, RN, PNP
Associate Professor
Family Health Care Nursing
School of Nursing

Her doctoral work focused on facilitating safe transition from hospital to home care for post-operative pediatric cardiac patients. Specially, it examined the effect of implementing a structured nurse-parent discharge education program in Southern India. Her current work also includes explicating delirium in postoperative pediatric cardiac surgery patients.

• Variability in qualifications for principal investigator status in research studies by nurses: A call for clarification.
  Journal of pediatric nursing 2022 Nasr AS, McCarthy AM, Manworren RCB, Sorce LR, Ersig AL, Hinderer KA, Calamaro C, Gettis MA, Hanrahan K, Hayakawa J, Heitschmidt M, Middour-Oxler B, Staveski SL, Mandrell BN, LaFond CM, Hernandez TL
• Prevalence of ICU Delirium in Postoperative Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Patients.
  Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2021 Staveski SL, Pickler RH, Khoury PR, Ollberding NJ, Donnellan AL, Mauney JA, Lincoln PA, Baird JD, Gilliland FL, Merritt AD, Presnell LB, Lanese AR, Lisanti AJ, Large BJ, Fineman LD, Gibson KH, Mohler …
• Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care: Nursing Education and Leadership.
  2020 Sandra Staveski, Patricia Lincoln, Lindsey Justice, Angela Sorensen, Heather Freeman, Debra Morrow, Christine Peyton
• Introduction to Nursing Care of the Cardiac Patient.
  2020 Sandra Staveski, Patricia Lincoln
• Is adequate sleep enough, or is it time to add lipid-lowering medication to prenatal vitamin recommendations to improve infant outcomes?
  Sleep medicine 2020 Lee KA, Staveski SL
• Chronically Critically Ill Pediatric Cardiac Patient: Nursing Considerations.
  2020 Sandra Staveski, Elizabeth Price, Esther Liu, Elisabeth Smith, Jenna Murray, Michelle Ogawa
• Development of a clinician-parent home care education intervention.
  Cardiology in the young 2019 Lane B, Hanke SP, Giambra B, Madsen NL, Staveski SL
• Reducing Exposure to Opioid and Benzodiazepine Medications for Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Patients: A Quality Improvement Project.
  Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2019 Donnellan A, Sawyer J, Peach A, Staveski S, Nelson DP, Pratap JN
• A process for academic societies to develop scientific statements and white papers: experience of the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Society.
  Cardiology in the young 2018 Reddy S, Polito A, Staveski S, Dalton H
• The Impact of Massage and Reading on Children's Pain and Anxiety After Cardiovascular Surgery: A Pilot Study.
  Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2018 Staveski SL, Boulanger K, Erman L, Lin L, Almgren C, Journel C, Roth SJ, Golianu B
• Management of Pediatric Delirium in Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Patients: An International Survey of Current Practices.
  Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2018 Staveski SL, Pickler RH, Lin L, Shaw RJ, Meinzen-Derr J, Redington A, Curley MAQ
• Partnership models for the establishment of sustainable paediatric cardiac surgical and cardiac intensive care programmes in low- and middle-income countries.
  Cardiology in the young 2017 Bastero P, Staveski SL, Zheleva B, Scanlan E, Cabrera AG, Araujo A, Reyes G, Mery CM, Palacios-Macedo A, Brizard CP
• The global burden of paediatric heart disease.
  Cardiology in the young 2017 Musa NL, Hjortdal V, Zheleva B, Murni IK, Sano S, Schwartz S, Staveski SL
• Interprofessional Team's Perception of Care Delivery After Implementation of a Pediatric Pain and Sedation Protocol.
  Critical care nurse 2017 Staveski SL, Wu M, Tesoro TM, Roth SJ, Cisco MJ
• International pediatric cardiac efforts.
  Progress in Pediatric Cardiology 2016 Robert Raylman, Sandra Staveski
• Silver-Impregnated Dressings for Sternotomy Incisions to Prevent Surgical Site Infections in Children.
  American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses 2016 Staveski S, Abrajano C, Casazza M, Bair E, Quan H, Dong E, Petty A, Felix K, Roth SJ
• Establishment of Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Advanced Practice Provider Services.
  World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery 2016 Gilliland J, Donnellan A, Justice L, Moake L, Mauney J, Steadman P, Drajpuch D, Tucker D, Storey J, Roth SJ, Koch J, Checchia P, Cooper DS, Staveski SL
• Parent education discharge instruction program for care of children at home after cardiac surgery in Southern India.
  Cardiology in the young 2015 Staveski SL, Parveen VP, Madathil SB, Kools S, Franck LS
• Nurse and parent perceptions associated with the Parent Education Discharge Instruction Programme in southern India.
  Cardiology in the young 2015 Staveski SL, Parveen VP, Madathil SB, Kools S, Franck LS
• An Overview of Pulmonary Atresia and Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries.
  World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery 2015 Presnell LB, Blankenship A, Cheatham SL, Owens GE, Staveski SL
• Pediatric cardiac surgery Parent Education Discharge Instruction (PEDI) program: a pilot study.
  World journal for pediatric & congenital heart surgery 2015 Staveski SL, Zhelva B, Paul R, Conway R, Carlson A, Soma G, Kools S, Franck LS
• Nurse decision making regarding the use of analgesics and sedatives in the pediatric cardiac ICU.
  Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies 2014 Staveski SL, Lincoln PA, Fineman LD, Asaro LA, Wypij D, Curley MA
• Sedative and Analgesic Use on Night and Day Shifts in a Pediatric Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit.
  AACN Advanced Critical Care 2014 Sandra L. Staveski, Tiffany M. Tesoro, Michael J. Cisco, Stephen J. Roth, Andrew Y. Shin
• Sedative and analgesic use on night and day shifts in a pediatric cardiovascular intensive care unit.
  AACN advanced critical care 2014 Staveski SL, Tesoro TM, Cisco MJ, Roth SJ, Shin AY
• Chronically Critically Ill Pediatric Cardiac Patient: Nursing Considerations.
  Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and Intensive Care 2014 Sandra Staveski, Elizabeth Price, Esther Liu, Aileen Lin, Elisabeth Smith, Michelle Ogawa
• Introduction to Nursing Issues.
  Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and Intensive Care 2014 Sandra Staveski, Patricia Lincoln
• Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care: Nursing Education and Leadership.
  Pediatric and Congenital Cardiology, Cardiac Surgery and Intensive Care 2014 Sandra Staveski, Patricia Lincoln, Heather Freeman, Debra Morrow, Christine Peyton
• Nursing Mortality and Morbidity and Journal Club Cycles.
  AACN Advanced Critical Care 2012 Sandra Staveski, Kit Leong, Katelyn Graham, Linda Pu, Stephen Roth
• Nursing mortality and morbidity and journal club cycles: paving the way for nursing autonomy, patient safety, and evidence-based practice.
  AACN advanced critical care 2012 Staveski S, Leong K, Graham K, Pu L, Roth S
• Interstage feeding and weight gain in infants following the Norwood operation: can we change the outcome?
  Cardiology in the young 2012 Uzark K, Wang Y, Rudd N, Elixson EM, Strawn J, Nieves JA, Smith C, Staveski S, O'Brien P, Tong E, Ittenbach R
• Implementation of a comprehensive interdisciplinary care coordination of infants and young children on Berlin Heart ventricular assist devices.
  The Journal of cardiovascular nursing 2011 Staveski SL, Avery S, Rosenthal DN, Roth SJ, Wright GE
• INTERSTAGE WEIGHT GAIN IN INFANTS FOLLOWING THE NORWOOD OPERATION: CHANGING THE OUTCOME.
  Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2011 Karen Uzark, Nancy Rudd, Marsha Elixson, Jennifer Strawn, Jo Ann Nieves, Cathy Smith, Sandra Staveski, Patricia O'Brien, Elizabeth Tong, Yu Wang, Richard Ittenbach
• 28 Delirium.
  Textbook of Interdisciplinary Pediatric Palliative Care 2011 Michelle Goldsmith, Paulina Ortiz-Rubio, Sandra Staveski, Melanie Chan, Richard J. Shaw
• Abstract 2846: Parental Perception of Uncertainty and Stress following the Norwood Operation in Infants with Single Ventricle.
  Circulation 2007 E. Marsha Elixson, Sandra Staveski, Jo Ann Nieves, Jennifer Strawn, Cathy Smith, Karen Uzark