Associate Dean for Nursing Research
Mayo Clinic
Dr. Linda L. Chlan is the Associate Dean for Nursing Research and Professor of Nursing, Mayo Clinic. Her program of research is focused on developing and testing symptom management interventions for critically ill patients. This research tests music listening as a non-pharmacological interventions to reduce anxiety and exposure to potent sedative medications among patients receiving mechanical ventilatory support. Another line of research tests patient self-administration of sedative therapy during mechanical ventilatory support.