Linda Chlan, PhD, RN, ATSF, FAAN, is the Associate Dean for Nursing Research and Professor of Nursing, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.A.

Dr. Chlan received her Bachelor of Arts in Nursing from the College of St. Scholastica, and her Master of Science and PhD from the University of Minnesota. She completed a two-year post-doctoral fellowship at the College of Nursing, University of Iowa, training in nursing interventions, outcomes and effectiveness research.

Dr. Chlan's sustained program of research over the past 25 years is focused on developing and testing novel symptom management interventions for critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilatory support and attendance post-ICU outcomes.

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