School of Nursing

Education

• PhD, University of Kentucky
• MSN, Indiana University
• MSN, Indiana University
• ASN, Indiana University

External Funding

• Indiana University School of Nursing Research Investment Funds Family Caregiving Outcomes Study in Heart Failure (S. Pressler – PI, R. Sloan Co-I)
• National Institutes of Health, National Nursing Research 1 RO1 NR081476-01A2 Bennett, SJ, Kareken, DA, Sauve, MJ, Sloan (Co-I), & Subramanian U. The role of cognitive deficits in chronic heart failure.  Site PI
• National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research 1 RO1 NR08147 (Lennie – PI, Sloan, R – Co-I).  BMI, Nutrition, Inflammation and Heart Failure Outcomes  Site PI

Biosketch

Dr. Sloan's research includes chronic illness, health related quality of life, family dynamics, the meaning of illness, and social aspects of health and illness. Her clinical expertise is in end-stage renal disease, dialysis, cardiovascular, chronic wound and organ transplantation. She has published in the areas of child sexual abuse, hypertension, renal disease and cardiovascular disease in journals including the Journal of Community Health Nursing, Nurse Practitioner, Journal of Infectious Disease, American Journal of Kidney Disease, Hypertension, Clinical Pharmacology, Heart and Lung, Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing and Transplantation. In addition to her nursing background, she has a doctorate in medical sociology. Her current research also includes patients whose lives are sustained by high tech medical devices and their families. Dr. Sloan has presented research findings at local, national, and international nursing, medical, and sociology conference. She currently serves as a consultant for nursing and medical research development. Dr. Sloan has particular interest in qualitative research methods including phenomenology and hermeneutics.