Dr. Suzanne K. Sikma

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

Washington State Department of Social & Health Services, Aging & Disability Services Administration: Evaluation of the Personal Assistant Recruitment and Retention Project., $9000, 2004 to 2004.
National Institute of Nursing Research: Medication Management in Rural Assisted Living, $500,000, 2004 to 2007.
Sigma Theta Tau Psi Chapter-at-Large: Clinical Competencies Supporting Self-Determination of Seniors in a Community Based Health Enhancement Program., $1500, 2003 to 2004.
Worthington Distinguished Professor Award: Consumer Directed Care in Gerontologic Nursing Education, $3500, 2000 to 2001.
Washington State Legislature: Evaluation of Self-Directed Care in Washington State, $150,000, 1999 to 2002.
Washington State Legislature: Eval of the Impact of ESHB 1908-Nurse Delegation in WA State, $70,000, 1996 to 1998.
Hester McLaws Nursing Scholarship Fund: Caregiver Perceptions of Caring in the Organizational Environments, $3500, 1993 to 1993.
Sigma Theta Tau-Psi Chapter at Large: Caregiver Perceptions of Caring in the Organizational Environment, $800, 1993 to 1993.
NRSA 1 F31 NR06629-01: Caregiver Perceptions of Caring in the Organizational Environment, $ 24,565, 1991 to 1994.
National Research Service Award Grant, Nursing Research, pre-doctoral: , $ 3,447, 1991 to 1991.

• Sikma, S.K., Young, H.M., Final Report: Evaluation of the Personal Assistant Recruitment and Retention Program, Report to the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services: Aging and Disability Services Administration, University of Washington, Bothell Nursing Program, Unpublished, 2006
• Sikma, S.K. (2006) Perceptions of Caring: The Importance of a Supportive Environment., Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 36 (2), 22-29
• Young, H.M, Sikma, S.K., Trippett, L.S.J, Shannon, J., Blachly, B. (2006) Linking Theory and Gerontological Nursing Practice in Senior Housing, Geriatric Nursing, 27 (6), 346-54
• Young, H.M. and Sikma, S.K., Nurse delegation in Washington State: A case study of concurrent policy implementation and evaluation, Policy, Politics and Nursing Practice, 4(1), 53-61, 2003
• Young, H.M and Sikma, S.K., Chapter 2: Self-Directed Care Evaluation Study Summary. In Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (2003), Self-Directed Care: Report to the Legislature. Chapter 336, Section 9, Laws of 1999. Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Olympia, WA. Retreived April 2, 2003 from the World Wide Web: http://www.aasa.dshs.gov/topics/documents/self_, 2003
• Young, H.M, Sikma, S.K. (2003) Self-Directed Care: An Evaluation., Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice, 4 (3), 185-195
• Young, H.M. and Sikma, S.K., Final Report: The Evaluation of the Implementation of Self-Directed Care in Washington State, University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, WA. Retrieved April 2, 2003 from the World Wide Web: http://www.aasa.dshs.wa.gov/mediloop_files/news/whatsnew.htm., 2002
• Sikma SK, Young HM, Balancing freedom with risks: the experience of nursing task delegation in community-based residential care settings, Nursing Outlook, 49(4), 193-201, 2001
• Young, HM and Sikma, SK, Evaluation and implementation of nurse delegation in Washington State community based residential care settings, Washington Nurse, 29(1), 34-36, 1999
• Young, H.M. and Sikma, S.K., Chapter 2: Nurse Delegation Study, Information Summary and Recommendations: Nurse Delegation Final Report. Washington State Department of Health. Olympia, WA: Health Services Quality Assurance. Retrieved April 22, 2002, from the World Wide Web: http://www.doh.wa.gov/hsqa/ndfina~1.doc, 1999
• Sikma, Suzanne K., Outcomes in nursing staff development, In Kelly, KJ (Ed). Clinical and Nursing Staff Development: Current Competence, Future Focus 2nd Edition., 1998
• Young, H.M. and Sikma, S.K., Nurse Delegation Study: Final Research Report. Olympia Washington: Washington State Department of Health, Heath Services Quality Assurance. Retrieved April 22, 2002, from the World Wide Web: http:, 1998
• Gloe, D., Schoenly, L., Dugan, J., Cromer, M., Munroe, C. and Sikma, S.K., Monograph: Outcome Research in Staff Development: Reviews and Recommendations, National Nursing Staff Development Organization, Pensacola, FL., 1998
• Sikma SK, Cabinet on nursing administration: caring as an organization way of being, Washington Nurse, 24(6), 1 16, 1994
• Sikma, S.K., Parker, N., Wheeler, P., Mapping Geriatric Competencies Across Northwest Regional Baccalaureate Nursing Curricula, Submitted
• Young, H.M., Gray, S.L., McCormick, W.C., Sikma, S.K., Reinhardt, S., Trippett, L.J., Cristleib,C., Allen, T., Types, Prevalence, and Clinical Significance of Medication Errors in Assisted Living: Is there a Problem?, Submitted
• Sikma, S.K., Supporting Self-Determination of Older Adults in Community Health Settings: A Curriculum Development Project., Submitted
• Sikma, S.K. (1982). Nursing Management in a Critical Care Environment. In J.M. Beal (Ed.) Critical Care for Surgical Patients. MacMillan and Company
• Sikma, S. K. (1982). Contributor to Guide for Nursing Quality Assurance Coordinators and Administrators. In N. Lang (Ed.) NQA: Nursing Quality Assurance Managment/Learning System. Kansas City Mo.: American Nurses Assn and Sutherland Learning Associates
• Shores, L., Sikma, S. K., and Lowry, D. (1982). Quality Assurance: Involving the Staff Nurse. QA Update, April. Kansas City Mo.: American Nurses Association Congress for Nursing Practice