University of Michigan School of Nursing

Linda K. Strodtman

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Dr. Linda K Strodtman, University of Michigan School of Nursing Faculty

Linda K. Strodtman, PhD, RN

Assistant Professor
Division of Acute, Critical, and Long-term Care (Division I)
Room 2178

University of Michigan School of Nursing
400 North Ingalls Building
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5482

Telephone: (734) 647-0189
Fax: (734) 936-5525

Scholarly Expertise / Activity

Interests:

  • Palliative and end-of-life care
  • Family satisfaction with end-of-life care
  • 19th & 20th century American nursing history
  • Oral history of nurses, particularly Michigan nurses
  • Professional socialization of nurses

Dr. Strodtman's program of research focuses on addressing palliative and end-of-life care issues. More recently, she has investigated providing a "Good Death" from an interdisciplinary care team perspective, a project that resulted in three educational video productions. In addition, Dr. Strodtman has conducted a study of "Family Satisfaction with End-of-Life Care"  which involved surveying and interviewing families of patients who have died in intensive care units settings; her results indicated that there is much to be improved in quality of communication and care with families during palliative and end-of-life care.

 
On top of research, Dr. Strodtman in an experienced scholar of nursing history and as an archivist of the Nursing History Society of the University of Michigan, she is conducting an oral history with Michigan nurse leaders, as well as researching historical artifacts (e.g. invalid feeding cups and spoons, nursing dolls/toys) and their relationship to the development of professional nursing.

Current Research Grants and Programs:

  • CRLT Faculty Development Grant for Teaching about Palliative and End-of-Life Care: Interdisciplinary Health Professional Student Education Project, PI with Kenneth Pituch, MD and Maureen Giacomazza, MA, RN. University of Michigan

Teaching

Over thirty plus years of college teaching, Dr. Strodtman has taught all levels of students and a extensive variety of course topics ranging from fundamental courses such as N122: Nursing as a Societal and Interpersonal Profession to specific graduate-level courses such as N622: Nursing Intervention: Dignified Dying. In addition to facilitating her own courses, Dr. Strodtman regularly guest lectures in other nursing courses as well as in courses belonging to other disciplines (e.g. medicine, social work, public health, cultural anthropology). She also advises masters students on their research and scholarly projects and has served on doctoral dissertation committees.

Affiliations / Service

  • Member, American Association for State and Local History, 2010-present
  • Member, Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association, 2005-present
  • Member, Academy, School of Nursing Alumni Society, 1994-present
  • Archivist, The Nursing History Society of the University of Michigan, 1988-present (co-founder 1983 and President 1983-1988, 2002-2006)
  • Member, Michigan Oral History Council, 1987-present
  • Member, American Association for the History of Nursing, 1983-present
  • Phi Kappa Phi, 1970-present
  • Rho Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau 1969-present
  • Member, Michigan Nurses Association, 1965-present (American Nurses Association 1965-2009)

Notable Awards / Honors

  • Sigma Theta Tau, Rho chapter awards, Excellence in Nursing, 1982; Excellence in Nursing Education, 1999; Excellence in Nursing Practice 2006; Award for Distinguished Service, 2006
  • Centennial Recognition Award, University of Michigan School of Nursing, 1991
  • American Nurses Foundation Scholar, 1992-1993
  • Mae Edna Doyle Teacher of the Year Award, University of Michigan School of Nursing, 1999
  • Distinguished Alumni Award, Hurley Hospital Medical Center School of Nursing, 2002
  • Distinguished ELNEC Trainer Award of Excellence, End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium, City of Hope Nursing Research and Education and American Association of Colleges of Nursing, 2008

Education

  • PhD, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1994
  • MS - Medical-Surgical Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1970
  • BS in Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 1967
  • Diploma in Nursing, Hurley Hospital School of Nursing, Flint, MI, 1965

Publication Highlights

  • Strodtman, L.K. (January, 2010). CHOICE 47-2605 R724 2008-26796 CIP. Book review of the woman who decided to die: challenges and choices at the edges of medicine by Ronald Munson, Oxford, 2009. 190p afp ISBN 9780195331011
  • Strodtman, L.K. (June, 2008). CHOICE 45-5607, RT31, 2007-35620 CIP. Book review of Capturing nursing history: a guide to historical methods in research.ed. by Sandra B. Lewenson & Eleanor Krohn Hermann, Springer Publishing, 2008. 236p bibl index afp ISBN 0826115667, pbk.
  • Strodtman, L.K.. (September, 2007). CHOICE 45-0319, R726, MARC. Book review To die well: your right to comfort, calm and choice in the last days of life, by Sidney H. Wanzer with Joseph Glenmullen, DaCapo Press, 2007. 209p bibl index ISBN 0738210838.
  • Strodtman, L.K. (December, 2006). CHOICE. 44-2139, R726, 2006-8004 CIP Book review of. Unplugged: Reclaiming Our Right to Die in America. by William H. Colby, AMACOM, 2006, 272 p bibl index ISBN 0814408826.
  • Strodtman, L.K. and Giacomazza, M. G. (2006) Producers, Film Production: Evan Mayday’s “Good Death”, Regents of The University of Michigan, The University of Michigan
  • Strodtman, L.K. (2005). CHOICE. Book review of End-of-life decision making: a cross-national study, by Robert H. Blank and Janna C. Merrick. MIT Press, 2005, 280 p ISBN 0262025744
  • Strodtman, L.K. (August 28, 2002). Book review of Nelson, Sioban. Say Little, Do Much: Nurse, Nuns, and Hospitals in the Nineteenth Century. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, for Journal of the American Medical Association 288 (8) 1018-1019
  • Strodtman, L.K. (2000) Hazel Avery, In American Nursing: A Biographical Dictionary, Vol. 3. Edited by V.L. Bullough. NY: Springer Publishing Company.
  • Strodtman, L.K. (2000). R. Faye McCain, In American Nursing: A Biographical Dictionary, Vol. 3. Edited by V.L. Bullough. NY: Springer Publishing Company.
  • Strodtman, L. K. (1997). The Historical Evolution of Nursing as a Professional Discipline. In Professional Nursing Practice: A Conceptual Approach. 2nd ed. Edited by Marilyn H. Oermann. NY: Appleton & Lange.
  • Strodtman, L. K. (1992). Elba Lila Morse. In American Nursing: A Biographical Dictionary, Vol. II. Edited by V. L. Bullough, L. Sentz & A.P. Stein. NY: Garland Publishing.
  • Strodtman, L. K. & Schultz, J. W. (1993). Nursing and Medicine: A Collaborative Approach. In Health Assessment in Nursing. 2nd Ed. P.G. Morton. Springhouse, PA.: Springhouse.
  • Strodtman, L. K. & Schultz, J. W. (1989). Nursing and Medicine: A Collaborative Approach. In Health Assessment in Nursing. Ed. P.G. Morton. Springhouse, PA.: Springhouse.
  • Strodtman, L. K. (1986). Pituitary Disorders. In Nurse Review Endocrine Problems, Springhouse, PA: Springhouse.
  • Strodtman, L.K. (1984). A Decision-Making Process for Planning Patient Education. Patient Education and Counseling, 5 (4): 189-200.

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