Faculty

director Sandra J. Galura has more than 30 years of experience in the healthcare industry in both clinical and non-clinical acute care leadership roles. This experience has informed her program of research, which focuses on the nursing workforce, including the challenges faced by frontline and interim nurse managers. Galura has received extramural grant awards supporting studies examining the role of interim nurse manager and the role of the perioperative manager in quality improvement, and her findings have been published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at conferences at the local, state and national level. In recognition of her research accomplishments, she received the Early Careerist Award from the Association of Leadership Science in Nursing (ALSN). In addition to service as a peer reviewer for several journals, Dr. Galura serves on the Editorial Boards for Nursing Administration Quarterly and Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing where she also contributes a regular nursing leadership column titled Navigating Nursing Leadership. 

Her extensive service on medical mission trips to Mexico, Peru, Ethiopia and the Philippines has been recognized by the UCF College of Nursing Alumni Chapter with an award for Outstanding Community Service.

Education

• PhD, University of Central Florida
• MSN, University of Central Florida
• BSN, Troy University
• Graduate Certificate in Nursing and Health Professional Education University of Central Florida

Selected Editorial Activities

• Editorial Board / Reviewer, Nursing Administration Quarterly
• Editorial Board / Reviewer / Columnist, Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing
• Reviewer, BMC Nursing
• Reviewer, Research in Nursing & Health
• Reviewer, Journal of Professional Nursing

Selected Awards & Honors

• Teaching Incentive Program (TIP) Award, University of Central Florida
• Early Careerist Award, Association of Leadership Science in Nursing
• Outstanding Alumni – Community Service, University of Central Florida

Selected Professional Activities

• Association of Leadership Science in Nursing
• American Organization for Nursing Leadership
• American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses