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viii About the Editors
Sandra Adams (Underhill) Motzer, PhD, RN, FAHA, FAAN Elizabeth J. Bridges, PhD, RN, CCNS, FCCM, FAAN
Sandra is a diploma graduate from Washington Hospital Center Elizabeth has been a critical care nurse for the past 25 years,
School of Nursing, Washington, DC. She earned her BSN and including 25 years active and reserve duty in the US Air Force.
MN at the University of Washington and her PhD at Oregon Her clinical research focuses on the integration of hemodynamic
Health Sciences University, Portland. She completed a postdoc- monitoring into the care of critically ill patients and the care
toral fellowship at the University of Washington. She was a of critically ill patients in military, unique, and austere environ-
founding coeditor of the journal Progress in Cardiovascular Nursing, ments. Specifically, she is studying functional hemodynamic
is a charter Fellow of the American Heart Association’s Council monitoring, hemodynamic monitoring at altitude, aspects of
on Cardiovascular Nursing as well as the American Heart Associ- thermal stress, and the maintenance of body temperature in
ation (FAHA), and a fellow of the American Academy of Nurs- critically ill patients under field conditions and long-distance
ing (FAAN). She is a past president of the Puget Sound Chapter aeromedical transport, factors that affect the efficacy of CPR
of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses and is active under field conditions, and interventions to prevent decubitus
in Sigma Theta Tau at the international and local levels. She has ulcer formation during long-distance aeromedical transport.
taught cardiovascular nursing for many years at all academic lev- Elizabeth also served as the Director, Deployed Combat
els and in the community. Before retiring in 2008, she directed Casualty Care Research Team and was responsible for all
the master’s-level medical—surgical nurse educator and clinical Department of Defense human research in Afghanistan.
nurse specialist tracks at the University of Washington School
of Nursing. She taught graduate-level courses in advanced patho-
physiology, practice teaching, and, for the clinical nurse special-
ist and nurse educator students, clinical specialization and role
development. Her funded research involved the effects of
chronic health disturbances on immune function across the
menstrual cycle and the effects of exercise on sleep in persons
with heart failure. Sandy and her husband Tim enjoy hiking,
beach walking, and traveling.