education:
PhD: Doctoral Candidate, Villanova University College of Nursing 
MSN: Widener University, Nurse Educator - Adult Health & Illness
BSN: Thomas Jefferson University

certification:

Clinical Nurse Specialist,  Adult Health, American Nurses Credentialing Center

2008 Present, Certified Nurse Educator, National League for Nursing

clinical expertise:
Adult Health & Illness Nursing & Surgical Oncology Nursing

research interests:
Cancer Care: Examining the effects of nursing care on patient and caregiver outcomes; Pancreatic Cancer; Nursing Education

2007 Provost's Award for Teaching Excellence, Rutgers University, Camden College of Arts & Sciences

selected publications:

Yeo, T.P. & Burrell, S.A. (2010).  Hypertensive crisis in the era of escalating health care changes.  The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 6 (5), 338-347.

Burrell, S.A. (2008, October). Implementing a rapid response team at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Oncology Nursing Society: Acute & Critical Care. S.I.G. Newsletter, 18 (3), 5-8.

funded grants:

Principal Investigator, Symptom Clusters and Health-Related Quality of Life in Individuals Undergoing Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer, American Cancer Society - Doctoral Degree Scholarship in Cancer Nursing, 7/1/11 - 7/1/13.

Principal Investigator, State of the Science: Symptoms and health-related quality of  life in after surgical resection for pancreas cancer, The Eta Mu Chapter of         Sigma Theta Tau International Research Grant, May 2010.  

research:

Co-Investigator,  A Randomized Controlled Trial of Intraoperative Celiac Plexus Neurolysis for Patients with Operable Pancreatic and Periampullary Cancer,          Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Department of Surgery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 2011 to Present. 

Co-Investigator, Fatigue, Physical Functioning, and Quality of Life in Pancreatic and Periampullary Cancers Following Surgery, Chemotherapy, and/or Radiation Therapy, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 2008 - July 2011.  

selected presentations:

June 2011: Podium Presentation.  “The Impact of Symptoms and Symptom Clusters on Health-Related Quality of Life in Individuals with Pancreas Cancer Patient Before and After Surgical Resection.”  Presented at the Doctoral Student Research Colloquium, Villanova University, College of Nursing, Villanova, Pennsylvania.

October 2010: Podium Presentation. "Fatigue, Physical Functioning, and Quality of Life in Pancreatic and Periampullary Cancers Following Surgery, Chemotherapy, and/or Radiation Therapy." Presented at The Christina Health System’s 5th Annual Research Conference in Newark, Delaware. 

June 2010: Podium Presentation.  “The State of the Science:  Symptoms, Symptom Clusters and Health-Related Quality of Life in Individuals with Pancreas Cancer Undergoing Surgical Resection.”  Presented at the Doctoral Student Research Colloquium, Villanova University, College of Nursing, Villanova, Pennsylvania.

October 2009:  Co-Presenter / Poster Board Presentation.  “Preliminary Findings: Fatigue, Physical Functioning, and Quality of Life in Pancreatic and Periampullary Cancers Following Surgery, Chemotherapy, and/or Radiation Therapy.”  Presented at The Christina Health System’s 4th Annual Research Conference in Newark, Delaware.

professional organizations:

American Nurses Association
Pennsylvania State Nurses Association (Bylaws Committee, May 2007 to Present)
National League for Nursing
New Jersey League for Nursing
Oncology Nursing Society
Sigma Theta Tau - Eta Mu Chapter (President, June 2010 to Present).