Clinical Associate Professor; Director of the National On-Line Nurse Practitioner Suite
Nursing
DNP, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
Post Master’s ARNP Certificate, Florida International University, Miami, Florida
MSN (Cum Laude) with a major in Nursing and minor in Education and Counseling, University of Miami, Miami, Florida
BSN (Cum Laude) University of Miami, Miami, Florida
The Influence of Family History, Age and Gender Upon Actual and Perceived Risk for Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Latino Hispanics. DNP Capstone Project
Dr. Sikkema is a Board certified Adult Nurse Practitioner with a clinical specialty in Cardiology. She is a Fellow of the American Heart Association and the Preventive Cardiovascular Nursing Association. She has been active with the national Women Heart Organization and the National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention and participated on several American Heart Association Guideline Writing Task Forces. Dr. Sikkema was an Assistant professor, previously teaching in the DNP and Masters programs on-line for the University of North Dakota. Prior to that, she was the Director of the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program and taught in the Undergraduate, Graduate and DNP programs of the University of Miami.
FAHA: Fellow American Heart Association Council of Cardiovascular Nursing
FPCNA: Fellow Preventive Cardiovascular Nursing Association
Sikkema, J. Chapter 13: Using technology to Improve Population-Based Care. Essential Leadership for Advanced Practice Professionals. D. Korniewicz Editor. DeStech Publications (Approved, to be published December, 2014)
2012 ACCF/AHA/ACP/AATS/PCNA/SCAI/STS Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease: Stephan Fihn, Julius Gardin, Jonathan Abrams, Kathleen Berra, James Blankenship, Apostolos Dallas, Pamela Douglas, JoAnne Foody, Thomas Gerber, Alan Hinderliter, Spencer King III, Paul Kligfield, Harlan Krumholz, Raymond Kwong, Micheal Lim, Jane Linderbaum, Micheal Mack, Mark Munger, Richard Prager, Joseph Sabik, Leslee Shaw, Joanna Sikkema, Craig Smith, Sidney Smith, and John Spertus. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Vol. 60. No.24, ISSN 0735-1097
2012 ACCF/AHA/ACP/AATS/PCNA/SCAI/STS Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Patients With Stable Ischemic Heart Disease: Stephan Fihn, Julius Gardin, Jonathan Abrams, Kathleen Berra, James Blankenship, Apostolos Dallas, Pamela Douglas, JoAnne Foody, Thomas Gerber, Alan Hinderliter, Spencer King III, Paul Kligfield, Harlan Krumholz, Raymond Kwong, Micheal Lim, Jane Linderbaum, Micheal Mack, Mark Munger, Richard Prager, Joseph Sabik, Leslee Shaw, Joanna Sikkema, Craig Smith, Sidney Smith, and John Spertus. Circulation: 2012 126:001 – 0168. ISSN: 0009-7322
ACCF/AHA/AMA-PCPI 2011 Performance Measures for Adults with Heart Failure: A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Performance Measures and the American Medical Association-Physician Consortium for Performance Improvement. Writing Committee Members, Robert Bonow, Theodore Ganiats, Craig beam, Kathleen Blake, Donald Casey, Sarah Goodlin, Kathleen Grady, Randal Hundley, Mariell Jessup, Thomas Lynn, Fredrick Masoudi, David Nilasema, Ileana Pina, Paul Rockswold, Lawrence Sadwin, Joanna Sikkema, Carrie Sincak, John Spertus, Patrick Torcson, Elizabeth Torres and John Wong. Circulation. 2012; 125: 1524-4539. ISSN
National Policy and Science Advisory Summit on Women’s Cardiovascular Health : Women Heart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease
Key Opinion Leaders Workshop on Heart Failure in Women: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease
National Forum for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Outcomes Improvement Initiative
American Nurses Association: Member of the Congress of Nursing Practice and Economics
National Quality Forum (NQF)/ Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)/National Priorities Partnership (NPP) Million Hearts Task Force
Preventive Cardiovascular Nursing Association Executive Board