Sandra Pol Castañeda

Dr. Sandra Pol Castañeda is a Professor at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) Faculty of Nursing, teaching across multiple campuses including Mallorca, Ibiza, and Menorca. She maintains active clinical practice while fulfilling her academic responsibilities.

Her educational background includes:

• Nursing Diploma with degree validation
• Official Master's Degree in Nursing Care in Critical Situations and Emergencies in Adults (University of Malaga)
• PhD in Translational Research in Public Health and High-Prevalence Diseases (University of the Balearic Islands)

Dr. Pol Castañeda's research focuses on Evidence-Based Clinical Practice, Advanced Practice in Nursing, and Clinical Simulation in Nursing as part of the CurES research group (IdISBa). Her clinical expertise spans geriatric nursing, critical care, and emergency nursing for adults. She has held leadership positions including head of the geriatric day hospital unit at Sant Joan de Déu Hospital and currently works in critical care and anesthesia, resuscitation, and pain therapy at Son Llàtzer Hospital.

She teaches core nursing curriculum including Adult Nursing VI and Pharmacology across all UIB nursing campuses, demonstrating consistent involvement in nursing education over multiple academic years from 2020-21 through 2025-26.

Her professional experience includes work in Primary Care, SUAP, geriatric nursing, special care, and palliative care settings, providing a strong clinical foundation for her academic work.