Susan Solecki, DrPH, FNP-BC, PPCNP-BC, has 19 years of experience in academia and is presently a clinical professor in the Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions. Solecki is board certified as both a family and pediatric nurse practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). She has over 40 years of varied experience as a clinician, mentor and preceptor in the areas of pediatrics, women's health, adult health and public health. Solecki has extensive scholarship disseminated through multiple peer reviewed journal publications, national conferences and international presentations. She graduated from the DrPH Program in Community Health and Prevention at the Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health with a focus of research and advocacy on conditions influencing the health of the pediatric population including violence, technology overuse, vaping, the opioid epidemic and climate change. She maintains clinical practice as a community health nurse practitioner. Solecki is a member of the National League for Nurses (NLN), American Public Health Association (APHA) and Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI).

Academic Distinctions

Professional Presentations (National and International)

• Solecki, S. (2024). Global Synergy in Nursing: Enhancing Clinical Practice. Presented on Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Evidence-Based Practice, Pediatric Assessment, and The Smart Use of Smartphones in Pediatrics at Akal College of Nursing Eternal University, Baru Sahib, HP, India, October 14-19, 2024.
• Scott, K. & Solecki, S. (2024). Climate change: Challenges Faced by the Pediatric Population presented at the 21st Annual Nursing of Children Network (NCN) Regional Pediatric Conference in Wilmington, DE on October 4, 2024.
• Solecki, S. (2023). CME Seminar (The Importance of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) and Infusing Humanity with Technology) and a School Health Seminar (Autism Spectrum Disorders, Smartphone Overuse in Pediatrics, Child Abuse) at Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy (HUMP) on 2/27/23 and 3/1/23 and The Importance of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) at Tam Tri Da Nang Hospital on 3/2/23 in Hue, Vietnam.
• Solecki, S. (2023). The Perfect Storm: COVID-19, Mental Health, Substance Use, and Social Media: What Nurses Working with Teens Need to Know presented at the 20th Annual Nursing of Children Network (NCN) Regional Pediatric Conference in Wilmington, DE on October 6, 2023.

Professional Society

Selected Publications

Scott, K. & Solecki, S. (2025). Climate change: Challenges faced by the pediatric population. Contemporary Pediatrics. https://www.contemporarypediatrics.com/view/climate-change-challenges-faced-by-the-pediatric-population

Douglass, B., Stager, S., Shaw, K., Hite, A., Solecki, S., Stanik-Hutt, J., Tufts, G. (2024). Professional identity in nursing: Why it is important in graduate education. Journal of Professional Nursing. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38777525/

Douglass, B., Solecki, S., and Carter, N. (2023). The innovative development of a virtual global classroom: An interprofessional partnership for advanced-level nursing education. Journal of Interprofessional Education and Practice, 32, p.100638-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2023.100638

Solecki, S. (2021). The phubbing phenomenon: The impact on parent-child relationships. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 62, 211–214. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2021.09.027

Research Interests

Solecki’s scholarly and/or research areas of interest include conditions influencing the health of the adolescent population: violence, technology overuse, vaping and the opioid epidemic.

DrPH • Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health
Philadelphia, PA, 2016

Post-Grad, PNP • MCP/Hahnemann University
Philadelphia, PA, 2001

MSN, FNP • Hahnemann University
Philadelphia, PA, 1998

BSN • Hahnemann University
Philadelphia, PA, 1986

Diploma • Thomas Jefferson University Hospital School of Nursing
Philadelphia, PA, 1982