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Eileen Zungolo, EdD, RN, CNE, FAAN, has been reappointed to a 3-year term as dean of the School of Nursing at Duquesne University, Pittsburgh.
Zungolo has been serving in this role since she came to Duquesne in 2002 from Bouve College of Health Science at Northeastern University, Boston, where she was dean of nursing.
"I am certainly pleased at my reappointment and look forward to my continued work with the talented faculty and students in Duquesne's School of Nursing. Together we have been developing a strategic plan for the next 5 years which outlines our goals to advance our scholarship and continue toward the excellence of our academic programs," she said.
In Zungolo's tenure as dean, the school of nursing has expanded and enhanced its academic offerings as well as its research and community outreach efforts, including:
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Pioneering the reportedly first completely online PhD among schools of nursing nationwide.
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Doubling enrollment in a new, online doctor of nursing practice program, which is designed to advance the practice expertise of nurses with master's degrees in a clinical specialty or a specific role.
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Earning the designation as a National League for Nursing Center of Excellence in Nursing Education for "creating environments that promote student learning and professional development."
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Receiving funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to help alleviate the nation's nursing shortage by offering financial aid to expand the corps of new nurses enrolling in accelerated nursing degree programs.
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Adding a state-of-the-art nursing facility, the Irene Fritzky Nursing Laboratory, to house a wide variety of instructional facilities, including several computer-controlled mannequins that mimic a wide variety of ailments and conditions.
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Increasing applications and selectivity to the second-degree BSN program, a fast track designed for those with undergraduate degrees wishing to switch careers into nursing.
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Establishing the Center for Nursing Research to facilitate faculty research endeavors.
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Initiating the RN+WIN Program, which has staffed neighborhood wellness programs with retired/volunteer nurses in 10 community locations, as part of the Nurse-Managed Wellness Center.
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