Since we don’t have an approved vaccine in widespread use, yet, protective measures are still essential. As a nursing-school dean, recommend taking these seven simple steps to protect yourself and your loved ones and reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Melissa Burdi
Melissa Burdi became dean and vice president of the Purdue University Global School of Nursing in 2020. Burdi has served as the national director of academic operations at Chamberlain University, where she was responsible for providing leadership to university-wide operational quality initiatives as well as day-to-day oversight of all online post-licensure and graduate program operations. She was an administrator at a large metropolitan hospital, where she led key initiatives in areas that included patient safety, accreditation, advocacy for professional nursing certification, and attainment of Magnet designation.