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Eileen Zungolo, EdD, RN,
CNE, FAAN, ANEF
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Eileen Zungolo is Dean and Professor of Nursing, Duquesne
University, Pittsburgh, PA. Her career has included a number
of years in clinical practice and over 30 years in higher
education. Accomplishments of note include the establishment
of the first, and still only, master’s program in nursing
in the state of Idaho (1975-1980), and the development of
one of the nation’s first comprehensive, community based
curriculum, in collaboration with the community of Boston
(Northeastern University (1989-2002).
Dr. Zungolo has served many national and regional professional
organizations, and has served as a program evaluator for NLNAC
for many years. Dr. Zungolo has served on the NLN Board of
Directors as President-elect and President. She recently co-chaired
the NLN/NLNAC Task Force on Global Nursing Education, and
now serves as Chairs on the NLN Awards committee and the NLN
Certification Committee. A member of the American Academy
of Nursing she presently serves as a member of the Board of
Directors Dr. Zungolo has also served on a number of committees
for the AACN including the landmark document on Masters education
– Essentials of Masters Education in nursing, and the
clinical education document – Essential Clinical Resources
for Nursing’s Academic Mission. Over the course of her
career she has received many awards and honors, including
a Fulbright Scholarship to Thailand. An award in which she
takes much pride is the receipt of the Leader of Leaders award
from the National Student Nurses Association in 2005. In 2007,
Dr. Zungolo was inducted as a Fellow in the Academy of Nursing
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