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DNP Profile

The Local to Global Ripple Effects of Planetary Health

Posted on June 9, 2025

Ashley Smith, MSN, RN, PHN, is using the DNP in population health to create positive change for her community and the planet.

Posted in DNP, DNP Profile, News, Student ProfileTagged Ashley Smith, DNP program, planetary health, population health

Beyond the Bedside

Posted on October 15, 2024

Joshua Ernst ’14, DNP’24, is impacting nursing through innovative leadership.

Posted in Alumni News & Events, Alumni Profile, DNP, DNP Profile, NewsTagged DNP program, Joshua Ernst, Systems Leadership and Innovation

Nursing Without Constraints

Posted on September 16, 2024

Kelly Ayala DNP’18, uses her passion for innovation to improve the health care landscape for both patients and providers.

Posted in Alumni News & Events, Alumni Profile, DNP, DNP Profile, ForwardNursing, Meet a Badger Nurse, NewsTagged DNP program, ForwardNursing, Kelly Ayala

Andrew O’Donnell ’11, DNP’14

Posted on July 7, 2021

Andrew O’Donnell is currently working on the front lines of COVID-19 as the interim co-manager of the Trauma Life Support Center at UW Health, supporting a staff of 120 employees, including 90 ICU nurses.

Posted in Alumni News & Events, Alumni Profile, DNP Profile, Meet a Badger NurseTagged COVID-19, DNP program

Rural Placements for Nursing Students Help Address Rural Health-care Shortage

Posted on July 29, 2019

A partnership between the Monroe Clinic-SSM Health and the UW–Madison School of Nursing provides DNP students opportunities to engage in rural practice, and many return to it.

Posted in Community Partnerships, DNP Profile, ForwardNursing, NewsTagged health care disparities, Pam McGranahan, preceptorships, rural engagement, Wisconsin Idea

A Heart and Mind for Home Health

Posted on January 27, 2017

DNP student Troy Lawrence has a favorite clinical setting. The kitchen table. Lawrence believes home health is a better alternative to clinic-based care for many older-adult patients. Plus, it captures the essence of nursing—of meeting patients where they are—in both the literal and figurative sense.

Posted in DNP Profile, ForwardNursing, News, Student ProfileTagged aging, aging in place, home health

Kala Cornelius, Community Health Nurse

Posted on November 29, 2016

Kala Cornelius started the DNP program at the School of Nursing in the Fall of 2016. A member of the Oneida and Menominee tribes of Wisconsin, Cornelius plans to return to her community after graduation to lead health-related changes by focusing on disease prevention and holistic healing.

Posted in DNP Profile, Inclusive ExcellenceTagged Native American nurses

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