School of Nursing Leaders
School of Nursing
Dean of Alverno College JoAnne McGrath School of Nursing and Health Professionals
Patti Varga PhD, MSN, RN, CNE
Dean of Alverno College JoAnne McGrath School of Nursing and Health Professionals
Professor
patti.varga@alverno.edu, 414-382-6303
Area of expertise: Parish Nursing, Community Health, Nursing Education, Leadership
Research: Factors impacting diverse students in nursing programs
Undergraduate Nursing Program Chair
Margaret (Peg) Rauschenberger MSN, RN, CCHP
Undergraduate Nursing Program Chair
Associate Professor
margaret.rauschenberger@alverno.edu, 414-382-6276
Areas of Expertise: Corrections Nursing, Mental Health Nursing
Director of Graduate Nursing Studies
Diane Duffy PhD RN
Director of Graduate Nursing Studies
diane.duffy@alverno.edu, 414-382-6293
Areas of expertise: Nursing Research, Health Policy, and Comparative Health Policy
Doctor of Nursing Practice Program Chair
Diane Duffy PhD RN
Director of Graduate Nursing Studies
diane.duffy@alverno.edu, 414-382-6293
Areas of expertise: Nursing Research, Health Policy, and Comparative Health Policy
Family Nurse Practitioner Program Director
Luanne Wielichowski MSN, RN, APRN, FNP-BC
Professor, Family Nurse Practitioner Program Chair
luanne.wielichowski@alverno.edu, 414-382-6285
Area of expertise: Family Nurse Practitioner, Obstetric and Women's Health Nursing, Oncology, Primary Care, Urgent Care
Clinical Nurse Specialist Program Director
Joanne Archer MSN, RN, APRN BC-ADM
Clinical Nurse Specialist Program Chair
joanne.archer@alverno.edu, 414-382-6482
Area of expertise: Diabetes management/education, Chronic disease management, Acute Care Nursing
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program Director
Rebecca Sobanski MA, MSN, RN, APNP, PMHNP-BC
Assistant Professor, Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Program Chair
Rebecca.sobanski@alverno.edu
414-382-6297
Areas of expertise: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Mood Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, ADHD
Degree Completion (RN to BSN) Program Director
Leah Olson, MSN, RN
RN Completion Program Chair
Assistant Professor
Leah.olson@alverno.edu
414-382-6283
Areas of expertise: Hospice Nursing, Corrections Nursing
Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner Program Director
Laurie A. Kunkel-Jordan PhD candidate, MSN, RN, ANP-BC, CCRN
Chair of the Adult-Gerontology Primary Care Nurse Practitioner (AGPCNP) Program
laurie.kunkel@alverno.edu, 414-382-6300
Area of expertise: Concepts in Adult and Geriatric Health and Primary Care; Critical Care Nursing; Curricular Development in Nursing Education, Quality and Safety
Research:
- Toward quality preceptorship: A dyad study
- Preceptorship in the context of newly graduated nurse transition-to-practice: A principle-based concept Analysis
- The lived experience of newly graduated nurses transitionaing-to-practice in the intensive care unit
- Critical care nurses' lived experience precepting newly graduated nurses in the ICU
- Exploring relationships between awareness of, knowledge of, and attitudes towards evidence-based practice among ICU nurses and adherence to the ventilator-associated pneumonia bundle protocol