{"id":6123,"date":"2022-12-19T18:58:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T18:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/?p=6123"},"modified":"2024-07-18T19:00:26","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T19:00:26","slug":"helping-nurses-benefit-their-patients-and-themselves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/2022\/Q4\/helping-nurses-benefit-their-patients-and-themselves","title":{"rendered":"Helping nurses benefit their patients \u2013 and themselves"},"content":{"rendered":"

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —<\/p> \n

As a young girl growing up in the Chicago suburbs, Melissa Burdi<\/a> saw how nurses cared for children with HIV and AIDS and decided she also wanted to make a positive difference in people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\u201cI wanted to be part of reshaping how we were delivering care,\u201d Burdi recalls. \u201cI wanted to be able to reach people\u2019s lives in the way that those individuals had reached the children who were affected by HIV and AIDS. At that young moment, it was pretty defining for me, and it was a calling from there on out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But she couldn\u2019t have imagined at the time the many ways she would be able to accomplish that goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burdi has worked in a wide variety of roles within the health care industry, from patient care technician to nurse to manager of her hospital\u2019s cardiac care unit. She also has occupied senior leadership positions, both as a clinical nurse and as an academic administrator \u2013 including her current position as dean and vice president of the Purdue Global School of Nursing<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That wealth of experience gives her a unique perspective on the many possibilities available to those in the nursing profession. It also validates her excitement about the suite of degree offerings available to Purdue Global nursing students, who can choose academic programs that will best prepare them for their desired career path.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burdi\u2019s full story can be read on The Persistent Pursuit.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media are welcome to share, post and publish this content.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n Media contact:<\/strong>\u00a0Matthew Oates, 765-586-7496 (cell);\u00a0oatesw@purdue.edu<\/strong><\/a>; @mo_oates\u00a0 <\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Note to journalists:<\/p>\n

\n Journalists interested in interviewing Melissa Burdi should contact Matthew Oates at\u00a0oatesw@purdue.edu<\/a>. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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