Lorna Finnegan
PhD, APRN,
Dean and Professor
School of Nursing
Loyola University Chicago
Maywood, IL
Lorna Finnegan is Professor and Dean in the Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing. She is the Project Director of the HRSA-funded nursing workforce diversity grant, CARE (Collaboration, Access, Resources, and Equity) Pathway to the BSN. Dr. Finnegan has many years of academic research, teaching, clinical practice, and leadership experience. Early in her career, she was Founding Director of the Family Nurse Practitioner Program at Saint Xavier University in Chicago. Most recently, as President of the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, the leading organization devoted to quality nurse practitioner education, she led national efforts to transition nurse practitioner programs to the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree. Dr. Finnegan received her BSN, MS, and PhD degrees from UIC.
Through her research, practice, and leadership, she has integrated big data analytics, strategic academic-practice partnerships, creative pedagogies, and policy-changing leadership strategies to increase access to primary care and improve health in vulnerable and underserved populations within the context of their lives. She has received NIH R01 funding for her symptom cluster research in adults with multiple chronic illnesses and awards for teaching, research, and leadership. She has been a visiting scholar at universities in Thailand, South Africa, and South Korea. Dr. Finnegan is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, and she recently completed the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Wharton Executive Leadership Fellowship and the AACN Advancing Academic Leadership for New Deans program.
Loyola University Chicago
Maywood, IL
Lorna Finnegan is Professor and Dean in the Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing. She is the Project Director of the HRSA-funded nursing workforce diversity grant, CARE (Collaboration, Access, Resources, and Equity) Pathway to the BSN. Dr. Finnegan has many years of academic research, teaching, clinical practice, and leadership experience. Early in her career, she was Founding Director of the Family Nurse Practitioner Program at Saint Xavier University in Chicago. Most recently, as President of the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, the leading organization devoted to quality nurse practitioner education, she led national efforts to transition nurse practitioner programs to the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree. Dr. Finnegan received her BSN, MS, and PhD degrees from UIC.
Through her research, practice, and leadership, she has integrated big data analytics, strategic academic-practice partnerships, creative pedagogies, and policy-changing leadership strategies to increase access to primary care and improve health in vulnerable and underserved populations within the context of their lives. She has received NIH R01 funding for her symptom cluster research in adults with multiple chronic illnesses and awards for teaching, research, and leadership. She has been a visiting scholar at universities in Thailand, South Africa, and South Korea. Dr. Finnegan is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, and she recently completed the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Wharton Executive Leadership Fellowship and the AACN Advancing Academic Leadership for New Deans program.
Courses for this Presenter
Archived Sessions
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Fostering Inclusive Excellence: Challenges and Opportunities
- Presenter(s): Lorna Finnegan; Safiya George; Carolyn Montoya; Roberta Waite
- Session#: AACN2302-103
- Session Length: 90 minutes
- Program: 2023 AACN Deans Meeting
- Date: Mar 25, 2023