Helping nurses benefit their patients – and themselves

“I wanted to be part of reshaping how we were delivering care,” Burdi recalls. “I wanted to be able to reach people’s 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.”

But she couldn’t have imagined at the time the many ways she would be able to accomplish that goal.

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’s cardiac care unit. She also has occupied senior leadership positions, both as a clinical nurse and as an academic administrator – including her current position as dean and vice president of the Purdue Global School of Nursing.

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.

Burdi’s full story can be read on The Persistent Pursuit.

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