New director appointed for School of Nursing

Jamal Melancon, News Assistant

Dr. Patricia Pearce, program coordinator for Loyola University’s Doctor of Nursing Practice, has been appointed as the new interim director for Loyola’s School of Nursing for a one year term beginning August 1.

Dr. Mary Oriol was the interim director for the past two years. Pearce has been previously selected as a Distinguished Fellow and Scholar in the National Academies of Practice, and as a Fellow in the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.