In his former life, Adam R. Spurlock, DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC, FNP-C, CNL obtained a Business Management degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago and worked in corporate America, honing his managerial and process implementation skills. It was in 2009 when he decided to change his focus to healthcare and enrolled in the Generalist Entry Masters (GEM) program at Rush University’s College of Nursing and began his life as a nurse. It was only a short time after graduation when Spurlock decided to further advance his education and enrolled in the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program at Rush University’s College of Nursing. Wanting to care for populations across the lifespan, he again decided to pursue additional education and enrolled in a post-doctoral certificate program in Family Medicine at Rush University’s College of Nursing.
Spurlock has spent the entirety of his nursing career in emergency medicine and has filled many roles. Staring out as a registered nurse, he quickly recruited a specialized group of nurses to perform billing audits and developed a charge capture team, which after a self-directed research study for completed, was responsible for increasing billable revenue for the department in excess of $3M. He has also spent time as Interim Unit Director and is currently practicing as a double-boarded Nurse Practitioner in the Emergency Department at Rush Oak Park Hospital.
Currently, Spurlock is Lead Advance Practice Provider in the Emergency Department and oversees all DNP student rotations through the department, as well as students in the Physician Assistant program through Rush University’s College of Health Sciences. He is also currently working with departmental and institutional leaders to improve efficiency and throughput of patients requiring emergency services.
