Lorna R. Dudzik, DNP, RN, APRN, CNS, CEN

Lorna R. Dudzik, DNP, RN, APRN, CNS, CEN, is a licensed RN and Advanced Practice Registered Nurse - Clinical Nurse Specialist certified in Emergency Nursing. She obtained her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Nursing at Rush University and her Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from Lewis University. Her doctoral research focuses on high-quality in-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA) resuscitation, healthcare providers’ life support training impact on cardiopulmonary resuscitation psychomotor performance, and patient outcomes.

Dudzik’s clinical background includes emergency nursing, intensive care nursing, liver transplant, and pain management. She is an Assistant Professor specializing in adult medical/surgical and critical care, focusing on clinical instruction in various high-acuity inpatient units. Dudzik serves as a Consultant and subject matter expert for the Resuscitation Quality Improvement service provider (RQI Partners, LLC) for the American Heart Association and Laerdal Medical. She is a lead instructor for Advanced Cardiac Life Support certification training at Edward Hospital (EH) Naperville, IL, and a certified Data Abstractor for the AHA Quality Improvement registry – Get with the Guidelines – Resuscitation at EH. Dudzik leads the hospital’s Code Blue Task Force and Critical Care Committees, reporting for AHA resuscitation quality measures to improve Code Blue team performance and optimize (IHCA) patient outcomes.