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Clinical Associate Professor Mary Kay Loughran is a nurse, educator and former hospital administrator, whose clinical, teaching and executive experience adds a wide range of nursing expertise the faculty. A former executive vice president at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Dr. Loughran has also served as chief nursing officer and patient care executive and has taught in classroom as well as clinical settings. Currently, Dr. Loughran is the Director of the Doctor of Nursing Practice Programs at Duquesne University School of Nursing.

Dr. Loughran earned a Doctorate of Nursing Practice from Duquesne University where she also served as an adjunct member of the nursing faculty. She received a BSN, magna cum laude, as well as a master's degree in health administration from the University of Pittsburgh.

Education

  • DNP, Duquesne University, 2014
  • MHA, University of Pittsburgh, 1987
  • BSN, University of Pittsburgh, 1977

Expertise

  • Executive Leadership

  • Organizational leadership

  • Evidence-based practice and quality

  • Quality Improvement project management

  • Development of nurse residency preceptors

  • Contemporary nursing Issues

  • International education for undergraduate and graduate students

  • Interprofessional health care education
     

     



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Loughran, M. & Hupp, D. (2023). Chapter 7: The Role of the Clinical Executive. Reflective Response. In Dreher, M., & Glasgow, M. E., DNP Role Development for Doctoral  Advanced Nursing Practice. Springer Publication. 

Manspeaker, S. A., Deluliis, E. D., Delehanty, A. D., McCann, M., Zimmerman, D. E., O’Neil, C., Shaffer, J., Crytzer, T., & Loughran, M. C. (2023).  Impact of a Grand Rounds Interprofessional Workshop: student perceptions of interprofessional socialization and cultural humility. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 38(3), 460-468.

Neufield, D., Loughran, M., & Lucas, M. (2023). Program evaluation of the touch-free hydrophilic intermittent catheter in hospitalized patients experiencing urinary retention. Urologic Nursing Journal, 43(4), 186–192.

Spigelmyer, P. C., & Loughran, M. C. (2022). Simulation: An active learning pedagogy for an undergraduate nursing leadership course. Nursing Forum, 57(5), 765–772.

Loughran, M. (2021). Chapter 17: DNP Role in Academia-Importance of Study Abroad Programs. In L. Benson (Ed.), The DNP Professional: Translating Value from the Classroom to Practice. Slack Publication.