Acute & Tertiary Care

• 3500 Victoria Street
• 336 Victoria Building
• Phone: 412-624-4722
• fax: 412-383-7227

The Department of Acute/Tertiary Care is comprised of faculty whose expertise focuses on care delivered in acute and critical care settings. This department provides courses in medical-surgical nursing taught in the undergraduate nursing program and three Master's level areas of concentration.

Administration

Chair	Annette De Vito Dabbs, PhD, RN, FAAN	412-624-5314	ajdst42@pitt.edu
Vice Chair for Administration	Alice Blazeck, DNSc, RN	412-624-3814	blazecka@pitt.edu
Vice Chair for Research	Paula Sherwood, PhD, RN, CNRN, FAAN	412-624-4802	prs11@pitt.edu
Department Administrator	Elizabeth McNally	412-624-6859	eir@pitt.edu

 

Undergraduate Courses

Foundations
Medical-Surgical Nursing
Transitions

 

Master's and Doctor of Nursing Practice Areas of Concentration

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner	Kathy S. Magdic, DNP, RN, ACNP-BC, FAANP	412-624-6866	kma100@pitt.edu
Clinical Nurse Specialist- Adult Medical-Surgical	Patricia Tuite, PhD RN, MSN	412-624-3797	ptuite@pitt.edu
Nurse Specialty Role - Nursing Administration	Linda Dudjak PhD, RN	412-648-3582	dudjak@pitt.edu
Nurse Anesthesia	John M. O’Donnell, DrPH, RN, MSN, CRNA	412-624-4860	jod01@pitt.edu

 

Master's Nurse Specialty Role Area of Concentration

Clinical Nurse Leader

Rosemary L. Hoffmann, PhD, RN

412-624-3821

rho100@pitt.edu

 

PhD

Catherine M. Bender PhD, RN, FAAN

412-624-3594

cbe100@pitt.edu