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Caroline Bruno

Title:	Assistant Professor
Office:	Warde Academic Center
Phone:	773-298-3726
Email:	bruno@sxu.edu
Department:	Nursing

Biography

Caroline Bruno, FNP, MSN, RN, joined SXU in 2019 as a full-time faculty member. Bruno obtained her multiple degrees in nursing from Loyola University in Chicago. She comes to SXU after working as a nurse practitioner in an academic medical center in Chicago.

Bruno has over ten years of experience as a registered nurse and nurse practitioner in emergency medicine, trauma, plastic surgery, aesthetics, and preoperative medicine. She continues to practice as a nurse practitioner in family practice and men's health. She enjoys spending time with her husband and two sons and is a fishing enthusiast and avid cook in her free time.

Education

M.S. in Nursing, FNP-C
Loyola University

B.S. in Nursing
Loyola University

B.A. in Criminology and Sociology
Marquette University

Areas of Specialization

Teaching Areas: Professional nurse roles and concepts, nursing research, advanced nursing therapeutics lab, and nursing therapeutics practicum.
Clinical Expertise/Practice Areas: Emergency medicine, trauma, plastic surgery and aesthetics, and preoperative medicine.
Research Interests: Emergency department boarding and overcrowding and non-surgical facial rejuvenation.
Academic Success Coach for the School of Nursing and Health Sciences.

Certification/Licensure

Certified by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.
Advanced Practice Nurse, Illinois.
Registered Nurse, Illinois.

Memberships

American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Alpha Omnicron Chapter.

Courses Taught

NURS 102: The Professional Nurse: Roles and Concepts
NURS 318: Concepts in Professional Nursing II
NURS 383: Introduction to Emergency Nursing

Presentations/Publications/Productions

Ogilvie, M. P., Few, J. W., Jr, Tomur, S. S., Teven, C. M., Semersky, A. J., Bruno, C. R., & Kulick, N. T. (2018). Rejuvenating the Face: An Analysis of 100 Absorbable Suture Suspension Patients. Aesthetic Surgery Journal, 38(6), 654-663. https://doi.org/10.1093/asj/sjx202