Community Update

Judy Thompson has been named
clinical assistant professor of nursing and director of the nurse anesthesia
program
at Quinnipiac University.

Thompson, of Guilford, Conn., is developing
a doctoral-level nurse anesthesia program for the School of Nursing as well as a post
master’s program for practicing certified registered nurse anesthetists. 

“I am very excited to have this wonderful
opportunity to establish a doctoral program in my specialty here in such a
state-of-the-art facility,” Thompson said. “When accredited, we will be one of
24 programs nationally to offer this degree in this specialty. We will be way
ahead of many.”

The goal is to admit students starting in
summer, 2014.

“Interest in obtaining this degree among the
CRNA community is very high and I look forward to working with many of my
former colleagues and students once again as they come here to study and
receive their DNP,” Thompson said.

Thompson previously worked at the Hospital
of St. Raphael School of Nurse Anesthesia, where she was
director for 27 years.

“Judy Thompson has earned a national and
local reputation for excellence as a leader in anesthesia education,” said Jean Lange, dean of the School of Nursing. “I have no doubt
that under her direction, our soon-to-be launched nurse anesthesia program will
quickly gain a reputation for excellence in the field.”

Thompson earned a doctorate degree in nurse
anesthesia practice from Virginia Commonwealth University and a master's degree
in biology from Southern Connecticut State University. She received a
bachelor's degree in biology from Adelphi University, an associate degree in
nursing from the University of Bridgeport and a certificate of anesthesia from
the Hospital of Saint Raphael.

Thompson has worked at a number of hospitals
in Connecticut. She is presently on staff at Hartford Hospital and Yale-New
Haven Hospital and was an adjunct professor at Central Connecticut State
University for nearly three decades.

Thompson and her husband, Anthony Mucci, who
is a chef at Yale University, have two children, Dr. Kaylan Mucci and Gregory
Mucci.

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of New York City and two hours from Boston. The university enrolls 6,400
full-time undergraduate and 2,300 graduate students in 58 undergraduate and
more than 20 graduate programs of study in its School of Business and Engineering, School of Communications, School of Education, School of Health Sciences, School of Law, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, School of Nursing and College of Arts and Sciences. Quinnipiac consistently ranks among
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