Patrick R. Coonan, RN, EdD

Patrick R. Coonan, EdD, RN, CNAA, is dean and professor at the School of Nursing at Adelphi University in Garden City, NY, and has had a long history of service in nursing leadership and education. Throughout his career he has held senior patient care management positions at major medical centers in the New York metropolitan area. He has been the chief nursing officer in an academic medical center, a health system, and a teaching community hospital and was a fellow in the Johnson & Johnson...See more

Patrick R. Coonan, EdD, RN, CNAA, is dean and professor at the School of Nursing at Adelphi University in Garden City, NY, and has had a long history of service in nursing leadership and education. Throughout his career he has held senior patient care management positions at major medical centers in the New York metropolitan area. He has been the chief nursing officer in an academic medical center, a health system, and a teaching community hospital and was a fellow in the Johnson & Johnson-Wharton Fellows Program in Management for Nurse Executives at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. In addition, he has held educational administration positions at three Universities. He is certified in Nursing Administration Advanced from the American Nurses Association. Dr. Coonan s work now includes leadership assessment and development, integrating technology into nursing management and educational systems, executive coaching, personnel development, and planning. He has written and presented extensively on nursing management and leadership as well as nursing systems and nursing education. He is president of Infinite Horizons Consulting LLC, which provides organizational development and design, personnel solutions, education, and evaluation services." See less