PATSY L. RUCHALA has been named dean of the Orvis School of Nursing at the University of Nevada, Reno. She
was director of the School of Nursing. Ruchala earned an associate from Alton Memorial Hospital School, a bachelor’s
and a master’s from Governor’s State University, and a doctorate from Rush University.
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