Patrick Robinson, PhD, RN, ACRN, CNE, FAAN, is currently dean of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences at Capella University. He obtained his bachelors and masters in nursing from Indiana University and holds a PhD in nursing science from Loyola University Chicago. He completed a post-doctoral fellowship in biobehavioral nursing research at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Previously, he served as senior vice president of academics for Orbis Education, dean of curriculum and instruction at Chamberlain College of Nursing, executive assistant dean of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing and chair of the department of health management and risk reduction at the Niehoff School of Nursing at Loyola University Chicago.