DR. LINDA CAPUTI, MSN, EdD, CNE, ANEF, is Professor Emeritus, College of DuPage in Illinois. She has taught in LPN, ADN, BSN, and MSN programs. She is President of Linda Caputi, Inc., a nursing education consulting company. Spanning across 30 years, Dr. Caputi has consulted with over a thousand nursing schools on topics related to teaching clinical judgment, revising curriculum, transforming clinical education, test item writing and analysis, student retention, increasing NCLEX pass rates, and numerous other nursing education topics. She has also presented at over 1,000 workshops and nursing education conferences.

Dr. Caputi has won six awards for teaching excellence from Sigma Theta Tau, is included in three years of "Who's Who Among America's Teachers," was nominated for the Outstanding Teacher Award in 2005 from the National League for Nursing (NLN), and was presented the 2004 Educator of the Year Award from the Organization of Associate Degree Nursing. She is the editor of the second edition (2020) of NLN's "Certified Nurse Educator Review Book" and five other books published by the NLN. She co-authored with Dr. Jean Giddens, "Mastering Concept-based Teaching" (first and second editions). The second edition of her three-volume book "Teaching Nursing: The Art and Science" won the 2010 Top Teaching Tools Award in the print category from the "Journal of Nursing Education." Throughout her career, Dr. Caputi has also published numerous book chapters, journal articles, educational software programs, online learning materials, and even board games for nursing students.

For ten years Dr. Caputi served as the editor of the Innovation Center, a column in the NLN's journal "Nursing Education Perspectives." Dr. Caputi is a Certified Nurse Educator, was inducted as a fellow into NLN's Academy of Nursing Education, and has served on the NLN's Board of Governors. Dr. Caputi's website https://LindaCaputi.com provides more information including an array of teaching resources for faculty.