UAMS College of Nursing

Cynthia Burns, MSN, CNM, APN
Clinical Assistant Professor

UAMS Campus, Shorey Building, 8th floor, 22E
UAMS Campus
(501) 686-6268
(Fax) (501) 686-8385
caburns@uams.edu

Department: Nursing Education

Education:
BSN: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, LR, AR;
MSN, Case Western Reserve Universtiy, Cleveland OH;
CNM: Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing, Hyden, KY

Areas of Specialty:
Certified Nurse Midwife: OB/GYN/Women's Health

Responsibilities /Courses taught:
Course Coordinator & Clinical Assistant Professor: Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family Course Coordinator: Health Assessment Course Coordinator: Foundations of Nursing II Clinical Instructor: Foundations of Nursing I & II: June 2003- June 2007
Faculty Mentor: Leadership & Management: 2007 Advisor: Senior Class June 2007-2008 Awards and Schlarship Committee: August 2005-present Baccalaureate Curriculum Committee: August 2005-2007 Social Affairs Committee: August 2004-present UAMS Conflict of Interest Committee: August 2006-present UAMS College of Nursing Honor's Committee: August 2007-present

Professional Activities:
Secretary: Sigma Theta Tau, Gamma Xi Chapter: May 2004-2006, member 1995
Member: American College of Nurse-Midwives: 1998- present
Board Member, Arkansas Birth Center: 2003-2005
Member: Arkansas Nurses Association: 2005-present
Member: American Nurses Association: 2005-present

Research Areas:
Skills Acquisition Through the Use of Noelle Childbirth Simulation

Clinical Practice:
Midwifery: Nurse-Midwives Associates, NLR, AR

Honors:
Chancellors Faculty Teaching Award: 2008
Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award: 2007
Best Clinical Instructor Award: 2007 & 2008
Barton Scholarship, 1993
Honorable Discharge U.S. Army, 1990
Army Commendation Medal, 1987, 1990
Army Achievement Medal, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990
Expert Field Medical Badge, 1987

Recent Grants:

Recent Publications:

Recent Presentations:
"Skills Acquisition Through the Use of Noelle Childbirth Simulation." Burns, C., Stewart, A., Capps, N. 8th Annual Nurse Educator Institute. April 8-11, 2008.

Current/Recent Consultations:
Nurse Midwives Associates: May, June, July, Aug 2006, 2007
Birth Options & Women's Health (March, May, June, July, Aug 2005). Certified Nurse Midwife, Little Rock, AR
Job References (2005). Job references for 6 senior nursing students
Preceptor (May 2005). UAMS CON: Graduate Student Preceptor, Little Rock, AR
Birth Options & Women's Health (2003-2004). Bylaws development of credentialing process for Practitioners in a Free Standing Birth Centers, Little Rock, AR
Gary Green Law Firm (2003). Legal Nurse Consultant, Little Rock, AR