Cynthia Weston, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CHSE
Associate Dean for Clinical and Outreach Affairs
Associate Professor
Curriculum Vitae
Contact
Campus/location: Bryan-College Station
8447 Riverside Pkwy
Bryan,
TX
77807
cweston@tamu.edu
Phone: 979.436.0178
Education and Training
- University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, DNP, 2014
- Texas Tech Health Science Center University, Post-Master's Family Nurse Practitioner, 2001
- University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, MSN, Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, 1995
- University of Texas Medical Branch, BSN, 1989
Professional Certifications
- Registered Nurse, Texas Board of Nursing
- American Nurses Credentialing Center, Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP-BC)
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN: Family Nurse Practitioner)
- Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist
- American Heart Association: Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life Support
Research Interests
- Increasing access to health care
- Health promotion/disease prevention/wellness
- Cancer prevention and screenings
- Improving health outcomes for vulnerable populations
- Simulation in nurse practitioner curriculum
- Cardiology/cardiothoracic surgery/congenital heart disease
Teaching Interests
- Primary care
- Family practice
- Critical care
Awards, Recognition and Service
- Daisy Foundation Team Award: CPRIT Cancer Screening Team, 2022
- Patent and Innovation Award Recipient, 2022
- ELAN Fellowship 2019-2020; Elevating Leaders in Academic Nursing
- Top 50 Nurse Practitioner Professors, 2018
- Daisy Faculty Award Nominee, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021
- Outstanding Nurse Award, Bronze Award, Good Samaritan Foundation, 2010
Memberships
- Texas Nurse Practitioners Association Board of Directors
- Brazos Valley Nurse Practitioner Association
- Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society
- American Nurses Association
- Texas Nurses Association
- American Association of Nurse Practitioners
- Texas Nurse Practitioner’s Association
- National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty
- National League of Nursing
- Society for Simulation in Healthcare
- International Nursing Association for Clinical Simulation and Learning
- Nurses Christian Fellowship
Representative Publications
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Dormire, S., Gary, J., Weston, C. & Holland, B. (April 24, 2019). Message heard: Insights for doctoral program design from community partners. Sage Open Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1177/2377960819837482
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Weston, C., Akinolatan, M., Lichorad, A., McClelland, D., Helduser, J., Ojinnaka, C., Holland, B. and Bolin, J. (2018). The impact of interprofessional education on family nurse practitioners’and family medicine residents’ knowledge and confidence in screening for breast and cervical cancer. Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, 30(9), 511-518. doi: 10.1097/JXX.0000000000000072
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Akinolatan, M., Bolin, J., & Weston, C. (2018). Individual and county-level predictors of cervical cancer screening: A multi-level analysis. Public Health, 160, 116-124. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2018.03.026
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Weston, C., Page, R., Jones-Schubart, K. & Akinlotan, M. (2018). Improving cancer screening for underserved women through an FNP student-led clinic. The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, 14(5), e101-e104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nurpra.2018.01.013
- Ojinnaka CO, McClellan DA, Weston C., Pekarek K, Helduser JW, Bolin JN. (2017). Determinants of HPV vaccine awareness among females: opportunities for interventions. Preventive Medicine Reports. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2017.01.005
- Weston, C., Husain, S.A.,Curzon, C.L., Neish, S., Kennedy, G.T. Bonagurio, K. & Gosselin, K. (2016). Improving outcomes for infants with single ventricle physiology through standardized feeding during the interstage. Nursing Research and Practice, 2016 Article ID 9505629, 7 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9505629
- Weston, C. & Weston, J. (2015). Applying the Beers and STOPP criteria to care of the critically ill older adult. Critical Care Nursing Quarterly, 38(3), 231-236.
- Weston, C. & Bennett, C. (2009). Improving cardiac outcomes and patient satisfaction: NP practice in a community hospital, Advance for Nurse Practitioners, 17(5), 31-34.
- Weston, C., Joseph, K., Jesurum, J., & Houston, S. (1995). A comparison of thermoresuscitation methods in the postoperative cardiovascular surgery patient, American Journal of Critical Care, 4(3), 256.