School of Nursing and Health Professions
Educating health professionals for the 21st century.
 

CYNTHIA S. GOODWIN, MSN, RN
Instructor in Nursing

Office:	Health Professions Center, Room 2049
Phone:	812.465.1167
eMail:	cgoodwin@usi.edu (work)  cgoodwin@gateway.net (home)

What You'll Find On This Page . . .
 

Personal Bits

Academic Areas of Interest

Representative Publications

Memberships, Honors, & Service Activities

Personal Bits

I grew up in Indianapolis, attended Purdue University, married, and moved to Evansville  in 1968. Here I attended the University of Evansville and obtained associate, bachelors, and masters degrees in nursing. My husband (Bruce Goodwin), children (Tim Roberts and his wife Mia, Doug Roberts and his wife Marva), grandchildren (Aaron, Tyler, Daelyn, Lacy Rose, and one-on-the-way), and pets (puppy Abby, cats Toby, Mr. T., Annie, and Edie) are very important parts of my life. I enjoy reading, writing, movies, music, and art. Teaching and learning from my colleagues and nursing students -- from beginning freshmen to RNs -- brings me great happiness and personal satisfaction!  I am also a student of healing touch (through Level 2A) and reflexology (seminars 1 and 2) and hope to become a certified reflexologist in the year 2000.

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Teaching and Academic Areas of Interest

COURSES TAUGHT
 

NURS 131		Introduction to Wellness, Illness, and Nursing
NURS 231		Foundations for Nursing of Children and Adults
NURS 348		Legal Aspects of Nursing
NURS 351		Transition to Professional Nursing

CLINICAL PRACTICE EXPERIENCE

• critical care nursing
• psychiatric-mental health nursing

• interpersonal communication and perception
• death, dying, and end-of-life decision making
• diagnosis and clinical decision making in nursing
• writing for publication
• holistic and energetic healing modalities

• An Historical Inquiry: Integrating Spiritual Care into Clinical Nursing Practice (mentor to graduate students)
• Multiple Authorship in Nursing Research
• Nursing Student Clinical Decision Making
• Nursing Student Role Socialization
• Costs/Benefits of the Clinical Teaching Associate Model
• Nurse/Client Perceptions about Client Nursing Diagnoses

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Representative Publications
 

						Coudret, N., Fuchs, P., Roberts, C., Suhrheinrich, J., & White, A. (1994). Role orientation of graduating student nurses: Impact of a nursing practicum on professional role socialization. Journal of Professional Nursing, 10(6), 342-349.
						Melander, S. & Roberts, C. (1994). Clinical teaching associate model: Creating effective BSN student/faculty/staff nurse triads, Journal of Nursing Education, 33(9), 422-425.
						Roberts, C. (1982). Identifying the real patient problems. Nursing Clinics of North America, 17(3), 481-489.

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Memberships, Honors, and Service Activities

ORGANIZATIONS
 

											American Nurses Association
											Indiana State Nurses Association, District IV
											Midwest Nursing Research Society
											Sigma Theta Tau Nursing Honor Society, Omicron Psi Chapter

HONORS
 

											Phi Kappa Phi induction
											University of Evansville Nursing Alumni Recognition Award

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
 

											Primary author for chapter revision: "Communication," Potter & Perry fundamentals text, Mosby (1997)
											Editorial review for chapter (1995): "Death and Dying," Potter & Perry fundamentals text, Mosby (1996)
											Editorial review for textbook (1994): Stolte, K.M. (1996). Wellness: Nursing diagnosis for health promotion, Lippincott
											Consultant: the clinical teaching associate model (1994)

COMMUNITY & UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES
 

											University Honors Council (present), Faculty Advisor to Honors Student Council
											University Core Curricular Committee (past)
											American Heart Association Basic Cardiac Life Support Instructor
											Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) Association
											Deaconess Hospice Volunteer

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Last update: 8:15AM 06/03/99