Mary Burman, PhD, APRN, BC, FAANP
Dean and Professor
Post-Master's Certificate, Family Nurse Practitioner, UWYO, 1996; PhD, Nursing Science, U. of Michigan, 1990; MS, Community Health Nursing, U. of Michigan, 1986; BSN, U. of Minnesota, 1983; Diploma, Sioux Valley Hospital, 1980

mburman@uwyo.edu • 307-766-3903 • 351C Health Sciences
Best Mode of Communication: E-mail

Office Hours: by appointment (contact Joan Ryan 307-766-6569 or email jryan@uwyo.edu for appointments)

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Awards and Honors:

• 2008 / Fellow, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
• 2008 / Daniel S. Klein Spirit of Volunteerism Award, Downtown Clinic, Laramie, Wyoming
• 2007-2010 Fellow, The Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellows Program
• 2006 / Interprofessional Award, College of Health Sciences, University of Wyoming
• 2005 / Senior Scholar, inVISIBLEcollege, Ellbogen Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Wyoming
• 2004 / Soroptimist Women of Distinction Award
• 2002 / American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, State Award for Excellence.
• 2001 / Downtown Clinic Volunteer of the Year
• 2000-2001 / Carnegie Scholar, The Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
• 1998-1999 / Academic Management Institute Participant
• 1998,1999 / Excellence in Advising, University of Wyoming
• 1987 / Ella C. McNeil Memorial Award for Excellence in Scholarship in Community Health Nursing, University of Michigan
• 1984-1987 / Professional Nurse Traineeships, University of Michigan
• 1983 / Sigma Theta Tau, University of Minnesota

Academic Expertise/Faculty Expertise:

• Academic Expertise
  • Community Health
  • Advanced Nursing Practice
  • Primary Care
• Research Focus
  My research program addresses vulnerability, chronicity, rurality, help-seeking, the organization and delivery of health care services, specifically focused on accessibility and acceptability of care, and outcomes of care. I have viewed care of vulnerable, chronically ill persons as a complex relationship between the person, their family and the health care system that is influenced by the help-seeking strategies that people employ and the geographic area in which they live.
• Current Projects
  • Outcomes of chronic illness care at a free clinics
  • APN contributions to primary care in rural areas
• Completed Projects
  • Testing APN Model of Care with Low-income Uninsured Persons with Chronic Illness
  • Impact of Being Lack of Insurance on Individuals, Small Employers and Health Care Providers
  • Barriers to Depression Treatment in Wyoming
  • Depression and Anxiety Treatment Practices in a Free Clinic
  • Help-Seeking and Social Support of Rural Residents
  • Home Health Care Services
  • Breastfeeding and Childhood Primary Care Services in Wyoming
  • Help-Seeking and Symptom Management in Rural Families Experiencing Chronic/Terminal Illness
  • Stroke Trajectory
  • Therapeutic Decision Making in Nurse Practitioners
  • RN to FNP Transition
  • Reintegration of girls who have been members of fighting forces into their communities in Sierra Leone
  • Complementary and Alternative therapies: Competences for Family Nurse Practitioners
• Opportunities for Graduate Students
  I have several data sets that could be used for secondary analysis, plus I have ongoing projects that students could be involved in collecting data and then using part of it for their theses. So there are LOTS of opportunities
• Areas of research in which this person has interest and expertise and willingness to direct theses:
  • Chronic illness - impact on individuals and families
  • Symptom management and help-seeking
  • Primary Care services
  • Vulnerable populations, e.g., chronic illness, uninsured, low-income
  • APN practice and models of care

Professional Licensure & Certification
Licensure: Wyoming RN and Advanced Practice Nurse (FNP) with prescriptive authority
Certification
Clinical Nurse Specialist in Community Health Nursing, American Nurses Credentialing Center, 1994-present
Family Nurse Practitioner, American Nurses Credentialing Center, 1996-present

 

Service:

• 2008-present / Dean, Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing, University of Wyoming 
• 2004-present / Adjunct Professor, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, School of Nursing
• 2007-2008 / Interim Dean for the Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing, University of Wyoming
• Fall 2006 / Acting Dean, College of Health Sciences, University of Wyoming
• 2001-2006 / Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Health Sciences, University of Wyoming
• 2001-2002 / Family Nurse Practitioner, University of Wyoming Student Health Services
• 1999-present / Family Nurse Practitioner, Downtown Clinic, Laramie, WY
• 1997-2000 / Family Nurse Practitioner, Spring Creek Family Medicine, Laramie, WY 
• 1996-1998 / Family Nurse Practitioner, Whitney Health and Wellness Center, Eppson Center for Seniors, Laramie, WY
• 1993-1996 / Home Health Care Nurse, Wyoming Home Health Care, Laramie, WY
• 1992-present / School of Nursing, University of Wyoming
• 2003-present / Professor
• 1998-2003 / Associate Professor
• 1998-2005 / Coordinator Family Nurse Practitioner Program
• 1992-1998 / Assistant Professor
• 1990-1992 / Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, Montana State University, Billings Campus

Affiliations, Associations, Consultation:

Professional Memberships

• Nurse Educators of Wyoming
• Sigma Theta Tau
• Wyoming Nurses Association
• American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
• National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculty
• American Nurses Association
• Wyoming Council for Advanced Practice Nursing