Cynthia Vorpahl Purcell, DNP, RN, OCN

Nursing Instructor
University of the Incarnate Word
Ila Faye Miller School of Nursing
cpurcell@uiwtx.edu


Academic Background
DNP University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, Executive Leadership in Nursing, 2014
MSN UT Health Science Center Houston School of Nursing, Houston, TX, Nursing / Clinical Nurse Specialist, 1992
BSN Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of Nursing, Lubbock, Texas, Nursing, 1988
Licenses and Certifications
Advanced Practice Nurse (Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist), Texas Board of Nursing, 548732, 1993-2014
Registered Nurse (RN), Texas Board of Nursing, 548732, 1988-2014
Oncology Certified Nurse (OCN), Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation, 30988, 2014 - 2018
Cancer Genetics Educator, Oncology Nursing Society, 30988, 2004
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Required Training for UIW IRB, 9280349, 2013-2016
Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Required Training for UAB IRB, 9280382, 2013-2014
Online Teaching / Blackboard Course, 40 Contact Hours, 2010
TeamSTEPPS Master Trainer, 2009
Professional Memberships
Sigma Theta Tau International - Delta Alpha- At-Large Chapter, 1990-Present
International Association for Human Caring, 2011 - 2013
Oncology Nursing Society Cancer 1988-Present
- Genetics Special Interest Group, 2006-Present
- Screening and Early Detection Special Interest Group, 2011-Present
Kappa Delta Sorority - Zeta Alpha Chapter, 1986-Present
WORK EXPERIENCE
Academic
Nursing Instructor, Ila Faye Miller School of Nursing & Health Professions, The University of the Incarnate Word (August,
2012 - Present).
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Health Restoration & Care Systems Management, UT Health Science Center San
Antonio (September, 2010 - August, 2012).
Clinical Instructor, Department of Chronic Nursing Care, UT Health Science Center San Antonio (January, 2005 - August,
2010).
Instructor/Adjunct, UT Health Science Center San Antonio (September, 1996 - August, 1999).
Instructor/Adjunct, UT Health Science Center Houston (September, 1995 - August, 1996).
Non-Academic
Oncology Nurse Educator & Consultant, Ortho Biotech, LLP, Oncology Education Services (May, 2005 - December, 2005).
PRN Staff Nurse (RN) Phase 1 Investigational Drug Development Unit, Cancer Therapy and Research Center (October,
2000 - June, 2001).
Mammography Clinical Coordinator, Brooke Army Medical Center, Choctaw Management Services Enterprise (Civilian
Employee Army Contractor) (March, 1998 - April, 2000).
Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist & Outcomes Manager, University Hospital (October, 1995 - February, 1998).
Customer Service Manager Admissions Department, Vitas Hospice Care, Inc. (May, 1995 - October, 1995).
Cancer Program Coordinator / Director, Memorial Hospital-Memorial City (July, 1992 - April, 1995).
RN, Clinician 2 Adolescent Oncology Unit, UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (April, 1991 - July, 1992).
RN Clinician Home Infusion Therapy, H.M.S.S. Infusion, Inc. (February, 1990 - March, 1991).
Oncology Nurse Coordinator Southwest Cancer Center, University Medical Center (February, 1989 - June, 1990).
RN Staff Nurse Telemetry / Oncology Unit, University Medical Center (May, 1988 - February, 1989).
Consulting Experience
2012-2014: Boone & Rocheleau, Expert witness testimony (oral and written) as an Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist.
TEACHING
Courses Taught
Courses taught, but not in the Schedule:
08/2013 - 12/2013 NURS 3510 Nursing of Adults I Undergraduate Lead Teacher
08/2013 - 12/2013 NURS 3510 Nursing of Adults I Undergraduate Clinical Instructor
01/2013 - 05/2013 NURS 3510 Nursing of Adults I Undergraduate Co-Lead Teacher
01/2013 - 05/2013 NURS 3510 Nursing of Adults I Undergraduate Clinical Instructor
08/2012 12/2012 NURS 2213 Basic Health Assessment Undergraduate Co-Teacher
08/2012 12/2012 NURS 2420 Patient Care Technologies Undergraduate Clinical Instructor
08/2012 12/2012 NURS 3510 Nursing of Adults I Undergraduate Clinical Instructor
03/2012 - 04/2012 NURS4403 Disease Management III: Clinical Application Undergraduate / Accelerated BSN Clinical
Faculty
01/2012 -05/2012 NURS4311 Care Of Adult I: Theory Undergraduate Co-Teacher/ Coordinator (123 students)
01/2012 -02/2012 NURS4314 Care Of Adult I: Clinical Applications Undergraduate Course Coordinator (123 students)
09/2011 -10/2011 NURS4311 Care Of Adult I: Theory Undergraduate Course Coordinator (112 students)
09/2011 -10/2011 NURS4314 Care of Adult I: Clinical Applications Undergraduate Course Coordination (112 students)
04/2011 -05/2011 NURS4403 Disease Management III: Clinical Application Undergraduate / Accelerated BSN Clinical
Faculty
02/2011 -03/2011 NURS4502 Disease Management II: Theoretical Concepts Undergraduate / Accelerated BSN Team
Teacher
01/2011 -02/2011 NURS4501 Disease Management I: Theoretical Concepts Undergraduate / Accelerated BSN Team
Teacher
08/2010 -12/2010 NURS4203 Nurse As A Professional (Ethics) Undergraduate Team Teacher
08/2005 -02/2012 NURS5372 Roles Of Teacher In Graduate Preceptor
01/2005 -12/2010 NURS3610 Profession Nursing: Chronic Health Transitions Undergraduate Clinical Faculty & Team
Teacher

INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
Intellectual Contributions Grid
Category DBS CTP LPS Total
Articles in Refereed Journals 1 1 2
Publications in Refereed Conference Proceedings 1 1 2
Publications of Non-refereed or Invited Papers 2 1 3
Books, Monographs, Compilations, Manuals, Supplements, Chapters, Cases, Readings 1 1
Presentations of Refereed Papers 1 1 3 5
Totals 6 3 4 13
DBS-Discipline Based Scholarship; CTPContributions to Practice; LPS-Learning and Pedagogical Scholarship

Refereed Articles
Purcell, C. V. (2012). Arlene Wohlgemuth and the Texas Public Policy Foundation: Texas Treasures for
Nurses. Perioperative Nursing Clinics, 7, 355-360.
Purcell, C. V. (1996). Case in Point: Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma of the Breast. Oncology Nursing Forum, 23 (8), 1181-
1182.
Refereed Proceedings
Purcell, C. V. (2012). Nursing Self-Efficacy and Patient Safety: Is There a Connection? 33rd International Association for
Human Caring.
Purcell, C. V. (2011). The Intersection of Quality and Evidence: The Lived Experience of Query, Evidence Exploration and
Application to Clinical Practice in a Professional Undergraduate Nursing Program. 32nd International Association for
Human Caring Conference.
Non-Refereed Articles
Purcell, C. V. (2012). Nursing Self-Efficacy and Patient Safety: Is There a Connection? (Proposal of a Model to Enhance
Nursing Self-Efficacy). International Journal for Human Caring, 16 (3), 85-85.
Purcell, C. V. (2010). My Parents' Dance (Narrative and original poem). Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, 14 (2), 128.
Purcell, C. V., Mr. Busby: Or, why I became an oncology nurse (personal narrative). Oncology Nurse Advisor, 14 (2), 128.
Non-Refereed Proceedings
Purcell, C. V. (2013). Willingness to Participate in Annual Colorectal Cancer Screening with a Take-Home Screening Test in a
Difficult to Reach Population Where Cancer Screening Disparities Persist. 2014 Joint DNP Intensive.
Invited Articles/Reviews
Koneru, C. & Vorpahl, C. L. (1996). The Mystery of the Masks. Nursing Exchange, Third Quarter..
Vorpahl, C. L. (1993). Stem Cells. Vital Signs, XIII, 1 (12), Houston, TX.
Chapters, Cases, Readings, Supplements
Chapter
Vorpahl, C. L. (1996). Nursing role in management - breast disorders. In Hawkins, I.C., Lewis, S.L. and Heitkemper, M.M
(Eds.), Medical-surgical nursing: assessment and management of clinical problems (4th Edition). St. Louis, Missouri: Mosby-
Year Book, Inc.
Presentations of Refereed Papers
International
Purcell, C. V. (2012, June). Nursing Self-Efficacy and Patient Safety: Is There a Connection? 33rd International Association
for Human Caring Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Purcell, C. V. (2011, June). The Intersection of Quality and Evidence: The Lived Experience of Query, Evidence Exploration
and Application to Clinical Practice in a Professional Undergraduate Nursing Program. 32nd International Association for
Human Caring Conference, San Antonio, Texas.
Lapiz-Bluhm, M. D., Purcell, C. V., & Flagg, A. (2010, April). Collaboration Among Nursing Research Course and Clinical
Faculty Provided Avenue to Promote Research and Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Translation. 2010 International Nursing
Conference2010 International Nursing Conference, Phuket, Thailand.
National
Purcell, C. V. (2014, March). Willingness to Participate in Annual Colon Cancer Screening with a Take-Home Screening
Test. Sigma Theta Tau Sponsored 2014 DNP Intensive Conference, Birmingham, Alabama.
State
Lapiz-Bluhm, M. D., Purcell, C. V., & Flagg, A. (2009). Can articulation of undergraduate research and clinical nursing courses
promote students to be active EBP translators? 2009 Summer Institute on Evidence-Based Practice, Pre-Educator's
Workshop, UT Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas.

Other Research
Newspaper Articles or Columns
1993: Vorpahl, C. L., Stem Cell Use Changes Cancer Therapy, Memorial-Spring Branch Sun Newspaper.
Web-based Presentations/Publications
2010: Purcell, C. V., Mr. Busby: Or, why I became an oncology nurse.
SERVICE
Service to the Institution
The University of the Incarnate Word
College Assignments
Member:
2014-2015: IFM School of Nursing and Health Professions (SNHP) Program Assessment Committee, Chair
2013-2014: IFM SNHP Faculty Search Committee
2012 2014: IFM SNHP Program Assessment Committee
2012 2013: IFM SNHP Curriculum Committee
University Assignments
Faculty Advisor:
2014-2015: Upper Division Nursing Students
2013: Summer Advising for Incoming Pre-Nursing Students
2012-2014: Undergraduate Pre-Nursing Students
UT Health Science Center San Antonio
College Assignments
Member:
2011 2012: School of Nursing Accelerated Track Curriculum Development Committee
2010 2012: School of Nursing Traditional Track Curriculum Development Committee
2010 2012: School of Nursing Committee on Undergraduate Studies (Curriculum): (elected)
2010 2011: School of Nursing Accelerated Track Curriculum Development Committee
2005 2012: School of Nursing Faculty Assembly
University Assignments
Other Institutional Service Activities:
Service to the Profession
Board Member: PRJ Editorial Review Board

20082014: Editorial Review Board, Oncology Nursing Forum
2010: Art Review & Selection Board, Connective Tissue: Art and Literature at UTHSCSA, Vol. III
19962003: Editorial Review Board, Oncology Nursing Forum
1997: (Invited) Editorial Review Board for Inaugural Issue, Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, Vol. 1, No. 1
Board of Directors: Moderate Involvement
2010 2013: San Antonio Chapter of the Oncology Nursing Society Chapter, Chapter Webmaster, San Antonio, Texas.
Board of Directors: Substantial Involvement
1994-995: American Cancer Society, Houston Unit.

Chair: Committee / Task Force
1995: Texas Breast Screening Project, Houston Unit, American Cancer Society, Houston, Texas.
1995: Breast Health Issues Committee, Houston Unit, American Cancer Society, Houston, Texas.
Invited Lecture
2007: Cytogen Pharmaceuticals, National Speaker Bureau.
2007: Patient Adherence to Oral Cancer Therapies. Chapter Meeting, Oncology Nursing Society, West Palm Beach Chapter,
West Palm Beach, Florida.
2007: Patient Adherence to Oral Cancer Therapies, Chapter Meeting, San Antonio Oncology Nursing Society Chapter, San
Antonio, Texas.
2006: Dysphagia in Cancer Patients: Causes & Implications. Soltamox Product Launch National Meeting, Cytogen
Pharmaceuticals.
2005: Breast Cancer Awareness & Prevention. Advance Job Fair & Continuing Education Event, Merion Publications, San
Antonio, Texas.
2004: Current Concepts in Cancer Symptom Management: Anemia & Fatigue: Current Concepts in Management of
Cognitive Dysfunction. The Nurse Oncology Education Program (NOEP), Bryan, Texas.
2004: Cancer Genetics: What's the Connection? Cancer Genetics Training for Oncology Nurses, Oncology Nursing Society,
San Antonio, Texas.
2004: Overview of Ovarian Cancer and Management of Breast Cancer. Nursing Kaleidoscope II, San Antonio Chapter of the
National Association of Hispanic Nurses, San Antonio, Texas.
2003: Communication and Fighting Fatigue: Living With, Through and Beyond Cancer, Cancer Keys to Survivorship
Conference, McAllen, Texas.
2000: Differential Diagnosis of Fatigue. Chapter Meeting, Oncology Nursing Society, Rio Grande Chapter, El Paso, Texas.
1998: The Abnormal Screening Mammogram: What Happens Next? & Early Ovarian and Endometrial Cancer. Conference
on Minimally Invasive Breast and Gynecological Cancers in Women, Methodist Healthcare System, San Antonio, Texas.
1997: The Starving Patient - Nutrition in Cancer. Cancer Symptom Management for Quality of Life Conference, Texas
NOEP, Fredericksburg, Texas.
1997: Unsolved Mysteries: Primary Management of Changes in the Breast. 1997 Association of Women's Health, Obstetric
and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN), Texas District Conference, San Antonio, Texas.
1995: Breast Cancer Prevention Trial & Breast Cancer Issues. KPFT FM 90.1 "Houston Dialogue" Talk Radio Program,
Houston, Texas.
1993: The Influence of Health Beliefs, Confidence and Media Exposure on Young Women's Knowledge and Practice of
Breast Self-Examination. Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Research Conference, Iota Mu Ch, Lubbock, Texas.
Member: Committee/Task Force
2011 2012: Program Planning Committee Sigma Theta Tau, Delta Alpha-At-Large Chapter.
1998 2001: Volunteer, Susan G. Komen Foundation, San Antonio Affiliate Education Committee.
1999: Item Writer, Oncology Nursing Certification Exam, Oncology Nursing Certification Corporation
1994 1995: Breast Health Issues Committee, Houston Unit, American Cancer Society.
1994 1995: American Cancer Society Texas State Task Force on Breast Cancer Issues.
1993 1994: Texas Breast Screening Project, Houston Unit, American Cancer Society, Houston, Texas.
1989 1990: Patient Services Committee, Lubbock Unit, American Cancer Society, Lubbock, Texas.
1989 1990: Professional Education Committee, Lubbock Unit, American Cancer Society, Lubbock, Texas.
Other Professional Service Activities

2010 2012: Item Writer, NSCBN NCLEX Examination Item Development Panel.
1999 2010: Member, Cancer Nutrition Network for Texans Policy Council.
2006 2008: Item Writer, NSCBN NCLEX Examination Item Development Panel
2007: Medication Adherence/Compliance and breast cancer. K97.5 FM Health Forum, Raleigh, North Carolina. (Invited
Guest)
2007: Adherence to Oral Cancer Therapy Treatments. Interview for Lou Adler's Health Hour, nationally syndicated radio
talk program. (Invited Guest).
2006: Adherence to Prescribed Treatment by Patients with Cancer. WGLS - 89.7 FM, "The Women's Room" Radio Program,
Rowan University. (Invited Guest)
1994 1995: Press Contact, American Cancer Society Media Spokesperson on Breast Cancer Issues, Houston Unit,
Houston, Texas.
1993: Prostate & Breast Cancer. KSEV AM 700 "Health Hour Houston" Talk Radio Program, Houston, Texas. (Invited
Guest)
1992 1993: Breast Cancer Issues. "Health-Talk Houston" Cable Television Program, Panel Member, Houston,
Texas. (Invited Guest Panelist, Two shows)
1989 1990: Volunteer, Breast Health Awareness Instructor, Lubbock Unit, American Cancer Society, Lubbock, Texas.
Service to the Community
Member of a Committee
2006 - 2014: Member, Bulverde Creek Elementary PTA
Other Community Service Activities
2013: Ready-Man Badge / CPR Training for Pack 362, Den 2 Cub Scouts, Provided instruction and training on the American
Heart Association "Hands-Only" CPR training for Cub Scouts (5th grade boys).
2013: Scoliosis Screening Tejeda Middle School
2012 2013: San Antonio Conservation Society NIOSA Volunteer
1995: St. Cecilia Children's Clinic, Volunteer Nurse, (clinic for indigent & medically underserved children)
Speech / Presentation at a Community Meeting
1994: Speaker, "Ask The Expert" at Health Check, Memorial City Mall
Professional Development
Instructional-Related Conference
2014: Teaching Writing: The Basics for Faculty in any Discipline, San Antonio, Texas.
2014: ATI Introduction and Training for Faculty, San Antonio, Texas.
2013: Quality and Safety Education in Nursing (QSEN) Faculty Development Workshop, San Antonio, Texas.
Other Professional Development
2014: Faculty Advising Workshop, San Antonio, Texas.
2013: Institute for Healthcare Improvement Basic Course, San Antonio, Texas.
2013: Sister Charles Marie Frank Lecture, San Antonio, Texas.
Professional Seminars / Workshops
2014: Having the Conversation: Basic Skills for Conversations about End-of-Life Care, San Antonio, Virtual.
2013: Elsevier/Mosby Developing Critical Thinking Test Items, San Antonio, Texas.
2013: Simulation Faculty Development Workshop presented by the CIRCLe, San Antonio, Texas.
2013: The American College of Physicians Addresses the New Guidance Statement on Colorectal Cancer Screening, San Antonio,
Texas.
2012: Turn Q 2 Hour Evidence Based Practice, Unknown, Unknown.
2012: Trends in Nursing, Nursing Education and Healthcare that Affect Our Practice as Educators, San Antonio, Texas.
2011: Creating Clinical Case-Based Activities, Lessons from a Template, Unknown, Unknown.
2011: Evidence Based Teaching, Integrating Evidence-based Practice in Your Curriculum, Unknown, Unknown.
2010: Clinical Oncology/Hematology, Considerations in Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma: Waldenstrom's Macroglobulinemia,
Unknown, Unknown.
2010: Treating Tobacco Dependence in a Medical Setting, Unknown, Unknown.
2010: Educating Nurses, Beginning the Transformation: Bringing the Carnegie Recommendations for Nursing Education to Life,
Unknown, Unknown.
Technology-Related Training
2014: SimMan 3G Introduction and Training, San Antonio, Texas.
2010: Online Teaching and Learning Certification: Best practices in online teaching, training on use of Blackboard, Softchalk and
Respondus, San Antonio, Texas.
Honors/Awards
Award
2014: Outstanding Poster Presentation. Sigma Theta Tau Sponsored 2014 DNP Intensive Conference.
2013: The Use of SoftChalk to Enhance Academic Advising in the IFM School of Nursing and Health Professions. University of the
Incarnate Word.
2012: Watson Doctoral Student Award. International Association for Human Caring.
2007: Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award. UT Health Science Center San Antonio, School of Nursing.
1996: ONS/Zeneca/Komen Foundation National Award for Excellence in Breast Cancer Education. ONS/Zeneca/Komen
Foundation.
Honor
2004: NIH/ONS Genetics: Short Course for Cancer Nurses - Selected for Attendance. NIH/ONS.
1989: ONS / NCI Cancer Prevention and Detection in Hispanic Populations - Selected for Attendance. ONS / NCI.
Scholarship
2012: Clinical Doctoral Scholarship. Oncology Nursing Society Foundation.
2012: 2012 Oncology Nursing Society Conference Scholarship. Oncology Nursing Society Foundation.
1990: American Cancer Society Master's Scholarship for Nursing. American Cancer Society.
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