Meet Cindy Parsons
Nurse Practitioner, Medical Services
Phone: (813) 253-6250
Email: cindy.parsons@ut.edu
Address: 401 W. Kennedy Blvd. Tampa, FL 33606
Mailbox: 116F
Building:
HC
Education
1979 Western Connecticut State University, BSN
1988 Pace University, MSN
2006 Rush University, DNP
Courses Taught
Psychiatric Nursing including Clinical
Community Health Nursing
Leadership
Health Assessment Clinical Lab
Professional Issues in Advanced Practice Nursing
First Year Seminar
Career Specialties
Parson's specialties include family psychiatric mental health care, behavioral health of children and adolescents, healthcare quality, nursing administration, health policy and leadership.
Professional and Community Activities
Her publications include Improving Quality in Healthcare, 1997 (Messenheimber, ed.), chapter "Psychiatric Mental Health Care Quality"; Biological and Behavioral Perspectives of Nursing, 2003 (D. Antai-Oton, ed.), chapter "Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder"; Nursing Clinics of North America, 2003, chapter "Nursing Care of Families and Adolescents in Crisis;" Nursing Care of Childhood and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 2007(D. Antai-Oton,ed.), Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, 2013 (Halter,ed.).
She is a member of the American Nurses Association, Florida Nurses Association, American Psychiatric Nurse Associations, Sigma Theta Tau, Florida Nurse Practitioner Network and Tampa Bay Advance Practice Council.
Parsons is a board member of the American Psychiatric Nursing Association FL Chapter. She also has provided faculty support for student nursing and public health service trips to the Dominican Republic.
Honors and Awards
Sigma Theta Tau
2014 Richard Piper Student Organization Advisor of the Year