Mrs. Gouner, a native of south
Louisiana, was born in New Orleans and raised in
Thibodaux. She received her BSN from Louisiana State
University Health Science Center New Orleans School
of Nursing. She has traveled extensively holding a
variety of staff and administrative nursing
positions in different geographical areas of the
United States and Germany. Mrs. Gouner holds two
master degrees – a Master of Science in Nursing
Administration from the University of Phoenix Online
and a Master of Education in Wellness and Health
Promotion from Northwestern State University in
Natchitoches, Louisiana. She is a PhD
candidate at the University of Arkansas for Medical
Sciences (UAMS) in Little Rock. Her research focuses
on the tobacco use of nursing students.
Ms. Gouner became the chair of
the Division of Nursing in 2007 and became the first
Dean of the School of Nursing in 2010 and was
promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 2011.
She continues to teach nursing and acts as a
clinical instructor as needed. She served as the
faculty advisor of the UAM Student Nurses’
Association for 7 years and has recently completed a
two year term as the state consultant for the
Arkansas Student Nursing Association. She is a past
president of the Arkansas State Nurses Association
District II. She was appointed to the Arkansas State
Board of Nursing Education Committee in Fall 2011
for a six (6) year term as the BSN program
representative.
Ms. Gouner has a husband of 28
years, three (3) daughters and two (2) dogs. She
enjoys traveling to Mukwonago, WI and Chicago, IL to
visit her oldest children. Those destinations will
also include Los Angeles, CA upon the graduation of
her youngest daughter in December 2011 from
Louisiana State University. Ms. Gouner is very
active in church activities.
Ms. Denton earned her BSN
from the University of Arkansas at Monticello, Masters in Psychiatric/Mental
Health Nursing from Northwestern State University in Shreveport, LA, and an ABD
from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock with
a focus in Higher Education. She has lived and worked in southeast
Arkansas all her life. She has been the president of the Arkansas Nurses
Association and has held several offices on the local level of Arkansas Nurses
Association. Ms. Denton is a member of the Arkansas State Board of Nursing and a
member of Sigma Theta Tau, the honor society for nursing. She has been
teaching at UAM since 1986.
Dr. Evans received the doctor of philosophy degree from the University of
Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock. She is a women’s health nurse
practitioner and practiced with the Arkansas Department of Health in prenatal
and gynecologic clinics for a number of years. Dr. Evans’s research interests
include health promotion/disease prevention, women’s health, and nursing
education. She worked with an internationally known researcher as a research
assistant and project director on two National Institute of Nursing Research R01
grants for three years prior to her appointment to the UAM School of Nursing.
She has recently completed a qualitative study of rural black women in South
Arkansas and plans to follow up with an intervention study. Dr. Evans is a
member of the American Nurses Association, the Arkansas Nurses Association, the
Southern Nurses Research Society, Sigma Theta Tau International, and the
National League for Nursing. She has presented study findings from two
qualitative studies of women’s explanatory models of heart disease at the
Southern Nurses Research Society annual conferences in 2008 and 2009.
Ms. Felts's graduate work is in Women's Health Nursing with a Master of Science
degree from Texas Woman's University. She holds a certificate as a Women's
Health Nurse Practitioner. Ms. Felt's clinical and lecture focus include
obstetric and gynecologic nursing with senior students. She is a member of the
American Nurses Association, the National Organization of Women's Health Nurse
Practitioners, the National League for Nursing, and the Arkansas Nurses
Association. Ms. Felt continues her clinical practice in newborn nursing.
She is also a volunteer firefighter in her community in her spare time.
Mrs. O’Fallon’s graduate work is in women’s health. She graduated from the
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences with her MSN in December 2000. She
is currently the Director of the LPN to RN Fast Track Program.
A lifelong resident of southeast Arkansas, Ms. Shaw
resides in Warren. She earned her Associate Degree
in Nursing from UAM in 1981. She completed her BSN
at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff in 1992
and graduated with a MSN from the University of
Central Arkansas in 1994. She has worked in the
clinical setting as an emergency room nurse. She
says that educating the future nurses is her
passion.
Mrs. Walters is a native of southeast Arkansas. Her academic preparation
includes a BSN from UAM in 1994. She earned a Master of Science degree in Adult
Health Nursing from Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi in 1998.
Mrs. Walters is a skilled clinician who began her career in nursing as an LPN in
1984. She continues to work at Ashley County Medical Center in Crossett.
Belinda Wells, BS, BSN, RN –
Assistant Professor After completing a BS in Education degree at UAM, Mrs. Wells taught public
school for ten years. Having completed her BSN degree at UAM, she is presently
teaching in the School of Nursing. Mrs. Wells has completed her MSN from the
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in the Fall of 2007. Her specialty
is pediatric nursing. Mrs. Wells is certified in ACLS, NALS, PALS, and is a BLS
instructor as well.
Ms. Bryant is a native of southeast Arkansas. Her
academic preparation includes general studies at
Mississippi Delta Community College and a
Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing from UAM in
2002. She earned a Master of Science in Nursing with
a focus in Nursing and Health Care Education from
University of Phoenix in 2011.Ms. Bryant’s nursing career began in El
Dorado, Arkansas, at the Medical Center of South
Arkansas in the intensive care unit. Her area of
expertise is critical and emergency care.She continues to work at Chicot Memorial
Medical Center in Lake Village, Arkansas.
