Charon Burda, MS, PMHNP-BC, CARN-AP

First Name:

Charon

Last Name:

Burda

MS, PMHNP-BC

Assistant Professor, FCH

Address:

555C

Phone Number:

410-706-2454

Fax Number:

410-706-0253

Cburd001@son.umaryland.edu [1]

Education:

DNP student, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, degree expected 2014
MS, PMHNP-BC, Advanced Practice Behavior Health, University of Maryland School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, 2003
BSN, Nursing, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, 1992
AA, Nursing, Catonsville Community College, Catonsville, MD, 1985
BS, Speech Pathology & Audiology, Towson University, Baltimore, MD, 1977

Research:

Grants Development, RWJ-funded grant with Dr. Robin Newhouse PI, Interdisciplinary Nursing Quality Research Initiative (5% effort submitted 6/10)
Grants Development, SAMHSA-funded grant with Dr. Mary Haack PI, Interdisciplinary Care for Homeless Individuals with Co-Occurring Disorders (submitted, 5/08, unfunded)
Grants Development, NIDA-funded grant with Dr. Mary Haack PI, Buprenorphine Treatment by Nurse Practitioners and Physicians (20% effort 3/05 to 6/06, unfunded)

Recent Publications:

Burda, C. (2012) Substance Use Disorders. In Smith, Claudia, M. & Maurer, Francis, A. (5th edition) Community/ Public Health Nursing Practice: Concepts for Families and Populations (Chapter 25). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: W.B. Saunders Company.
Burda, C., Haack, M, Duarte, A, Alemi, F. (2012) Medication Adherence among Homeless Patients: A Pilot Study of Cell Phone Effectiveness. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners 24(11) 675-681.
Fornili, K, & Burda, C. (2010). Overview of current Federal policy for substance use disorders. Journal of Addictions Nursing, 21(4). 247-251. (doi:10.3109/10884602.2010.525788)
Fornili, K, & Burda, C. (2009). Bupernorphine Prescribing: Why Physicians Aren’t and Nurse Prescribers Can’t: Policy Watch. Journal of Addiction Nursing 20:218-226.
Burda, C. (2007) Annotated Bibliography: Best practices for Intimate Violence Responses by Healthcare Practitioners, Washington, DC: Pan American World Health Organization.
Fornili, K, & Burda, C. (2006). Buprenorphine Products for the Pharmacologic Management of Opiod Addiction: Why Shouldn't Advanced Practice Nurses Prescribe? Journal of Addiction Nursing 17:139-145.
Haack, M, Burda, C, Alemi, F, Harge, A & Nemes, S. (2005). Facilitating Self-Management of Substance Use Disorders with Online Counseling: A Pilot Study. Journal of Addiction Nursing 16, 41-46.
Haack, M, Burda, C, Alemi, F, Nemes, S. (2005). Facilitating Self-Management of Substance Use Disorders with Online Counseling: The Intervention and Study Design. Journal of Addictions Nursing, 16, 41-46.

Primary Teaching Areas:

NURS 418: Drug Addiction, Society and the Role of the Nurse, Course Development and Faculty (2010-Present)
NURS 740 Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Senior Practicum, Symposium Faculty (2007-Present)
NURS 755: Families in Crisis: Theory and Interventions (2010-Present)
NRSG 669: Differential Diagnosis of Mental Disorders Across the Lifespan, Clinical Supervision (2010-2012)
NRSG 669: Differential Diagnosis of Mental Disorders Across the Lifespan, Course Faculty (2010-2012)
NURS 655/656: Foundations of Family Therapy, Course Faculty and Clinical Supervision (2009-2010)
NURS 634: Mental Health of Special Populations: Improving Quality of Care, Course Faculty (2008-2010)
NURS 523: Clinical Nurse Leader Senior Practicum for Psychiatry (2006-2009)

Academic & Professional Activities:

1992–Present: Member, Sigma Theta Tau, Pi Chapter
1998–Present: Member, Maryland Nurses Association, District: MD02
2005–Present: Member, American Psychiatric Nursing Association
2006–Present: Member, National Organization for Clinicians for the Underserved
2006-Present: Board Certified Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Health Care for the Homeless, Baltimore, Maryland.
2007–Present: Member, National Healthcare for the Homeless Clinician Network
2007–Present: Member, American Association of Community Psychiatry
2008-Present: Member, American Association of Colleges of Nursing
2008-Present: Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing Representative, Program Directors Meetings
2008-Present: Consultant, Baltimore Suicide Prevention Group: The Rita Project
2009-Present: Member, Neuroscience Education Institute
2009-Present: Member, Faculty Practice Task Force
2012-Present: The International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA)
2012-Present: Certified Addictions Registered Nurse-Advanced Practice (CARN-AP)
2008-2011: Representative, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Specialty Directors Meetings
2009-2011: Co-Director, Faculty Practice Task Force
2009-2010: Member, BSN-DNP Task Force
2007–2010: Member, University of Maryland School of Nursing Student Affairs Committee
2009-2010: Member of the BSN-DNP Task Force
2007–2009: Member, University of Maryland School of Nursing Violence in the Workplace Committee
2007: Liaison, Violence in the Workplace Focus Groups, Health Care for the Homeless
2004-2005: Curriculum Development, Therapeutic Jurisprudence, Baltimore City Court System
2004: Member, Geriatric Psychiatry Specialty Development Committee
2004: Logistics Coordinator, National Conference on Children and Adolescents: Youth Violence, University of Maryland, Baltimore. April 1-2, 2004.
2003-2004: Member, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Curriculum Development Committee
2003: Logistics Coordinator, National Conference on Children and Adolescents: Gateways to Treatment: Linking Service for Mental Health, University of Maryland, Baltimore. June 11-13, 2003