Carla Edwards Saviñon MSN, APRN, BC
Family Nurse Practitioner
Lecturer
Education
Duke University MSN-Family Nurse Practitioner May 1999
Durham, North Carolina
University of North Carolina Wilmington BS Nursing May 1991
Wilmington, NC
North Carolina State University BS Zoology 12/1988
Raleigh, NC
Teaching Expertise
Undergraduate: Pathophysiology lecturer, Pediatric and Community Health Clinical Instructor
Graduate: Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning, Advanced practice Roles and Issues, Management of Adult Acute and Chronic Illnesses, Clinical faculty
Scholarship (last 5 years)
Publications
Title: Randomized Trial of a Clinic-based, Community-supported Intervention to Improve Physical Activity and Diet among North Carolina WISEWOMAN Participants
Corresponding Author: Dr. Thomas Charles Keyserling
Authors: Carmen D Samuel-Hodge, PhD, MS, RD; Stephanie B Jilcott, PhD; Larry F Johnston, MS; Beverly A Garcia, MPH; Ziya Gizlice, PhD; Myron D Gross, PhD; Carla E Saviñon, RN, MSN, FNPC; Shrikant I Bangdiwala, PhD; Julie C Will, PhD, MPH; Alice S Ammerman, DrPH, RD
Grants
E-learning grant: 2005, 2007
Service Activities
Spanish speaking
Camp Special Time
Other Professional Information
Board Certified as FNP
Areas of interest: health disparities, medical missions local and international,
practice management, grant writing
Clinical practice as Family Nurse Practitioner at New Hanover Community Health
Center (NHCHC)
Grant Coordinator for Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program and WISEWOMAN
at NHCHC
Contact Information
Phone: (910) 962 - 7097
Email: savinonc@uncw.edu
Fax # 910-515-4921
* community involvement: youth soccer coach, PTSA volunteer
