Phone:  309.677.3674

Email:  csteinwedel@bradley.edu

Cynthia Steinwedel is a Temporary Assistant Professor of Nursing. She teaches medical-surgical nursing, fundamentals of nursing, and physical assessment in both clinical and classroom settings. Her areas of expertise include surgical, cardiac, and critical-care nursing. She is also a volunteer with the American Red Cross with the Disaster Action Team.

Cynthia's background includes 18 years of critical-care experience, including the CCRN certification. Most of her clinical practice has been in surgical areas, and she also worked as a staff educator in critical care prior to coming to Bradley University. She has taught at the baccalaureate level for Bradley University and also as a lecturer at the graduate level for the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Cynthia's areas of research interest include family and patient responses to nursing interventions, oral care in the acutely ill, and surgical postoperative care.

Degrees & Certification
Cynthia earned her Bachelor of Science, Summa Cum Laude (1974) from Bradley University and her Master of Science degree (1986) from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she was awarded the Peer Award for leadership, scholarship, and community service. She is currently enrolled in the Ph.D. program in nursing at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.