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COLLEGE OF NURSING - FACULTY & STAFF
Gloria L. Mugno, RN, BSN, MS, has been Director of Nursing Education at AHEC-SW and a Clinical Instructor at the UAMS College of Nursing since 1989. She attended Southern Methodist University and is a 1961 graduate of the Methodist Hospital of Dallas School of Nursing, where she received the Salutatorian Medal. Ms. Mugno earned her BSN at the University of Texas at Arlington and her MS degree at Texas A & M University – Texarkana.
She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Delta Theta and Gamma Xi Chapters and has served as VP of both Chapters. Ms. Mugno is a 1998 recipient of the: Distinguished Alumna Award, Texas A & M University – Texarkana; YWCA Tribute to Women Education Award; Exceptional Leadership Award, Arkansas Nurses Association; Nurse of the Year Award, Arkansas Nurses Association, District 3; Pauline L. Barns Excellence in Nursing Award; and was nominated for a Wilbur Award in Education. She is also the recipient of the American National Red Cross Nurses Pin for services rendered over the years. Ms. Mugno is Past President of the Board of Directors of Hospice of Texarkana, Women for the Arts, Texarkana Jaycee-Ettes and the St. James Parents Club.
Her board service has included Board of Directors of Wadley Regional Medical Center Foundation, Junior League of Texarkana, Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council, Arkansas Nurses Association, Lake Country AHEC and the Opportunities, Inc. Foundation Board. Prior to accepting the position at AHEC-SW, she was an Assistant Professor of Nursing at Texarkana College from 1970 – 1984 and was the founding Coordinator of the UAMS Off-Campus BSN Program at UACCH, Hope, AR in 1999.
Her areas of clinical practice have been primarily in Adult
Health/ Medical-Surgical Nursing. She began the first
support group for Fibromyalgia patients in Southwest
Arkansas and Northeast Texas and co-authored the following
article: Hodges, L.C., Smith-Rooker, J.L. and Mugno, G.L.
(2002), April).
Fibromyalgia and the Neuroscience’s
Role,
Journal of Neuroscience Nursing,
34(2). 57-66.
Sondra Bedwell, MNSc, APN, FNP-C, joined the Nursing Education Department on July 1, 2003 as a Clinical Instructor for the UAMS College of Nursing and a Family Nurse Practitioner working 50% in the AHEC Faculty Clinic. She holds a B.S. degree in Biology from Bethel College, McKenzie, Tennessee; a BSN for Murray State University; Murray, Kentucky; and a MNSc as a Family Nurse Practitioner from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing and is a Board Certified FNP. Prior to joining the AHEC team, Ms. Bedwell was Coordinator of the Susan G. Komen Funded Breast Health Awareness Program at Wadley Regional Medical Center in Texarkana, Texas.
During that time she also worked part-time as a Nurse
Practitioner in a Surgical Oncology Practice and clinic
setting. For seven years she was a Manager, Coordinator and
Staff RN at CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System, Texarkana,
Texas, where she managed the float pool and functioned as
House Supervisor. She provided direct care on the following
units; Pediatrics, Women’s Health, Respiratory and Oncology.
Phyllis A. Lewis, Administrative Assistant, has worked for the Nursing Education Department since 1995 and earned a Certificate in Office Careers at Texarkana College in 1994.
She moved to Texarkana with her daughter, Casey, from Dallas, Texas in 1992 where she had worked for Allied Signal/Wolverine Tube Division as an Inside Sales Technician; TRW/Nelson Stud Welding Division as a Customer Service Coordinator and Office Manager; and for Texas Instruments as a graphic artist in their in-house print shop/publication department.
Ms. Lewis is available to help students with their computer problems and power point presentations, in addition to facilitating the College of Nursing interactive video classes. When Ms. Lewis isn’t working, she enjoys spending time with her daughter, creating different kinds of art, crocheting, reading, camping, fishing and enjoying the great outdoors.
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