Edward Burns is an Assistant Professor and Student Success Coach in the College of Graduate Nursing at Western University of Health Sciences and serves as Director of the Benner Institute for Teaching & Learning at HealthImpact. He earned a BSN from the University of Akron (2008), an MSN from Grand Canyon University (2014), and a post-master’s certificate as an Adult Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist from CSU Dominguez Hills. He is nationally certified as NPD-BC and PPCN and is a Caritas Coach. He serves on the National Forum of State Nursing Workforce Centers Board and co-chairs California’s APRN Coalition.