LaTasha R. Burns, EdD, MBA-HM, RN-BC, NE-BC, CPHQ

Contact

lburns8@twu.edu
713-794-2887
6700 Fannin Street, Houston, Texas 77030
Suite # 7418

Biography

Dr. LaTasha Burns is an experienced registered nurse, educator, and leader offering over thirty years of progressive experience in delivering services that are high quality and safe. Academically, she enjoys precepting and mentoring nursing students, lecturing using active learning principles, and curriculum design. She is passionate about nursing education and firmly believes that it is a pivotal part of the nursing profession. She has a significant clinical knowledge base that includes proficiency in safety culture building, regulatory/accreditation compliance, quality improvement principles and promotion of exceptional patient care experiences. Dr. Burns has worked in a variety of settings, including hospitals, clinics, and community healthcare facilities and is well-versed in a plethora of clinical nursing specialties: medical/surgical, oncology, women’s health, and diagnostic imaging, all areas for which she is comfortable teaching. She has a zeal for teaching concepts of nursing leadership, administration and management while providing students with real-world examples of how to apply their classroom learning to actual patient care situations and settings. Dr. Burns is proud to use her talents to teach and prepare future nurses and healthcare leaders.

Education

Ed.D., Professional Leadership/Health Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, Texas
M.B.A., Business/Healthcare, Our Lady of the Lake University, San Antonio, Texas
B.S.N., Nursing, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas
A.D.N., Nursing, Tyler Junior College, Tyler, Texas

Expertise

Patient Safety, High Reliability Principles and Human Factors Analysis; Interprofessional Education Collaboration in Reducing Patient Safety and Medical Errors; Nursing/Healthcare Administration and Leadership

Latest Articles

Monitoring Initiatives and Safety Concerns at a Comprehensive Cancer Center - Lessons Learned During a Pandemic
Journal of Clinical Oncology (2020)
Carmen González, LaTasha Burns, Alana Newman, Tammy Dawson, Lourdes Thompson

Recent Presentations

Strategies for Evaluating Competency-Based Education in Academic Healthcare
Asian American/Pacific Islander Nurses Association (AAPINA) Conference (2025)
Podium | Carin Adams, Joy Spadachene, Niki Fogg, LaTasha Burns

The Relationship between Pre-licensure Nursing Education and Reflective Practice Using Debriefing Sessions
Texas Society for Advancement of Health Professions (2024)
Podium | LaTasha Burns, Alicia Ramirez

Nursing Leaders Roles in Promoting and Improving the Patient Safety Culture
Shanghai Concord Cancer Center 1st Annual Academic Meeting in collaboration with MD Anderson Cancer Center (2021)
Virtual | LaTasha R. Burns

Monitoring COVID-19 initiatives and safety concerns at a comprehensive cancer center
ASCO Quality Care Symposium (2020)
Poster | Carmen González, LaTasha Burns, John Bingham

High Reliability and Building Patient Safety
RL Datix Palooza Annual Conference (2019)
Podium | LaTasha R. Burns

Systemic and Human Factors that Contribute to Medical Error: A Study of Higher Reliability
Baylor College of Medicine 5th Annual Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Conference (2018)
Poster | LaTasha Burns

High Reliability Journey: Event Reporting and Safety Briefing
Comprehensive Cancer Centers Consortium for Quality Improvement (C4QI) (2017)
Podium | LaTasha R. Burns

Incorporating human factors analysis into the RCA process for safety improvements
University Health-System Consortium (2016)
Virtual | LaTasha Burns, Lisa Burton

Incorporating human factors analysis into the RCA process for safety improvements
University Health-System Consortium (2016)
Podium | LaTasha R. Burns, Lisa Burton

Honors & Awards

• Interprofessional Patient Safety Workgroup Facilitator, IPE Texas Medical Center Collaborative (2024)
• Interprofessional Patient Safety Workgroup Facilitator, IPE Texas Medical Center Collaborative (2023)
• Distinguished Mentor Award, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (2018)
• Educator of the Year, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (2017)