Dr. Brenda Hanson-Smith
Title: Professor
Joined School of Nursing: 1990
Office: Folsom Hall 2021
Email: hansonb@csus.edu
Office Phone: 916-278-1508
Mailing Address:
Sacramento State - School of Nursing
6000 J Street
Sacramento, CA 95819-6096
Professional Degrees
- D.N.S., University of California, San Francisco, 2000
- M.S.N., California State University, Chico, 1975
- OB/GYN Nurse Practitioner: University of California, San Francisco, COGEN Program, 1975
- B.S.N., California State University, Chico
Certifications and Credentials
- OB/GYN Nurse Practitioner
- Lactation Educator and Lactation Counselor Certification
- Advanced Fetal Monitoring Certification
- Laerdal Corporation Level 1 Simulation Training
- Thereaputic Touch Training Certificate
- NCAST Nursing Child Assessment Certification
Courses
- NURS 136 - Nursing the Childbearing Family: Skills and Assessment
- NURS 137 - Nursing the Childbearing Family
- NURS 145 - Clinical Leadership and Professional Role Development
Research Interests
- Working Mothers
- Breastfeeding and Workingli>
- Womens Health Issues
- The Meaning of Home for Employed Mothers
- Parenting
- Family Theory
Professional Actvities
- 11th Internation Congress on Women's Health Issues- Proposal Review and selection committee member
- American Nurses Association
- American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
- Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, Iota Eta Chapter Founding Charter Member, Kappa Omicron Chapter Charter Member, Zeta Eta Chapter Member
Publications, Grants and Awards
- College of Health and Human Services, California State University, Sacramento, Outstanding Faculty Award in Community Service, 2011
- Boy Scouts of America, El Dorado District Award of Merit for Leadership, 2005
- Abstract published in prceedings from 2nd Annual Stanford Patient Care Services Research Day. Sponsored by UCSF Stanford Center for Research; Innovation in Patient Care. Abstract titled: "The Working Mothers Model: The Balancing Act", 2000
