Department of Nursing
Faculty Research, Grants and Creative Activities
Patricia Ackerman
Co-researcher: (1995-96). "Care Giving Behaviors of School Nurses" research project with Dr. Cherie Rector, CSU, Fresno.Deanna Balantac
FANHS-Stockton Central Valley Chapter- Local Museum Exhibit scheduled for Spring 1999 at the Haggin Museum, Stockton, California.Kathleen Bowles
Development of student evaluation instruments of instructors.Mary Braham
Comparision of current student evaluation form to new setting specific student evaluation instruments
Critical Thinking/Clinical Judgement of Nurses in the Work Place
Faculty: Kaplan Educational Testing Company
Legal Nurse Expert Consultant
Editor for Nurising Textbooks: Mosby Publishing Company, Del Mar Publishing Company
Staff Nurse: Sutter Community Hospitals
2001-2002: Teaching with Technology Summer Institute 2001 to develop "Web-base component in N 111B"Ann Haffer
2001-2002: End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium Conference to collaborate with nursing faculty to develop and implement end-of-life content in the C.S.U.S. nursing curriculum
1998-1999: Pedagogy Enhancement Award to develop "Web-based graduate course in child-adolescent mental health nursing"
1998-Present: Board Member, AIDS Housing Alliance
2000-Present: Secretary, California Chapter of American Psychiatric Nurses Association
1996-Present: Faculty Advisor, California State University, Sacramento Alumni Association, Nursing Chapter
1998- Present: Hospice Volunteer, Mercy Hospice
2000-Present: Membership Chair, Sigma Theta Tau, International, Zeta Eta Chapter
Past President, Sigma Theta Tau, International, Zeta Eta Chapter
Past President, California State University, Sacramento Alumni Association, Nursing Chapter
Past Newsletter Editor, California Chapter of American Psychiatric Nurses Association
Research with Dr Bonnie Raingruber, Using Clinical Narratives to Facilitate the Critical Thinking and Reasoning Skill Development of Critical Care Nurses.Brenda Hanson-Smith
Continuing research in clinical reasoning skill development.
Breastfeeding support services for university students at CSUSRobyn Nelson
Educational foundation formation for Buckeye Union School District
Board Chairman, Sacramento Adventist Academy, Carmichael CACheryl Osborne
Board Member and VP for Planning, LearnWell, Non-profit educational organization
Member, American Nurses Association and ANA\California
Member, Bioethics Committee, Sutter Health Medical Centers
Representataive Member, Coalition of Nursing Organizations
California State Legislative Aging & Long Term Care Subcommittee/CSUS research project on BabyBoomersBonnie Raingruber
Media Collaboration with Eskaton Senior Services
Advisory Board, Eskaton Carmichael Adult Day Health Center
Association of Gerontololgy in Higher Education
California Council for Gerontology and Geriatrics
California Gerontology Education Center
National Geriatric Nurses Association
Phi Delta Theta
Phi Kappa Phi
Sigma Theta Tau
Developed a web-based course for child-adolescent mental health nursing.Suzanne Sutherland
Member, California Mental Health Planning Council
Past-president and board member, California Chapter of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.
Member, APNA reimbursement and collaboration committee in advanced practice nursing.
Member, APNA bylaws committee.
Editorial board member, Perspectives in Psychiatric Care.
Interviews with burn patients - qualitative study - attempt to describe the experience of being a burn patient (in data analysis)Susan Ullrich
Qualitative and quantitative study - the effect of providing an interested listener to a burn patient (in last phase of data collection)
The range of opioid medications administered to burn patients - predictors and correlates (in data analysis)
The range of anxiolytic medications administered to burn patients - predictors and correlates (in data collection)
Evaluation of personal qualities, patterns of interaction, actions and attributes of the caregiver and the ways in which they impact the burn patient's pain experience (initial brainstorming and proposal development in progress)
NMAT-Nurse Manager Assessment ToolCarolyn VanCouwenberghe
Preceptor Development Workshops-Consultant
Folsom-Cordova, CSUS Division of Nursing, CSUS School of Education Collaborative Project
Survey of Nursing Practice Related to Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Compliance with and tolerance of drugs used to manage HIV.Annita Watson
Evaluator, University Program Review
Community Service, Participation on Health Related Boards:
Sacramento Children’s Home
Sacramento Area Emergency Housing Center,
Eskaton Carmichael Day Care Center and Quality Management Committee
Sutter Insurance Services Corporation
Fund Development
Research on Cognitive Development and Clinical Reasoning
Interdisciplinary Discussion/Policy Development Around End of Life Issues
Health Services for the Older Adult
Consultation re: Accreditation, Curriculum, and Management
Member of Alpha Eta and Zeta Eta Chapters, Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society
Member, American Nurses Association and ANA/California
Member, Alumni Association, University of California San Francisco
