Associate Professor of Nursing
Cowell Hall 207
Telephone: (415) 422-6683
Email: stetsonb@usfca.edu
Education
BSN, Northwestern University; MSN, University of California, San
Francisco; EdD, University of San Francisco; N.P, Women's Health Care
Nurse Practitioner Program, Depart. Of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California.
Nurse Practitioner in Women's Health, Nationally
Certified, 1999-2009; ASPO (Lamaze) Childbirth Educator,
ACCE-Certified, 1976-2009; Relaxation and Stress Management Consultant,
1981-2009.
Nursing Committees, Honors, and Organizations
University
Information Technology Committee; Sigma Theta Tau Beta Gamma Chapter,
Task Force Committee for Development of Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL)
Course, Evaluation Committee, Task Force Committee for DNP Program.
Sigma Theta Tau (STT) Nursing Honor Society, 1989-2009. Elected -
Nomination Chair, SST, Beta Gamma Chpt., 1997-2002, 2004-2005;
Outstanding Chpt. Contribution Award, Beta Gamma Chpt., 1994-1996;
Mentor Epitome Award, 1996
Elected Co-Chairperson of Education for the California Organization of Nurse Practitioner, Regional 7, 2000-2002
Journal Reviewer for Volume III of Interpretive Studies in Health
Care and The Human Science, 2003; Journal reviewer for Home Care
Provider Journal, 1996-2000
Formed and Co-Facilitator with Dr. Buccheri the USF Nursing Student
Multicultural Interest Group, 1995-2009. Founding Member of the
Consortium for the Advancement of Holistic Health Practitioners,
1995-1998; Elected Board Director - Golden Gate Nurses' Association,
Region 12 of California Nurses, 1993-1999.
Community
Volunteered services (as time allows) as a Women's Health Nurse Practitioner at the Samaritan House Free Clinic in San Mateo.
Teaching Areas of Expertise
Maternal-Child Nursing; Women's Health; Holistic Nursing. Has
taught in both the BSN undergraduate and MSN graduate family nurse
practitioner programs at the University of San Francisco (17 yrs.).
Previously taught at San Francisco State University's Nursing
Department Maternity and Pediatric Nursing (14 yrs.) and at Kaiser
School of Nursing, Maternity Nursing (5 yrs.).
Stetson, B. (1999). Physiologic changes. In D. L. Lowdermilk, S. E. Perry, & I. M. Bobak (Eds.). Maternity
nursing (5th ed.). St. Louis: Mosby.
Stetson, B. (1999). Assessment and care during the fourth trimester. In
D. L. Lowdermilk, S. E. Perry, & I. M. Bobak (Eds.). Maternity
nursing (5th ed.). St. Louis: Mosby.
Stetson, B. & Romeo, R. (1996). A quick & efficient method for program evaluation: The telephone
interview. Journal of Nursing Education, 35(36), 272-274.
Stetson, B. (1993). Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy. In I. Bobak (Ed). Maternity and gynecologic
care: The nurse and the family (5th ed.). St Louis: Mosby Year Book.
Stetson, B. (1992). [Review of the book Adolescent pregnancy: Nursing
perspectives on prevention]. Western Journal of Nursing Research.
27(1), 275.
Research Areas of Interest
Currently conducting a new study "Exploring Complementary and
Alternative Modalities (CAM)/Holistic Nursing with Nurse Practitioners"
which examines the experiences of nurse practitioners (NP) knowledge
and ability to apply CAM/holistic therapies in their practice and
assesses the NPS' level of satisfaction with their practice. Holistic
publications include:
Stetson, B. (in press). A description of holistic registered
nurses' characteristic and practice. Holistic Nursing Practice Journal.
Stetson, B. (1997). Holistic health stress management program: Nursing student and client
health outcomes. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 15(2): 143-157.
Stetson, H. E. (1990). The effects of a conditioned training program on pregnant women at risk for preterm labor.
(Doctoral dissertation; University of San Francisco, 1989). Dissertation Abstracts International, 51/05A, 1513.
Recent Presentation
Have given numerous national and international research presentations since 1992.
"A study of nurse practitioner use of CAM/holistic practices in patient
care", The Future of Health Care Conference 2006: Reinventing Medicine
& Integrating Health Care Alternatives, San Francisco State
University, SF, CA., March, 2006.
"Stress Management for Nurses", Guest Speaker for CNL course, University of San Francisco, SF, CA., Nov. 2005.
Other Interests
Always interested in optimizing women's health and maternity
nursing. Teaching Holistic Nursing and Stress Management to students
and nurses is a continuous goal.
