Brenda Strysko, D.N.P(c), CNM, FNP-C

instructor, the division of nursing

Everett Mansion 368
bstrysko@svc.edu
802-447-4622

Education

D.N.P(c), University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Post-Master's Certificate F.N.P., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2006
M.S.N., State University of New York, Stonybrook, 2000
B.S.N., Anna Vaughn School of Nursing, ORU, Tulsa, OK, 1980

Courses taught

Obstetrics, Maternal Child Nursing
Medical-Surgical Nursing
Nursing Fundamentals
Childbirth Education

academic Research/interests

"Implementing Cervical Cancer Awareness Education among nurses in Rural Zimbabwe" (2011)

"Training Home Based Care Providers in Resource Challenged Zimbabwe - An NP Global Opportunity" (2009)

"Does Azithromycin Prolong the Latent Phase and Promote More Favorable Outcomes on Patients with PPROM?" (Research team Cohn, Markenson, Patel) (2000)

areas of expertise

Certified Nurse Midwife
Family Nurse Practitioner
High Risk OB

Why I teach

I love cross-cultural nursing and working with people of different cultures. I love childbirth and midwifery. I love the great outdoors. Some of my favorite places in the world are Glacier Park, MT; the Cape of Good Hope; and the Chimanimani Mountains of Eastern Zimbabwe. I love music . . . chorales, big band, swing, Gospel, cello . . . Brahms, Bach, Copeland . . . to name a very few.