Instructor Bios

Kathryn comes from a family of nurses. Grandma was a nurse in the 20's and 30's and, the stories she told of the "way we used to do things"; such as patching and powdering latex gloves, washing and rolling bandages, sharpening hypodermic needles for reuse and so on; she loved her job and instilled that love of nursing into Kathryn. It was not until Kathryn was well past 3 babies that she went back to school to get her Nursing degree. After graduating from the Napa College ADN Nursing program she transferred to Sonoma State University where she earned her Bachelors Degree in Nursing.

Kathryn's years of experience both in the Mother Baby Unit, L & D and in the NICU offers many opportunities for advanced training. A past Instructor for the American Red Cross and for the American Heart Association; a Regional Trainer for the Neonatal Resuscitation Program and Lead Instructor for The S.T.A.B.L.E. Program. Kathryn's stress free learning/teaching style has students coming back again and again.

Kathryn's experiences have allowed her to be a leader among nurses, offering learning opportunities for new staff, patients and the community. By maintaining high standards, accuracy and the ability to engage the learner; patients and staff both come out winners.

Theresa began her nursing career over 40 years ago evolving from LVN to staff RN to Clinical Coordinator of a high risk Labor and Delivery unit. Her experiences include Labor and Delivery, High Risk Antepartum, Mother Baby and Level II Nursery. She has attended thousands of deliveries and taken care of hundreds of sick infants in both high and low risk arenas.

Theresa received her BSN from California State University, Dominguez Hills in 2007. She also has her RNC in In-patient Obstetrics. It is her passion to share her knowledge and skills with the next generation of nurses as a Lead S.T.A.B.L.E Instructor; Instructor in Intermediate and Advanced Electronic Fetal Monitoring; and an ongoing Certified Lactation Educator. It is her desire to bring to the table her clinical expertise in all classes that she teaches and be a mentor in bringing our best practice to those who take our classes.

Professional Associations: AWHONN member

Janice was inspired by 3 relatives who were nurses: an aunt who trained in Hawaii, a cousin who developed the metabolic screening program for infants in Hawaii, and another aunt who worked as a Psych Nurse. After receiving her BSN at the University of Hawaii (UH), Janice joined the Navy, met her husband and began a multi-year service in the Navy. She has done humanitarian missions in many places around the world (including delivering 5 babies in Cambodia), She commanded 6 hospital units and retired as a Captain in the Navy reserves after 38 years.

Janice began practicing as an L&D nurse starting in 1976 and has not quit. She has taught maternity nursing at the University of Hawaii, University of San Francisco, Samuel Merritt, Cal State Hayward and UCSF. She has been proudly serving as an L&D nurse at Alta Bates in Berkeley since 1988 and has conducted monthly EFM strip reviews since 2005. Janice received an MS in nursing (clinical nurse specialist) from UH in 1985 and a PhD in nursing from UCSF in 1997 (studied stress and preterm birth in active duty military women) and has conducted and published numerous studies subsequently. Janice would love to provide you with your requirement for electronic heartrate monitoring skills with current examples from one of the busiest L&D units in the SF Bay Area.

Professional Associations: AWHONN member