Deborah A. Gingras, MS, RN

Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist
Hartford Hospital
Womens Health Services
80 Seymour Street
Hartford, CT
USA 06102
Email: dgingras@harthosp.org

Biographical Sketch: BSN - University of Connecticut
MS - University of Massachusetts
Certified in Electronic Fetal Monitoring

Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI
     Staff Nurse Labor & Delivery, Antepartum Testing, OB Triage
     Nursing Educator, Labor & Delivery, Postpartum, High Risk OB
Clinical Specialist, Corometrics Medical Systems, Wallingford, CT
      Fetal Monitoring Basic and Advanced, Northeast Region
Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA
      Nurse Clinician, Department of OB/GYN
      OB Educator, Womens Health Services
      Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist, Womens Health Services
University of Massachusetts, School of Nursing
      Assistant Clinical Professor
American International College, School of Nursing
     Assistant Clinical Professor
Northeast Health Systems, Beverly, MA
      Perinatal Educator, Education Departument
Hartford Hospital, Womens Health Services, Hartford, CT
      Perinatal Clinical Nurse Specialist

Previous Presentations:
National Perinatal Association
     Implementation of a Perinatal Education Program
     Development of a Postpartum Teaching Assessment for LDRP
     Comparison of One Touch II Blood Glucose Modes in Neonates

Sigma Theta Tau
     Measurement of Perinatal Nursing Self-Efficacy
     Primary Nursing in an LDRP Setting
     Complementary Therapies and Energy Medicine

Eastern Nursing Rsearch Society
     Maternal self-care and Infant self-care efficacy in Family Centered Care