Dr. Darlene Hanson
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Clinical Professor Emeritus, Nursing
- Simulation, electronic health records, pressure ulcer research
Contact Info
- Email: darlene.hanson@UND.edu
- Dept: 701.777.4555
Office Address
CNPD Building Room 327
430 Oxford Street Stop 9025
Grand Forks, ND 58202-9025
Biography
Dr. Darlene Hanson is a Clinical Professor Emeritus at the University of North Dakota. She is a Certified Health Simulation Educator (CHSE), and graduate faculty in the Nursing PhD program. Her career includes experience as a hospice patient care coordinator, home health care nurse, rehabilitation nurse and Migrant Health nurse, and a passion for caring for elderly and patients with wound care issues. As a nurse educator for 30 years, with a PhD in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, she has supervised students extensively in acute care, rehab settings, and laboratory courses. Research interests and extensive publications are in the area of simulation, pressure ulcers, pressure mapping, wound measurement, and leg and foot ulcers in clients with diabetes. Dissertation research: Academic electronic health records used in simulation and higher education.
Simulation
Electronic Health Records
Pressure Ulcers
Measurement of wounds
Pressure mapping
Foster, M., Gilbert, M., Hanson, D., Whitcomb, K., & Graham, C. (2019). Use of simulation to develop teamwork skills in prelicensure nursing students: An integrative review. Nurse Educator, 44(5):E7-E11.
Thompson, P., Hanson, D., Langemo, D., Anderson, J. (2019). Comparing human amniotic allograft and standard wound care when using total contact casting in the treatment of patients with diabetic foot ulcers. Advances in Skin & Wound Care, 32(6):272-277.
Hanson, D., Langemo, D., Thompson, P., Anderson, J., Swanson, K. (2015). Providing evidence-based care for patients with lower-extremity cellulitis. Wound Care Advisor, (4)3, 24-29.
Hunter, S., Langemo, D., Thompson, P., Hanson, D., Anderson, J., Oh, I., Paulson, R., Rustvang, D., Dorman, S., Roth, D. (2013). Observations of periwound skin protection in venous ulcers: a comparison of treatments. Advances in Skin & Wound Care, 26(2), 62-6.
Anderson, J., Langemo, D., Hanson, D., Thompson, P., Hunter, S. (2013). Planning, conducting and interpreting prevalence and incidence for the wound practitioner. Advances in Skin & Wound Care, (26)1, 35-42, quiz 43-4.
Hunter S., Langemo, D., Thompson, P., Hanson, D., Anderson, J., Oh, I., Paulson, R., Rustvang, D., Dorman, S., Roth, D. (2013). Observations of periwound skin protection in venous ulcers: a comparison of treatments. Advances in Skin & Wound Care, 26(2):62-6
Hanson, D, Langemo, D, Anderson, J, Thompson, P, Hunter, S. (2009). Can pressure mapping prevent ulcers? Nursing, 39(6), 50-51.
Markuson, M, Hanson, D, Anderson, J, Langemo D, Hunter S, Thompson, P, Paulson R, Rustvang D. (2009). The relationship between HgbA1c values and healing time for lower extremity ulcers in individuals with diabetes. Advances in Skin and Wound Care, 22(8), 365-372.
Langemo, D., Anderson, J., Hanson, D., Hunter, S., Thompson, P. (2008). Measuring wound length, width, and area. Which technique? Advances in Skin & Wound Care, 21(1), 42-45.
Hanson, D., Thompson, P., Langemo, D., Hunter, S., Anderson, J. (2007). Pressure mapping: A new path to pressure-ulcer prevention. American Nurse Today, 2(11), 10-12.
Hanson, D., Langemo, D., Anderson, J., Hunter, S., Thompson, P. (2007). Measuring wounds. Nursing 2007, 37(2), 18-21.
Hanson, D., Langemo, D., Anderson, J., Hunter, S., Thompson, P. (2006). Pressure mapping: Seeing the invisible. Advances in Skin & Wound Care, 19(8), 432-434.
Langemo D, and Hanson, D. (2005). Sizing up wounds accurately. Nursing, (35)4, 70-71.
Langemo, D., Melland, H., Olson, B., Hanson, D., Hunter, S., Henly, S., Thompson, P. (2001) “Comparison of 2 wound volume measurement methods.” Advances in Skin & Wound Care, 14(4), 190-196.
Thompson, P., Langemo D., Heuer, L., Hunter, S., Hanson, D., Olson B., Anderson J. (2004). Prevalence and related risk factors of leg and foot ulcers in Hispanic migrant and seasonal farm worker patients. Texas Journal of Rural Health, 22(1), 20-27.
Hunter, S., Anderson, J., Hanson, D., Thompson, P, Langemo, D., Klug, M. (2003). Clinical trial of a prevention and treatment protocol for skin breakdown in two nursing homes. Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing, (30)5, 250-258.
Melland, H., Langemo D., Hanson, D., Hunter, S., Olson., B. (2000). The lived experience of having a pressure ulcer: A qualitative analysis. Advances in Skin and Wound Care, 13(5), 225-235.
Melland, H., Langemo, D., Hanson, D., Olson, B., Hunter, S. (1999). Clinical evaluation of an automated turning bed. Orthopaedic Nursing, 18(4), 65-70.
Hanson, D., Langemo, D., Olson, B., Hunter, S., Burd, C. (1996). Decreasing the prevalence of pressure ulcers using agency standards, HomeHealthCare Nurse, 14 (7), 525-531.
Clinical Health Simulation Educator (CHSE)
PhD, Teaching and Learning, Higher Education Emphasis, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, 2013
MS, Nursing, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
BS, Nursing, Minot State College, Minot, ND