Samantha Bernstein, PhD, RN
- Assistant Professor
- Nursing
Samantha Bernstein teaches nursing of the childbearing family in the accelerated BSN and direct-entry masters program at the IHP. She is an obstetric nurse researching maternal morbidity and mortality through the lens of human factors and patient safety. Her research examines the systems-level factors affecting registered nurses when patients experience clinical deterioration. She is an Internationally Board Certified Lactation Consultant and serves on the Editorial Board of MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing and reviews articles for Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing and Nursing for Women's Health. She is also on the board of the Upsilon Lambda chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, the Honor Society for Nursing.
- BA, Anthropology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
- BSN, Simmons College, Boston, MA
- MA, American Studies, Fairfield University, Fairfield, CT
- MSN, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
- PhD, Nursing Science, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Research Interests
- Obstetric patient safety
- Maternal morbidity and mortality
- Nursing workforce research
Presentations
Hunt, K, Bernstein, S.L., and Roy, K.M. (2022, September 28-30). Changing the Climate: Highlighting Moral Courage in Nursing Education [Poster]. National League for Nursing Education Summit, Las Vegas, NV, United States.
Bernstein, S.L., Catchpole. K., Kelechi, T.J., Nemeth, L.S. (2022, July 21-25). Systems level factors affecting registered nurses during care of women in labor. [Conference Presentation]. Sigma International Nursing Research Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Bernstein, S.L., Catchpole. K., Kelechi, T.J., Nemeth, L.S. (2022, March 31-April 1). From coal miners to nurses: A project using sociotechnical systems theory to evaluate the work system of obstetric nurses [Conference Presentation]. Eastern Nursing Research Society 2022, Providence, RI, United States.
Bernstein, S.L. (2022). New management guidelines for hypertension in pregnancy. MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 47(6), 359. doi: 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000857
Bernstein, S.L. (2022). Respectful maternity care. MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, 47(4), 35. doi: 10.1097/NMC.0000000000000828.
Bernstein, S.L., Catchpole, K., Kelechi, T.J, & Nemeth, L.S. (2022). Systems level factors affecting registered nurses during care of women in labor experiencing clinical deterioration. Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety, 48(6-7) 309-318 doi: 10.1016/j.jcjq.2022.02.007.
Bernstein, S.L., Kelechi, T.J, Catchpole, K., & Nemeth, L.S. (2021). Prevention of failure to rescue in obstetric patients: A realist review. Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing, 18, (6) 352-360. doi: 10.1111/wvn.12531
Bernstein, S.L. (2021) Scoping review on the use of early warning trigger tools for women in labor. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 50,(3) 256-265. doi.org/10.1016/j.jogn.2021.01.003