Diane Katsma
RN, MN, Associate Professor, Tenured, Appointed: September 1993
Education
- University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
MN/December 1985 Family Nurse Practitioner - Walla Walla College, College Place, WA
BSN/June 1981 Nursing
Clinical Specialization
Family Nurse Practitioner
Geriatric Nursing
Courses Taught:
| Course | Course Title/Link to Syllabus |
| N 3000 | Health Assessment |
| N 3100 | Professional Nursing |
| N 4410 | Community Health Nursing Practicum |
| N 4510 | Communication in Nursing |
| N 4210 | Advanced Clinical Nursing Practicum |
| N 4220 | Advanced Clinical Nursing Seminar |
| N 3040 | Women's Health |
| N 2800 | Introduction to Nursing |
Pain Assessment and Management in the Elderly
Intramuscular Injection Technique
Gerontology
(2001, Aug./Sep.) Presented Pain Assesment in the Elderly in non-refereed presentations for six long-term-care facilities in the CSUS service area.(1999, Nov.) Co-presented Pain Management Issues in the Elderly in a non-refereed presentation for the CSUS Nursing Honor Society scholarly meeting in Modesto, CA.
(1998, May) Presented Three-Dimensional Analysis of Needle Path During Intramuscular Injection in a refereed podium presentation at the 12th Annual Sigma Theta Tau International (Mu Nu chapter) Research Conference entitled: Using Nursing Research to Improve Nursing Practice in Fresno, CA.
(1997, Jun.) Presented poster of Analysis of Needle Path During Intramuscular Injection. Informal presentation to interested nurses at Emanual Medical Center, Turlock, CA.
(1997, Mar.) Presented Analysis of Needle Path During Intramuscular Injection in a refereed poster session at a nursing research conference entitled Nursing Research: Guiding Practice into the Next Millennium in Honolulu, Hawaii.
(1996, Oct.) Presented Analysis of Needle Path During Intramuscular Injection in a refereed poster session at a research conference entitled: Nursing ResearchñModern Problems, Nursing Solutions in Napa, CA.
Katsma, D. & Souza, C. (2000). Elderly pain assessment and pain management knowledge of long-term-care nurses. Pain Management Journal, 1(3), 88-95. Refereed.
Katsma, D. & Katsma R. (2000). The myth of the ninety degree-angle Intramuscular injection. Nurse Educator, 25(1), 34-37. Refereed.
Katsma, D. L. & Smith, G. A. (1997). Analysis of needle path during intramuscular injection. Nursing Research, 46(5), 288-292. Refereed.