Courtney Hasson
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4972 Irving Street ● Denver, Colorado 80221
courtney.hasson@cudenver.edu
● 303-589-9935
EDUCATION
August 2020 – UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER
Present PhD candidate
Health and Behavioral Sciences Department Denver, Colorado
January 2016 FRONTIER NURSING UNIVERSITY
Masters in Nursing – Certified Nurse Midwifery Hyden, Kentucky
Dec 2008 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO – SCHOOL OF NURSING Aurora, Colorado
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN)
Magna Cum Lauda
Dec 2006 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO Boulder & Denver, Colorado
Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology
March 2003 ART INSTITUTE OF COLORADO Denver, Colorado
Associate of Arts Degree in Photography
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Jan 2022 – UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER
Teaching Assistant for Introduction to Public Health
Nov 2019 – THE BIRTH CENTER OF BOULDER
Present Senior Midwife Preceptor
Oct 2018 THE BIRTH CENTER OF BOULDER
Senior Midwife Preceptor
EDUCATIONAL PLATFORM EXPERIENCE
Canvas, Blackboard, Zoom, Google Meet
PRESENTATIONS
Hasson, C., Yoder, G., Wright, S., & Jaime, C. (2021, October 20), Dating in the time of COVID-19: An
exploratory study [Poster presentation]. The American Public Health Conference. Denver, CO.
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
January 2020 – ST. JOES MEDICAL HOSPITAL Denver, Colorado
Present Certified Nurse Midwife
• Full scope midwifery (antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum)
• Midwifery practice does 60-90 births per month
• Clinic: 25-30 clients per day
• Supporting physiologic birth including intermittent auscultation, continuous
labor support, non-lithotomy birth, and baby dyad care
June 2017 – THE BIRTH CENTER OF BOULDER Boulder, Colorado
Present Certified Nurse Midwife
• Full scope midwifery (antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum)
• Midwifery practice does 15-25 births per month
• Clinic: 12-14 clients per day
June 2016 – WESTSIDE WOMEN’S CARE Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Nov 2017 Certified Nurse Midwife
• Full scope midwifery (antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum)
• Midwifery practice does 60-90 births per month
• Clinic: 25-30 clients per day
• Supporting physiologic birth including intermittent auscultation, continuous
labor support, non-lithotomy birth, and baby dyad care
Feb 2016 – BABY AND COMPANY BIRTH CENTER Wheat Ridge, Colorado
June 2016 Certified Nurse Midwife Fellowship
• Waterbirth
• Postpartum care of both mother and newborn
• Newborn exams
• Postpartum home visits
June 2015 – THE BIRTH CENTER OF BOULDER Boulder, Colorado
Feb 2016 Registered Nurse
• Postpartum care of both mother and newborn
• Newborn exams
• Postpartum home visits
• Teaching of birthing and breastfeeding classes
July 2013 – DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL HOSPITAL Denver, Colorado
July 2015 Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse
• Supporting patients during the intrapartum and postpartum period
• Reading and interpretation of external fetal monitor strips Present
Certified Nurse Midwife Participated in the development and coordination of
office systems in order to improve efficiency of client education and program
delivery
• Assisting with waterbirth
• Managing patients with intrapartum and postpartum complications
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June 2010 – NURSE-FAMILY PARTNERSHIP – ST. ANTHONY HOSPITAL Denver, Colorado
July 2013 Registered Nurse - Maternal/Child Health Home Visitor
• Assessed physical, emotional, social and environmental needs of low-income
first time mothers and their families as they relate to health and life course
development
• Provided counseling and education to assist women and their families in setting
goals, in areas including prenatal and postpartum care, nutrition, parenting, and
child growth and development
• Educated and counseled new mothers on breastfeeding
• Developed a therapeutic long-term relationship with clients and their families in
order to promote change and encourage healthy attachment and stronger
families
• Collaborated with other health care and community professionals in order to
support families and coordinate care
• Maintained a caseload of 25 clients
• Adheres to program model in order to improve health outcomes of clients, their
children and their families
• Participated in the development and coordination of office systems in order to
improve efficiency of client education and program delivery
Feb 2009 – DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL HOSPITAL Denver, Colorado
June 2010 Medical/Surgical Registered Nurse
• Performed nursing assessments, interventions and medication administration
for patients
• Coordinated with doctors for implementing treatment plans
• Educated patients and families on health care needs, conditions and options
• Assessed patient status and notified physicians and other health care team
members of clinical changes
• Provided care to patients with tracheotomy’s, chest tubes, feeding tubes,
ostomy/stoma care, woundvacs, varies types of dressing changes and wound
drains
LICENSE/CERTIFICATIONS
February 2009 Colorado Registered Nurse
January 2016 Colorado Certified Nurse Midwife
August 2016 Limited Obstetrical Ultrasound Course
June 2016 RXN/DEA License
December 2020 AWOHNN External Fetal Monitoring
December 2020 Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Certification
December 2020 ACLS/BLS
November 2018 Nexplanon Training
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PROFESSIONAL TRAINING
Dec 2020 INTERMITTENT AULSULTATION TRAINING
• Managing a client on IA during labor. The guidelines on when to listen and
how long to listen during the different stages of labor
• How to interpret and document fetal heart rate
Nov 2018 NEXPLANON TRAINING
• Procedure steps for insert
• Education on guidelines
Aug 2016 LIMITED OBSTETRICAL ULTRASOUND COURSE
• Training on early dating, amniotic fluid measurements, basic early gestational
landmarks, fetal presentation
June 2011 WOMEN’S HEALTH AND FAMILY PLANNING
• Training in family planning options and how to present options to women
• Training in the different types of birth control methods ; specifically LARC (long
acting reversible contraceptive)
• Training in contraindications of birth control methods related to specific health
issues
April 2011 WIC COMPREHENSIVE BREASTFEEDING TRAINING
• Training in anatomy and physiology of breastfeeding
• Training in supporting the breastfeeding mother during hospital experience
• Training in positioning and latching – biological nurturing and infant self-
directed breastfeeding; asymmetric latch-on technique; latch-on difficulties
• Discussed lactation risk factors in the breastfeeding woman – maternal
employment and mother-baby separations; cultural aspects of breastfeeding;
maternal illness; nicotine, alcohol, drug abuse
• Discussed nutrition risk factors in the breastfeeding infant – premature infants;
late preterm and multiple infants; infants with oral variations; infant latch-on
and sucking problems
• Discussed excessive infant weight loss and inadequate weight gain – evaluating
breastfeeding adequacy; slow gaining infants vs. failure-to-thrive; maternal and
infant causes of insufficient milk; increasing mothers milk production
October 2010 CAPPA TEEN CHILDBIRTH EDUCATOR
• Training on childbirth education, pregnancy prevention, labor support and
adolescent development
October 2010 MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING
• Training on the background and philosophy of motivational interviewing
• Implementation of MI into practice to create behavior change
