Astrid Block, RN, MS, CNS
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| Title(s) | Associate Professor, Physiological Nursing |
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| School | School of Nursing |
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| Address | 2 Koret Way, #631C
San Francisco CA 94143
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| Pronouns | She/Her/Hers |
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Biography
| Williams College, Williamstown, MA | BA | 06/1996 | Russian |
| University of California, San Francisco | | 06/2001 | Master's Entry Program in Nursing |
| University of California, San Francisco | MS | 03/2005 | Gerontological Nursing |
| University of California, San Francisco | | 4/23/20 | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Champion Training |
Overview
As a board-certified Clinical Nurse Specialist in gerontological nursing, the main focus of my practice has been inpatient consultation for frail patients over 65, conducting comprehensive geriatric assessments. I am also board certified in hospice and palliative care advanced practice nursing. In my current position, I am a provider in a transdisciplinary team for an inpatient specialty palliative care consult service. We facilitate goals of care conversations and assist with complex symptom management in an acute-care setting for patients with serious illness. In my faculty role at UCSF SON I enjoy teaching and mentoring graduate students. I teach a variety of specialty and core courses for the Adult-Gerontology Clinical Nurse Specialist track of the master's program.
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