Shannon Smith-Bernardin, PhD, MSN, RN
Associate Professor
Social Behavioral Sciences
School of Nursing

Education & Training

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• PhD Nursing, Health Policy University of California, San Francisco 07/2016
• MSN, RN, CNL Nursing Western University of Health Sciences 06/2007
• BA Dartmouth College

Interests

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• managed alcohol programs
• homelessness
• sobering centers
• public intoxication
• alcohol use disorders
• alcohol management
• community paramedicine

Websites

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• Nurse Consulting (smithbernardin.com)
• National Sobering Collaborative (nationalsobering.org)

Grants and Projects

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• Evaluation of paramedic decision making in triage and transport of adults with acute uncomplicated alcohol intoxication to the emergency department versus sobering center, NIAAA

Publications (9)

Top publication keywords:
HousingAlcoholic IntoxicationEmergency Service, HospitalAlcohol-Related DisordersCommunity Health CentersHarm ReductionAlcoholismSubstance-Related DisordersSubstance Abuse Treatment CentersSubstance Withdrawal SyndromeAlcohol DeterrentsNaltrexoneQuarantineTransportation of PatientsEmergency Medical Services

• Scoping review of managed alcohol programs.
  Harm reduction journal 2022 Smith-Bernardin SM, Suen LW, Barr-Walker J, Cuervo IA, Handley MA
• Changing the Care Environment for Acute Intoxication: Providing Intoxicated Adults With an Alternative to the Emergency Department and Jail.
  Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs 2021 Smith-Bernardin S
• Successful implementation of managed alcohol programs in the San Francisco Bay Area during the COVID-19 crisis.
  Substance abuse 2021 Ristau J, Mehtani N, Gomez S, Nance M, Keller D, Surlyn C, Eveland J, Smith-Bernardin S
• COVID-19: A catalyst for change in telehealth service delivery for opioid use disorder management.
  Substance abuse 2021 Mehtani NJ, Ristau JT, Snyder H, Surlyn C, Eveland J, Smith-Bernardin S, Knight KR
• EMS Can Safely Transport Intoxicated Patients to a Sobering Center as an Alternate Destination.
  Annals of emergency medicine 2019 Smith-Bernardin SM, Kennel M, Yeh C

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• Low-threshold extended-release naltrexone for high utilizers of public services with severe alcohol use disorder: A pilot study.
  Journal of substance abuse treatment 2017 Smith-Bernardin S, Rowe C, Behar E, Geier M, Washington S, Santos GM, Euren J, Martin J, Gleghorn A, Coffin PO
• Utilization of a Sobering Center for Acute Alcohol Intoxication.
  Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine 2017 Smith-Bernardin S, Carrico A, Max W, Chapman S
• Identification and Practice Patterns of Sobering Centers in the United States.
  Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2016 Warren O, Smith-Bernardin S, Jamieson K, Zaller N, Liferidge A
• Safe sobering: San Francisco's approach to chronic public inebriation.
  Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2012 Smith-Bernardin S, Schneidermann M