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BRENDA
Redner
BSN, RN
CON BSN ’76
Brenda Redner, of Modesto, California,
retired in 2001 after a 25-year nursing career
that spanned oncology, home health nursing,
psychiatric nursing, and teaching. She
co-authored two books with her husband,
Rick, also a Spartan alum, about coping with
prostate cancer and erectile dysfunction.
Three Little Words
THAT CAN CHANGE LIVES
AT HOME
“My husband’s diagnosis of prostate cancer has given me so
much more regard for every person diagnosed with cancer.”