Custody & Caring
12th Biennial
International Conference
October 5-7, 2011
Regina, Saskatchewan
Speakers & Presenters
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Dr. Joan Almost, PhD, RN - Dr. Almost is an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at Queens University. She is currently a Co-Principal Investigator on a study funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care examining the work environment of correctional nurses and the development of an educational intervention for nurses working in provincial correctional settings. She completed a PhD in the Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto in 2010 and a post-doctoral fellowship in the Health Interventions Research Unit at Ryerson University in 2011. Her research program is in the area of workplace relationships in clinical care and the impact of these relationships on nurses and patient outcomes. Her dissertation research focused on the development and testing of a theoretical model examining the antecedents and consequences of intragroup conflict among nurses in acute care settings. Her work during the post-doctoral fellowship extended these findings with the development of an intervention to effectively manage and prevent conflict. She is also a Junior Research Scientist in the Nursing Health Services Research Unit, University of Toronto site.
Melody Cordoviz, BSc, RN, BScN, CIC – Melody Cordoviz has been an Infection Control Practitioner at the Royal Alexandra Hospital, in Edmonton, for the past twelve years. Her nursing background includes experience in Medicine, Surgery, Acute Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry. Ms. Cordoviz received her certification in infection control, from the Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology. She has been the recipient of several awards from the Community and Hospital Infection Control Association-Canada (CHICA-CA).
Dr. Diane Doran, RN, PhD, FCAHS - Dr. Doran joined the Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto in 1995, where she served as associate dean of research and international relations (2001-2006), interim dean (2005), and is currently a full Professor and Scientific Director of the Nursing Health Services Research Unit (University of Toronto site). Dr. Doran is also adjunct professor; Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia, and School of Nursing, Queens University. Her research focuses on outcomes measurement, knowledge translation, patient safety, and e-health. Dr. Doran is a recipient of a senior nurse researcher award from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. She is an elected member of the Canadian Academy of Health Science, and a past recipient of the Ontario Premier’s Research Excellence Award. Her research has been recognized by the Canadian Association of University Schools of Nursing Award of Excellence; the Dorothy Pringle Research Excellence Award, Sigma Theta Tau International, Lambda Pi Chapter; and most recently through the Canadian Nurses’ Association Centennial Award. She is currently leading a team of researchers and decision makers focused on a pan Canadian study of home care patient safety, funded by the Canadian Patient Safety Institute, Canadian Institutes for Health Research, and the Ontario Change Foundation.
Dr. Joel A. Dvoskin, PhD, ABFP - Dr. Dvoskin is board certified in forensic psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology, and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Divisions 1, 18, and 41). Dr. Dvoskin served as President of two APA Divisions, Psychology and Law (41) and Psychologists in Public Service (18). He is the former Acting Commissioner of Mental Health for the State of New York, prior to which he served for more than a decade as Associate Commissioner, in charge of New York’s forensic and correctional mental health systems. His consultation clients have included a wide array of organizations, including the U.S. Secret Service, the National Basketball Association, and numerous corporations and government agencies across the US. Dr. Dvoskin currently teaches at the University of Arizona Medical School, and has a consulting practice in forensic psychology in Tucson, Arizona. He provides frequent training and public speaking services in the US and Canada. In addition to providing expert testimony on civil and criminal matters, he provides a wide array of consulting services to state mental health and criminal justice agencies, federal courts, corporations, and universities. Dr. Dvoskin is the co-author, with Andrew W. Kane, of Evaluation for Personal Injury Claims (in press) published by the Oxford University Press.
Dr. Mark Joffee, MD, FRCPC - Dr. Joffe pursued undergraduate education and then medical school at the University of Calgary. He then completed training in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the University of Alberta. This was followed by a research fellowship for 3 years at Stanford University in California. Currently, he is Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Alberta. His specialty practice in Infectious Diseases is based at the Royal Alexandra Hospital where he also serves as the Medical Director for the Infection Prevention and Control Program. He recently assumed the position of Senior Medical Director for Infection Prevention and Control for Alberta Health Services. In addition, he is a Staff Physician at the Edmonton Sexually Transmitted Diseases Centre and the Edmonton Institution for Women, a federal correctional facility. He is a Past-President of the Royal Alexandra Medical Staff Society and served 2 terms as President of the Capital Region Medical Staff Association. He recently completed 7 years as Chair of the Program Planning Committee of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases of Canada and is now President-Elect of this organization. His major interests are in the prevention of infectious diseases in both patients and health care workers in acute care hospitals.
Elizabeth Walsh, RN, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD -Dr. Walsh is a registered general nurse who has worked both for and with HM Prison Service in clinical, educational and practice development roles since 1995. She completed her PhD in 2007, in which she explored the emotional labour of prison nurses, and has since developed and led a wide range of practice development projects in offender health settings. She has been involved in implementing clinical supervision and reflective practice in offender health care settings; developing prison health care as a learning environment for both staff and students; and has worked closely with non health care custodial colleagues to promote interprofessional working. Liz is currently in post as a Senior Lecturer in Offender Health at the University of Leeds, UK where her work focuses on the support and development of the offender health care workforce through action learning, reflective practice and clinical supervision. She is also currently serving as an elected committee member of the Nursing in Criminal Justice Services Forum at the UK Royal College of Nursing.
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Dr. Jon Witt, MD, CCFP (EM) - Dr. Witt began his academic undergraduate studies in criminology and corrections at Simon Fraser University, and more than 20 years later has returned to the field of corrections, as a correctional medicine physician. Dr. Witt has worked as a physician in primary and acute care for over 10 years. His experience has varied from working in remote semi-traditional Aboriginal communities, urban family practice, and tertiary-care medicine in a teaching hospital. Outside of his clinical practice he has a strong interest in health promotion and the optimization of health systems and is working with Corrections and Forensic Population to develop systems of care that not only efficiently treat existing medical conditions, but also promote health and wellness among offender populations. Dr. Witt is completing his Masters of Public Health at the University of Saskatchewan, School of Public Health..
Concurrent Presenters
Concurrent A1-A4
Holly-Anne Osecki RN, BScN,Graduate Student, College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, and Infectious Diseases Nurse, Saskatchewan Penitentiary, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
Angela McNabb RN, BsN, MN, CPMHN, Outreach Consultant, Mental Health and Correctional Services, College of Nurses of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada with Maurice Giroux RN, BScN and Crystal Miller
Daria Olsen Forensic Nurse, Master Student of Science in Nursing, University Witten/Herdecke; LWL-Forensic Herne,Wutteb: Herne, Germany
Joan Wagner RN, PhD, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Concurrent B1-B4
Yolanda M. Morales PhD(c), PMHCNS, BC, University of New Mexico Hospital, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Jacquelynne Duguay RN, Correctional Service of Canada, Abbotsford, Britsh Columbia, Canada
Mary Addo PhD, MEd, MA Soc Sci, DMS, PgCert TLT RMN, Lecturer, Robert Gordon University, Garthdee Campus, Grampian, Scotland
Arlene Kent-Wilkinson RN,PhD, Associate Professor, College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, with Cindy Peternelj-Taylor RN, BScN, MSc, PhD(c), DF-IAFN
Concurrent C1-C4
Ruth Crampton RN, BA, MN, PhD, Nurse Educator, Melbourne, Australia
Paul Thomas Clements PhD, APRN-BC, DF-IAFN RN, MScN, Forensic Psychiatric Clinical Specialist, Drexel
University - CNHP, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, with Melinda J. Chernev MSN, PMHCNS-BC, and E. Mills RN
Denise M Panosky DNP, RN, CCHP, FCNS, Assistant Clinical Professor, School of Nursing, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
Mary-Lou Martin RN, MScN, MEd, MA, Clinical Nurse Specialist, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Associate Clinical Professor, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Concurrent D1-D4
Ruth Crampton RN, BA, MN, PhD, Nurse Educator, Melbourne, Australia
Harald Haynert BScN, MSCN, PhD (c), Senior Research Assistant, Institute of Nursing Science & Institute of Health Care Ethics, Communication Head of Forensic Forum, Head of German Network of Forensic & Mental Health Nursing Research, University Witten/Herdecke, North-Rhine Westfalia, Germany
Deborah Shelton PhD, RN, BC-NE, FAAN, Associate Professor, Director for Research & Evaluation, School of Nursing & Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut USA, with Denise Panosky DNP, RN, CCHP, FCNS
Julia Langlois RN, MSc, Accreditation Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, with Jackie Smylie BASc
Concurrent E1-E4
Eileen D. Baker M.E.D., Consultant to Industry, Education and Government, Old Saybrook, Connecticut, USA
Mary-Lou Martin RN, MScN, MEd, Clinical Nurse Specialist, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Associate Clinical Professor, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Lee Murray RN, PhD, Associate Professor, College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Deborah Shelton PhD, RN, BC-NE, FAAN, Associate Professor, Director for Research & Evaluation, School of Nursing & Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut USA
Concurrent F1-F4
Ebin J. Arries RN, PhD, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada
Mary-Lou Martin RN, MScN, MEd, Clinical Nurse Specialist, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Associate Clinical Professor, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with Lee Anne Wiebe RN, BScN, CPMHSN(c)
Sandra N. Jones DrNPc, PMHCNS-BC, Director of A Systems Approach Advanced Practice Nursing Services, Pikesville, Maryland, USA with Paul Thomas Clements PhD, APRN-BC, DF-IAFN RN, MScN, and Melinda J. Chernev MSN, PMHCNS-BC
Louise Reagan MS, ANP-BC, APRN, Assistant Clinical Professor, School of Nursing, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA
Concurrent G1-G4
Anita G. Hufft RN, MSc, PhD(c) Professor, College of Nursing,Valdosta State University, Valdosta, Georgia, USA
Brodie Paterson PhD, Director of the MSc in Forensic Mental Disorder, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Stirling, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, with A. McComish
Jean Daniel Jacob RN, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Science, University of Ottawa, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Concurrent H1-H4
Laina Jack RN, Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, with Gail Thorpe RN, MSc, CPMHN(C)
Angela McNabb RN, BsN, MN, CPMHN, Outreach Consultant, Mental Health and Correctional Services, College of Nurses of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada with Maurice Giroux RN, BScN and Crystal Miller
Barbara Joyce PhD, CNS, RN, Associate Professor, Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, with Vanessa Hoener MN, RN
Sheleza Latif RN, MN, Correctional Nurse at MCSCS, Scarbourough, Ontario, Canada
Concurrent I1-I4
Denise Panosky DNP, RN, CCHP, FCNS, Assistant Clinical Professor, School of Nursing, University of Connecticut, Forensic Clinical Nurse Specialist, Storrs, Connecticut, USA, with Deborah Shelton PhD, RN, NE-BC, CCHP, FAAN
Robin Hurst RN, BScN, MS, CPMHN, GNC, Advanced Practice Consultant, Seniors & Mental Health, Saint Elizabeth Health Care, Markham, Ontario, Canada, with Julie LeMay RN, BScN
Cindy Peternelj- Taylor RN, BScN, MSc, PhD(c), DF-IAFN, Professor, College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
S. Lee Sanders BA (Hon), MA, PhD student, Inter Disciplinary Studies, College of Nursing, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, with Arlene Kent-Wilkinson RN, BSN, MN, PhD
Poster Presentations
Mary-Lou Martin RN, MScN, MEd, MA, Clinical Nurse Specialist, St. Joseph's Healthcare, Associate Clinical Professor, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada