Printer Friendly Page

3rd Annual Forensic Nursing Conference
Collaborative Respense to Violence

— ABOUT THE CONFERENCE —

The Psychiatric and Forensic Doctor of Nursing Programs at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Nursing recognize students, graduates and other professionals need to increase their knowledge and expertise in collaborating with other health professionals in order to provide mental health and psychiatric care to the forensic populations and victims of crime and to promote awareness of systems that might prevent violence in the community.

This program is designed to include lecture discussion and a panel response at the conclusion of the program. Content of the program includes the prevalence of psychiatric disorders within the incarcerated population, experiences with the incarcerated population, assessments, and intervention and prevention strategies. Speakers include nurses who hold leadership positions in nursing education and have completed research in the forensic population.

Nurses who have practiced in these settings will share their experiences with the population that they serve which includes women and children. A psychologist who completes forensic exams will describe his role in assessment. A PhD criminal justice professor will describe the problems in an urban area, and a forensic pharmacologist will update the audience on pharmacology needs in the prison population. In addition, a nurse lawyer will describe some of the legalities working with psychiatric forensic population.

Highlights from the Conference may be found here.

Conference Schedule

— CONFERENCE SPEAKERS —

Allen Battle, PhD
Clinical psychologist with UT Medical Group
Professor of psychiatry at the UTHSC

Anita G. Hufft, RN, PhD
Dean & Professor
Valdosta State University College of Nursing

Richard Janakowski, JD
Associate Professor and Chair
University of Memphis
Department of Criminology and
Criminal Justice

Joyce K. Laben, JD, RN
Professor Emerita
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing

Susan Patton, DNSc, APRN-BC
Assistant Professor, UTHSC College of Nursing
DNP Forensic Option Coordinator

Mayola Rowser, DNP, Psychiatric FNP
Project Director and Faculty
University of South Indiana, School of Nursing

Deborah Shelton, PhD, RN, CNA, BC
Associate Professor of Nursing
University of Connecticut

Vito Simone, BS, MBA
Assistant Director of Pharmacy
Preventive Services

Patricia M. Worley, JD
Dowden, Songstad, Worley & Reno, LLC