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Practice Summary
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Patricia
L. Thornton R.N.
Registered Nurse Consultant
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Languages |
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English, limited French |
Education
& Certification |
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- Registered Nurse, College of Nurses of Ontario
Registration #76-01974
- CNA Specialty Certification in Rehabilitation Nursing-CRN (C)
- Champlain LHIN Interprofessional Collaborative Person-Centered Practice Champion
- Certificate – Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP)
- Certificate - Advanced Palliative Care
- Certificate - Adult Education
- Certificate - Pain in the Elderly;
- Palliative Care Institute, Ottawa, ON
- Elisabeth Bruyère Palliative Care Unit
- CNA Specialty Certification in Hospice Palliative Care Nursing
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Experience |
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36 years experience in the discipline of nursing, including rehabilitation, community/clinic nursing in hospice palliative care, orthopaedics, homelessness, psychiatry, surgery and medicine.
Expertise in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the options and services to meet the required rehabilitative needs of disabled individuals including the provision of services for clients with acquired brain injury, spinal cord injury, orthopaedic and musculoskeletal injuries, mental health disorders and chronic pain.
Skilled in using management of chronic pain and other symptoms to facilitate and enhance client function and quality of life. Extensive knowledge of community resources, substance abuse, elder abuse and homelessness.
A roster member of the TRAC-Traumatic Brain Injury, TRAC-Spinal Cord Injury and TRAC-Vocational Programs. |
Professional
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- Canadian Nurses Association
- Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
- Community Nurses Interest Group of R.N.A.O.
- Champlain LHIN Interprofessional Collaborative Person-Centered Practice Champion under Health Force Canada
- Palliative Care Nurse Leader for RN/RPN Coaching Education Program, 2006-2007
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Continuing
Education |
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- Canadian Nurses Association Certified as Canadian Rehabilitation Nurse Specialist, 2011.04.09 – 2016.04.08
- Conference: Palliative Education Day - Pain from all perspectives, May 2011
- Conference: Chronic Pain, Canadian Pain Society, Feb 2011
- Seminar: Developing & Sustaining Leadership: Working with Interprofessional Teams, RNAO, June 2010
- Seminar: Chronic Pain, REACH Canada, June 2010
- Conference: Mild TBI (mTBI), February 2010
- Seminar: Catastrophic Determination, February 2010
- TRAC Group Inc. Inservice Education: Helmets as Harm Reduction Strategy for TBI, November 2009
- Conference: Interventional Pain Management, McMaster University Continuing Education Program, September 2009
- Presentation: Home Modification for Accessibility, Canadian Paraplegic Association, May 2009
- Seminar: Hi Tech Ergonomic Equipment; May 2009
- Workshop: The legal perspective on statutory accident benefits, April 2009
- Workshop: Conflict Resolution, April 2009
- Total Pain On-Line Module, Champlain LIHN ICPCP Champion Project,
February 2009
- Seminar: SCI Conference November 2008
- Seminar: Chronic Pain, November 2007
- Workshop: University Centre for Research on Pain and Disability: Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP), January 2007
- Seminar: The Addicted Brain, May 2007
- Conference: Brain Injury and Beyond: Looking Back, Thinking Forward”,
November 2006
- Workshop: Progressive Goal attainment Program; Intensive Pre-Vocational Program; Cognitive Work Hardening Program, November 2006
- Conference: Foundations of Brain Injury Rehabilitation: Hospital to Community, September 2006
- Conference: Reflecting Reality, Real Case Management Real Answers, April 2006
- Conference: Practical Strategies for Effectively Supporting, Treating and Educating Families After TBI And Other Neurological Disorders, November 2005
- 14th Annual Spinal Cord Injury Conference, Queen's University, September 2005
- Canadian Nurses Association Certified as Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Nurse Specialist 2005.04.04 – 2010.04.03
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