Seclusion & Restraint Task Force

This task force is reviewing and updating the 2018 APNA Position Statement on the Use of Seclusion & Restraint and the 2014 APNA Seclusion & Restraint Standards of Practice, with meetings each month to touch base on progress. APNA members participating in this task force have a passion for the topic, an interest in advocacy for PMH patients, and an understanding of the importance of milieu therapy to maintain therapeutic environments.

CHAIRS

Ellen W. Blair, DNP, APRN, PMHCNS-BC, NEA-BC
Evelyn J. Perkins, MS, PMH-BC, NE-BC, RN

Steering Committee

Julie Abfalter, BSN, RN-BC
Diane E. Allen, DNP, PMHRN-BC, FACHE(Ret)
Kelly Nikles Bryant, MS, BSN, RN, NPD-BC, NEA-BC
Megan Chubb, RN, BSN
Dana Cook, MSN, RN-BC
Jennifer Fordmeir, MSN, ARNP, PMHNP-BC
Patricia A. Harrison, MSN, RN-BC, CMSRN
Debra Mack , MSN, RN-BC
Gina Malfeo-Martin, MSN
Pamela E. Marcus, RN, APRN, PMH-BC
Christina Mignon, RN
Jennifer Nieves, RN, MSN
Virtud Oloan, EdD, BSN, RN-BC
Theresa R. Searls, APRN-BC
Lincoln Teal, RN, MSN
Drew White, MSN, PMHNP-BC

Advisory Panel

Crezel Adaya, RN, BSN, PMHN, BC
Crystal Andrews, DNP, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Larissa Barclay, DNP, NP-C, PMHNP-BC, CWCN
Andrea Bast, MSN, RN-BC
John Brewer, APRN
Tina Brooks, RN, MSN
Kim Butts, DNP, MBA, MSN-Ed, RN-BC
Kristin Castillo, RN, BSN
Tracie Caudill, RN, BSN
Ashley De La Rosa, RN
Joanne DeSanto Iennaco, PhD
Debra Dickson, RN, MS, PMHCNS-BC
Sabrina Diffendaffer, MSN, RN
Emily Elmer, RN, BSN
Jessica Estes, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Aaron Fischer, RN, BSN
Loraine Fleming, DNP, PMHNP-BC
Robin Foreman, PhD, MSN, RN
David Frey, MSN Ed., PMH-BC, NE-BC, CNE
Laura Galbraith
Ashley Garner, DNP, PMHNP-BC
Niki Gjere, PhD, MA, MS, PMHCNS-BC, RN, APRN, CNS
Angela Goodson, RN, MSN
Anne Greenwalt, MSN, RN, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Roxann Hackbarth, ARNP
Michelle Hampton, RN, MS, CS
Jean Heideman, PMHCNS-BC
Michelle Heiner, RN
Myrthle Henry, PhD, RN
Wanda Hilliard, DNP, MBA, APRN, PMHNP-BC
Karen Hogan, MSN, DNP, RN, NE-BC
Obinna Ilochonwu
Dorothy Kassahn, MS, MEd., RN, PMHCNS-BC
Cathleen Kealey, MSN, RN, PMH-BC
Nancy Larson, RN, BSN
Ellen Latour, APRN, DNP
Andrea Lerma, MSN, RNCS, APRN
Edna Lewin, PhD, RN
Chin-Nu Lin, PhD, MSN, MA, RN, CNE
Ruthy Lindvall, RN, BSN, PMH-BC
Katherine Lucatorto, DNP, RN
Nita Magee, PhD, MHNP-BC, RN
Eunice Makau, APRN, MSN
Joyce McDermott, MSN, RN-BC
Marie McDougall, RN
Tanna McKinney, MSN, RN-BC
Debra Millett, DNP, MSN, MBA, RN-NEA, RN-BC
Latonia Mitchell
Tammi Packer, BSN, RN-BC
John Parker, MS, RN
Melissa Patton, MSN, BSN, RN
Clark Pelphrey, RN
Michael Polacek, DNP, RN, NPD-BC
Sally Powell, RN
Rebecca Puchkors, MSN, RN, PMH-BC
Georgina Reid, MSN, RN
Shirley Repta, PhD, RN, MBA
Donna Riemer, RN
Amy Rushton, DNP, PMHCNS-BC
Marianne Siewers, APRN
Liliana Simmons, MSN, MA, PMHNP-BC, PHN
Susan Smith, RN-BC
Brandi Stanley, MSN, RN
Christopher Stephan-Jones, MSN, BSN, RN-BC
Sarah Stout, RN, BSN
Tijuana Terrell
Chioma Uzoma, APRN, MSN, PMHNP
Dave Vander Ark, DNP, MSN, RN-BC
Sharon Ward-Miller, APRN
Tamsyn Weaver, DNP, RN, PMHNP-BC
Michele Whitaker, RN, BSN
Roy Wilms, RN, MS, MA,BC
Janet Wray, APRN