ELISE JONES TURNER
ADDRESS
1220 Quinn Street, Jackson, Mississippi, USA 39202
Telephone: 601-850-6255 (mobile), 601-936-1996 (office)
Email: ,
EDUCATION
University of Mississippi, Oxford and Jackson, Mississippi:
Master of Science in Nursing, Cum Laude, Nurse Educator Track, 2007
Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Nurse-Midwifery, 1985
Bachelor of Science in Nursing, 1981
CURRENT LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION
Mississippi Board of Nursing, Multi-State Registered Nurse License, 1981
American College of Nurse-Midwifery, National Certification, 1985
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE)- Adolescent/Adult Certification, 2002; renewed and valid through 12/2011
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation/Automated External Defibrillator, Professional Rescuer; valid through 5/2011
POSITIONS HELD
2009-present: Faculty, Cicatelli Associates, Inc., Title X Regional Training Program
2008-present: Instructor, ADN Program, Hinds Community College Division of Nursing
2007-present: Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Sustainability Consultant, US Department of Justice, Office of Violence Against Women/National Sexual Violence Resource Center
2006-present: Consultant, US Department of Justice, Office for Victims of Crime
2004-present: Guest lecturer, University of MS School of Medicine Bioethics Course
1987-present: Self employed, consulting in areas of women’s health, health systems
development, and forensic nursing
1999-2010: Mississippi Coalition against Sexual Assault, Education Coordinator
2004-2008: Consultant, Emory University Regional Training Center
2004-2005: Subject matter expert, US Department of Justice, Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance, and Training, Kosovo and Macedonia
1995-1999: Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mississippi, Women’s Health Specialist
1987-1995: MS State Department of Health, Central Office, Nurse IV, Program Consultant
1985-1987: Tokos Medical Corporation, Nurse Administrator
1981-1985: University of MS Medical Center, Staff Nurse, Obstetrical Units
CURRENT ACTIVITIES
2009-present: National/Mississippi Association for Associate Degree Nursing
2007-present: Advisory Boards, Family Planning Program, MS State Department of Health, for both State level and District V
2006-present: National Sexual Violence Resource Center, Disaster Response Workgroup
2006-present: Member, MS Nurses Association
2005-present: Advisory Board, Disability Project, University of MS School of Nursing
1999-present: International Association of Forensic Nurses: Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Council, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Education Committee; Chair, Ethics Committee (2006-2009), Board of Directors, 2010-present.
RECENT HONORS
2008: Jackson Free Press: Hero of the Year
2008: International Association of Forensic Nurses: Virginia A. Lynch Pioneer Award in Forensic Nursing
2008: Rosie Calvin Nurse Educator Award, University of MS School of Nursing
2008: Sigma Theta Tau International,Inc., Honor Society of Nursing
2007: Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
2007: Minta Uzodinma Community Nurse Award, University of MS School of Nursing
2006: Graduate scholarship recipient, MS Nurses Association
2006: National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, Certificate of Appreciation
2003: Weave of Women Profiles, University of MS Women’s Studies
2003: National Crime Victims’ Rights Week, Certificate of Appreciation
2002: Parent Delegate, National Young Women’s Health Summit
GRANTS
2009: MS State Department of Health, Family Planning Education Project, $15,000
2008:MS State Department of Health, Family Planning Education Project, $12,600
2007: MS State Department of Health, Family Planning Education Project, $12,600
2006: MS State Department of Health, Family Planning Education Project, $12,000
2006: Greater Jackson Foundation, Hurricane Relief Services, $5000
2005: Women’s Fund, Community Foundation, MS Children’s Justice Center, $5000
2005: DHHS Special Initiative Grants, Emergency Contraception for Victims of Sexual Assault, $12,000
2004: MS State Department of Health, Pediatric Sexual Assault Project, $35,000
2004: MS Department Of Human Services: Pediatric Exam Course, $16,500
2004: Community Development Foundation: Pediatric Sexual Assault Project, $5000
2003:MS State Department of Health: Pediatric Sexual Assault Project, $50,000
2002: March of Dimes, Emergency Department Care for Perinatal Patients, $10,000
2002: American College of Nurse-Midwives, THRIVE Grant, $4000
2002: MS State Department of Health: Pediatric Sexual Assault Project, $100,000
2000: DHHS Special Initiative Grants, (continued for 2001-2004)
Emergency Contraception for Victims of Sexual Assault, $60,000
2000: Mississippi Attorney General, Colposcope Purchase Fund, $50,000
2000: Greater Jackson Foundation, Sexual Assault Education, $1500;
1999: American College of Nurse-Midwives, Providers Partnership Grant, $3000
1995: Centers for Disease Control, Project to Prevent Female Infertility, $55,000
1993:DHHS Title X, Family Planning Services, $3.5 million
1993: Social Service Block Grant, Teen Family Planning Services, $1.5 million;
1993: DHHS Special Initiative Grant, Family Planning High Risk Case Management, $145,000
1992:DHHS Title X, Family Planning Services, $3.7 million
1992:Centers for Disease Control,
Capacity Building for Core Components for Breast & Cervical Cancer, $225,000
1991: DHHS Title X, Family Planning Services, $3.4 million
1988:Centers for Disease Control,
System of Care for Breast and Cervical Cancer Control, $3 million
1988: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation re: Perinatal Regionalization, $375,000
RECENT PRESENTATIONS
International
2006: Vancouver, Canada, International Association of Forensic Nurses, “United Nations Documents for Forensic Nurses”
2006: Vancouver, Canada, International Association of Forensic Nurses, “Working with Low Literacy Clients”
2005: Orhid, Macedonia, Macedonian Association of Nurses and Midwives, Forensic Nursing
2005: Skopje, Macedonia, Republic of Macedonia Military Hospital, Military Response to Sexual Assault
2005: Orhid, Macedonia, U.S. Department of Justice, Medical Evidence in Child Abuse
2005: Orhid, Macedonia, U.S. Department of Justice, Nursing Response to Sexual Assault
2004: Prishtina, Kosovo, U.S. Department of Justice, Medical and Forensic Aspects of Sexual Assault
2004: Skopje, Macedonia, U.S. Department of Justice, Medical and Forensic Aspects of Sexual Assault
National
2009: Atlanta, GA:International Association of Forensic Nurses, Ethical Issues
2008: Dallas, TX, International Association of Forensic Nurses, Ethical Issues
2008: Dallas, TX, International Association of Forensic Nurses, Show Me the Money
2007: Salt Lake City, UT, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner State Coordinators’ Training, Nurses and the Nursing Process
2007: Salt Lake City, UT, International Association of Forensic Nurses, Ethical Issues in Forensic Nursing
2007: Harrisburg, PA, National Sexual Violence Resource Center, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Consultants’ Training, Ethical Issues
2007: Webcast Seminar, National Public Health Network, Taking a Sexual History
2007: Tampa, FL, National Sexual Assault Response Teams Conference, Sustainability
2007: Web Seminar, US Department of Justice, Sexual Assault Response Teams
2007: Webcast Seminar, National Public Health Network, Avoiding Sexual Coercion Among Adolescents
2006: Portland, OR, National Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Coordinators’ Meeting, Reimbursement for SANE Services
2005: Washington, DC, International Association of Forensic Nurses, Adapting the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Course for the US Military
2005: Washington, DC, International Association of Forensic Nurses, Care of the Pregnant Sexual Assault Victim
2005: Webcast Seminar, National Public Health Network, Abstinence Counseling
2004: Chicago, International Association of Forensic Nurses, Forensic Nursing in Kosovo
2003: Las Vegas, International Association of Forensic Nurses, Partnering with the Title X Family Planning Program
2003: New Orleans, Second National Sexual Assault Response Team Conference, Shaking the Money Tree: How and Where to Obtain Additional Funding
2002: Minneapolis, International Association of Forensic Nurses, Therapeutic Touch for Victims of Interpersonal Violence
2002: Washington, DC, National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, Emergency Contraception and Sexual Assault
2001: Orlando, International Association of Forensic Nurses, Preconference Workshop-Producing a Successful Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Training Event
2001: Washington, DC American College of Nurse-Midwives, Sexual Assault Examiners: A New Role for Nurse-Midwives
2000: Anchorage, American College of Nurse-Midwives, Home Care Project for High Risk Perinatal Patients
Military
2007: Department of Defense, US Air Force, Sexual Assault Advocate Training, Keesler Air Force Base (twice per year)
2007: Department of Defense, US Navy, Sexual Assault Advocate Training, Naval Construction Battalion Corps, Gulfport
2006: Department of Defense, US Army, Sexual Assault Response Team, Camp Shelby, Hattiesburg
2006: Department of Defense, US Air Force, Sexual Assault Response Team, Keesler Air Force Base
2006: Department of Defense, US Navy, Sexual Assault Advocate Training, Naval Construction Battalion Corps, Gulfport
2005: Department of Defense, US Air Force, Sexual Assault Advocate Training, Columbus Air Force Base
2005: Department of Defense, US Air Force, Sexual Assault Advocate Training, Keesler Air Force Base
2005: Department of Defense, US Air Force, Military Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner course, Keesler Air Force Base
2005: Department of Defense, US Air Force, Emergency Department Care for Victims of Sexual Assault, Keesler Air Force Base
2004: Department of Defense, US Air Force, Sexual Assault Response Team Training, Columbus Air Force Base
2004: Department of Defense, US Air Force, Military Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner course, Keesler AFB
Regional/State
2010: MSDH Clinicians’ State Conference, Family Planning for Patients with Chronic Illness
2010: Tennessee Dept of Health, Case Studies in Family Planning
2009: MS Primary Healthcare Asso Conference, Sexual Assault
2009: Louisiana Statewide SANE Conference, Evidence Based Practice
2009: Empowering Communities for a Healthy MS Conference, Providing Effective Family Planning Care to Teens, Family Planning for Patients with Chronic Illness; Preconference Workshop: Title X Program Udate, Family Planning Hot Topics
2009: AWHONN Conference, Domestic Violence Before and During Pregnancy
2009: Kentucky Cabinet for Health, Preconceptual Counseling, video web conference
2009: South Carolina Dept of Health, Taking a Sexual History, video conference
2008: Maryland Sexual Assault Response Team Conference, Baltimore, MD, Business Plans for SANE Services
2008: International Association of Forensic Nurses Regional Conference, Annapolis, MD, Ethical Issues for Forensic Nurses
2008: Louisiana SANE Conference, Scientific Bases for SANE Practice
2008: New Mexico SANE Conference, Ethical Issues in Forensic Nursing
2008: New Mexico SANE Conference, Care of the Pregnant Sexual Assault Victim
2008: New Mexico SANE Conference, Working with Low Literacy Clients
2008: MS Organization for Associate Degree Nurses, Torture
2008: MS Organization for Associate Degree Nurses, Using Virtual Reality
2008: SANE Coordinators’ Regional Meeting, New Orleans, Business plans
2008: Kentucky Cabinet for Health, Preconceptual Counseling, videoconference
2008: Alabama Dept. of Health Nurse Practitioner Annual Conference, Montgomery, AL, Taking a Sexual History
2008: Southern Nursing Research Society, Birmingham, AL, Research Poster Presentation: “Will Generation X Fill the Gap?”
2008: Mississippi Model United Nations, Torture
2008: South Central Regional Meeting, New Orleans, State SANE Coordinators, Business Plans for SANEs
2007: MS Department of Education, Teen Abstinence Counseling
2007: MS Department of Health, Violence Against Women
2007: MS Department of Health, Abstinence Counseling
2007: South Carolina Department of Health, Ethics in Women’s Health Issues
2007: Georgia Department of Health Statewide Broadcast, Abstinence Counseling
2007: Louisiana State Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Conference, Ethical Issues in Sexual Assault Nursing
2007: Tennessee Public Health Association, Family Planning for the Younger Teen
2007: MS Organization for Associate Degree Nurses, Sexual Predators
2007: MS Organization for Associate Degree Nurses, Forensic Nursing for Nursing Educators
2007: Kentucky Cabinet for Health, Preconceptual Counseling, videoconference
2007: Florida Department of Health, Avoiding Sexual Coercion of Adolescents
2006: Kentucky Cabinet for Health, Preconceptual Counseling, videoconference
2006: LSU Health Systems, New Orleans, Testifying Skills for SANEs
2006: Milwaukee, WI, Regional International Association of Forensic Nurses Conference, Care of the Pregnant Sexual Assault Victim
2006: MS Child Welfare Institute, Statutory Rape
2006: Baton Rouge, LA, Emergency Department Care of Sexual Assault Victims
2006: Mississippi “Putting Victims First” Conference, Addressing the Needs of Low Literacy Clients
2006: Tennessee Department of Health, Avoiding Sexual Coercion of Adolescents
2006: Mississippi Department of Health, Abstinence Counseling
2006: Tennessee Department of Health, Addressing Issues of GLBT Clients
2002-2005: Pediatric Abuse Exam Course, 21 hours, annually
2005: School Nurse Association State Conference, Charleston, SC, GLBT Clients
2005: Mississippi “Putting Victims First” Conference, Anatomy and Physiology of Sexual Assault, and Strangulation in Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence
2005: South Carolina Department of Health, Ethics in Women’s Health Issues
2005: Georgia Department of Health, Child Abuse Overview
2005: Tennessee Department of Health, Addressing Issues of GLBT Clients
2005: Mississippi Model United Nations: UN Mission in Kosovo
2005: Child Welfare Institute, Responding to Reports of Child Sexual Abuse
2004: Mississippi Advanced “Finding Words” Course, Pediatric Forensic Exams
2004: March of Dimes: Preventing Prematurity Conference: Recognizing the Signs of Preterm Labor
2004: Louisiana Foundation against Sexual Assault, Creating Sexual Assault Response Teams that Work, and Advocates and Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners Working Together
2004: MS Judicial College, Youth Court Judges: Medical Evidence in Child Abuse
2004: MS Associate Degree Nursing State Conference: Forensic Nursing
2004: South Carolina Department of Health, Ethics in Women’s Health Issues
2004: Southern Region International Association of Forensic Nurses Conference, Anatomy and Physiology of Sexual Assault
2004: “Putting Victims First” Conference, Anatomy and Physiology of Sexual Assault
2003: Domestic Violence Training, Attorney General’s Office, Forensic Photography
2003: Louisiana Foundation against Sexual Assault, Anatomy and Physiology of Sexual Assault
2003: MS State Department of Health Regional SW Meeting, Statewide Resources for Victims of Sexual Assault and Those Who Serve Them
2003: Volunteer Coordinator Roundtable, Medical Aspects of Sexual Assault
2003: AL/MS Chapter, International Association of Forensic Nurses, Producing a Successful Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Training Event
2003: Crime Victims’ Compensation Victim Advocate Meeting, Processing Bills for the Medical Care of Sexual Assault Victims
2003: “Putting Victims First” Conference, Woman to Woman Violence
2003: “Stop the Hurt” Conference, Medical Issues in Child Abuse Exams
2003: Sex Crimes Prosecutor Training, Medical Issues in Sex Crimes
2002: MS State Department of Health Clinicians’ Conference, Overview of Child Sexual Abuse, and Management in Public Health Clinics
2002: Arizona Family Planning Association, Ensuring Rape Victims’ Access to Emergency Contraception
2002: “Putting Victims First” Conference, Meeting Pediatric Exam Needs
2002: “Empowering Victims” Conference, Interviewing the Sexual Assault Victim
2002: National Perinatal Association Regional Meeting, Emergency Contraception
2001: Family Violence, Sexual Assault and Abuse of the Vulnerable Adult
2001: MS Prosecutors’ Spring Training, Sexual Assault
2001: MS Nursing Home Association, Sexual Assault of Vulnerable Adults
2000: “Empowering Victims” Conference, How to Form a Sexual Assault Response Team
2000: MS Society for Hospital Social Work Directors, A Team Approach to Sexual Assault
2000: “Stopping Violence against Women” Conference, SANEs in MS
2000: Association of Women’s Health and Neonatal Nurses, Seeking Justice in Women’s Health
2000: MS Trial and Appellate Judges Conference, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners
2000: Delta State University- Stopping Violence; Sexual Assault, a Team Approach
2000: State Prosecutors’ Training, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners
1999: Association of Women’s Health and Neonatal Nurses, Emergency Contraception
Ongoing Courses
1999-present: Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner, 40 hours, three times per year
2000-present: Emergency Department Care for Victims of Sexual Assault,
4 hours, several times monthly in all areas of state
2002-present: Medical Evidence in Child Sexual Abuse, 4 hours, several times per year
2003-present: Jackson Police Training Academy, Medical Aspects of Sexual Assault, 4 hours, each recruit class
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Amaker, T., Braverman, S., Canaff, R., Gaffney, D., Turner, E., Weaver, M. (Performers). (2002). Volume 1: Presenting medical evidence in an adult rape trial [Film]. National Judicial Education Program, NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund.
Turner, E. (1998). The third option: supervised outpatient care considered. Perspectives. 1(3), 7.
Turner, E. (2004). Rebuilding a war-torn region. On the Edge.10(1), 6-9.
Turner, E. (2005). Postponing Sexual Involvement: Abstinence Counseling and Education [Film]. Emory University Regional Training Center and the Alabama Department of Public Health.
Turner, E. (2005). Mississippi forensic nurse responds to tsunami disaster. On the Edge. 11(1), 9.
Turner, E. (2005). Sex Crimes Forensics [Film]. US Department of Justice, Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training, and the Republic of Macedonia.
Turner, E. (2006) Forensic evaluation of victims of torture. On the Edge. 11(4),8-9.
Turner, E. (2006). Family Involvement in the Family Planning Setting [Film]. Emory University Regional Training Center and the Alabama Department of Public Health.
Turner, E. (2007). Avoiding Sexual Coercion Among Adolescents [Film]. Emory University Regional Training Center and the Alabama Department of Public Health.
Turner, E. (2007). Taking a Sexual History [Film]. Emory University Regional Training Center and the Alabama Department of Public Health.
Turner, E. (2008). Creating a Business Plan for a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Service: Forensic Nurse as Intrapreneur [Technical bulletin]. National Sexual Violence Resource Center.
Turner, E. (2008). Ethical Issues for Forensic Nurses [Film]. International Association of Forensic Nurses.
Turner, E. & Davey, D. (2003) .Exploring the emotional impact of SANE training. On the Edge. 9(1), 4-7.
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