YOLANDE VANDERMAAL

v Educational qualifications:

• MSc in psychiatric/community mental health nursing
• BSc general nursing
• Certified clinical specialist in adult psychiatric and mental health nursing, teaching, addictions registered nurse

v Nursing professor and educator for 12 years:

• Teaching theory and clinical components of intermediate and advanced psychiatric nursing
• Curriculum development
• Development of competency-based programmes
• Cultural safety principles
• Nursing instructor of psychiatric and medical-surgical nursing
• Design and implementation of psychiatric content in revised nursing curriculum
• Development of community sites and expansion of community and cultural content

v Crisis Intervention Nurse Specialist

• Nursing assessment, needs identification, referral and liaison within multi-disciplinary community, outpatient and inpatient settings
• Diagnosis and development of treatment plan for clients with complex psychiatric illness and/or alcohol and drug problems
• Comprehensive nursing care to chemical dependency and psychiatric patients as well as co-facilitated group therapy sessions
• Neurological nursing for brain and trauma patients

v Counselling Experience

• Delivering group and individual therapy to clients involved with chemical dependency and/or psychiatric problems, and family therapy
• Therapist for outpatient chemical dependency
• Adult Psychiatric cases
• Therapy and case management for people with major psychiatric illnesses as well co-existing alcohol and/or drug problems.