Terri Sullivan
Emory University Hospital, USA
Biography
Terri Sullivan is a staff nurse in the emergency department at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Since graduating from Castleton State College in Castleton, Vermont she has been a nurse for over 25 years including 15 in various intensive care units. A certified emergency nurse since 2007, she has served on several state and national committees with the Emergency Nurses Association and remains active in the Metro Atlanta chapter. She is currently continuing her education with Villanova University in Villanova, Pennsylvania. Her interest in domestic violence began upon learning of an assualted pregnant patient who had been seen many times prior at the facility she worked at who had been thought of as a "frequent flier." The situation left her committed to preventing something like this from happening again. She has sought experts in the field to learn from and has published her findings in the November 2015 Journal of Emergency Nursing.
Abstract
Abstract : Recognizing intimate partner violence