August, 2010 Page 1 Stacy A. Drake
6901 Bertner Ave. #667 Houston, TX 77030 713-500-2192/713-500-2171
[email protected] EDUCATION
Ph.D., Nursing with minor in Healthcare Administration
Texas Woman’s University, Houston, Texas 2009-Present
M.P.H., Public Health Thesis: “Validation of an instrument for assessing the medicolegal death investigation system: A public health approach”
University of Texas Health Science Center School of Public Health, Houston, Texas
2009
M.S.N., Forensic Nursing Concentration
Thesis: “Crime Scene Preservation and EMS”
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado
2002
B.S.N., Nursing Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
1998 A.D.N., Nursing
Academic Honors
Owens Community College, Toledo, Ohio 1995
LICENSURE & CERTIFICATION
Registered Nurse Texas 2012
Registered Medicolegal Death Investigator-Diplomat status
American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators
2004 - present State and National Certified
Advanced Emergency Medical Technician
State Certified Basic Emergency Medical Technician
State Certified Firefighter 1A and 1B
Medical College Hospitals Paramedic Program, Toledo, Ohio
Oregon Municipal Fire Training Center, Oregon, Ohio
Oregon Municipal Fire Training Center, Oregon, Ohio
1995
1994 1994
August, 2010 Page 2 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
University of Texas Health Science Center Houston School of Nursing Houston, Texas
Clinical Instructor, Acute and Continuing Education Department
Work-study MD Anderson Cancer Center Faculty Practice (10%)
Clinical nursing faculty at Harris County Institute of Forensic Science
2007-present
2008-present
2010-present
University of Texas Health Science Center School of Nursing Houston, Texas
Clinical Instructor – part-time 2005 - 2007
University of Texas Health Science Center School of Medicine
Houston, Texas Neurosurgery Department
Senior Research Nurse 2007 - 2009
Memorial Hermann Hospital and Memorial Hermann Children’s Hospital, Houston, Texas
Risk Management Liaison 2005 - 2006
Harris County Medical Examiner
Office, Houston, Texas
Forensic Nurse Investigator 2003 - 2005
Memorial Hospital, Colorado
Springs, Colorado
Trauma Nurse Coordinator 2001 – 2003
Jerusalem Township Fire Department, Curtice, Ohio
Certified Firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician
1993 - 2001
Lucas County Coroner Office,
Toledo, Ohio
Medicolegal Death investigator 1996 - 2001
Medical Express Traveling Health Care Professionals, Boulder, Colorado
August, 2010 Page 3 St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center,
Toledo, Ohio
Registered Nurse 1996 - 2000
St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center,
Toledo, Ohio
Nursing Extern, Pulmonary/Oncology 1994 –1996
HONORS & AWARDS Nominee for McGovern
Teacher of the Year Award University of Houston Science of Nursing Award for Nurses Appreciation 2008, 2010 Trauma Nurse of the Year Memorial Hospital Colorado Springs, CO 2003 Five Year Service Pin for
Volunteer Firefighter and Emergency Medical Technician
Jerusalem Township Fire Department 1997
PUBLICATIONS
Peer Reviewed Publications
Drake, S., & Nolte, K. (in press). Essential Medicolegal Death Investigation Services:
Standardization of a survey instrument based on the Essential Public Health Services. Journal of Forensic Sciences.
Non-Peer Reviewed Publications Book review: invited
Scholar, G. (2010). Fit Nurse: Your total plan for getting fit and living well. Sigma Theta Tau International. Published in On the Edge Summer 2010
http://www.iafn.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=495
Book review: invited
Lynch, V. (2006). Forensic Nursing. Mosby, St. Louis, MO. Published in On the Edge Fall 2009
http://www.iafn.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=362
Books & Chapters
Drake, S.A., & Snow, A.F. (2010). Forensic and Correctional Nursing. In Nies, M.A., Nies, & Mcewen, M. (5th ed.), Community Public Health Nursing. Canada: Saunders.
August, 2010 Page 4 PRESENTATIONS
National
“The Role of the Forensic Nurse Death Investigator at the Harris County Medical Examiner Office”. American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting Young Forensic Scientist Forum, New Orleans, LA, 2005.
“Sequential SIDS or Double Homicide? Challenges of Delayed Investigation of Potential “Subtle” Child Homicides”. American Academy of Forensic Sciences New Orleans, LA 2005. “A comparative analysis of the public health role of death investigation systems". American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Meeting San Antonio, Texas, 2006
Regional/State
“Scene Investigation Procedures” target audience: Local Law Enforcement Agencies within Harris County Medical Examiner Office Jurisdiction, 2005 and 2006.
“The Role of the Harris County Medical Examiner Office”. Fort Bend School District, TX, 2004. “So, you Suspect No Trauma? The Process of Reporting Infant/Childs Deaths in Harris County”. Harris County Hospital District, Houston, TX, 2004.
“Reportable Deaths for the Harris County Medical Examiner Office”, Various Hospitals, and Hospices in Harris County, TX, 2004, and 2005.
“Natural Death”. Harris County Medical Examiner Office, Houston, TX, 2003. Target audience: death investigators
“Forensic Nursing and Trauma”. Memorial Hospital, Colorado Springs, CO. 2003.
“Respiratory Emergencies, Environmental Emergencies, Crime Scene Awareness and EMS.” Annual RETAC Trauma Conference, Colorado, 2003.
“Mechanism of Injury”. Memorial Hospital, Colorado Springs, CO, 2002.
“Crime Scene Awareness and EMS” American Mobile Response Paramedic Refresher Course, Colorado Springs, CO 2002.
“Crime Scene Preservation and EMS”. Pikes Peak Community College, Colorado Springs, CO., 2001, 2002, and 2003.
August, 2010 Page 5 Local
Invited presentations:
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation / Institute of Medicine Invitation on the Future of Nursing “Physical Assessment Lab and Retired Physician Collaboration University of Texas Health Science Center Houston School of Nursing February 22, 2010
“Forensic Nursing”. Children’s Museum of Houston, University of Texas Houston Health Science Center, Houston TX, 2007.
“Forensic Nursing”. Presented at Owens Community College, Toledo, OH; Lourdes College, Toledo, OH and Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, OH, 1998 and 1999.
“Forensic Nursing: A New Role for Nurses”. AARP Chapter Toledo-Point Place Meeting, 1999.
Workshops Conducted:
Co-coordinator - First Annual Nationwide Forensic Nursing Death Investigation Course at Harris County Medical Examiner Office, Houston, TX, 2005;
Presenter – “ Conducting the infant/child scene investigation” Presenter – “ Restraint and in-custody deaths”
Presenter – “ Forensic Case Management”
Presenter – “Scene Investigation of drug related deaths”
“Crime Scene Awareness and the EMS”. SETTRAC Trauma Lecture, TX, 2004. Target audience: EMS, emergency care providers
Presenter - “Kids Against Crime Workshop”. Sponsored by the El Paso County District
Attorney’s Office, El Paso County, Colorado. 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003. Target audience: 5th graders
Workshop Coordinator - “Crime Scene Preservation and Documentation”. Fire and EMS Services, Oregon, OH, 1999.
Poster Presentations
National:
“Mammoth Tooth Lesion: Etiology of a Surgical Artifact in Trauma Patients”. 39th Annual Meeting National Association of Medical Examiners Los Angeles, CA, 2005.
August, 2010 Page 6 “Modification of the National Public Health Performance Standards to assess the public health contributions of the medicolegal death investigation system in Texas”. 2008 Annual Conference on Assessment Initiative CDC Atlanta, GA, 2008.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Professional Memberships
American Academy of Forensic Sciences 2005 - present Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society
Zeta Pi Chapter 2007 - present Xi Phi 2002 – present Society of Trauma Nurses 2003 – 2006 American Trauma Society 2001 – 2006 Ohio Nurses Association 1998 – 1999 Ohio Association of Firefighters 1998 – 2001 International Association of Firefighters 1998 – 2001 International Association of Forensic Nursing 1995 - 2006 Death Investigation Committee Member
The IAFN Forensic Nurse Investigator Death Investigation Standards of Practice (2005) (draft) Institutional Service
University of Texas Health Science Center Services School of Public Health
Member, Student Epidemiology Intelligence Surveillance 2007 – 2009 School of Nursing
Member, Task Force Teaching Excellence, University Texas Health Science Center
2008 - present
August, 2010 Page 7 Member, Baccalaureate Council 2008 - present Harris County Medical Examiners Office
Member, Ben Taub General Hospital Trauma Program, Morbidity and Mortality Conference Meetings, Houston, Texas 2003 - 2005 Founding Member, Forensic Evidence Work Group-multidisciplinary, Sponsored by Ben Taub General Hospital Houston, Texas 2004 - 2005 Member, Memorial Hermann Hospital Trauma Program, Morbidity and Mortality
Conference Meetings, Houston, Texas 2003 - 2005 Member, Child, Elderly and Adult Fatality Review Teams Harris County, Houston, Texas
2003 - 2005
Community Service
Big Brother Big Sister Program at YMCA in Colorado Springs, CO 2002 – 2003 Volunteer at El Paso County District Attorneys Office Colorado Springs, CO 2001 – 2002 OPTIONAL APPENDICES
Courses Taught
N3511 Health Assessment (Lead teacher and lab faculty) 2007-present N3515 Adult Care I (clinical 2005- present) and didactic 2007- present
N3523 Adult Care II (Co-lead 2008) clinical 2005 – present) and didactic 2007- present N3540 Pharmacology (Co-lead teacher 2008) Didactic 2008 - 2011
N3604W Health Assessment RN-BSN (Lead teacher and lab faculty 2007 - present) N3801W Health Assessment BACC2 (Lead teacher and lab faculty 2007- present) N3809W Adult Care II for BACC2 clinical and didactic faculty 2007- present N4528 High Acuity clinical 2009 didactic 2009 - present
N3818W High Acuity for BACC2 (Lead teacher 2009) didactic 2009 - present N4521B Community Health Nursing Practice 2010
