Justice Health Nursing Professorial Unit
Location
Centre for Health Research in Criminal Justice
Level Two Suite 302
Westfield Office Tower Westfield Eastgardens
Bunnerong Road Pagewood NSW
Mission
The Professorial Unit aims to contribute to the research culture within Justice Health through, the initiation of, and contribution to existing, practice centred research activities that involve nurses.
Collaborative opportunities with other professional groups are a valued concept congruent with the acknowledged position within the unit that no particular worldview alone constitutes reality. An active role in nursing practice development through formal and informal teaching and consultation within the partner organisations of UTS and Justice Health is combined with research and underpinned by the value invested in reflective practice and lifelong learning.
Strategic involvement in various committees and meetings in both Justice Health and UTS aim at the contribution to, and promotion of, nursing in the context of Justice Health in areas where Professorial Unit input clearly adds value to such committees and meetings.
Staffing
Dr Andrew Cashin (RN, MHN, NP, Dip App Sci, BHSC, Gcert PTT, MN, PhD)
Associate Professor Justice Health Nursing
Ph: (02) 8372 3001
Email: Andrew.Cashin@uts.edu.au
Mrs Galia Guirguis
Administration Assistant
Ph: (02) 8372 3000
Email: Galia.Guirguis@justicehealth.nsw.gov.au
Current HREC approved research projects
The Nurses Well Being Project - a project to look at the impact on nurse well being of an intensive 12 month practice development project for nurses working in a forensic hospital around the parameters of burnout and job satisfaction.
The Long Bay Prison Hospital Culture Change Project - an ethnographic study of the culture of nursing within the Long Bay Prison Hospital and the migration of the culture over a twelve month period that includes an intense practice development programme and anticipation and planning for the move of the hospital to a new site.
Tresillian Family Care Centres, Justice Health, and NSW Department of Corrective Services Mothering at a Distance Project - A multi centered project to evaluate the introduction of a structured play group based visiting programme combined with parenting education groups.
Current Practice Improvement Projects
The Justice Health Aged Care Project - Justice Health NSW is working with the NSW Department of Corrective Services to open an aged care facility. This project, in collaboration with the UTS Faculty of Nursing Midwifery and Health Aged Care Professorial Unit, is using a battery of assessments pre placement and six months post placement to determine if the change to an aged care specific environment in a prison has a quantifiable impact on inmate health or quality of life.
NSW Justice Health Nursing Core Capability Project
Online Collaborations
Moderator Australian Nurse Practitioners Association Website. A new website under construction in a collaborative effort between the ANPA and the NSW College of Nursing.
Publications
Journal Articles
Cashin, A. (1996). Seclusion: The quest to determine effectiveness. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 34(11), 17-21.
Cashin, A. (2004). Painting the vortex: The existential structure of the experience of parenting a child with autism. International Forum of Psychoanalysis, 13(3), 164-174.
Cashin, A. (2005). Autism: Understanding conceptual processing deficits. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services, 43(4), 22-30.
Cashin, A. (2006) Two terms- one meaning: The conundrum of contemporary nomenclature in autism. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 19(3), 137-144.
Cashin, A. (2006). Extreme nursing: Forensic Adolescent mental Health Nursing in Australia. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 19(3), 99 - 102.
Cashin, A. and Waters, C. (2006). The under-valued role of over-regulation in autism: Chaos Theory as a metaphor and beyond. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 19(4), 235-241.
Cashin, A.(2006). The first private practice as a registration authority Authorised Nurse Practitioner in Australia. Australian Journal of primary Health, 12 (3), 20-25.
Cashin, A., Butler, T., Levy, M. and Potter, E. (2006). Intellectual disability in the New South Wales inmate population. International Journal of Prisoner Health, 1(2), 115-120.
Cashin, A. (2006). Autism - Letter to the editor. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 19(4), 168-169.
Cashin, A. and Potter, E. (2006) Research and evaluation of Clinical Nurse Mentoring: Implications for the Forensic Context. Journal of Forensic Nursing, 2(4), 189-194.
Cashin, A. (2007). Package deal answers to big questions: the need for nurses to reclaim their role in facilitating people's quest to find meaning. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 20(2), 71-73.
Cashin, A., Waters, C., O'Connell, J., Christofis, L., Lentakis, A., Rossi, M. and Crellin, D. (2007). Clinical initiative nurses and nurse practitioners in the emergency department: What's in a name? Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, 10,73-79.
Cashin, A. (in press). Narrative Therapy a psychotherapeutic approach of merit in the treatment of adolescents with Asperger's Disorder. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing.
Potter, E., Cashin, A., Chenoweth, L. and Jeong, Y.(in press). Evaluation of Aged Care Hostels in prisons a review of the literature. International Journal of Prisoner Health.
Cashin, A., Chenoweth, L., Jeong, Y., & Potter, E. (in press). An Innovative Model of an Aged Care Hostel in the Correctional Environment. Geriaction.
Articles accepted pending changes and resubmitted awaiting outcome
Potter, E., Cashin, A., Andriotis, H. and Rosina, R. The nurse role in drug court. Journal of Addiction Nursing.
Cashin, A. and Mistler, G. Cognitive profile of adolescents in custody in New South Wales. International Journal of Prisoner Health.
Mistler, G., Potter, E., Kirkwood, K. and Cashin, C. Remedial Sexual Health Education Requirements for Young People in Custody. Sex Education.
Articles under initial review
Cashin, A., Potter, E., Stevens, W., Muldoon, D., Davidson, K. Fit for Prison - Special Population Health and Fitness Program Evaluation.
Cashin, A., Potter, E., Stevens, W., Davidson, K., & Muldoon, D. Moving and thinking behind bars: The effectiveness of an exercise and health education programme on psychological distress of incarcerated people with a chronic illness or at risk of developing one.
Cashin, A., Waters, D., Chiarella, C. Potter, E. Assessing nursing competency in the correctional environment: Creation of a self-reflection learning and development tool.
Cashin, A., Potter, E. and Butler, T. The relationship between exercise and hopelessness in prison.
Magazine articles
Cashin, A. (2004). Autism: The added element. Choosing a school for your child. Universal Magazines, issue 20.
Cashin, A. (2005). Dealing with difference. Choosing a school for your child. Universal Magazines, issue 21.
Book Chapters
Waters, C. and Cashin, A. (2003). The psychiatric intensive care unit. In Barker, P. (Ed.), Textbook of psychiatric and mental health nursing: The craft of caring. London: Edward Arnold Publishers.
Reports
Cashin, A. and Potter, E. (2007). The core capabilities of Justice health Nurses. State Health Publication No (JH)07038, ISBN:978-1-74187-061-9