Erin Patterson | Faculty & staff bios

Name	Erin Patterson
School	School of Health & Life Sciences
Program	Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Academic and Professional Designations	BScN MN PhD
Title	Professor
Courses Taught	Level 3 Problem Based Learning Level 4 Clinical Professional Community Nursing Practice Aging and Society
Areas of Expertise & Interest	Care of the older adult population including access to health and supportive care services Home care, including access to services, work, work environments, and home care workers (nurses & support workers) roles, responsibilities and scope of practice Home care nurse retention
Industry Experience, Professional Currency Activities	Lead Research Analyst (2014-2016), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Primary Investigator: Dr. Anne Tourangeau Funding Source: Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care Title: The Impact of Home Care Nurse Staffing, Work Environments and Collaboration on Patient Outcomes Research Assistant (2013-2014), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Primary Investigator: Dr. Anne Tourangeau Funding Source: Ontario Ministry of Health and Longer Term Care (Nursing Health Services Research Unit) Title: Knowledge Translation and Exchange Program: Database Project Research Assistant (2011-2014), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Primary Investigator: Dr. Anne Tourangeau Funding Source: Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care Title: Determinants of Nurse Faculty Retention/Determinants of Home Care nurse retention Project Coordinator (2009-2012), Health Interventions Research Centre, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario Primary Investigator: Dr. Souraya Sidani Funding Source: Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care Title: The forgotten component of care quality: A study of nursing process Registered Nurse (2008-2009), Saint Elizabeth Health Care, Brampton, Ontario Registered Nurse (2007-2008), Saint Joseph’s Home Care, Hamilton, Ontario Registered Nurse (2005-2008), Neurosurgery, Hamilton Health Sciences, Hamilton, Ontario Health Care Aide (2002-2004), Saint Elizabeth Health Care, Hamilton, Ontario
Major Research Projects, Scholarly Activities, and/or Publications	Examining Variation in Access to Long-term Home Care Services for Ontario Seniors, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing Supervisor: Ann Tourangeau, PhD Committee: K McGilton, PhD, A. Laporte, PhD Employment in Home Health Care: The Experience of the New Graduate Nurse, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario Master of Nursing Degree Supervisor: Corinne Hart, PhD Committee: N Purdy, PhD, S Bishop, PhD Publications: Peer reviewed Saari, M., Xiao, S. Rowe, A., Patterson, E., & Tourangeau, A.E. (2018). The role of unregulated care providers in home care: a scoping review. Journal of Nursing Management. Impact Factor: 1.905 Saari, M., Patterson, E., Kelly, S. & Tourangeau, A.E. (2018). The Evolving Role of the Personal Support Worker in Home Care in Ontario, Canada. Health and Social Care in the Community, 26(2), 240-249. Impact Factor: 2.047 Saari, M., Patterson, E., Killackey, T., Raffaghello, J., Rowe, A. & Tourangeau, A.E. (2017). Home-Based Care: Barriers and facilitators to expanded unregulated care provider roles in Ontario, Canada. Home Health Care Services Quarterly, 36(3-4), 127-144. Impact Factor: 0.272 Wong, M., Saari, M., Patterson, E., Puts, M. & Tourangeau, A.E. (2017). Occupational hazards for home care nurses across the rural-to-urban gradient in Ontario Canada. Health and Social Care in the Community, 25(3), 1276-1286. Impact Factor: 2.047 Patterson, E., Wan, Y.W.T., & Sidani, S. (2013). Non-pharmacological nursing interventions for the management of patient related fatigue: a literature review. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 22, 268-278. Patterson, E., Hart, C., Bishop, S., & Purdy, N. (2013). Deciding if home care is right for me: the experience of the new graduate nurse. Home Health Care Management and Practice, 25(4), 147-154. Tourangeau, A., Patterson, E., Rowe, Al, Saari, M., Thomson, H., MacDonald, G., Cranley, L., & Squires, M. (2014). Factors influencing home care nurse intention to remain employed. Journal of Nursing Management, 22(8), 1015-1026. Tourangeau, A., Saari, M., Patterson, E., Ferron, E.M., Thomson, H., Widger, K & MacMillian, K. (2014). Work, work environments and other factors influencing nurse faculty intention to remain employed: a cross-sectional study. Nurse Education Today, 34(6), 940-947. Tourangeau, A., Wong, M., Saari., M., & Patterson, E. (2015). Generation specific incentives and disincentives for nurse faculty to remain employed. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 71(5), 1019-1031. Tourangeau, A., Patterson E., Saari, M., Thomson, H., & Cranley, L. (2015) – epub ahead of print). Work Related Factors Influencing Home Care Nurse Intent to Remain Employed. Health Care Management Review. Publications: Reports Tourangeau, A., Villeneuve, M., Laporte, A. Berta, W., Patterson, E., Saari, M., Rowe, A., Ye, L., & Killackey, T. (2014 [December]). Examing the impact of home care nurse staffing, work environments and collaboration of patient outcomes: A scoping literature review. Ontario Ministry of Health & Long-term Care. Tourangeau, A., Saari, M., Rowe, A., Patterson, E., & Villeneuve, M., (2015[March]). The Role of Nurses in Assigning, Delegating, Teaching and Supervising Patient Care Activities to Unregulated Care Providers in Home Care: A Jurisdictional Scan of Legislation, Regulation and Policy in Canada. Ontario Ministry of Health & Long-term Care. Tourangeau, A., Villeneuve, M., Saari, M., & Patterson, E. (2015 [March]. The Impact of Home Care Nurse Staffing, Work Environments and Collaboration on Patient Outcomes Phase II: Policy Implications for Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Health & Long-term Care. Presentations: Research talks: External Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research Conference, Toronto, Ontario Presenters: Patterson, E., & Saari, M. Title: Examining Variation in Access to Post Acute Home Care Services Canadian Association on Gerontology Conference, Niagara Falls, Ontario Presenters: Saari, M., Patterson, E., & Tourengeau, A. Title: Structures of Post-Acute Home Care Service Delivery and Extended Home Care Length of Stay Among Ontario Seniors Canadian Home Care Association (CHCA) Home Care Summit, Ottawa, Ontario Presenters: Saari, M., Patterson, E., & Tourangeau, A.E. Title: Understanding the Structures of Home-Based Care Delivery: Developing A Picture of the Home Care Team Research talks: Invited A presentation for the Ontario Renal Network, Toronto, Ontario Presenters: Saari, M. & Patterson, E. Title: Understanding the Structures of Home-Based Care Delivery: A Presentation for The Ontario Renal Network A presentation for Home Care Ontario, Toronto, Ontario Presenters: Tourangeau, A., Saari, M. & Patterson, E. Title: Understanding the Structures of Home-Based Care Delivery: A Presentation for Home Care Ontario Research posters: Internal The Daphne Cockwell School of Nursing 3^rd Annual Research Day, Toronto, Ontario Presenter: Patterson, E. Title: Employment in home health care: The experience of the new graduate nurse The Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing Doctoral Research Symposium, Toronto, Canada Presenters: Tourangeau, A., Patterson, E., Thomson, H., Saari, M., Widger, K., & MacMillan, K. Title: Work, Work Environments and Other Factors Influencing Nurse Faculty Intention to Remain Employed in Academic Institutions Presenters: Saari, M., Patterson, E. & Tourangeau, A. Title: The Impact of Continuity of Care on Outcomes for Community-based Seniors with Dementia Research posters: External The 5^th National Community Health Nurses Conference, Halifax, Nova Scotia Presenter: Patterson, E. Title: Employment in home health care: The experience of the new graduate nurse The University Health Network Nursing Research Day, Toronto, Ontario Presenters: Sidani, S., Patterson, E., Lo, J., Leung, J. & Kelly, H. Title: Interventions to address nursing sensitive outcomes: Nurses’ perspective The International Nursing Administration Research Conference, Baltimore, MD Presenters: Tourangeau, A., Patterson, E., Saari, M., & Thomson H. Title: Factors Affecting Home Care Nurse Intention to Remain Employed Presenters: Saari, M., & Patterson, E. Title: Cost Utility Analysis of Post-Acute Care for Hip Fracture: A Canadian Perspective Canadian Association on Gerontology (CAG) Conference, Calgary, Alberta Presenters: Saari, M., Patterson, E., Harry, R., Raffaghello, J. & Tourangeau, A. Title: Task-shifting: Unregulated Care Providers’ Expanded Role in the Care of Complex Patients in Home Care Ontario Community Support Association (OCSA) Conference, Markham, Ontario Presenters: Patterson, E., Saari, M., Rowe, A., Killackey, T. & Tourangeau, A. Title: Understanding the Evolving Role of the Personal Support Worker: Task Shifting in Home-Based Care World InterRAI Conference, Toronto, Ontario Presenters: Saari, M., Patterson, E. & Tourangeau, A.E. Title: The Impact of Continuity of Care on Outcomes for Community-based Seniors with Dementia