Biography: LISA DUTCHER

Aboriginal Nurse, The,  Dec 2003  

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Lisa Dutcher, newly elected President of the Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada, is a Maliseet woman from the Tobique First Nation and has for many years been involved in the field of First Nation health. After graduating from the University of New Brunswick with a Bachelor of Nursing in 1990, she became one of the first community health nurses in Atlantic Canada to be hired by a First Nation as part of the health transfer program. Her duties at the St. Mary's First Nation included both community work on such matters as home visits and diabetes and pre-natal education as well as extensive work within a clinical setting at the St. Mary's Health Clinic working with a variety of other health professionals.

In addition to this work, Lisa has participated in a wide variety of other Aboriginal health-related activities: She conducted research for Health Canada on tuberculosis at the St. Mary's First Nation; served as a clinical instructor for upper-year nursing students at the University of New Brunswick; and acted in several volunteer capacities including presenting at and organizing conferences on a variety of Aboriginal health issues (from Home and Community Care, Diabetes, Breast Cancer, Menopause and HIV/AIDS). Her National activities include: committee member for the First Nations Tele-Health Pilot Project; advisor for the First Nations Health Information System; co-founder and the Vice-President of the First Nation Nurses of New Brunswick; a juror for the 2000 Aboriginal Achievement Awards; and board member for New Brunswick and then Vice-President of the Aboriginal Nurses Association of Canada (1994-1998 and 1998-2001).

Currently, Lisa is working as the First Nations and lnuit Home and Community Care Coordinator for New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island and is enrolled in the Masters of Nursing Program at the University of New Brunswick, specializing in Aboriginal Health Nursing. She resides in Fredericton with her husband Stephen and four sons Shane, Andrew, Jonathan and Jeremy.

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