Good afternoon, Mr. Chair.
Good afternoon, everyone.
My name is Nancy Dussault and I am the director of nursing at the Maison La Vigile.
I have been a nurse for 23 years now. I have worked in various settings: hospitals, rehabilitation and geriatrics. For the past 15 years, I have been working in mental health.
From 2002 to 2014, I was the coordinator of the first responders service team for the CONSTRUIRE en santé program of the Commission de la Construction Du Québec. This program is available to 250,000 insured. A phone line is available 24 hours a day. It is an emergency service for people with psychological, dependency, violence and physical health problems.
I went through a career change in May 2014, and I arrived at Maison La Vigile. I am the director of nursing and my main role is to assess the clients. I supervise the alcohol withdrawal process and the physical and mental health of the people at the Maison La Vigile.
In addition to my training as a nurse, I also have training in psychodynamic psychotherapy and I am now finishing a certificate in psychology.
I also attended many crisis response training sessions for suicidal behaviours, personality disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder and depressive disorders. In a nutshell, that's my career path.
I will now give the floor to Jacques Denis Simard to tell you about our services.