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Give back to the forensic nursing profession. Increase your knowledge through networking with other knowledgeable peers.
Enhance your career by building your relationships through new contacts.
Criteria for consideration: Task Force members must be current members and hold current certification as both a SANE-A and SANE-P.
Deadline is Feb. 20, 2018. Apply today!
 April 16-17, 2018 in Washington, D.C.
An exclusive invitation for IAFN members*
Please join us for two-days of education and lobbying in Washington, D.C., as we amplify the voices of forensic nurses on the Hill. Registration DEADLINE March 16.
Earn up to 8.5 contact hours. All experience levels are welcome.
Our goal is to have #100ForensicRNs on the Hill.
IAFN is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
IAFN is once again collaborating with the American Nurses Foundation (ANF) to offer a $10,000 research grant to a forensic nurse researcher. Preference will be given to applicants who are members of the International Association of Forensic Nurses. If there are no member applications, or no high-quality proposals from association members, non-member applicants will be considered, with the selected grantee required to become a member of IAFN in order to receive funding. The focus of this grant is restricted to research focused on forensic nursing science.
This award is part of the 2018 Nursing Research Grants which offers nursing research awards to beginner and experienced nurse researchers. Information about all of the awards is available here.
The online application is available now. All applications must be completed by 11:59 p.m. on May 1.
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The Guardian
When Stacy Bourdukofsky’s abusive ex-husband touched down on the small island where they live to stand trial for strangling his girlfriend and whacking a man in the head with a bat, she was waiting to board the outbound flight on the same jet.
She’d gone to extreme measures to escape him in the past, and she wasn’t about to let him unnerve her this time around.
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The Frederick News-Post
The call came on the afternoon of July 21, 2014 — a reported sexual assault in the area of East Patrick Street in Frederick. The victim’s voice was panicked over the phone, said Det. Doug Ames, an officer with the Frederick Police Department.
She told dispatchers that the man had choked her for so long that she lost consciousness — that it felt like her eyes were popping out of her skull.
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CNN
Maryland lawmakers approved a bill that lets rape victims impregnated during an attack ask a judge to end their assailants' parental rights.
The Rape Survivor Family Protection Act unanimously passed both chambers of the General Assembly last week. It allows a victim to ask a court to terminate a rapist's parental rights, even if the attacker hasn't been convicted of the crime, as long as there's "clear and convincing evidence" of guilt.
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Jersey Shore Online
Local students and community members got some unique insight and educational tips during a seminar on the importance of recognizing and dealing with sexual violence, held recently at the Bay Avenue Community Center in Manahawkin.
“Breaking the Silence on Sexual Violence: Media Literacy and Sexual Violence Law,” was the title of the seminar led by members from the St. Francis Community Center Counseling Services.
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Medscape (free login required)
In responding to a Medscape poll asking whether they had been sexually harassed by a patient, many more nurses (71 percent) than physicians (47 percent) said yes. The poll questions were posed December 20 by Medscape Medical News. Responses totaled 1045 and included 569 nurses, 408 physicians, and 68 other healthcare providers (HCPs).
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KREM-TV
Lutheran Community Services Northwest received a grant a hire a special nurse to collect evidence after a sexual assault.
Director of Victim Advocacy and Education at Lutheran Community Services Erin Williams-Hueter said they received a $157,000 grant from the Washington State Office of Crime Victims Advocacy. The grant will give them an opportunity to hire a sexual assault nurse examiner or SANE. This person would have special expertise in collecting evidence after a sexual assault. This specialized nurse would be available to all hospitals in the Spokane County.
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